These SA bands have taken Europe by storm and shared every minute of it

Cape Town – Al Bairre, Shortstraw and December Streets are currently on a Euro Safari together, and they’ve been sharing every minute of it on their social accounts. 

The bands kicked off their tour with a show in Berlin, which was followed by a show in London and this past weekend they performed in Brighton at The Great Escape Festival, where they were also joined by Beatenberg. The bands will be ending off their tour with a gig at Melkweg in Amsterdam on Wednesday, 25 May

Apart from playing some live music, the bands have also been documenting their experiences on their Instagram and Facebook pages.

This is what they've been sharing:

Al Bairre

In matching travel tracksuits, Al Bairre took to Instagram on the day they left SA promising to release 1 minute episodes of #albairredailydiaries every single day on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. And so far, they've kept their word...

?? EURO SAFARI ?? We're about to board our flight over to the old country. Berlin, Amsterdam, London, Brighton, Augsburg, Switzerland and Cannes!!! We made travel tracksuits so our Jeremy doesn't lose us. That strapping young lad to the right of sleeping beauty over there is Sweet Lu. He's our camera man and we're gonna be using his craft to release 1 minute episodes of #albairredailydiaries every single day on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook starting tomorrow. Very exciting. Okay we gotta go. The air hostess looks livid. @totallykyletotally x @rightonluke x @matchingfaces x @nicholaspreen x @jeremymoyle x @tomkotze ?? ~ @samwellssamwells

A photo posted by Al Bairre (@albairre) on May 12, 2016 at 4:37am PDT

Check out a few of their one minute videos here:

DAILY DIARIES #3 'The Great Trek' We really got to see the whole of Berlin because our Jeremy can read a map about as well as as the 3 blind mice. We also played our first show of the whole tour!!! Was sooo fun. Sorry this is so late. We couldn't get Kyle up. He comes from a long line of late sleepers. His father is a late sleeper and his father's father was a late sleeper. We're going to a park now ?? Ryan Seacrests: @matchingfaces & @totallykyletotally Film & edit: @rightonluke #eurosafari #albairredailydiaries

A video posted by Al Bairre (@albairre) on May 15, 2016 at 5:36am PDT

DAILY DIARIES #4 'Nine Rand to do a wee'. A band got separated from each other and what happened next will shock you. #albairredailydiaries #eurosafari Stephen Frys: @nicholaspreen & @matchingfaces Film & edit: @rightonluke

A video posted by Al Bairre (@albairre) on May 16, 2016 at 2:19am PDT

DAILY DIARIES #8 'The Great Escape Festival' We left London and headed to Brighton and played at @greatescapefest. We had a ball. It was such a time. #albairredailydiaries #eurosafari #TGE16 Chris Rocks: @matchingfaces & @totallykyletotally Film and edit: @rightonluke

A video posted by Al Bairre (@albairre) on May 20, 2016 at 5:42am PDT

Click here to see more diary videos from Al Bairre.

Beatenberg

Browsing through Beatenberg’s Instagram, we’d have to say the highlight of their trip was probably when they performed on BBC2’s Later with Jools Holland. The joined the stage once again with Mumford & Sons, Baaba Maal and The Very Best for the song Wona. We can't wait for their EP Johannesburg to drop in June!

Catch us later... on Later with Jools Holland!

A photo posted by Beatenberg (@beatenberg_band) on Apr 26, 2016 at 5:53am PDT

Watch the performance here:

Click here to see more pics from Beatenberg's tour. 

Shortstraw

These Jozi boys also shared snaps from their tour and thanked all the South African and English fans as they played a second sold out show in London. 

Last night was just to die for. A sold out club show in London is just the biggest treat a band like us could ask for. @decemberstreets and @albairre killed it. The saffas came out and gave us lots of love! Moments before this photo was taken, tom cut the cheese. Al knows it, Gad has his suspicions.

A photo posted by Shortstraw (@shortstrawband) on May 18, 2016 at 1:56am PDT

Last night's show was just delightful. A great mix of saffas and new English fans, all singing along. Warms our hearts!! We're totes coming back to London as soon as we can! Next up Amsterdam! #eurosafari

A photo posted by Shortstraw (@shortstrawband) on May 24, 2016 at 3:12am PDT

Click here to see more snaps of Shorstraw on tour.

December Streets

The lads have also been sharing some short videos to document their tour. Check out a few of them here: