Last nights gig cancelled by venue at 6.15pm
Firstly, apologies to anyone who ventured out to see Catdog at the Alley in Lancaster last night.
I got the call from the Alley at 6.15pm to say that there was a problem with the pumps / gas at the pub and they couldn`t serve any beer, thus they weren`t opening. Apparently they had " been trying to sort it all day with no success"
Ok.
So, ...I assume this is true. However, mightily annoyed because we were originally booked to play at The Bath (same owners) and they asked us to move it to The Alley a couple of weeks ago as they had double booked us. No prob says I.
Then I notice they were looking for a band here on NWB a couple of days ago due to " a mix up".
So... I suggest we play the Bath instead ? nope...."now sorted" was the reply.
My questions as follows..
Is there no technical support from the brewery in circumstances like this ?
Would you not just go to cash and carry and get a few cases rather than shut the pub ?
If the problem was known about earlier that day, why wait til 6.15 to make the call ?
Call me a twat, but I smell a rat, and I`ve spat my dummy right out of the band pram.
We are fortunate to be a busy band, and I could have filled Saturday night 4 times over. Not boasting, just truthful.
Perhaps it`s just another episode in the ongoing saga that is The Bath/Alley/Management Buy Out/ License Problem/Cashflow Problem that seems to have been going on since time immemorial.
Chris (now looking to swap a few Saturdays around this year. Diva ? ...probably)x