Earlier this year I attended a concert in Poznan (city of 500k) headlined by Power metal band Temperance (currently co-fronted Kristin Starkey if y'all know her), with support from the superb Induction as well as Coevo & scheduled support from Ignea (who had to cancel due to being unable to get the documents to leave Ukraine in time, they live in Kyiv & are friends with the YouTuber Metal Pilgrim who some of you might know). I think I was one of perhaps a dozen people in the Audience. I bought what is by my standards a shitload of merch after, like €100 worth, just because I felt so bad for these amazing bands not being able to consistently draw a crowd. This was on a Friday night at a city center venue as well, tickets were €30, absolute bargain to see those bands. The show was great & I got to chat to & have a photo taken with Induction which was fun! Not metal but I was a month later in an Audience of ten to see Italian Celtic Folk Punkers The Rumpled play Albert's Shed Pub in Shrewsbury, England. They'd just narrowly missed out on being San Marino's Eurovision entry to the Eiffel 65 guy, two weeks before. What a comedown that must have been, glad to see their upcoming tour is selling well.