Up at silly-o-clock to get dad to hospital. 5 hours later and all is well.
Drove to Wolverhampton to do a lounge show at my mate Ade's house. I performed the new 30-minute version of Getting Lost in my Hometown, followed by a full Inadequate Man. A room full of toughened fighters who have served their country well, not my typical audience but they were so good to me - laughed at all the right times, especially during Inadequate Man which is slightly more aggressive, such a great evening.
Getting Lost... still works, more so now that I don't have to pad it out and can do the shorter version. I'd let this show go last year but because I'm needing to fill a full evening for my tour dates, it makes sense to bring it back and effectively support myself before doing the new show. I was working from a script for the new bit for the whole 50 minutes but it didn't matter - people were crying with laughter. The structure feels loose but it comes together brilliantly at the end - it does need work, despite what the nice audience may tell you, but it's not far off. A fantastic night, the kind of show I live for. This is what I do, I'm doing it, Richards is storming it.
Got very drunk with my kind hosts before eventually crashing out.
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