Locating King Tuts proved no problem whatsoever, navigating the van via the narrow backstreets so we could park and unload was slightly trickier tho now where near as annoying as reversing the van into the narrow car park for unloading, thankfully out of the back entrance appeared a friendly scotsman clad in denim who was very helpful.

Unloading began, I grabbed what I could handle & made my way down the steps into the place, the friendly guy turned out to be the sound engineer Craig and get this he even helped us unload into the venue, a very rare sight indeed.

The venue was pretty cool, the stage with more than enough space for the band, the dancefloor big enough for dancers and moshers & a nice bar area which was where I evenually setup merch though not before heading upstairs to check out the dressing room.  The room was beautiful, calming blue walls with everything you could ever want inside.

Meanwhile onstage the guys were setting up their equipment, Leo putting his kit together whislt Graham & Alex were rummaging through the orange box taking out their accessories, all of them working together to get things ready in the shortest amount of time possible.

Whilst watching them setup a large figure was coming my way, if this was in London I would probably be running the opposite way about about now but when I looked up and saw the man had a huge grin on his face I relaxed.  The man in question was Dave, the venue promoter, he had come to say hello and then told me if we needed anything that we should just ask him.

The hospitality in this place was amazing and it couldnt get any better but it did, a man resembling Mother Superior in Trainspotting handed me a sheet of paper, he introduced himself, he was the cook Alan, I glanced down at it and it was a menu, he asked me to get the guys to fill out what they wanted so he could prepare the food for us.

As I handed it around Porcelain Roach turned up looking pretty tired, unsurprising really when they had been on the road for nine hours, well they stayed in Leicester last night and had to face the roadworks we fortunately avoided by heading to Manchester but all that mattered was that the guys were here to entertain Glasgow with their fine music.

Soundcheck began and the sound in there was sublime, tonight was going to be a goodnight if the pre gig ongoings were anything to go by, with soundcheck over Porcelain Roach made got their equipment ready and proceeded to delight us with their music as we sat down at the table complete with real cutlery, bread basket and table cloth.

First off some delicious noodle soup and then the maincourse, Tony & I being veggies opting for the pasta whilst the others tucked into some decent looking chilli con carne, all of which were superbly presented, well with hot food inside of us our batteries were recharged, I opted to stay behind since doors were going toopen soon whilst the others decided to explore the high street.

The doors opened and the place filled up quite quickly, the dancefloor and area behind it full of people but not sardine style whereas the bar area was visited by the thirsty and the curious who came to check out what was on offer, feeling brave I chatted to those who browsing and buying, the atmosphere in there was really cool.

To my surprise Porcelain Roach hit the stage first, Richard their manager told me it was a favour for the local band who had brought down quite a few people, the people reacted well to the guys, the set was as good as ever and the sound just as sweet as Miocene's in soundcheck.

Inbetween sets I chatted to people, discovering that some were here beacuse they saw Miocene the last time they played here, some who liked what they heard on the cover CDs and some who had simply read the reviews and interviews and were curious, I chatted longest to the latter giving them all the info they needed.