LYs land on Korean soil

Tuesday 30 May, 2pm (32,000 feet above sea level, Western Europe): We are cruising over Brussels, at a speed of around 850kph, quaffing a welcome round of bubbling champagne courtesy of Air France. We toast the beginning of our Korean trip, and spirits are high. Not least because Big Momma’s House 2 is being shown on the onboard entertainment system. I have a feeling this tour could be something rather special… Wednesday 31 May, 8.30am Korean time (Incheon International Airport, Seoul, South Korea): The Lightyears have landed in South Korea. Our instruments, sadly, have not. Their exact whereabouts remain something of ...

“Can we have more baby-oil for the girls please?”

Saturday 13 May, 3.30pm (Come Together Festival, Henley, Oxfordshire): We’ve just come offstage after our set at the Come Together Festival in Henley-on-Thames. Playing nearly an hour’s set before lunchtime left me feeling a little light-headed, but it was a great lark and everyone seemed to have a good time. We met the guys from Wire Jesus, an excellent Reading band who you really should check out if you get a chance (www.WireJesus.com). Oh, and for the record, the Come Together Festival does a mean buffalo-steak wrap. That’s all I have ...

Going head-to-head with Liberty X

Saturday 6 May 2006, 6.30am (Lightyears HQ, Chiswick, London): We don’t have to be in Aberystwyth until 3pm, which should mean not leaving London until about 10 in the morning. Except that Tony has decided we have to set off at 7.30am in order to make it to the Red Lion in Llandyfaelog by midday to watch Crystal Palace in the Championship Play-Off Semi-Finals. And so the day does not start well for me – I care not for Crystal Palace, and I care not for Llandyfaelog. But being in a band is all about compromise, so I put ...