Blog » Bill’s blog – May 4-7, 2010
Saturday 12th June 2010
With the Rhythm Kings line-up safely travelling by coach to London’s O2 venue in the Docklands, Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor travelled by car, arriving in time for Bill to meet three prize-winning couples, spending time posing for photos and signing autographs.
The evening’s performance was held at the Indigo Club, a the O2 Arena in London, and the line-up was the Rhythm Kings, along with Martin Taylor. First up was the support act – Kiki Dee and Carmello – who performed for 40 minutes, then Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings took to the stage to a great, enthusiastic audience just before 9pm.
The band performed I Got A Woman (Georgie), Sweet Soul Music (Beverley), Chicken Shack Boogie (Geraint), Too Late (Terry), Melody (Georgie/Beverley) She’s Lookin’ Good (Beverley) Three Cool Cats (Georgie), You Never Can Tell (Bill), It’s A Man’s World (Beverley), Just Your Fool (Frank), Hit The Road Jack (Georgie), That’s Better For Me Baby (Terry), Johnny B Goode (Geraint), I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Beverley), Just For A Thrill (Georgie) and Honky Tonk Women (Bill).
The crowd loved it, demanding encores, so first Martin appeared on stage alone to perform a solo Afro piece on guitar, then the band returned on stage to perform I Put A Spell On You (Beverley).
With the show in the bag, Bill relaxed backstage with friends, then Bill headed back to his London home, getting in just before midnight.
On Wednesday, May 5, Bill was up early and working on updating his diary, then his computer man arrived to work on his computer. In the afternoon, Bill settled down to listen to the ten Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street outtakes, then sat with Suzanne and watched the documentary, which Bill says was really good.
By Thursday morning, Bill had finally upacked all this tour stuff and stage clothes, then spent the morning working on his now (mainly fixed) computer, sorting out content to sent for the billwyman.com website.
In the evening, Terry arrived by taxi for Bill, and they travelled to the Grosvenor House Hotel for the Bunbury’s Walking All Over the World event in the Great Room to celebrate Ian Botham’s Walk The Walk 25th anniversary of fundraising.
Bill says that many of his cricketing and celebrity friends were there, with Bill chatting to the likes of Alan Lamb, Bob Willis, David English, Mike Gatting, Ian Botham, Darren Gough, Graeme Hick, Geoff Thompson, Devon Malcolm, Barry Fry, Chris Tarrant, Joe Cuby and Gary Headley.
For the main event, Bill sat next to David English and Geoff Thompson, then Bill went backstage and chatted with Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi and the rest of the Status Quo band, who later performed at the event for an hour.
Bill then left the event just before 2am, catching a taxi to attend the BBC’s General Election results programme onboard the Silver Sturgeon boat that was moored at Waterloo Millennium Pier on an invitation by the broadcaster Andrew Neil. Others there included Tim Rice and Harvey Goldsmith. Bill was then interviewed, before returning home just before 5am.
On Friday, after relaxing following the hectic night before, Bill then went to the Shogun Japanese Restaurant for dinner, with guests including Jerry Hall, Joes and Dick Kries, and Mike and Angie Rutherford.
The evening’s performance was held at the Indigo Club, a the O2 Arena in London, and the line-up was the Rhythm Kings, along with Martin Taylor. First up was the support act – Kiki Dee and Carmello – who performed for 40 minutes, then Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings took to the stage to a great, enthusiastic audience just before 9pm.
The band performed I Got A Woman (Georgie), Sweet Soul Music (Beverley), Chicken Shack Boogie (Geraint), Too Late (Terry), Melody (Georgie/Beverley) She’s Lookin’ Good (Beverley) Three Cool Cats (Georgie), You Never Can Tell (Bill), It’s A Man’s World (Beverley), Just Your Fool (Frank), Hit The Road Jack (Georgie), That’s Better For Me Baby (Terry), Johnny B Goode (Geraint), I Just Wanna Make Love To You (Beverley), Just For A Thrill (Georgie) and Honky Tonk Women (Bill).
The crowd loved it, demanding encores, so first Martin appeared on stage alone to perform a solo Afro piece on guitar, then the band returned on stage to perform I Put A Spell On You (Beverley).
With the show in the bag, Bill relaxed backstage with friends, then Bill headed back to his London home, getting in just before midnight.
On Wednesday, May 5, Bill was up early and working on updating his diary, then his computer man arrived to work on his computer. In the afternoon, Bill settled down to listen to the ten Rolling Stones Exile On Main Street outtakes, then sat with Suzanne and watched the documentary, which Bill says was really good.
By Thursday morning, Bill had finally upacked all this tour stuff and stage clothes, then spent the morning working on his now (mainly fixed) computer, sorting out content to sent for the billwyman.com website.
In the evening, Terry arrived by taxi for Bill, and they travelled to the Grosvenor House Hotel for the Bunbury’s Walking All Over the World event in the Great Room to celebrate Ian Botham’s Walk The Walk 25th anniversary of fundraising.
Bill says that many of his cricketing and celebrity friends were there, with Bill chatting to the likes of Alan Lamb, Bob Willis, David English, Mike Gatting, Ian Botham, Darren Gough, Graeme Hick, Geoff Thompson, Devon Malcolm, Barry Fry, Chris Tarrant, Joe Cuby and Gary Headley.
For the main event, Bill sat next to David English and Geoff Thompson, then Bill went backstage and chatted with Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi and the rest of the Status Quo band, who later performed at the event for an hour.
Bill then left the event just before 2am, catching a taxi to attend the BBC’s General Election results programme onboard the Silver Sturgeon boat that was moored at Waterloo Millennium Pier on an invitation by the broadcaster Andrew Neil. Others there included Tim Rice and Harvey Goldsmith. Bill was then interviewed, before returning home just before 5am.
On Friday, after relaxing following the hectic night before, Bill then went to the Shogun Japanese Restaurant for dinner, with guests including Jerry Hall, Joes and Dick Kries, and Mike and Angie Rutherford.
