17 | LONDON

SOMERSET HOUSE 04.08.05

Somerset House is the grandiose setting for our first major London show for over a month! Outrageously good support from Son of Dave and usual drunken London nonsense from us. Extremely edgy city today due to suicide bomb threat but acoustic tour beckons with brighter beginnings

Big painting of the battle of Trafalgar over the mantle piece Satin Singh relaxes in the dressing room and builds himself up to playing the songs twice as fast as we rehearsed them Our dressing room tonight is the Navy Board room where Nelson planned the battle of Trafalgar Nice lighting.
"the Nelson Stair - an architectural celebration of Naval power and imperial ambition" Crowd begin to arrive and drink heavily View from the dressing room window over the Thames. Gaz manfully engages extremely drunk people after the gig
Somerset House from Waterloo bridge as taken by a slightly drunk diarist weaving his way home The National Theatre is a haze in purple Big Ben, the London Eye a racing blur

And the last view of the night as I lose consciousness in a speeding motor