hey chaps, thanks for the kind words. VR would definitely love to open for Anberlin again! And i'm sure TFF would be dead chuffed to open for them again. They are indeed mixing their new album, and just like most of you i'm looking forward to hearing it. But not sure if we'll ever get the chance to open for em... here's hoping we'll be part of the deal if it ever happens again.
Stephen Christian is such an awesome dude. Here's a backstage story for you. A friend of mine who was in Perth called me badgered me into passing the phone to Stephen so she could talk to him. I was like "you're CRAZY! I'm not going to barge into their backstage room and pass the phone to Stephen like, 'Oh hey stephen, call for you'. Anyways you're gonna see them again in Perth and you get to talk to him face to face!" But she insisted and so I worked up the courage to open the door, preparing to be rebuffed. I walked in and said as casually as I could to Stephen, "Hey Stephen, I have a friend in Perth, she really wants to speak to you. Would you be so kind as to oblige her?". He was all smiles and down to earth charm, and graciously took the call. Very blown away by his manner - no rockstar airs from him.
After the show, my friend from Perth called and asked to speak to Stephen again! The nerve of some people... tsk. And so once again I went up to Stephen and said something to the effect of, hey my crazy friend in Perth wants to talk to you again, would you mind? And again, he's all smiles and down to earth charm and he takes the call. Such an amazing guy. All rockstars should be this nice. Learnt a lot from him, and all the other musicians I've opened for, shared a stage with or been an artiste liason for.
okie if anything gets confirmed just post here la! i'll keep an eye out too.
