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Gary Robinson |
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Job Title |
Tour Manager |
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Nick name |
Blimey.....er....loads |
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Job description |
Everything |
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Things that are good about the job |
Nothing |
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Things that are bad about the job |
Touring |
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Why do you do it? |
Ackers (cash ) |
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Real age |
29 |
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Show business age |
6 |
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Gender |
...Yep |
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Favourite drink |
Becks |
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Favourite frequency |
My Local |
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Least favourite frequency |
My auntie Jean`s house at Christmas. |
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Favourite Embrace song |
I`ve Been Running |
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Worst curry house |
mmm..probably one in Berlin which was pretty friggin awful. |
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Best curry house |
Harefield Tandoori ( my local ) |
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Favourite colour |
Blue |
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Shoe size |
9 |
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Type of underpants |
Boxers / Leopard skin thongs ( weekends only ) |
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Hair length |
None...zilch...baldy bloke |
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Facial hair |
Yep...3 on chin |
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Distinguishing features |
None....apart from a nose that looks like I`ve had a fight with a bus. |
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Favourite country |
Sri Lanka |
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Favourite city |
Probably San Francisco |
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Favourite venue |
mmm...probably the Brixton Academy. |
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Least favourite venue |
Er...Binario Zero, Milan or the Adephi, Hull. |
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Favourite airline |
Singapore |
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Favourite hotel |
Marriot Resort, Gold Coast, Australia. |
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Oddest thing purchased from a service station after 1 AM, whilst drunk |
One windscreen wiper. |
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Pastimes when not on tour |
I`m always on tour....time at home is the only pass time for me. |
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Other bands worked for |
Elvis, Hendix, Lizzy, Tap. |
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Last CD bought |
The Best of Curtis Mayfield. |
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Best gig ever |
I`ll come back to that... |
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Which member of the band has the best hair cut |
Mikey Best P.I |
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Favourite film in th back of a tour bus |
Spinal Tap |
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Poshest do attended in a T shirt |
The `Live` awards |
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Stupidest comment or question asked by a member of the band |
Gary, that hotel in Hamburg had really nice shampoo that made my hair really soft. Can you call them to find out what it was and have a box flown over to the UK. - name withheld |
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Favourite song to EQ a PA with |
I`m a Tour Manager, not a white glovin` sound engineer. |
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Most unusual gig ever done |
Shampoo in Bangalore, India. Sunken stage, full mime. Audience consisted of about 200 `Bollywood` stars. Band had to look up to see the punters, who, funnily enough, were`nt really interested. |
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You're adrift in a boat with no food, which member of the crew would you eat |
The Great White......Gordo |
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Favourite foreign phrase |
Kok Kin Kow ( Japanese ) |
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Most expensive drink ever |
Single shot of Jamiesons Whisky at hotel bar in Seoul, Korea - £16.00 |
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Oldest tour T shirt |
mmm...not a big fan of tour merch. |
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Favourite food |
Thai...then...Indian |
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Any tour injuries to boast about |
...only my spirit. |
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Ham and cheese. Discuss. |
...nice with cuppa soup. |
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Complete this well know saying: Happy Happy Joy Joy...... |
...all singing, all dancing, |
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Own web site address |
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EMail |
It is NOT possible to contact the TM via ANY embracecrew email address. ALL email sent to the TM at an embracecrew address WILL BE IGNORED! |
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