RenegadeRoss

A band called fox avenue posted on twitter they were rehearsing with Josh today.

I'm the same Chriss. I try to be positive cause it's the only way to deal with things.

 

 

At a time when other paramore sites are full of blame and arguing it's good to see you all being sensible. Kudos to everyone.

I'm starting to wonder if there was a connection between this and them doing Let This Go halfway through the UK tour

As everyone said, it's a shock but it's not at the same time. I'm really sad to hear this news but as Hayley said, lets look to the future. This could be a new chapter. It doesnt mean the music isnt going to get worse or anything like that.

 

I feel Taylor's brother may get lead guitar since he covered for Josh when he was planning his wedding. That would make sense, but only the band know what they want so heres to the end of an era - but a start of a whole new journey.

Sorry folks, technical hitch the last 2 days. I.e. My laptop is broke.

 

Anyway, as promised. Photo's from Nottingham!

 

 

Videos:

 

So we got led back upstairs and into the arena before everybody else. It was amazing to be at the barrier. The feeling of being right at the front was just so awesome!

The first band on were unknown to me, They were called Fun. I must admit my first impression was "what on earth.." but they did grow on me as the tour went on. They were a very happy cheery band, i could see why they would be picked as first support act. Next up was B.O.B, who at this stage i only knew 'Airplanes' and 'Nothin On You'. I was blown away though, he was amazing. He did a cover of 'Kids' by MGMT too which was really impressive. He gained a new fan in me. Hayley came out for Airplanes and the Arena erupted. She pointed at us meet and greet people when she came out on stage too. It was awesome to hear that live, i must admit. Next up - Paramore!

 

Well, after waiting for felt like hours, the lights went off and the arena went into Darkness. It was time! The arena screamed and raised the roof when Paramore's into started. Big shadow's of them appeared from behind a curtain and then it dropped as they burst into 'Ignorance'. After this song, Jeremy threw his pick into the crowd and Laura caught it! They then burst into 'Feeling Sorry' and at one point during the song, just before the last chorus, the whole band stopped and Hayley just stood there with all the spotlights shining on her. It was actually spine-tingling. You could tell they had worked so hard in putting this show together. Hayley then spoke and they then burst into the final chorus. Next was "That's What You Get" and at the end Jeremy chucked his pick into the crowd which Laura got again but kindly gave it to me. They burst through song after song which im sure you dont need me to tell you what they sang all through the night. The Unplugged section was really good, The Pressure flip was phenomenal, The Only Exception was beautiful.

They dissapeared and came back on for BBBB, and as they appeared on stage i suddenly realised Taylor was wearing his Robin Hood hat on stage! Me and Laura were excited by this! BBBB and Misery Business was such a blur for me. It was just breath-taking. It was an oustanding first show of the tour for me, and i suddenly wondered if ANY of the reamining 5 shows would beat that. Laura and i made our way outside and made our ways home. Well, hotel for me. I was so thirsty i got ben and jerrys ice cream and 4 cans of coke. They were all gone within an hour!

 

As i sat in my hotel room thinking about the days event, i must admit to getting a little watery eyed. This was the sort of day i had waited for for so long. It meant so much to me. I finally got the chance to meet my favourite band, a band i had so much passion for, coupled with Hayley pointing at us and then Taylor wearing the Robin Hood hat on stage. Personally, it was an amazing day. One i'll never ever forget.

 

Tomorrow - Day 2 - The photo's and videos.

 

i awake to a wet Nottingham but nothing could dampen my mood for this day.

 

I met Laura at 12pm and we went to the tourist centre as we have a brilliant idea. We decided to buy the full band Robin Hood hats.

 

We then head to the arena and already some people are queuing up - Some with sleeping bags which suggested overnight camping!

We deicded we'd ask if the meet and greet people had to queue and we were informed we didnt have to as we would get into the arena 5 minutes early. On our way back to my hotel we spot the tour bus! It had taken a wrong turning up a narrow street.

 

The time came to half 5 for the meet and greet so we stood inside the arena and got asked to stand in a single line as they tick our names off the list. We headed downstairs and were lead backstage. I didnt realise just how massive some arena's were beneath the stage. B.O.B walked past and said hello o us as we waited for Paramore. I felt really nervous now, i could see them through the double doors. Suddenly the doors opened and Paramore walked through. Josh extended his hand out to me as he waked past and i gave it a slap. It was a sign of things to come between Josh and I!

 

The band made their way down the line individually and first to greet me was Zac, who i could tell was shy, but was still talkative. He put on my MFC wristband and said thankyou and that it was amazing id traveled 6 hours to see them. He put his robin hood hat on as well.

