WAKE US UP - WE MUST BE DREAMING!!!

That has to be one of the all-time great gigs!!

Rather than me describe it (which I will anyway!), here's a selection of comments we've received via e-mail, Facebook and even this blog, since we rocked, nay nearly destroyed, The Ship on Saturday night:

"I think you were as good as I've heard you (i.e. magic!), and you all seemed so happy and relaxed - wonderful!" (Ian Gilliver)
"Excellent evening at The Ship tonight - keep it coming!" (EventHorizon 2001)
"Fantastic night - made my 40th! Thanks for doing Kasabian better than Kasabian!" (Toria)
"Fantastic night on Saturday - best yet! Hottest place in Macc - in more ways than one!" (Pete)
"Excellent gig at the Ship on Saturday. In my humble opinion, the Dazed & Confused version of "Fire - Kasabian" is better than the original!" (Roger Thawley)

To say we are flattered and, at the same time humbled, is an understatement - in some ways, however, we are not surprised! Saturday was at another level - for some reason, everything seemed to drop into place. The audience was actually standing waiting for us to start for one thing - none of the usual malarkey of us having to try and catch people's attention by throwing things at them! Things just got better and better after that - a fabulous crowd, great atmosphere and even the set list seemed to work perfectly - our second set (supposedly 1 hour in length) started at 10:30pm and finished at 12:25am!! Probably has to go down as one of the best gigs we've played - to see everyone (and I mean everyone!) bouncing up and down to "Fire" was just incredible - there were even ladies on men's shoulders, for goodness sake - it was like bloody Glastonbury! BIG, BIG thanks to everyone who made it such a great night, and commiserations to those who wanted to come, but couldn't make it - Andy May: you know who you are, and you were missed!

I did suggest to Tony that next time we play there, we'll take a cut of the bar takings, rather than a fee but, for some strange reason, he didn't think that was a good idea - Eee, there were some stuff supped that night!!

So, onwards and upwards - next stop is The Roebuck in Mobberley (post code: WA16 7HX) on Thursday 18 November; they are having a Beer, Curry and a Band night, which sounds just about perfect! I'm sure the locals will be flooding in, but we'll be delighted, as always, to see any familiar faces that fancy a night out in the country. For those who might not know where it is, here's a link to a map (use the zoom controls on the right to change the scale of the map)!