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Their iconic first album has been reimagined for its thirtieth anniversary, and with a European tour hot on its hs starting in Portugal in September, I think it's time to welcome on board Cbo Ride M This is the final bder call for Ban Mock Oh, this is the final bolding call for Bryanot com. The Brian Mock ob' making its way into the gation. This is the final boaling call, final bording call for Bronopon thank you no one. This is the final bordic call. R Oh look what we've got on board. Brian Ba, How are you doing Briar? I'm doing really well and I'm really happy to be here. And thank you for flying Alanir. Oh, well, you know, it's very luxurious. It's more luxurious to what I'm used to. Oh really? Yeah You love a tour bus though, didn't you? I'm very fond of a tour bus because why' do you like a tour bus? Because I cannot stand airports And I don't like flying very much, which is problematic problematic for me. Okay, this is going to be a very short episode No, but I mean, I travel without a plane, can't you? Well, I've flown everywhere, I suppose, everywhere apart from Antarctica, so it's just something I have to do and I just have to get over myself, you know? It's so lovely meeting you, though. Well I'm very glad you said that I've got a story, you've got a story. I've got a story too, and it might be the same story because we've actually met before irport in London. in London Is it was it two thousand eight? Something around that Yeah maybe ten years ago and you No it was not ten years ago. I was on Friday night project D this is This is got be two thousand eight, two thousand nine. I've been in a band too long, so like you know time time in memory doesn't really work anymore, you know. So I remember it being about ten years ago And I used to live in Barcelona. Yeah. so I used to commute backwards and forwards quite a bit. Yeah. And I was flying back to Barsa And I was stood in the queue to check in. Yeah. And then all of a sudden there were I saw out of the corner of my eye two very flustered gentlemen Rushing in Yeah, obviously late for their flight and judy I spoke to the ground staff very quickly and then were moved to the front of the cebe Oh, no, no, no No, Wh was Which was fine because I understood that you guys were late and you the people, remember, B. And you needed to make your flight. And I thought to myself, oh, I think I recognize this gentleman. That's Chatty Man from the telly. Yes. And there was a bit of a kufuffle as there sometimes is when you're trying to check in. and it was taking a little bit too long. And And I was going, that's fine. And don't say, go cararry off. And then you just turned around and started talking to the person who was in the quebe behind you, which happened to be me. Yes And you were just apologizing about it taking so long and explaining you know that you were late for your flight and that they were trying to get you onto your flight. And I thought to myself, wow How polite, how wonderfully polite and how wonderfully gracious and I didn't think you recogned me at the time. I did. becauseuse I said to Justin, I said, I think that's Bran Okay, well I didn't think you recognizeed me. so I was just kind of like, well Obviously he doesn't know me for Adam, and I did. I could be I could be very flustered. Oh, well, you spoke to me with such kind of kindness and politeness and I was embarrassed. And it was just at that point, I thought to myself, Oh, that's a real testament to this man's character You know, you spoke to me with real dignity. Oh you know And I thought, well, I could have been anybody. No no m I didn't it was only when I was f out I'm so sorry. And then you know when you you werere walking or I obviously being We go push through VIP on my buggy as I'm whizzing through waving at all the poor people o And then I thought I said, Justin that's Brian. But when you turned around to speak to the person in the quebe behind you, you weren't expecting to see a rockstar. No, I wasnt No, no No, I could have been anyone, and you were prepared to apologize and and be extremely polite and explain and explain what was going on. And I just thought, wow, what a testament to this man's character You know. And obviously I knew of you. Yes. but that's. But that's when I really started to like you very much. And in fact, in that moment, you reminded me of David Bowie becausecause David Bowie you know what? I hated this anecdote when I first started. Now I love it. This is my favourite one because Because could have been I could have been anyone standing behind you. And David was like that very much as well. And I learnt that from him. I learnnt how to be with people from him. He treated everyone with the same amount of dignity. It didn't matter if you were the waiter or a world famous rock star. He spoke to everybody the same way. And that reminded me of David. Well that's so sweet becausecause we had the comedian Jack Whiteole, and he said, I've got a story about you And I was in the back of a cab. apparently drunk who doesn't sound like me at all, and I demanded a kebab And I left the man's kebab As a shithole, apparently there was chili sauce smeared up. I mean, I think he was exaggerating, but yeah, isn't