Well, actually I feel more like I’m covered in ants than covered in bees, but that’s a different story. Okay, so this has absolutely nothing to do with anything, but is one of my favourite Eddie moments. For a couple of months at the end of 1997, I went to London to visit the Queen… well not really the Queen…. just BluddyMary who – while frequently compared with the Queen for her expensive tastes, savoir faire and impeccable knowledge of obscure epicurean delights – is not actually The Queen per se.
Anyway, I went to London to visit BluddyMary, and on the Tube ride back to her place from the delightfully warm and fuzzy welcoming Heathrow, she asked me what I was hoping to do while I was in town. Being more than a little half cut from the tedious long haul flight where the alcohol (as usual) had been my primary in-flight entertainment… I said “Err… I dunno, the usual stuff, the V&A, the Camden Markets, the British Museum, the Tate and all that guff. Hmmm, I’d also love to see an Eddie Izzard gig if he’s on…” which was greeted by the news that he had just finished doing a run at the London Arena and so much for that.
Got back to her flat, open the weekend paper, and lo and behold… there was a ‘One night only, Last show of the tour, Blink and you’ll miss it’ advertisement for an encore performance the following week! Disco! Tickets for only 12quid and Bob’s your uncle. So… yeah… 🙂 I did get to see him in London after all…. think that was the Glorious show.
And I’ve seen him twice more since then… Circle and Sexie tours when they came to BrisVegas.
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