Reality check number nine:-The London Garage show in Islington on 17th November is another early affair. Amy and I will be onstage from 7.30pm - the tour gigs to date have been mostly inspired - (there was a brief moment of despair when we opened to two people in Bournemouth but it soon passed as the show went on (as it must) and the venue started to fill up. 'Man About the House' from the Fall and Rise album has sneaked into the set following an impromptu run through at sound check- we also have new songs to try out as we go on including 'Sentimental Music' which never quite made the cut on the last album. I'm aiming to start work proper on the new album after this tour, I just need to tweak and revise and arrange the parts to suit. I expect Amy will figure in some way in the new recordings - we're just trying to work out schedules commitments and such.
On Thursday afternoon on the 17th N
ovember I'm at BBC Portland Place in the heart of the London Village doing a little interview with Tom Robinson for his BBC Introducing program - Tom has been wo
nderfully supportive of the new album 'OTHER PEOPLE LIKE ME' and indeed of albums past - I'm really looking forward to catching up with him. He's played 'A Vision' from the new album a few times on his show - and it features in the current podcast.
I love London but I hate having to negotiate it's logistics, parking, congestion zones, psycho drivers, biker loons, the TUBE and the price of beer - I could never live there, it's like one big obstacle course too many. The odd visit I can handle...but even now I'm getting in a sweat around the plans for Thursday, the zone, the parking, the load in and the likes. We were hit for a couple of congestion zone fines last time we played London with the band - perhaps my anxiety stems from then...
From London we play Brighton KOMEDIA on Fri 18th November and return to the midlands to play Leicester O2 Academy on Saturday 19th November - all the shows are early - so if you're coming bare that in mind.
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