A regular gig was the Rex Hotel in Whitley Bay. This was in a large ballroom and
quite a big gig, always with TWO local bands.
The first band to arrive was told
to set up on one stage and that they would be performing first. The next to
arrive was told to set up on the other stage at the opposite end of the
ballroom. They would perform last.
This meant that if you arrived last you had
the appearance of being top of the bill. You can be sure that we always tried to
arrive last and if we got to the venue and did not see another van unloading, we
drove round a bit to delay even more.
The
embarrassing thing that was we often saw other Transit vans (looking
potentially like the other band) also driving aimlessly around the streets of Whitley Bay.