And my ………ieth !!!! birthday. Neil wakes me up with a cup of coffee, and croissant and a present –

Will remember this morning for a while. Wake around 4am with headache which becomes bad at 6am and unbearable at

Meet Bob for breakfast in a deli close by the hotel. My melon arrives as their cooked breakfast has been

SHOWDAY Around 11am Tom,JJ and Neil decided they would hit the music shops on 48th street so we drifted through

Wake at 3.30 with a desperate need for coffee so walk a block to an all- night deli called Smiles.

Day one and not a single flared nostril amongst us. Instruments hav been accounted for and packed. Passports and visas