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RELENTLESS ENGLISH RAIN SOAKED US AS WE WALKED FROM THE TUBE STATION TO THE HOTEL LOBBY WHERE BARRY HYDE, FRONT MAN OF THE FUTUREHEADS, WAS WAITING. REUTERS WERE ALSO THERE TO FILM US FILMING THEM, (VERY ‘META’ SOMEONE COMMENTED) - SO TWO FILM CREWS AND ONE MUSICIAN. BUT BARRY WAS UNPHASED, SMILING ALL THE TIME AND VERY UP FOR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE. WHILST THE CAB PULLED AWAY, THE REST OF US WAITED IMPATIENTLY FOR THEIR RETURN, AND LOW AND BEHOLD, WHO DO WE BUMP INTO, BUT THE MANAGER OF BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB – ANOTHER CHARMING PERSON WHO WAS KEEN TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS PROJECT OF OURS. TWO LOVELY PEOPLE IN THE SPACE OF AN HOUR – MAKES ONE ALMOST FORGET THE RAIN…
