Last day of the tour. I won’t lie it was great waking up in my own bed after van bunks, sofas and floors. I drove separately with Fletchie (Merch Queen) as I was driving home after the gig in Birmingham as the rest of the crew/band that was going to Leeds/The North.

Driving through Birmingham was a little bit of a nightmare. There were loads of road works and one-way systems. But we finally got there. I parked up in the car park next to Mama Roux’s and started to edit in the car while we waited for the van to catch up and arrive. Pulled up in this cool-looking car park. We loaded into one side of the venue to them be told the artist area was on the other side. That was fun haha.

The decor of the venue is something I’ve never seen before. It’s like an Italian looking village of houses on the wall and then loads of moons above the stage. There’s also a balcony area which was better than Islington as the edge was set back looking onto the. stage, as opposed to being above.

During soundcheck, I shot some photos of James at his kit and his cymbals. As I got to meet Joe from Meinl and shot some photos of him with James and Anton from Normandie. Before the boys played we got a tour crew photo, as I was due to leave straight after the set. The show was great. Getting on stage was a mission. Having to squeeze between a light and a cymbal during song breaks to get behind James for some drum shots. The was a no photo pit show, so I was right in the crowd and the atmosphere. My favourite photo from this gig was the balcony view of the stage with the lights on during their last song.

I was supposed to go after Caskets set but I ended up hanging out long with all the bands, saying goodbye to all the crew members and bands. It was great to be out on the road after so long. As always I love the Caskets band/crew and wouldn’t change them for anything. It was a weird feeling that it was over when I was driving home. I got back home at 1:30 am. and then set my alarm early to get onto editing the footage and photos. Life of a tour photographer.

If there’s anything you would like to know about this tour that you wished I went into more detail about, please feel free to drop me a DM on Instagram.

Enjoy the highlight video and the photos below. This is the end of the Caskets Tour Blog series, Hope you’ve enjoyed it.

Charlie