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Thursday, 30th May 1996
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Singapore, Singapore Tour Diary - By Joe Elliott

"Don't fancy yours much..."

Thursday May 30 - Singapore.

Hello again. Here we are in Singapore - home of the Singapore Sling. All the crew are mad for one but me, I'm not much of a gin freak so I'll stick to my Diet Coke thanx! We flew in yesterday so the schedule's not too hectic yet. The building is very modern and clean and there's no smoking, even in the dressing rooms. Yeah, right. On we go substituting Slang for Truth?, which works better. The air conditioning works a treat - too well in fact, since none of us come offstage drenched in sweat. It seemed to keep the crowd cool too, but with all the rules and regulations both band and audience have to adhere to, you got to feel for these guys who by law can't let themselves go. A bit weird.

Viv opted not to wear the dress, probably a good move. So after a brief band meeting we head off to the hotel to change for a night out. We've been invited for a bevy at the Hard Rock Cafe where we played unplugged in October '95 (check out the edition of Slang with free EP!). Myself, Sav, Viv and Malvin (band tour manager and overall Vibe merchant) slip slowly into an alcohol-induced stupor as we're asked if we want to jam with the band.

Now never being one to miss out on a chance to make a complete prat of myself I suggest we jam instead of the band! So the frustrated drummer (me!), Sav on bass and Viv on guitar rip into such embarrassing "classics" as All Right Now, briefly redeem ourselves with Better Be Home Soon and I Saw Her Standing There (nice vocals Mal!), before I get the bug and steal the guitar off Viv. By now I'm off and over the edge so we (me, really) proceed to slaughter Wild Thing, Jumping Jack Flash, Honky Tonk Woman and Rocky Mountain Way before the one redeeming brain cell tells me to stop! And I didn't even notice Sav had scuttled off back to the bar. I told you I got loud on Scotch & ginger. Just not normally that loud.

(To read the next part of this diary go to the Jakarta show page.)

By Joe Elliott in Q Magazine 1996.

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