Half way through the sound-check, there was a very loud explosion and the theatre was plunged into a total blackout. We were led by torches to the stage door. Police and firemen everywhere. A sergeant said we must evacuate the building immediately. Out into the rain to be met by fans with hundreds of albums to be signed. A generator had blown up and the block and traffic lights where the theatre was located were all down. It was now 6:00pm and the fire chief could not give us any assurances that we would get any power for the performance.

Roger Searle, our tour manager (as cool as ever) said if we didn’t hear anything positive by 7:00pm, we would have to pull the show and re-schedule a later date.

At 6:55, we had power and half an hour to get the audience in and get ready.

We walked on stage at 7:30pm to another full house!