I wonder how many other songwriters spent most of all last week in a state of mini - ecstasy as a spate of new song ideas were coming together. Only to then switch on to the BBC’s recent television documentaries featuring a band so enormously...
It was spring ‘02; we had been on tour in North America and feeling pleased to be back touring internationally after a hiatus of a few years. Both Charlie Burchill and I had taken advantage of the day off in Los Angeles and in doing...
Some songs go all out to say a lot. Others songs seemingly don’t attempt to say anything that much, and yet somehow seem to say a lot more as a result. Mandela Day, a song we wrote in ‘88 came together faster than just about any...
In response to my asking, many people recently tweeted the opinion that Sinead O’Connor was indeed the humungous talent that I had recently made her out to be. However there is always one that sticks out - and wouldn’t life would be dull without them? In...
The recent back (+ leg pain) that I experienced during shows was definitely irritating. But thankfully there exists a few things that helped it reduce.First is the natural adrenalin that comes with performing for an audience, it is a natural painkiller, and it is the...
The film director John Hughes died this last week and although it would be wrong for me to say that I knew him well, there is however no denying that the effect of his enthusiasm for our music resulted in our band receiving genuine worldwide...
Allez les Belges! I really felt that there was something a bit special in the air during our show a couple of days ago at the festival in Belgium. Yes, we may have already had some career defining gigs within our past story that have taken...
It’s been almost three months and the first part of our tour is kind of unwinding towards a full on break. The last couple of weeks have given us plenty time to recharge as to be fair the shows have amounted to only a gig...
Life is full of the unbelievable at the moment. First it was the weather in Edinburgh where it rained not only cats and dogs, but frogs and goats as well. Soon after and with about only two hours sleep, I found myself on live TV, standing by...
Throughout our story we have had so many shows that have been genuinely great. We have even had some that I would call magical. That said, for whatever reason and it is probably down to a combination of things, it had been a long time...
Artists that go on stage before us and successfully begin what is hopefully a memorable night for the audience really do us proud. I am sure that those who came to our recent shows throughout Germany will agree that Arno Carsterns was quite special. The South...
It was a test and a rather extreme one at that! A few nights ago and just after playing to 15,000 on a warm summer evening in a beautiful outdoors situation, we turned up no less than a day later to begin the first of...