it nice to have a nice anecote you give for that. But you know where I was heading to I was filming Friday Night Project to show back in the day. and I was going to meet Mel C from the Spice Girls. we sang, you know, baby, when you're gone, you know, the Brian Adams one. I sang that in an East Enders pub. And there was a photo of Well Ard, You know Wellell A Well Aed the dog Yeah yeah yeahah. And you know, I was at the beginning of my fame there. and you know when you just I'm this boy from Northampton and I'm singing with Mel C, and there's Well Ad with his tongue hanging out looking down at me and I was like, what the hell is going on Well then I speak to you in the queue. Yeah What a holiday that was? You know, but memory is a kind of like it's quite a fickle mistress because we don't when we remember something, we don't remember the actual event. We remember the last time We remembered the actual event And in my mind, my me in my mind, you and your companion were dressed in very colorful stripy suits.. Like And I'm sure at least one of you was wearing a boater hat. That would be justustin. Yeah. D you guys Yeah, Did you guys used to travel a lot with boater hats? So I didn't make it up. You guys looked like you were heading to Port Merion to be not pork married think it was more Magaloo. Isn't that strange? because they say memory is a bit like when you put a red jumper in the wash. loses its colourors and everything Exactly time it has a spin and that's what memory is like is Yeah. so we do a kind of a director's cut. So I was wondering if if those stripey suits in the boata were something that I invented, but in fact have you ever heard about that experiment they did with a load of people? They put a photo album and they put them in a hot air balloon, the family. evenven though they'd never been on the hot air balloon and nearly every family went, o my go, you remember that trip So tricking their mind how the memory does play games. Yeah those v That's interesting. Oh my Godd, I remember that. They never did. They were just seeing whether you could fool them I think that's called the Mandela effect, isn't it? Isn't it? Yeah, yeah, I think so because it's like a shared delusion, a shared delusional memory that people have of something that never happened hundredundreds and thousands of people actually believe that it did. L it comes from, I think that some people believe that Nelson Mandela actually died in jail when he didn't and became, you know president of South Africa U, but it's like a the Mandela effect is kind of like a a shared delusion to do with memory, you know, It's just kind of crazy. was we were getting on that easy jet flight? That was a dilluded memory. No. I think we're definitely dilluded, But not in that moment. No. Well listen, speaking of memory, you're going back to recreated. Let's talk about that new album. Now you said What did you say? I love You said you're not improving it, you're completing it. Explain Well, R tell everyone, you're going back to your first album. Well going back I went back to the first album because our thirtieth anniversary was coming up and I decided that I wanted to make a new version of it U because when we did it thirty years ago, it was probably the only like the second or third time we'd been in a studio. So we didn't really know how to use the technology and we didn't really know how to kind of realize the sound that we had in our heads. All that we knew how to do was just kind of play in the studio like we played on stage you know, so The album It always felt a little bit incomplete to me And as a consequence, I sort of developed a kind of dysfunctional relationship with it. And I saw this as an opportunity to mend my relationship with all of these songs in order to be able to go out and do a really big thirtieth anniversary tour. Yeah focusing on our earliest music and, you know and do it with joy instead of, you know, dysfunction and O I think that I had convinced myself that I didn't do as good a job on that record than That funny. Yeah, they were first iconic, you know, exactly. When you look at it, you know, and you were placelbo was so before its time and it's almost like you're from the future Lyrically, sonically, asesthetically I mean You know, you were doing stuff that people are doing now and this is thirty years ago. Exactly, exactly. And I think that's what basically, you know, it really, really worked in our favor because at the time The mainstream music scene was just filled with Bit pop. Yeah, it was quite latty, it was very, very macho Yeah bit like going to a football match, you know, go into a gig in those days, you know, kind of thing. and Stefan and I used to just even when we went out, we used to stand out, you know, get think from the crowd and we people used to react quite negatively towards us, you know,ort a thing. And that's just kind of became fuel for us on stage and it kind of became fuel to kind of be who we were, you know? and u So but we were very much influenced by a kind of a bowie Lou reed Iggy pop kind of tradition, you know, kind of thing. and u The first time I saw Bowie, it was the Ashes to Ashes video, you know, which melted my brain, you know. And so it kind of worked in our favor because we sort