I am becoming a blog bore. Why not Twitter they say? Answer; becuase you can't do verbal disentry on twitter like you can on a blog.

The radio interview went ok. It was a proper station that does BBC World Service , Citta FM 97.7 I think. Nige and I did the talking and we got 10 minutes and two tracks. There is definately an anticipation about this gig and the Blackout club is a legendary rock venue.

we got six hours sound check which was more than we were entitled to becuase the owner and his team wanted to go out for a meal but they ordered pizzas in instead and stuck with us till we got it right. Why can't the promoter be this helpful?

We also met Maxi who is the guitarist with Visionary Flowers who are our support band at this gig and the next one. He was fantastically helpful in getting Marco up to speed becuase he knew all the songs, his brother is also in the band.

The Blackout is authentic rock n roll without being scuzzy, there are even locks on the toilet doors. It is extremely businesslike becuase putting on a great show is the most important thing. At the moment the sound is good (with some tweaking tonight) the visuals are good, my voice is bearing up, alcohol consumption in hand and adequate amounts of sleep. So I am inclined to feel positive.

As we had lunch yesterday we listed all the gigs we've done which amount to over 100 in every major european country over 3 decades and I think this is going to be one of the best.

Twitter? nah! The great diarist Samuel Pepys would have toured with a band if he'd lived in the 21st century and he would've nipped down to the local internet cafe just like me, then rocked till his wig fell off!