[After the gig at London Astoria, 4 June 1993] Blur’s tour manager suggested we all go back to our hotel and invites us to come in their van. I have never been out at night in London. (…) We all crash into the foyer. Everyone’s getting steamin’, the vibes are less drugs and orgy abandon, more eight-year-old’s birthday party. Alex is getting spun in a circle with a blindfold on. Damon pretends to pump him over a coffee table. Graham is getting interviewed by some students and Dave is trying to get anyone interested in a game of backgammon. The roadies are rolling up a production line of spliffs and now Damon has leapt on to the grand piano and starts banging out some Scott Walker numbers and music hall tunes. – from the teenage diaries of Cora Bissett from Blur’s support band Darlingheart [X]