of stood out You know, like sore thumbs everywhere we went socially and on stage. Yeah. And so we were able to garner a lot of attention at the beginning because we were so different, you know And I don't tend to think really very much about The fact that we may have influenced a lot of bands these days, you know, but there were definitely less bands playing around with gender fluidity. Oh my God, you were s at that time Yeah, you know that's a fact. Of course, of course. Yeah. So how did you feel going back to the alum? W you scared? or are you proud? I mean You know, when I look back at some of my old routines, sometimes you're like, that's a big cringe. did you ever forget about any of your songs? or you' proud or you like, o God, that's a good bloody song. Well, is there any of you a bit like, Oh dear? It was only when I went back and listened to the album for the first time after ten years and I kind of did it in a strange order because first I made the decision I was gonna remake the album And then I called a producer friend of mine and asked him if he'd co produce it with me. And I called Stefan as well, and I told him what I wanted to do and he laughed at me, you know like you lunatic, go ahead. And it was only at that point once I'd enlisted people to work with me that I went, o Maybe the professional thing to do would be to go back and listen to the album itself. Yeah, I think you should do that. I know music prod, but yeah. So I approached the computer with a little bit of trepidation, you know, and put the album on. And by the third or fourth song I realized that this kind of dysfunctional relationship that I had with the record was just a creation of my own mind. Yeah, you know Yeah. I had a feeling once And I decided it was the truth and then that feeling haunted me for twenty five years. And listening to it again, I just went, okay, I understand why people think this is a classic record because it's full of exuberance, you know, lots of lots of youthful energy, you know, it's very it's extremely cheeky I It's quite licentious. Yeah. And yeah, Nancy Boy is almost like grinder before Ginder happened, isn't it? The way you work through it? Well, yeah, I was trying to describe the most kind of debauched night that a quote unquote Nancy Boy could have in London. know, because it was all still very, very fresh for me And I wanted to take all the kind of abuse that we would get socially when we went out. and I wanted to reclaim it. Yeah, you know And I was probably at one point called an ani boy by somebody in a bar You know, can they happen to me? I can't imagine. Yes. I'm lucky. I've dodged all that. and I'm quite straight acting I just thought I just thought I'd be able to straight to the next cock You definly you definitely pass Not. Oh I'd love to You're not fooling anyone. How rude. But I wanted to reclaim those kind of homophobic insults Y and take the power away from the people who were hurling them at me Yeah go, yeah, okay. And this is what a Nancy boy gets up to. Yeah. And you in your dreams you'll never be able to get up to what we get up to. Yeah, you know. So it was a celebration of kind of Dbauchery and licentiousness really. This is another bit of a tangent, but you know, you're saying about how when you went with trepidation just to see what it was like. Have you ever seen that Kathy Bates clip where she said she never thanked her mum Yeah at the Oscars. and she went, I never thanked my mumy. She said, you did. She went, No, I didn't It did and she showed it back and then you could see the relief. She went, Oh, I did. her mind had played tricks on her. It's crazy is' that weird The mind is such a fascinating thing. Yeah. How we fill in all the gaps. Yeah, you know with with And I think it's because our brains to They want us to feel safe. So if there's a gap somewhere, they'll fill it in with something that's familiar. Which is I guess why we can have kind of what people call hallucinations. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, on a daily basis, you know.out Without the help of any mushrooms or anything We don't advocate magic mushrooms on this show. I know it feels like a lot of the time I'm on them, but that's not true Can't prove anything. I in the morning. I would have loved this wall. Back in the nineties. I would have stared at this for hours. And listen, I've got an idea to recreate the recreated album. Okay How we gonna to do that? Well listen to this and this is all on tape, so I own half of this idea You know, you're called placebo. placelbo You do a duette with Subo With Subvo plus Subo. I mean is't that amazing? Fubo singing Nancy Boy ' mental, but it could work. If stars in your eyes? Y. Celebity stars in your eyes still existed. C Tubo is pllasubo. That's a new one. Normally we get called placenta. which I think is quite nice Yeah Yeah coming from the womb. Have you ever eaten placenta No, I haven't love. Have you? Well, I wanted to when my son was born. Okay, you know, but it's meant to be full of nutrients? Yeah, and I wanted to kind of have a placenta party and, you know, invite my friends and everything. but My son's mother point blank refused. No, no, that is. You are not eating something that came out of my body. No, no. I can understand