It was a great night on Tuesday in Sunderland at the empire. It was in one of the side rooms not in the main hall (a place where Sid James of course croaked it live on stage in 1976) so it made for a close up intimate atmosphere. The highlight of the night in my view wasn't myself but the fantastic Carl Hutchinson who was outrageously good and kept the laughs coming with a very original 20 minutes totally different to the last time I saw him. It's on to Wales tomorrow for three nights at The Glee in Cardiff and then on to Stratford upon Avon on Sunday to do a regular gig up there. I'm not missing Edinburgh in the slightest, especially after seeing a very unfair review of the great Addy Van Der Borgh by some tit end journalist working for Chortle. Chin up Addy, the bloke is a cock with a laptop (a bit like me some would say!!). More announcements to follow, I can see me taking the Edinburgh plunge again next year despite what I said in the previous paragraph. Speak very soon