Hands up who was lucky enough to go to the Night Vale European Tour! Now put your hands down again. Quickly, you don’t know who is watching and whether they already know too much.

Yes, podcast sensation Welcome To Night Vale visited Europe for the first time this October and will be wrapping up their tour this week at the O2 Academy in Shepherd’s Bush. We think there may be tickets still available, in fact. Here at Orbit, we got tickets to the first night, which was an absolute stunner at the Union Chapel.

We don’t want to spoil anything, because really the less you know the better if you’re going to see it, but suffice to say we laughed, we cried, we screamed, we pondered the meaninglessness of our existence and we  talked to absolute strangers. That was awkward. But awkward in a good way, you know? Like when you trip over and spill your coffee on a stranger  only to fall in love with them and then discover three months into the relationship that they’re actually a creature from the void wearing human skin but they imbue you with fantastic powers somehow and you remain good friends.

We were also lucky enough to meet our fabulous authors Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink, whose Welcome to Night Vale novel we are going to be publishing late next year. We also met Cecil Baldwin: the fantastic star and voice of Night Vale. And yes, we have photographic proof.

Our big question to everyone out there is have you listened to Welcome to Night Vale yet? And if not, prepare for the most hilarious and dark experience of your lives: listen now. Seriously: right now.

For more information on the Welcome to Night Vale novel, stay tuned to the Orbit UK Facebook page where we’ll be posting updates as they come in.