that. Is that Is it cannibalism? Is it? No, you have to e your No, what's cannibalism? Yeah, it's cannibalism. To a degree it is can of cannibalism. It is just saying. justust saying Okay apparently we apparently we are Our flesh tastes like bacon which is why we're so attracted to bacon to the smell of bacon.. And that's why cannibals used to I feel like you're looking me now like I'm a hog roast. Well, cannibals used to call us long pigs That' that's where the phrase No comes from. Yeah, it comes from the old days when the white man went out to explore and spread Catholicism, etcetera, and would encounter cannibals. And they loved a human because they reminded them of pigs. I bet you're good at a pub quiz because you have this very eclectic mind, lots of ination. Are you one as people that knows all this knowledge but can't remember your pin Exactly O where you live. I'm like that. Oh, I know there's this building from there. Who am I? Yeah. Exactly. you ever I mean do you ever walk through the threshold of a door and then just have to stop and go, Why am I here? Oh yes, yes, yes, yes. It happens all the time. And yes, I do forget my pin and I spend way too much time looking for my phone Oh yeah, you know. Yes. So now I have an orange one You know, so now the anxiety attack lasts three seconds instead of thirty. That you know so good. I lose my keys, wallet, passport of it literally all the time, all the time. So strange, isn't it? I think you've got one of that you've got the same mind as me, I think, a bit all over the place. Yeah, we've got a lot of useless information in our brains. Dolly Daydream. that's what my dad used to call me. Here's Doolly Daydream That's a compliment. Yes. That's a compliment. Yeah. Great dack name as well. Exactly. Without daydreaming, where would we be, you know? Yes, Brian. That's right. Listen, we' got to talk about travel. Okay. Now what was this quote here You love going for winter sun. You said your bones are porous Is up? Did I say that? Is that a medical condition? I think it's I think it's called osteoporosis, isn't it? Oh Porus So which doctor told you this or you self diagnosing? I think it was just because I found out that our bones become more porous as we age. Yeah. So if you're planning to murder someone, it' and hide them in a river, it's always better to murder an older person because they will sink to know and how this is a travel story? I have no idea.s going to be dark with you. Oh, you know, cannibalism, they'd love you So listen, you're born in Brussels, Is that right? That's correct. You have lived everywhere and you love a tour bus. So it's traveling in your blood. Does it feed you I don't know if it necessarily feeds me, but it's definitely in my blood. I'm kind of a reluctant traveler because I don't enjoy the process of traveling, but I love arriving. Yeah. Arriving is one of the best things ever. Yeah. And I'm old enough to remember when you were able to smoke on planes, when Flying was a lot easier and it was a bit more glamorous. I know know. And now it's kind of stressful every time every time we go to an airport, Yeah ye. Also airports have turned into these kind of massive cathedrals to consumerism. Yeah You So it kind of An airport marries the two things that I like the least, which is kind of flying and shopping. So it's just kind of I don't really enjoy that, but I have to do it, so I have to get over myself Yeah. And I've been traveling nonstop for thirty years Yeah. but the arriving is the best part of it BeCcauseuse what people don't understand about smoking on planes, I remember that. What you would do is people would just smoke at the back of the plane Becauseuse then the smoke wouldn't come to you, would it? Because it's at the back And we all know smoke loves to just stay Where it's putot It's so weird. You look back at it now go, are you crazy? Do you know that since they've banned smoking on planes, the airlines have realized that it's cheaper to give us less air because they don't have to So now when you get on a plane, there is sixty percent less air Do every we have to go bleak. I' finished it y. It's gonna to get bleaker. Oh my God. okay. And that's why we have deep vein thrombosis and air rage. Is that why your legs are porous? Exactly Because you're being denied air on enlessages Exactly. So you can go back and check, but deep fveain thrombosis and air rage didn't happen when we used to be able to smoke on planes. So I think we should bring it back Bring smoking on Yeah, absolutely. Yes. know Yeah. Do you smoke? Yes. I'm wearing a patch right now. Oh Did you do the vaping? No, no, no, no no. I can't sing If if rape, you know, it has some kind of oil in it that dries out the old vocal chords. Yeah's not good for you anyway. Is it really? No, I don't think so. No. And whereere are you going on your tour? So tell me where were you going? Is it festivals or is it No, it's our own tour. So we're starting in Portugal, we're going to Spain, France, Germany, Italy The You know, you must be so excited. I am, I am, you know, And now that I've mended my relationship with these songs, you know, I can go I can go and do this with real joy. Yeah, you know, because I know the audience have been waiting for this. Pbo fans have