I'm in the middle of the tour now, and it's been going well.. plenty of applied weirdness along the way. In Auckland, on the opening night, after 4 seconds of the gig, some bloke shouted out 'it's too loud' after which someone else said 'it's too quiet'. I then went round testing all the instruments as a kind of audience sound check.. quite the strangest start to a gig I've had in a long while. Also there, we had to move hotels, because the hotel er..stopped being a hotel during our stay, and became apartments..I've seen plenty of hotel strife over the years on tour, bomb threats, fires, flooding, hotel's not built, but I can't ever remember a hotel changing function mid-stay..

Can't believe the LHC is finally being switched on, will be fascinating to see what happens - so many people know about this now, and I overhear conversations about it everywhere..there's a great interview with Stephen Hawking on the BBC about it, he has bet $100 that they won't find the Higgs Boson.

Looking forward to the rest of the gigs, hope to see some of you along the way.

Keep an eye on Switzerland.

Bill