So last night was one of the best nights we've had in a long while. The evening started off with a spectacular potato covered in avocado and cheese, for dinner. The train ride to Glasgow is around 50 minutes so we just ferreted the carcass of the tattie along the way. We arrived in Glasgow and made our way towards King Tuts Wah Wah Hut, the venue where Shout Out Louds were to play. A brisk 10 minute walk and we were there... one of the cosiest and most famous venues of all time. As you walk in it's just a pub as usual but when you mission all the way into the back you find the stage with an area in front of it that would hold no more than say, 500 people. We had a good 2 hours to kill before the show so we sat drinking pints and talking strategy. One of the main problems we faced when we arrived was the fact that they were only going to come on at around 10:35pm and our last train back to Edinburgh was scheduled for 11:30pm. This would be tight considering it's a 15 minute walk to the station from the venue. We put our heads together and started coming up with some plan B's. First we phoned Jack back in Edinburgh and asked him to look up some cheap hostels in the area we were in and he came back to us with one that would cost £17 per person. We ummed and aaah'd over it... would it be worth the extra £34 to see the entire show and not just half of it. It was a conundrum. Suddenly I remembered that our head 3D animator at work lives in Glasgow. I got hold of his number and gave him a call... Success! He was on his way back to Edinburgh sometime around midnight so all would work out... He also ended up living about 10 minutes walk from the venue so everything would be perfect.

A few pints along now and Shout Out Louds come on stage. We find the perfect position in front of the mixer and get to stand on top of a bench to see over the tops of everyone. It was a brilliant view. There was literally 3m between us and them and when the show got underway we were jumping around like crazy people. They are pretty much the best band out there I reckon. I cannot explain how good the gig was in words, it was just *that* good. We recorded many songs with the trusty video camera which is how I can give you this fresh, never before seen footage of one of their songs last night. Spectacular.

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Once the show finished we were downstairs in the pub about to leave when in walks the bassist from Shout Out Louds. He's standing near to us and Jen leans over and says how awesome they are. We tell him we're from South Africa to which he replies, "That's pretty far." The conversation didn't get too deep because we were both going different directions - him to the bar, and us out the door - but we did manage to tell them that we're spreading their name in SA and that they rock the planet side ways. We then headed out towards Campbell's flat and a phone call along the way revealed that he had fallen asleep on the train and because it was the last stop, they then took it back to the depot to have it washed! He woke up to the guard telling him that they're washing the train and then heading back to Glasgow station in a bit. He plans to meet us somewhere in central so for the time being we head down the main road to one of the local pubs. We stumble into a sports bar called, "Sports Bar" and immediately find ourselves in one of the most uber sports bars you get over here. Trashy techno music and dodgy Neds at the bar. Insane. We have a pint and once Campbell arrives we head towards his place. We continue to drink his special collections of beers until after 3am. Later we crash on the couches and set an alarm clock for 6am to catch the first train back to Edinburgh. Madness. The alarm clock goes after what felt like 10 minutes of sleep and we're running down the road in the rain trying to get to the station in time. We make it with about a minute to spare, settle down at one of the tables and sleep for the journey. I got home and slept for an hour before having to get up to go to work... let's just say that today isn't going to be easy.

Shout Out Louds for the win. You rocked our world.