The Symphony Hall is stunning in all respects. Visually breathtaking from the stage and acoustically perfect. Backstage was like a five star hotel with pianos in the rooms. The staff and security personnel were very helpful and most welcoming. Two nights and again it was a complete sell-out.

The first of my soundtrack albums went on sale that night. Warren has done a brilliant job in producing a collection of my favourite works for 'Music to Picture', the first of the six CDs. Jim drove down to London to pick them up.

Tim Rice came to the show with his first band from school 'The Aardvarks' and we went out for a great meal at J.Jay’s Indian restaurant after the concert. Apart from being a great song writer and lyricist, he has an amazing knowledge of the history of popular music. I have known Tim since the days when he worked with the late great Norrie Paramour in the 60s.

Our hotel is joined to the concert hall by a private walkway so I opted to change for the show in my room. Luxury!

After the show we gathered in the bar as usual and met my very good friend Mike Moran, who is touring with Elaine Page as her musical director. Mike and I were neighbours for 20 years and have worked together on many projects. We stayed up far too long but it was a good excuse. It’ll be a different story in the morning!