Vanilla Ride are supporting Electric Six again. This time I give them a lift as I am driving to Oxford and know where the venue is. We arrive in good time for the soundcheck; at this point things begin to look like "Bad News" (Comic Strip, 1982) The man with 'crew' on his T-shirt says there are only 2 bands on the bill and neither of them are Vanilla Ride. This is not what we wanted to hear. After 40 minutes or maybe an hour, higher up people have managed to resolve the situation and new copies of the running order appear, now featuring Vanilla Ride. Travelling with the band has the advantage of an all areas pass, but the disadvantageof hanging around alot. Actually time passes fairly quickly and they are soon playing to a good crowd of early arrivals. Interestingly one of the crowd that I talked to, was expecting Vanilla Ride to play and had looked them up on myspace. It was just the venue that didn't know then. Overall the Academy in Oxford is much more pleasant and relaxed than the one in Islington. I'm not really familiar with Electric Six but the crowd seemed to enjoy them alot.