the new year

forty-six

F O R T Y - S I X :

"On the count of three I need you to jump, do you think you can do that for me?" George yelled out excitedly to the crowd in Athens, it was the bands first time doing a real Europe tour and the reception they'd received from all the shows so far was absolutely phenomenal. The large crowd cheered in joy as their newest single 'Sick Individual' began amping up the chorus.

"One!"

"Two!"

"Three!" George counted down and the flashing lights from the stage went wild, which also correlated with the masses of people in the crowd all with smiles on their faces and all doing what the lead singer of the band they came to see told them.

George was often renowned for his impeccable stage presence and how he interacted with the audiences so much at every single show they did. He'd get right up into the crowd without a care in the world the only thing he swore of never doing ever again was a stage dive because not only did he nearly knock a poor fella out he did a full on three sixty turn in the air then landed straight on the floor, people tried to catch him but the way he was plummeting to the ground it was no use.

Thankfully, he saw the funny side and his fans respected his boundaries by not diving on top of him and touching him instead the group he was around all helped him up and he stayed in the crowd for the rest of the song to sing with them. There was sometimes always a positive side to a negative, he got a bruised bum but that was the worse his injuries got.

"Yeah, you're a fucking sick individual!" The audience sang back at the band who were all there with the biggest smiles on their faces, it was the sweetest thing in the world.

When the four of them started the band about ten years ago, which seems to have flown by, they did not expect this. This as in people, thousands of people actually liking what they did, they always felt like outcasts when they first started out because nobody in their school really listened to rock music it was always the shit that was on the charts and that's how their lack of confidence sprung. When they reached college, however things changed and they all decided to actually make a go of the band, start to upload consecutively to YouTube, which didn't really work out to be honest, they didn't like that approach; instead they gigged as much as they could around their city until they had some supporters, they were the support act for many a band but now they were the band, which was still insane to them.

"Before we continue we want to say a massive thank you to all of you who have come tonight, who have bought our CDs, merch or just being a fan, we really do appreciate every single one of you to the moon and back because what we're doing right now would not be possible if it wasn't for you. I'm sorry for getting all soppy but you all mean the bloody world to us," George spoke in a heartfelt tone, his Scouse accent shining through, he tried to tame it so people understood him but it was easier said than done.

"This next one is Let's Fly," Ollie informed the crowd, this song was the first song they ever released and it was their most well known one, still an absolute tune for all of their fans, even if there was complaints about it being overrated it always got a good reception at gigs.

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"So we've got a sorted date for the time you go back to New York and we have a set date for the time the show is being released. As you know it's gonna be at the end of July or throughout sometime in August, there's just the sound tracking that they need to do apparently because they edit the reels as they come," Eoin explained as himself and his client were sat at his pine wood dining table with a mug of warm liquid discussing the future events for Self-Indulgence.