Tuesday 30th November 1999

Bath - University

We actually managed to arrive in Bath on time and after a few hints from helpful Bathonians, we managed to find the Uni and the Student Union building.

Access to the venue was via a lift, onto which we loaded our gear and then pressed the button for the third floor. Once in the venue we were greeted by the Uni crew and settled down to prepare things for the sound check.

Getting the sound right at a college gig is always a bit of a lottery as often the PA and lights are being manned (or womaned) by students, fresh to the task. Sometimes this can be a nightmare, but today everything went very well and I was well impressed by the expertise on show.

After a long but fairly trouble free soundcheck, I met up with my mates Sam and (gorgeous) Kelly and got something to eat at the bar. I was warned against the veggie dish and opted for a safe, boring, cheese salad sandwich.

Whilst I was eating I could hear the support band Ultra Violet going through their soundcheck and it all sounded rather nice really.

Before we could down even a few drinks, Ultra Violet were on-stage and making very pleasing noises. The band was formed from the ashes of Feline and T????? and singer ???? has lost none of her power and poise. It was a great set and met with the approval of the Abdou boys and a fair deal of the rather small but perfectly formed audience.

Then it was the turn of the Abdou rock n roll circus to step into the limelight and thrust our stuff. I really enjoyed this gig, there was a real rapport with the crowd and some great heckling. I was called a scab for drinking Kronenburg 1664 and there was a comment about the lack of activity in my upper most follicles.

I think that we played pretty well, although Stevie said that he was playing crap.
I didn't notice though ;-)

After the gig, I got to hang around with some lovely folk and even managed to flog a few CDs. So all in all, a very good night, great people, great venue. More like this please, only with more people.