Friday 19th November 1999

Leeds - Duchess

Went to see Jim's Super Stereoworld in Southampton last night so I was feeling a little tired and not a little hung over this morning. Jim and the boys were bloody marvellous by the way, I had a great time and got to promote my up and coming Southampton gig at the same time.

It was possibly the longest journey ever to Leeds, partially my fault, but mainly the fault of successive governments their tragically inadequate transport policies. It took us 2 hours to get out of London and a further 6 hours to travel the 198 miles to Leeds. That's an average speed of 24.5 mph, about the same speed as my push bike on a good day.

Anyway, we missed the sound check and most of the first band as we arrived at 9pm, fed up, hungry and dying for a beer.

I did manage to catch just a tiny bits of Poontang and 5' 4" and liked what I heard. They all seemed like really nice folk too.

By the time we managed to get set up and on-stage we only had 35 minutes to play a 45 min set, so we played everything a little faster and I didn't have time to spout my usual waffle in between songs. We had to miss out the quieter songs too, which made the set fast and furry. Lo and behold, people were dancing and moshing and having a lot of fun on the dance floor.

I must say that I really enjoyed the gig and felt the day's trouble's ease away.

After the gig we chilled out with an old friend, Gary From Leeds and his mate Jezz and also had the chance to chat with some the lovely people that had come to the gig. I got a lovely kiss from a young lady called Liz and another called Christina, as I said at the time "I like my job'.

We had some rooms booked at the Travelodge in town and after a few tours of inner Leeds we hit the hotel and retired. Well most of us retired. Stevie and Harry went of with Gary for further debauchery.

I was so tired that I didn't even watch TV, I just collapsed on the bed and sleep like a baby.