The Roundhouse Chalk Farm London
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The Roundhouse, Chalk Farm, London.
Collecting our pals at the Marriott, their hotel simultaneously in both Swiss Cottage & Regent’s Park, arriving 12.45, leaving 12.58 for a very tasty lunch in a Turkish restaurant at Primrose Hill.
Onto
the Roundhouse & arriving while Paul Weller was soundchecking. The Humans are one act of several performing at this
Haiti Benefit.
Our get-on call is 17.30 for a 16.40 – 19.00 set.
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22.56 Bredonborough.
Terrrible & ongoing smoke blew along the dressing rooms’ corridor: the back door was open for smokers, smoking in the open doorway, and the wind blowing the smoke back into & along the corridor: smoke for compulsory sharing with any other breathing creature.
There seemed to be no stage director or overseeing-person to maintain the schedule. Our get-on was late, soundcheck was late, performance 20 minutes late, from 19.00- 19.20. Mucho scrabbling & heroism from our Team of Paul, Adrian & Sylvain to get us on in a timely & functioning fashion I…
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A strong 20-minute Humans set. Filming, flashes, photos, all the paraphernalia of a rock concert, which this was. Loud & rocking. And The Humans rocked out.
Returning to our dressing room, booked for 10 minutes after our show endtime, the next performers were already in there; not ideal when the new act are all male & the act about to leave has a female who needs to change. But, the show was set up in a hurry, and this is what it is.
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Dropping the Wongmeister at his nearby cottage lodgings & back here for supper.
A good day. The Minx is very happy. Once she steps on stage, she is in her element.
To gentle, while gently dribbling.
