If you’re ever in Austin, Mac plays a free show in town at 6pm every Tuesday evening. Not to be missed. His story telling is as good as his playing. What a...

Joe’s got excellent music taste – Mott, Who, Queen, Bowie et al. Who would have thought I’d end up being Joe Elliott in a Def Leppard tribute band five years...

A special day indeed. Richard went down on his knees to present the disc. Virgin actually got it wrong. It was my 21st anniversary rather than my 20th, as engraved on the...

Meeting Kiss backstage in Phoenix. They’d co-headlined with Aerosmith, and invited fans to pay $1000 to meet them. Personally, I think that’s fan exploitation, but that’s Mr Simmons for you! Luckily we were guests of the label and got a freebie!...

This was at a Clive Davis pre-Grammy’s party. Billy looked bored to tears, as was I, so I wandered over and asked him if he’d picked up any new guitars recently. Two hours...

This was the launch of the Hollywood and Highland store in LA, which also coincided with my leaving of Virgin as well as my birthday. Quite a...