Bonjour-- A Very Special France Update

As you all know Rebelution is out on tour in France for their first international tour - how cool is that! What is even cooler is that Eric Rachmany is doing something very special during the tour - he is journaling about their experience there and is allowing us to post it. We have our first update which you can see down below...hope you all enjoy it and keep an eye out for another entry soon!

Tuesday, March 30th

Today we arrived in Paris, dropped our bags off at the hotel nearby and caught the train into town. We are lucky to have Derrick, our front of house sound engineer with us, who has been to Europe several times before. He led the way to a nice dinner spot and afterwards we went to check out the Eiffel Tower. We met some interesting people on the train. Everyone seems very nice out here. After several hours in town we decided to head back to the hotel to get rest for the show tomorrow.

Wednesday, March 31st

The show tonight was one for all time. The crowd in Paris was energetic. Although we were the first of three bands, it was definitely crowded for us and lots of them were singing along. From the get go, people were moving. We played an hour set and spent the rest of the night doing interviews and mingling with people in the crowd. We really got the feeling that these were fans that had heard about us for a long time. They had been waiting years for us to come out. The whole night was very special for us. None of us four have ever been to Europe, so to come out here and meet people AND play music is really indescribable. We're doing these 9 shows with a band called Broussai that is from here and they were great tonight. First show out here was a good one! Tomorrow we head to Bouvron.

Thursday, April 1st

What we've learned over the past year and a half of touring is that it really takes several tours to build yourself up in different markets. As I sit here in the back of this van, I remember what it was like 5 years ago, when we would pack two trucks full of gear and drive ourselves to different parts of California to play shows. Back then we would play for free or for very little and there was something very humbling about setting up our own gear and working so hard physically to just get to the point where it was show time. Now that we are in France for the first time, we're back in that mode. We have a driver and a tour manager provided for us that knows his way around but this brings us back for sure! We have a few days off to chill during this tour but we'll be working hard to make sure we put out the best sound we can. Should be a good show tonight.

Friday, April 2nd
Tonight we played in a very small club in a town called La Rochelle. The crowd reminded us a little bit of the Isla Vista days in Santa Barbara. They were one of the most energetic crowds we've ever had. A lot of them knew our songs. We were really really impressed with how much they knew. Again, the feeling was that these have been fans for a couple years now. One fan said he's been listening to us since we started and only found out that we were coming to his home town yesterday. He was so grateful that we came to his town. It has been pretty amazing connecting with the fans here in France and realizing how our music is making a positive impact on peoples lives all the way out here across the Atlantic.