really been waiting us to focus on our early work and finally we've come around to that. so ye and their joy is it feeds us, you know, and then our joy feeds back and then you get this kind of sense of synergy and collective euphoria, you know And that can lead to kind of like a transcendental experience. Yeah, Wh which is what I'm always trying to create. when you forget yourself and you forget time You're in a bubble universe. Yeah, you know things. that ye. Yeah, that's what I'm hoping to be able to create this time and feed off the joy of the audience. But I need to bring my own, you see? in order for it to work. You need to bring your own joy. Absolutely. Yeah. we don't start on stage talking about Cannibalism is floody rununning out of air. tryry and keep it light Do you find it hard to conjure up Joy What makes you laugh? For me, it's like dogs were worms. Have you seen me anything like a dog drags its ars across the floor? That never not funny. Well farts make me laugh. You know I mean, you know, they're really funny. Yeah. Celia's fart was possible That's not funny because I was attached to it. Oh, do you remember Celia F? Yes, I couldn't move. But that's an iconic moment on TV. I know. it wasn't it? It was I mean we didn't know whether it was going to stay in and the producer said, lookook it's funny and Cela who is absolutely amazing went keepeep it in. She's such a good laugh. But at the poor BaFs, everyone was mentioning her far And then and then Jennifer Sounders said Celia Rimes is amazing, iconic actor. Everyone's just making out she's a bag of wind. It was like poor Cilia. It was iconic, ass smally. Imagine having a fifty year career. what you' you know, in acting, you know Numerous awards. So what you're remembered for is one for. I know know know That show business. Pil. Have you ever had a holiday nightmare Oh, holiday nightmare What is your idea of a nightmare I think, uh Well, you mentioned it earlier and we were doing a gig in Mallorka and we stayed in Magaloof. And Shagamuff as I like to call it. But there aren't very many women in Magaloof. There's just you know, no, no, no, no, no. I mean it's mostly well when I went it was mostly filled with Drunken young men in their early twenties.agnosed in it. but I noticed that there were hardly any women around, you know, And so I did wonder why it hasn't turned into a gay resort yet. Yeah not going think Be there's nobody but men to shack. Yeah. But I had to stay in Magalu rebrand Magalo ye. I think that would be controversial. Yeah. But perhaps with a little bit of of a pun, but I don't know it's a bit Maga Poth. That's good. I don't know if that's homophobic. Is it can I say it, Maggap Poof? You can Other people can't, but you definitely can.oof. I'm gonna stop now. Man aloof. Oh wow, there's a man aloof Cry on sounds like Damon Oban. So yeah, I think you know, if you read Dante's Inferno, there's nine circles of hell. Yeah. But that's because Magaloof hadn't been invented yet and it would definitely be the tenenth. But thankfully we weren't there for very long No, no. it was quite close to the festival that we were playing. so o in and out in and out. I do like going back to Mallyorkca, but I avoid that part of the island. I really like the Byrics. Oh, have you ever had a holiday romance holiday roms, not since I was a kid. I've had a couple of romaners in rehab and that is very, very, very naughty. Yeah that is naughty. Yeah that's very much frowned upon. No, no. But no that's latest on holiday. Stick a bunch of like minded people, you know, in a room together. Eventually something's gonna happen. you know what I mean? thinkink about it. Yeahah, and you know you're like you you have so much in common You know already, you know, because you're all messed up. Yeah you know what I mean? you I never thought of that. It is rife, isn't it? really You know? I think it's unusual that people haven't done that more. No, no. Okay. kind of thing. That would actually be a good But wouldn't that be a good player or feel? You have to be devious about it because you have to do it all in secret. so you know, it takes a lot of planning. o. you know, kind of thing. What is it like? see be on the bike sh. Well, yeah, well this is the way that we can avoid security, you know, kind of think. So take the long way aroundound and coming through the back door, you know, kind of thing. That's sort of thing. Excuse me I' in my back door. Don't tell anyone No, It depends on who you're having a romance with of course love. Oh, thanks for that. You know my options are. I' very equal opportunity. Yes, for you I believe in. Good for you. What makes you complain when you're on holiday? Do you hate like a smokey room? J it a noisy room? Is it rudeness I' What makes me complain The thing is do you complain? Some people don't complain. I used to complain. And then I realized that it gets you absolutely nowhere. And then people just slag you off. In fact, it makes it gets you worse service. Yeah, you know. And the same thing with like on a flight with cabin crew and people at reception, you know, they have too many people to deal with So they will end up prioritizing the people who treat them with humanity and treat them you know with friendliness and kindness. Yeah. So