Mary and Moosie were meant to be on “that bloody plane” and Chris was supposed to be coming to see us off
Ed with Alan
No idea who this is
“I felt the spoon in my hand and she laughed no more”
New roadie Don didn’t know what he was letting himself in for
Tony, a tall, skinny man, and Gina
Waving at Glenn Tilbrook from the audience
Theremin solo
That hairy guitarist from Weevil
Even Superman couldn’t get the World Tour back on again
Moosie insisted on having his photo taken with Otway
Anthony and Anna have to be careful to stand in the right place, or else the teeshirts can combine to say something completely different
Tour backer Rainbow George
© Chris Payne & Radio London 2006
John Otway's show at Liverpool's Cavern Club on October 27th was to have been the launchpad event for his World Tour. The tour may have been cancelled, but John gave his Cavern audience (in the words of Bachman Turner Overdrive) "something they'll never forget".
The club was packed with both the disappointed passengers from the ill-fated tour, who would no longer be catching “that plane, that bloody plane” the following day and with other loyal fans who had gone simply to show their support for John.
What began as a poignant occasion soon became a great evening. Tour cancellation jokes abounded with Otway opening the first set with his own take on 'Imagine' - "Imagine there's no World Tour..." (watch movie from the link above.) Later, the audience cheerfully sang 'Leaving on a Jet Plane', accompanied by special guest Glenn Tilbrook, whom even Otway had to admit had enjoyed one or two more hits than him, during his 25 years as frontman of Squeeze.
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