We’ve just landed in New York and we’re gonna play The Madison Square Garden, let’s get ready to rumble! I simply can’t wait. Even though the venue looks like the other venues on the tour, this venue has legendary status due to past events. My master has performed here; Elvis Presley. And Johnny Cash, Muhammed Ali, Mike Tyson, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Wladimir Klitschko, Vitali Klitschko and the list goes on. Just looking at the building gives me the chills and makes me say: Madison Square Garden baby! I can’t believe I’ve made it this far, even though my father has been very optimistic about it. The old man was right! And I’ve been thinking about him ever since we landed.

The show in Albany the day before went well; some Danish fans had taken the trip all the way cross the Atlantic with a Danish flag. We ended up at a bar with them and some American fans as well. This resulted in a huge headache the next day. We want to thank all the Danish fans who has travelled so far to support us and of cause also every single fan going to see our shows!

Certain Volbeat folks had a bad stomach that day and all decided to use the dressing room restroom, with no air condition at all. People outside thought that we’d hid corpses in the dressing room – please call a doctor J

Well, back to New York / Madison. I walking around seeing photos of all the legends I mentioned before, hanging on the walls of the garden. We don’t do sound checks any more, as we’re used to the stage and sound system, so we don’t need them. Thanks to Volbeat and Metallica crew – you rule, we only needed sound checks the first 3 days. Friends, family, girlfriends, various people working for us etc, has travelled to see us and it’s good to see familiar faces. We play a great show, probably the best on this tour. I check out the Metallica show afterwards, I’ve seen them all. What can I say; they kick ass every single time. Both Lamb of God and Metallica has done shout outs to us every night, and we appreciate it a lot. THANK YOU!.

MICHAEL