 

Next up was Josh and he was really talkative to me. He loved my accent and was overjoyed with the Robin Hood hat. He wore his for the rest of the meet and greet. Up next was Taylor who loved the Robin Hood hat and asked where we got it from. Next up i was more nervous than the others as it was Hayley. My stomach was turning as our eyes met and she said Hi. I spoke to her about PF and she said she loves the site. She also loved the scarf i gave her as it reminded her of Harry Potter. She also put on the MFC wristband. Then it was Jeremy who loved the Robin Hood hat and immediately put it on. We discussed in detail about Robin Hood and he agreed he was real.

 

So we waited for the band to go down the line and then Josh suddenly came back up and started speaking to me again. He told me he had a friend back home called William Wallace and put on an awesome Scottish accent. I felt he really appreciated and liked how normal i was being. As i knew he hated the whole making a fuss thing. He said he wished he was Scottish so we agreed that i would be Scottish for him.

 

It was time for Photo's and my turn was next. As i walked up Hayley said hey and Josh shouted "For Scotland!" so me and Hayley did Braveheart style poses. She asked if i had any more meet and greets but i sadly didnt. As i walked away i said my thankyou's and then Zac stopped and asked if he could take a photo of my t-shirt. It had a slice of cheese on it and said "I'm more mature than you"

 

 

Tomorrow - The show!

Thanks Dustin, It's really appreciated dude!

Right so its 4 weeks since i left for Paramore so im gonna start writing up my tour diary.

I'm gonna put something up every day for you guys, kinda like a late starting advent calengar.

 

This diary involves, laughter, a little tears, illness, LOTS of money, and LOTS of people. So let the fun commence.

 

 

I left my home town of Motherwell,Scotland with the dryest it has been in a long time. Which was just typical as yesterday i went to work and got soaked with rain. My seat on the train is right next to a window and for the most part i had the sun shining right into my face. Annoying, to say the least since my train journey was for 6 hours.

On the way down, the train stopped at Newcastle and i saw the Metro Arena where i would be seeing Paramore in 11 days. It was good to see it was right next to the train station, so there wouldnt be any difficulties getting there. I forgot water and cola for the train and i refused to pay train prices, so to say i was thirsty was an understatement.

 

I finally arrived in Nottingham and i met Laura who i hadnt seen since Paramore played the Islington Academy in London in September 09. She would be spending the week with me. I checked into my hotel and headed to the pub where i had dinner and drinks and then about 11pm i retired to my hotel because i was knackered. Only the plan of going to bed didnt quiet work out. I turned on TV and was met with a program about Nottingham's gangs. What a great thing to find out about in the city you are currently visiting...

 

I eventually did go to bed with an exciting day ahead. Tomorrow, i'd be meeting Paramore for the first time and also seeing them for the first time on this tour.

 

The view from my hotel in Nottingham -

Snow. Sick of everything to do with it. Im sick of it being here and im sick of everybody moaning or complaining about it. just STFU and get on with your lives. Why must this country come to a stand still everytime it snows? It does my head in.

Welcome to PF Chis!

Gonna be honest, while i enjoyed how fun these were. I hated the whole "vote me vote me" thing that came with it as if people's lifes depended on it.

The band are doing something with it

hahaha Zac is so awesome. I had a pre-mind set of him being quiet but he's so much fun. You can see it in that video there but at one point he comes right up to my camera and just starts screaming in it hahaha!

Do Me Bad Things

 

Ash

 

The Darkness

 

Reuben x2

 

Billy Talent x2

 

Army of Freshman

 

Wheatus

 

MC Lars x4

 

Last Letter Read

 

All American Rejects x2

 

HelloGoodbye

 

Boys Like Girls x3

 

The Audition

 

My American Heart

 

Madina Lake

 

Kids In Glass Houses x 4

 

Funeral For A Friend x 2

 

Motion City Soundtrack

 

Casbah Club x 2

 

Big Country

 

The Wonderstuff

 

Sum 41

 

Cage The Elephant

 

Simple Plan x2

 

The Script

 

One Night Only

 

The Zutons

 

Lost Alone

 

Paramore x 9

 

Avril Lavigne

 

The Wombats

 

Alphabeat x 2

 

Das Pop

 

Stereophonics

 

The Fratellis

 

Biffy Clyro

 

Eddy Grant

 

Kaiser Cheifs

 

The Pigeon Detectives

 

The Subways

 

Will Young

 

REM

 

Bowling For Soup

 

Panic At The Disco

 

Goo Goo Dolls

 

Get Cape, Wear Cape, Fly

 

Hot Chip

 

Elliot Minor x2

 

Disturbed

 

Cancer Bats

 

Youmeatsix x 2

 

Fall Out Boy

 

Bryan Adams

 

Set Your Goals x 2

 

New Found Glory x 3

 

The Mission district

 

Saving Aimee

 

Metro Station

 

Furthest Drive Home

 

Danger Radio

 

Forever The Sickest Kids

 

Flobots

 

Anti-flag

 

Rise Against

 

Track 9

 

Failsafe

 

Out of Sight x 2

 

Hey Monday x 2

 

We The Kings

 

International Superhero's of Hardcore

 

The Blackout

 

Every Avenue

 

Devil Wears Prada

 

Enter Shikari x 3

 

Prima Donna

 

Green Day

 

Rolo Tomassi

 

The King Blues

 

Parachute

 

Kelly Clarkson

 

Orange

 

Zebrahead

 

Four Year Strong

 

Twin Atlantic

 

Blink182

 

B.O.B x 5

 

Fun x 6

 

All Forgotten

haha! Nice to see myself in your mis biz video!