there could be somebody who's really entitled and rude in the presidential suites and you could just be staying in a normal room Yeah. But the way that you speak and interact with the staff is going to get you a better service than the rude guy upstairs.. You know And that's what I've learnnted over the years.. neverever complain. If there is an issue, try and bring it to but what getss you go, what gets you go? Is it like say you found a I've put on one of those hubic hairs in the shower. Oh disgusting. That gets my go. Yeah, disgusting. Checking in and not having an internet code You know, Yeah and having a call down, can you please give me the, you know, sort of thing? Just little things like that after a long trip, you know, about a smelly rope Selly rope. they don't wash the rope, they put it up and you put it on and you can smell like, you know, like those Tesco Value beef burgers You know, Yeah that And you're like, have they put a beef burger up this rope I don't know what kind of hotels you've been staying in, but you No they don't clean the robe. You know, you get a robe and the slippers Yeah. Let me have a moone. You've had a moone. Give a only about everything then. You turned you're right, Karen. What's the mle equivalent of a g? The misogyny because there isn't a Male Karen is there? That's misogyny because men moan Nigel. Nigel? Oh, you arere right, Nigel. Which Nigel are we talking about? Oh yes, we're just trying to think of a name that's a bit like a Karen isqu? Oh, what you doing? You can't park here. Oh Godd. yeah. Well I think I don't know, I think that happens to I think equally men and women behave that way. Oh, you know, kind of thing. It's just that we live in a Slightly misogynistic world still that way. I know love. I hear your sister. whereere's been the fanciest hotel you've ever stayed in where you've pinched yourself and go, oh my go, this is amazing. I guess it's got to be the Maldives. Everyone says the Maldives you know but it's also board there No, not really, because I stayed on an island where At one point somebody had this is not It's not dark. This is really nice, you know? There's a cannibal next door. At some point somebody hadrought brou a pair of rabbits to this island. Oh, okay. And so when we arrived, it was just everywhere you turned, there were bunny rabbits and they just seemed very, very strange. We're in this island in the middle of nowhere, you know U Miles away from home and you're expecting something a lot more Asian and you're met with just like bunny rabbits You know, so that was that was reallyuggled the rabbits on. I think so. and then they, you know, the rabbits escaped and now there's a massive population of rabbits on this island, you know, whichich was really fun. to see a rabbit a pet in zoo And then old Disy a rabbit They have soistol. They have small reef sharks as well, which come up to the beach and they will just sort of swim past you rub and rub themselves up against you. which really brown. That sea would be brown If I look down and I see a shark basically. But the thing is when you go to on to me. when you go to the Maldives, they have you they because you're staying on an island, you know, they have you by the balls, really. You have to you end up paying For absolutely everything because there's nowhere to go. Yeah. So by the end of a week, you you know, you have to buy the water, you know, for example. You can't drink the tap water. I know, I know. And so it's overpriced water. So by the end of the week, your water bill is already in the thousands of pounds. Oh I know what I. Yeah, yeah, yeah. what can you do? Yeah, You know, you gotta in the rabbits. Yeah, kill a rabbit and eat it. Make a on fire. Yeah, you know and make a rabbit stew Are you adventurous when you go abroad? Where do you have like the street food and stuff? Oh yeah. you find the locals eat and all that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, and that can be dangerous. I mean, I did that once in Thailand in Bangkok. I went to this food market where for lunch where all the Thai workers went, you know, and I was literally the only white guy in the place, you know. And I didn't really know what I was ordering, you know, So I went around and ordered a few things that looked quite nice And all the locals started laughing at me, you know, before I'd even eaten a morsel, you know, they saw what I was ordering and they were all chuckling to themselves. You know, look at this ferangue. because that's what they call in Thailand, it's what they call tourists. they call them ferangues Look at this foran. He's in for a big surprise, you know. I took one mouthful of whatever I had ordered and it was the hottest thing I'd ever tasted in my life and I ended up running around this market try trying to find a can of sprite, you know? and nobody understood me, you know, sprit Right that made them laugh even more. you know. So I've definitely been that sort of, you know, idiot tourist abroad trying to trying to eat like the locals and failing Yeah, okay This is your Captain speaking. We are on our final approach to our destination. Cabin crew, get ready for landing. cabin crew, get ready for landing Well listen, we're about to start out asents. We've got time