Northampton

Northampton 1996

Possibly...Probably...OK Definitely one of the best Stories in the world ever...!

Northampton of course, huge stage, excellent venue, loads of nice people and Brilliant set, everybody smiling and having a good time, similar set to usual but no Girl A, and unbelievably Heaven Suitcase, fantastic (even if I didnÕt think it was much cop on the single) announced by Jake as being "the first time we've done this live" before adding "well outside London anyway!"

They put Motorcade nearer the end before 12 Reasons, and Garden Fence AND Funny Ha Ha as an encore, with oodles of confetti and smoke and wind and strings leaping about everywhere and Jake rolling around on the floor, just how it should be...

Met lots of nice people including the elusive Simon by accident (after about two hours talking to him - "Ohhhhh so you must know Tony and Ian then...Ohhhhh so you must be THAT Simon then...Doh...), went backstage and got the poster (lovely fluorescent orange version of the Golden Mile postcard, mmm very tasteful) I 'borrowed' from behind the bar signed by various people - "Jake, write something rude on this" - the result - a fluorescent orange Jake with a bubble coming out of his mouth going "TWAT" (not to mention Arse on my ticket) "I agree" from Lucy, "Twang my G-string" from Paul and, er, "Thanks for being so sexy, love Ollie", hmmm... And something illegible from Rob.

Asked lots of questions of Jake and can no longer remember what any of them were, let alone the answers, except about the album, which I knew already...Altogether Fantabulously Brilliant, as Jake might say, if he was in church...

I feel a trip to Warwick coming on...
Endlessly sparkling

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