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09-11-2004  Nottinghill Arts Explosion

Was there a venue with a more packed out person to space ratio in all of London last night? Honestly, we were blown away by the intensity and density of the crowd last night, resonanses of Hamburg in the 50's, all red lights, swamped bodies, pojections adorning the walls, monday blues forgotten, salty beads in eyes, an excorcism on stage and the gig trail re-ignited and ready to blaze a new light through the dark winter months, all complete and totally unexpected with an 8.30 kick off time. Stupendous. 'Thank you' to David who had us to play in his venue and for the gentleman's drink amongst the furnace after the gig - your patronage and advice is much appreciated! And also to Dave who runs the night, one of the best in London - lets do it again. Finally, all the best to those Scandanavian wizards mando diao. Good luck with the rest of the tour - and sorry about you guys coming runners up in the battle of the buses...