Today I am working for Live Nation. "Running" for The Pogues at Pompano Beach Amp. A runner pretty much does everything the band, crew and venue may need. From ordering food, picking up band and crew members from airport, or hotel and drive them to venue, to picking up random supplies around town. It actually feels good working and not sleeping on a Saturday morning.
7:00am- wake up and shower
8:00am- breakfast, gas up the "Doom buggy" and hit the road
9:00am- arrived at Pompano Beach amphitheatre 1 hr too early. Sit and wait until 10:00am
10:00am- Tony (Boss for the day) arrives and I get to work. First duty: help unload stuff (drinks, food and misc items from rider for dressing room) from Tony's car.
10:30am- order and pickup food for Crew. 6 Cuban sandwiches at Cuban cafe too and 1 sushi box at publix.
10:39am- waiting for Cuban sandwiches. Googling where closest publix is to get sushi.
11:30am- back to Publix with Jeff (other runner) for rider supplies. Dunkin donuts box of coffee for crew.
12:45 pm- Lowe's for super long extension cables and a fan.
2:00 pm - Duty:look for a smoothie place.
3:00pm - smoothie place i found and drove to was shut down. Found a whole foods but they didn't have paper menus.
3:30pm- head back to Miami to get 12 passenger van.
4:00pm- finally get van and head to south beach to pick up The Pogues front man Shane.
6:00pm- pick up Shane (Pogues singer) and his crew and drive them back to pompano amp. It was a quiet drive, but Shane was very nice. He was very polite and asked me my name and introduced himself.
7:30pm- arrived at concert venue. Show has started.
8:00pm-watched kiss kiss (opening band). I really like them. You have to hear them play the Tetris song, it's bad ass!
Kiss Kiss "Machines"
8:30pm- The Pogues band manager needs 20 photocopies, 2 large ashtrays and towels. Wal Mart is open so I head over there.
9:00pm- The Pogues take the stage.
9:30pm - Did i just see Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones? (turns out the guy just really looks like him or my mom would have probably driven all the way over here to see him. Lol)
11:45pm - drive band and crew back to hotel on South beach.
1:00am- head home (so tired)
I had a great day. Everyone wad really nice and I got to hang out with James and Sharisse (my old live nation co-workers)! I missed them.
Here are some pix taken by the Live Nation Photographer
