Fish has announced a Farewell Tour in 2025. “I’ve been there, done that and sold the t-shirt.” He’s moving to a croft on a remote Scottish island with nesting eagles, a flock of sheep named after the Hibernian FC team of 1972 and part-ownership of what’s just been voted “the best beach in the world”. Getting there is like the journey in Brigadoon. This covers a wide range of bases, among them …
… how the fall of the Berlin Wall changed the tour circuit.
… his first gig as “a big, gangly, geeky teenager” at the Golden Lion in Galashiels playing Steely Dan and Ry Cooder covers.
… the lies boys tell when trying to get into bands.
… supporting Queen for an audience of 200,000 and how he “over-toured” Europe.
… how it feels to be “the Anti-Christ in the Church of Marillion” and their very public divorce in 1988.
… seeing Yes at the Usher Hall in for £1.25 and Genesis on the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour.
… the music press v the New Wave of British Prog.
… girls called Kayleigh whose mothers fancied the singer from Marillion.
… irate fans on social media.
… the fine art of “guerrilla touring”.
… plus the Faces, Sven Hassel, Edgar Rice Burroughs and a curious analogy about Sioux Indians.
https://fishmusic.scot/
UK tour dates here …
https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/fish-tickets/artist/740885
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