Well we've eventually made it back to good old Yorkshire, we landed at 7.30 on Wednesday 28th April at Newcastle Airport after a long but uneventful flight from Singapore via Heathrow. A nice touch from British Airways, they gave us access to the VIP lounge and we made the most of the food and wine. My two large Gin & Tonics went down very well thank you. It was a wonderful sight to get off the plane and see Pat and Julie waiting there for us, it's good to be back home.
Thank you Australia, it was sad to leave your wonderful country behind. So many wonderful memories, so many wonderful people we met along the way, old friends, new friends, thank you all so much for helping make this trip so special for both Vin and I.
This was Vin's biggest ever Tour In his own words his "40 Years Of Anonymity Tour" (We know better!). From Malaysia, down to Singapore and on to Australia, with concerts in 14 cities, full houses in 29 venues and four major Festivals, in fact as Johnny Cash would say "We've Been Everywhere Man"
All in all we had been on the road for 67 days, covered a grand total of 43,038 Km (26,720 miles) by road and air, with only a few minor hitches, the last 11,000 from Singapore to Newcastle being slightly more difficult than the rest.
From Melbourne, Adelaide, Alice Springs, to Darwin and Perth, Sydney to Canberra
Vin has delighted audiences and received outstanding reviews for his performances. For these last few months It has been a real priviledge to have supported a true proffessional, who's work and audiences come first and who gives his all on every occaision.
I would like to thank all the audiences in Australia who gave me their support and encouragement. Particularly as it was the first time they had heard my music and songs, without exception they could not have been more welcoming and supportive. Thank you for all your offers to come back and play in Australia again, I will definately be back soon.
We would like to thank everyone involved in the organisation of the Tour, From club to festival organisers, our hosts in the various cities who looked after us so superbly, drivers who picked us up from airports, those who fed us and kept us clean.
Along the way, we sung with and met up with some notable Folkies from Australia and the UK; the superb Eddie Reader, Boo Hewerdine, Dougie McLean, Les Barker, Emily
Smith, Eric Bogle, Kristina Olsen, Australian songwriter supreme Bernard Carny, Dave De Sante from Wongawilli, Keith Podger of the New Seekers, Canadian song smith James Keelaghan and from Chilli (one to note for the future) the 24 year old wizard of guitar and song Nano Stern, to name drop but a few.
We completed the tour on the 14th April with a superb farewell concert at "The Fly By Night Club" near Perth. After 12 relatively trouble free international and internal flights, we flew back to Singapore on the penultimate leg of this epic
journey, only to be stranded in Singapore by volcanic cloud dust.
A special word of thanks to Alex our host in Singapore for letting us take over his flat and giving us a place to stay. We think your great!
The rest as they say is history.
Watch out for a final summary (blog) coming out soon.
No comments:
Post a Comment