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  • Just checked property prices up there, not as bad as I'd thought! Another #csb incoming, apologies in advance.

    My poor timing on Sunday has reminded me of the time my first band had a big support gig in Paris. We left Brixton in our mate's Escort van and managed to miss our ferry crossing. This made us an hour late. We got to Calais and only then realised the time difference. So we were now two hours late. Mark, our mate, driver and sound guy, drove like a maniac and got us to the outer peripherique with an hour to doors opening.

    At this point he pulled out a Paris AtoZ and gave me the job of navigating us to the Olympia. Fortunately all the one way systems were marked (!), we pulled up to the gig ten minutes before the doors opened. We ran in, got our equipment onstage, changed into our stage gear and went on without a soundcheck. Terrifying but exciting, I miss Paris.

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