Inspirit - yes I'm sure it's very costly to come out here. With suede though it's something else. They could easily sell out here and so many of us want them to tour here but they always stop at Asia / Indonesia. I think on that 99 tour **** went down. They blew out 2 gigs here or maybe just 1 - I can't remember. Huge audiences here for all the British bands that we love. And Mums and Dads bringing up their kids on this music so huge age range at these concerts. I was saying to someone that it's so nice to see parents and their kids loving this band. I didn't share any music with my parents. I remembered my Dad saying I shouldn't be listening to it. They used to play FEELINGCALLEDLIVE on Channel v and he was very offended by DYRTFT. Now parents and their kids are singing the songs together. Huge shift I'm seeing. It's fantastic.

Just about to head down to Opera House for the gruelling wait. I'm 42 so I have to really prepare for it all mentally and physically. Lots of bananas and Cherry Ripes. To Weener, I'm so sad you're not here. It would have been amazing to see it with you.