My first day at rehearsals armed with cameras, to find bad lighting and no room to swing even a cat’s paw, so had to shrink myself to the size of a sweet wrapper to fit between the Rowmonium and the grand piano. This was the day of the second half –for Neil and the band, frustrating and difficult, though it has to be said that Neil was enjoying sorting out the chaos, firing on more cylinders than I have yet seen. No point in talking about anything other than the set list or the gig in general – the cat’s boil would have to wait- but managed to find set list hugely interesting.

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