Apologies for having to walk off during 'rolling people' at the o2. Nothing particularly dramatic, though it was fucking weird. I think a combination of dehydration and over-exerting due to being so hyped up and over gripping the neck (18,000 potentially hostile 1:Urban Hymns fans not really wanting the early stuff, and 2:early stuff fans not really wanting the UH stuff does induce 'fight or flight' syndrome, try it sometime) caused my forefinger to completely lock, and I mean lock, into a claw shape with cramp. Couldn't tell what was happening at first but I couldn't unclamp from the guitar neck. Had to stretch my finger with my right hand, shook it out, carried on- same thing a minute later. The third time not only my finger went but my whole forearm and palm curled up in spasm- only then did it dawn that I had cramp, bit thick, I know. It felt like getting a massive electric shock- not pleasant, and fucking embarassing when you're in the middle of blasting out guitar to a packed millenium dome.
Got shuttled out to the medics, adrenaline levels through the roof and babbling- they told me to shut up and stop pacing about I think, nice eh, and was given a big blast of ralgex, a stretch and a bottle of water.
What I tried to say on the mic was "sorry, bit of cramp, drink lots of water everyone eh", not much of a public speaker am I.
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