December 13, 2017 It was a bad tempered train we boarded this morningEveryone seemed out of sortsPushing and mild panicCoats were thick and necks wrapped tight CoffeeYes please White, no sugarSorry...
December 14, 2017 I woke unreasonably early, 5, and immediately my head was racing around empty roomsI hadn’t slept before 1am and I think I was worried I’d sleep through my 8 o’clock alarm We...
December 16, 2017 Following as it did, a day off, there was no mad rush I didn’t leave my room beyond going to the hotel breakfast lounge We are situated in a residential area and there is not...
December 17, 2017 We left our hotel in Frankfurt soon after 9am and landed in Vienna around 1:30 in the afternoonWe are to stay at the airport hotel as we have to get the 8:40am flight to Milan...
December 20, 2017 I had the worst night last nightCouldn’t sleep before 2 and was awake again at 4:30am and that was it My lotI tried, but my alarm is set for 6am and I’m tired and anxious I will...
December 20, 2017 An easy start12 O’Clock hook up with Vinny No-ShowCalling him after 15 mins I have patently just woken him upSheeeeet! He exclaimsBe down in three! He blurts Not quite but it was...
December 21, 2017 We left the hotel in Zurich at 10 and headed to the airport and our flight to ParisDavid was flying back to London at a similar time so we travelled there togetherWe said our...
December 31, 2017 When Paris was done, I sat in my back stage room, blinking This then was itThere it was, gone59 gigs met How you could bare that there were not 60 Some good few askedI don’t mind...
It’s first day of rehearsal today This last was a year for family and I think I’ve played live only twice within itWe have just three rehearsal days before the tour, both to install our new band...
We are driving to Frankfurt, Nick and INick is my new Tour Manager and we have a nice carIt’s got heated seats and fuck me, it knows where the white lines painted on the road are That’s...
We set off in the morning, dead sprightly like, and wended our way to Frankfurt I sign CD sleeves and write yesterday’s blog on the way I filled my thermo cup with coffee at breakfast this morning...
Up and at itGoodbye Frankfurt, hello DresdenI find the little I see of Dresden most interesting Post war plain utilitarian buildings, some protesting with splashes from Mondrian’s palate, abut...
