Waiting for self-checkouts in Tesco. Elderly man at regular-height checkout has finished, but stands there checking his fucking receipt. Man on other, low checkout asks if I have a Clubcard. I say yes and fumble in pocket for phone, unlock it, go to Apple Wallet and scroll to Clubcard.

Mind-blowing visit to Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios, where The Beatles did the vast majority of their recording, and Pink Floyd recorded Dark Side of the Moon. Now I’ve been in there! Just think, all that musical history was building towards me wandering around touching things.

Tell me something I don’t know.

A man was having a go at staff in KFC. He demanded to speak to the manager; the manager wasn't in, so he demanded head office's number; they said he could get that online; he said he isn't online, and demanded in writing that they refused to give him the number. I said "Don't be a dickhead."

Just fired my hairdresser. He doesn’t actually know he was fired, but let me assure you, he was.

Off to see JADE (pronounced ‘zhah-day’)

Did this about my town as a student, though mine was “It is considered a ‘pillow town’ due to its location on soft soil”. Iirc it was up for a couple of years, until a local teacher disputed it.

Anyone remember the day Antidepressants came out? I know right, talk about a trip down memory lane! We were younger then. (My Banquet order just arrived.)

No job for me then.

Just remembered I solved the mystery of why I look so troubled here, as I caught myself doing this face at the recent shows. I was singing along! When trying to sing, even when alone, I always have a cautious, self-conscious expression.

wE’rE pAtRiOtS, nOt RaCiStS Shit, you’ve got me there. Oh btw, I once had a chat with the very man running this very market stall, and he quickly got to ranting about foreigners.

Say what you want about Damon (seems a bit of a twat, plenty of empty seats at Wembley night 2, Flimsy Steve) but he’s put Sparks back in the singles chart for the first time in decades. It’s really good too, but I’ll put that down to the Maels’ songwriting.

Suede’s off mic performance was unreal! Finally got to see Tightrope! It also turns out James McCartney is a Suede fan?!

Excellent gig, probably the better of the two nights! Witnessed ‘The Sadness…’ live for the first and only(?) time, Brett now has a belt, and in avoiding Brett’s mic swinging Richard got so close I had to zoom out to properly capture the moment.

Pleasure to let my fans have a group photo with me.

The ol’ IO Swoop never fails👍🏻 #PeopleAreComplainingAboutUsRushingToTheFrontOfTheStageAsSoonAsTheSupportActFinished

Left the dancefloor as soon as I found out it was Mansun. Should have guessed really from it clearing out all the women.

Given you lot were authorised to clog up the streets of central London today to protest, clearly no-one’s taking away your free speech. Case closed.

kIeR sTaRmEr’S tAkInG aWaY aRe FrEeDoM oF sPeEcH aNd GiViNg It To ImMiGrAnTs!!

In the hotel observing the idiots on their little march with their St. George blankies, and they all look identical.

A solid show made up entirely of post-reunion bangers, at the venue formerly known as Pryzm the Banquet Records outstore show. A full-circle occasion for me, for this was where I arrived early to queue in September 2022 and first began befriending IOs, which led to me having a life.

Can’t wait for this week to be over.

Cheered for Suede at Radio 2 in the Park, and already home during Soul II Soul.

Mine, all mine.

Haha he’s late, ‘still making edits’, the stupid c***.

At this point Suede’s USP is being that band that makes brilliant albums.

It’s too early to tell, but to my ears it might actually be better than Autofiction🥲 This is unheard of for a band on their 10th album - they are peerless.

WOW

The newest commercially available album by Suede is Autofiction.

I’m gonna say Bieb*r’s probably not a threat: - No hit (or otherwise??) singles - Following up his #4 album too quickly - Poor quality control - Star has arguably waned just a tad His demographic will hopefully just stream bits of it in the background and move on.

It just came off on my tongue.

Fuck it, I’m gonna try gatecrashing Suede’s Virgin show for real this time.

Arrived at BBC, but I’m the only one! No idea if they’ve been. It’s all in good fun in a group, but on my own I feel like a stalker. Literally, if they went in now I’d not say a word to them.

Made a playlist of Autofiction with ‘Blinded’ as closing track instead. One ballad too many - particularly following ‘What Am I…’ - it would have ended on a whimper. tidal.com/playlist/611...

Just had an argument in the street with a stranger who turned nasty when I wouldn’t give him money, but I think I won as I’m not ruminating over what I should have said, etc. (My final retort was “Potato face!”)

Still there the morning after:

That setlist in full:

Exclusive: This is the second black and white album; there will be a THIRD black and white album, then they’ll do a different colour.

It’s very good!!

Can see Simon’s setlist and know what the post-punk pick-me-ups will be😌

Today I will hear Suede’s tenth album Antidepressants unveiled live! TODAY!

As we’re now five albums’ worth of singles into the reunion era, I’ve made a daft imaginary Singles II playlist. I rigidly followed the tracklist of Singles to sequence the (chrono)logical equivalents* from the latter five albums, with zero consideration for flow or sense: tidal.com/playlist/7ec...

Dreamt it came off.

- Chipped a tooth on a metal straw - Booked next available dental appointment for Friday 8th at 14:45 - Suede then announced signing tickets to go on sale in the middle of said appointment - Fibbed about having a cold so I could move it without charge - Got tickets - Finally had it fixed today!

‘Everybody Scream’ is instantly my favourite Florence + The Machine lead single - or even just single - since ‘What Kind of Man’!

Sonic boom. It’s always a sonic boom, except that one time some idiots caused a gas explosion by the railway.

Just heard an explosion? Sounded like a blast in my road or nearby.

Was already having a bad hair day, but my hairstyle quickly collapsed from the sweat. Also wish I didn’t look so confused and troubled.