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Anita

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It is just over a year since my last post and just about a year since I embarked on the journey which began on 1st February 2010 with my HDR Treatment for T3 Prostate Cancer. The first half of the year was written off for me workwise but the positives of coming through and taking the stage again in July were worth every step of this rollercoaster ride.

I did make a brief return during this period, beginning of April, a couple of shows in Germany with Foreigner, Barclay James Harvest and Nazareth. The Icelandic Volcanic Ash Cloud was hovering and the day we flew out all the airports closed AFTER our flight [so no way back]. Add to this my health issues and subsequent panic, I very quickly realised that I had made my comeback far too soon. Now the good bit, BJH had made the trip in a Nightliner Bus and luckily there was space for The Sweet to return to the UK, happy ending - panic over, with huge thanks to Les Holroyd and the guys.

You may have seen my TV Ads for Van Compare and tongue-in cheek as they may be, they seem to have stirred up a certain amount of controversy here and there. To put it into some kind of perspective, I never thought that on reaching 60 I would be invited to appear in TV Ads, something I have not done previously. I have had a go at TV presentation a while back, also had Andy Scott’s Sweet Sounds of the 70s for the good old BBC not so long ago, but TV Ads? When Paul, Van Compare’s boss, approached me with idea to use Sweet’s music in the Ads I had to agree. Good publicity for both sides. So I say to any detractors, I can now see why so many household names do adverts because the reward for a day or two’s work eases the conscience.

Sweet are returning to Australia in March to perform at the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide with the Doobie Brothers. All the hard work put in by our promoter friends in Adelaide has paid off. Their determination in the way they resurrected the tour in 2009 and turned it around to make it a success, has put us on solid ground for the future. We salute you!

Europe is bread and butter to us as a touring band and as such our schedule reflects this. UK is a strange place for nostalgia, you only have to look at TV listings to come to the conclusion that if you are of a certain age only “Later with Jools” has any music content worth investigating, just don’t get me started on the subject of axing “TOTP”. Concentrating on the positive, we will be announcing a “Robin” show soon.

I am getting back to full health gradually and looking forward to seeing you all at a venue in a city or town near you very soon.

Good Health,

Andy
15 feb 2011, 23:26
 
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