Day 21 - Brighton, Concorde 2:

I awake at about midday, in scorching heat. It was a blinding hot day 
outside, and my bunk is on the side of the bus that was exposed to the 
sun. Surprisingly, I felt absolutely fine, no hangover or ill 
effects.......................ah, the joys of youth!!! 

It did feel strange having another gig to do, as London is usually the 
last gig of most tours, but it made no difference to us, and it was 
quite a nice change to finish somewhere else, and the beautiful weather 
set the scene perfectly.

After feeding myself, and spending a good amount of time lay on the 
beach in the sunshine, I amble back towards the venue to see how things 
are going. The pace of today is nice and slow, as a few other people in 
our group are feeling a little worse for wear!

We had previously given a copy of our new album to Luke Toms, and he 
arrived a the venue with an interesting discovery.................If you 
open up our album booklet, and hold the front cover against a window, or 
up to the sun, you can see my face from the picture on the reverse, 
shining through directly where the 'orb' of light is on the front 
cover.........damn, someone finally uncovered the fact that I am a 
messiah. Oh well, better get my robe and sandals out again :-)

One drink that I always find amazing when I have had a heavy night out is 
Lilt. I couldn't find any, so settled for a diet coke, never 
mind......................................

Wow, it's time for the gig. The LAST gig of the tour. It felt like only 
yesterday that we were overjoyed at the fact that we had three weeks on 
tour...........what happened? where did it go? it's such a blur.........
only when I look back over the tour diaries does it all start sinking in.

Well, all we can say is that Brighton was a great place to finish the 
tour. The audience was great, very attentive, and made plenty of noise. 
We really enjoyed the gig, but had a constant sense of regret that this 
was the last performance, but overall a very good end to, what was for us, 
an amazing tour. I think in the time we have been away we have developed 
a great deal. Even though we haven't been touring constantly, we dived 
straight back into it, playing better than we ever have. The new songs 
give us more freedom when picking a set list, and are so much more fun 
to play, and I think having dealt with touring before, nothing was new, 
and nothing was a surprise, so we were much better equipped to deal with 
the lifestyle of being on the road, making the most of it, and enjoying 
every second......apart from the smell in the toilet at Oxford :-)

Over and out, thanks to all who came

Yours 

Adam........Messiah, and bassist, of THIRTEEN SENSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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