Incredible show. Hayley was right when she said that was the best of the whole tour!

 

Best one for me on a personal level. Loved it!

Aw I was there too! Fully enjoyed I did

i made some new friends this past week!

 

Me queuing at London

 

Group photo including PF's very own James, Laura and I!

Transcript for the interview

 

*Paramore's UK Tour brought to you by Paramorefans.com*

 

DJ - I'm actually quite fascinated by what you do. Basically tell me about the website that you help run.

 

Ross - Alright, well Paramorefans.com is the biggest running fans website on the internet. If you actually search Paramore into google it's the fourth top result that comes up so that just shows how many users we have on it. It's nearly reached ten thousand members on it, it's been running for about four years and it's doing pretty well.

 

DJ - That's fantastic, i knew the minute i searched it into google and it came right up on the screen i was like "That's cool, they must have a massive following". Where did it all start with you in regards to Paramore?

 

Ross - About four years ago i was getting into alot of similar bands at that time and one of my friends sent me their first and second single which was Pressure and Emergency and i just thought 'wow'. It was just something different cause it was a rock band with a female singer, something totally unique at that time because no other band done that.

 

DJ - What kind of work do you do for the website? Do you follow the band? Do you write articles about them? What's your position for the website?

 

Ross - Basically we keep the fans who log on every day up to date with news. We do have people who are in contact with the band quite alot. They've did interviews for us before and i know Hayley (Williams) checks the site regularly. So it's really just an outlet for the fans to find out whats going on with the band.

 

DJ - I think it's absolutely fantastic, i mean if you have a look at the website (paramorefans.com) you've got people practically all over the world helping out. So how do you keep in contact?

 

Ross - We use social networks and private messaging, It's pretty good we've got people from all over the world, a couple of people from Europe and a couple of people from America, as it shows the whole world is involved in it.

 

DJ - What does Paramore mean to you? You bring alot of information to the fans, so to you personally what do paramore mean?

 

Ross - Paramore are probably a passion, It's probably one of my very few passions that i have in life. I listen to them and they just make me happy. The band are a similar age to the fans who listen to them, I'm 22 nearly the same age as Hayley Williams and the band write about things that you're going through at the exact same time that they're going through it.

 

DJ - Have you had much response from people? Saying 'the website's brilliant' or 'they really enjoy it', how have people reacted to your website?

 

Ross - We get loads a day, e-mails trying to get in contact with the band. There's only so much we can do because the more popular they get, the more people want things. We try our best to get maybe a couple of questions to the band to answer but with a busy schedule it's hard these days.

 

DJ - So, if the band brings out a brand new album what would you do on your website to get the best publicity for them?

 

Ross - We just promote it as much as we possibly can, We put it out there about what the tracklisting would be, when it's out, where you can buy it from. Just basically let people know as much as possible about the new album.

 

DJ - There's massive dedication there isnt there, because you dont get paid for this do you?

 

Ross - No it's voluntary, It's just a passion, i find that it's something that i love doing and i wouldnt change it for the world.

 

DJ - Do you have a day job?

 

Ross - I do, yes. I work in a supermarket doing about... 45 hours a week. So that's why it's really good to have American people and British people so that when one person is busy, There'll always be someone else on there just kinda over-seeing things.

 

DJ - Also, you're on twitter arnt you? You tweet quite alot.

 

Ross - I am, yes. It's got quite mad lately. A couple of weeks ago i only had like 30 followers, but now people have found out about my tour diary it's exceeded 500 people.

DJ - Well that's pretty impressive! Do you think social networking helps a band?

 

Ross - I think it does definitely. Alot of bands use myspace these days to promote their band out. They also use facebook and then twitter and it makes it a place for the fans to connect to the band as well so i think it does really help them.

 

DJ - That's fantastic, listen we will keep in touch because they're doing some amazing gigs throughout November. I see that they're heading to Dublin tomorrow night and they're going to be in Newcastle on November the 18th which im sure everyone here in the North-East is excited about. So you will be keeping everyone up to date about that no doubt?

 

Ross - I will indeed, totally.

Aw I see! Yeah I'll do that today good idea haha

They havnt got back in touch sadly so I donno what's happening! What do you mean by transcribe it?

hahaha. I expect that from alot of people!

For anyone interested here is the audio of my interview about Paramore!

 

Click!

Hate this! Im heading down tonight and grabbing a hotel nearby