Before anything happens I gotta tell you that playing in Red Rocks..Colorado was the most incredible experience for me. The setting was like something from heaven..the weather was incredible. It actually rained the entire show but the 7000 plus crowd stayed to the end... It was so magical. The thunder and lightning in that historical venue...and the crowd. It made me very emotional.

I kept thinking of u2's "Under a blood red sky" live album..recorded there. It was just the same as it looked all those years ago when I sat in my lounge room watching the video...looking at my heros. To play there..was a VERY big deal for me.

I'm in San Antonio Texas writing this...in my hotel room. Just came back from a fantastic show here. What a cool crowd. I really dig this town. It looks NOTHING like the rest of Texas... Last night we went out and had fantastic Mexican food and drank Starbucks while walking along the riverbank in the middle of the city..with all cafe's and restaurants along the river edge. It was incredible..the night was windy and the temperature was not as hot as it apparently has been. I thought in this email I would include some more personal photos of the band and our crew....There is this beautiful man from Texas called Chuck...who has been married for 25 years. Chuck is a sound/monitor engineer on our tour. His daughter Victoria has these adorable little twins Joseph and Jacob...so I managed to get a cuddle of the babies before our show in San Antonio tonite. Boy did I get clucky. It was Nicole's birthday today...it's Daniel's on Wednesday...so we have kind of been celebrating for a few days now. Nicole and Anna (our backing singers) are dear friends of mine...and we have a blast.

We get along really well with Sneaky Pete...the production assistant. He is evil...in the funniest way. His assistant Laurie is THE BIGGEST SWEETHEART. I included a picture of me hugging her because she is my lifeline.

She is in charge of all sorts of things...but for me..her main job is making sure the dressing rooms are set up...wardrobe and costumes are set out and laundered...candles are lit...music is playing...holdiays are booked and roses sent to family members. Basically she is my mom on the road..and she is incredible. Her attention to detail makes coming into the dressing room such a pleasure..everything from my after shave to the kind of tea I drink..she is aware of..and makes sure it is all in order.
I also included a picture of Daniel playing with his new Keyboard backstage with Lindsay..one of our other fave people. Linds is a guitar tech on this tour..but really he is an awesome drummer...who last worked with Pearl Jam doing drum tech for them. Just the sweetest person.

Who else can I tell you about?? Motley our lighting designer is a little yoda..he is so spiritual and deep..and a dear friend. Collin Ellis mixes our sound..and is a very nice bloke!!
Crash..our sound engineer on stage..(does in ear monitors..) told me tonite that the reason I get soo tired is that I need to 'take more exercise.' Hahaha.. I work out 5 or 6 days a week..two hours a day..as well as doing the show!! The entire band just cracked up laughing at him. OH well..he was only trying to help. He is very funny...and oh..also good at his job.