The Rolling Stone in Milan  - a breath of fresh air after yesterday. In fact the entire New Age Club in Treviso would fit on the stage here. Dinner was excellent. Currently only the Z7 in Pratteln has a higher rating catering-wise in my opinion. Matt, our esteemed front-of-house operative and full time Gimli look-alike was so pissed during soundcheck yesterday (at three in the afternoon you understand) that he spent at least a minute laughing maniacally through the pa system and then proceeded to make a general nuisance of himself for the next couple of hours. To get Matt pissed all one needs to do is show him a teaspoon of red wine mixed with Sprite (his second favourite drink). Apparently the night before he'd been knocking back vodka down the Traveller's, no doubt egged on by the usual suspects. They know who they are. We're officially more than halfway through the tour now and everyone is looking forward to a rest in Vienna in a couple of days time. Hopefully Matt will have sobered up by then. We've had one day off in the last eighteen. Blimey. In other news, Hull City 3, West Brom 0! Second driver Andrew is deeply upset at Newcastle losing to Sunderland. I hope it doesn't affect his driving.