now for the quick fire round. Oof, okay. Are you ready for this? Sure Adrenaline junky adrenaline slunky? Slunky Beach or pool speech Window or aisle. Bio There a window Because I'm told that having a you've got a statistic here.' There's a statistic brewing. I can feel it. I'm told that having a weak bladder is a sign of intelligence. So I need to sit on the aisle. You know, kind of thing because you know, I need to visit the toilet mis that person someone's a slave and then you sort of gota go over them and then you end up doing like a magic mic routine Exactly We like someone who's sleep go I'd rather be the one who's inconvenience than inconvenience someone else, you know? So that' What star sign are you? Sagittarious. Half man, half horse. in all the right plac. Oh Nay Mile high or I'm too shy Oh. What about the smoking bit, would you? You might need this cigt that after the a. you might Yeah, I'll got on the back. It's u I've done many, many things in my life, Adam. You know, A Adam, Allan, sorry Wow I've been calledld some things in my time, but never Adam. I'm sorry. No I first man to walk the earth. Yeah, you know, the original man you're right. You're. I'm sorry about that. I've done a lot of crazy things in my life, you know, as you can imagine, but the Mile High Club is something that I've never done. but maybe on this next tour. May What about on a tour bus? Oh, on a tour bus all the time. Okay you know there are beds on a tour but. There are many. Oh What could you call it mile high? What can you call on theot? Would you call it anything The motorway club? The motorway club? I'm going to write that down ask someone next Motorway Cub. Have you rememember the motorway Cub? But there you go. Every day's a school day, isn't it? I know about long pigs Long pigs and motorway clls. Are you a cannibal? Do you have a weight bladder? You might be intelligent load of questions. How's your bladder? I have I went through a very weird psychological thing where I thought I was weing on stage and had to go see a specialist. Oh And they gave me these massive wee proof pants that they said, so when you we on stay, I wasn't weing, I thought I was. And I said, I'm not wearing, I'm not weing, but they gave me these pants that like basically like zip tie around my legs. If I did we, they'd slowly inflate. Well I said, that's going make me more anxious ' like wait a minute. S' getting an erection And I said, No, I'm not pissing. I said, I am thinking I am. And that's why people are laughing. They're not laughing at the jokes, they're laughing because I wet myself. It was really weird. I had to go and see someone. I actually Now it's alright now, but I have to just think of something. It's adrenaline, it's not urine. About About ten years ago we started overshare quite a bit on this show. Harry on. About ten years ago, placelba started doing quite long shows. that would last about two hours And we'd have to build a pe break into the show, you know, which was kind of annoying. So after that I decided that I would train my bladder. You know So I remembered this thing that I That career alcoholics down the pub used to tell me. And that is just basically if you just hold hold it for as long as you possibly can You know, You'll stretch it. Oh And you'll stretch it enough. the bladder or the penis. bladder. Okay. You'll stretch people are watching know. You'll stretch your bladder enough so that you can make it through like two, three hours without having to go to the toilet. you know? So now I'll show up at a gig and I won't and I'll only have a pee five minutes before the show and I will have held my Held it in for about three hours beforehand. Yes. and now I don't need a pee break anymore. This is what I'm gonna do before I go on Train your bladder. Yes, hold it for as long as you possibly can. I' b burn pants. I'm gonna burn those pants. Try not to break the seal until the very end. Yeah, I'm like mister Pringles once you pop a cs. And then last but not least, tiip 'em or fuckem. Are you a good tipper? Yes. That's what I love. I believe in tipping. I think and I'd like to say this Very clearly, I think everybody needs to tip their deliveroo drivers. I do. I do. It's essential. That's enough money for me, the amount of deliveries that come here. And hello Alan. Yeah, these people don't, they don't make enough. No. You know, unfortunately. And so, you know, just tip your delioo driver Yeah, you know, because they're providing you with sustenance You know, they're helping you stay alive. Yes, you know. and and you know, cycling around. Well yeah. It's only a takeaway, Bide. I think you get Please than you. You saved my life. Nugs please. I need sustenance. Thank you so much for flying Alanir. Oh, it's been a pleasure and I've loveved the free champagne. Oh my go. of course, please fly again. and if you'd like to go and collect your emotional baggage from the carousel. Oh there's a lot of that. So I might be there for some time Two hours later. Hi Ban Thank you Thank you. Thank you for flying Alan Thank you Brian. That was so great and don't forget their album Recreated is out now and don't forget they're going on tour as well all over Europe starting in September in Porto in Portugal. Thanks for listening guys. B