Rock and Hard Places : Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows.

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What happens when The Prodigy go to Beirut, Def Leppard visit a cave in Morocco, and U2 visit Sarajevo? This account of seven years travelling the world with rock bands gives some of the answers, following the author "going to odd places, behaving strangely, and then writing about it". --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. CONTENTS; Introduction: THE GREAT LEAP FOREWORD; 1. IN A BLUE YORKE STATE OF MIND Radiohead in America; 2. I'M THE TURBAN SPACEMAN, BABY Afghanistan under the Taliban; 3. BALKAN AFTER MIDNIGHT Sarajevo's rock'n'roll scene; 4. YASSER, I CAN BOOGIE The Prodigy in Beirut; 5. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT MOOSE Green Day in Canada; 6. FRIDAY I'M IN CHICAGO The Cure in America and Canada; 7. APATHY IN THE UK On book tour in Britain; 8. NO SLEEP TILL TRAVNIK China Drum in Bosnia; 9. HUNGRY HEARTLAND Bruce Springsteen in America; 10. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FEZ Def Leppard in Morocco. 11. EYE OF THE GEIGER Chernobyl12. STRAIT TO HELL Anzac Day at Gallipoli; 13. IF YOU WANT MUD (YOU'VE GOT IT) Woodstock II; 14. BASTILLE CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 1968 revisited, Paris; 15. WHOLE LOTTA FAKE KING GOIN' ON Tupelo, Mississippi; 16. TAKE THE VEDDER WITH YOU Lollapalooza in America; 17. 24 HOURS FROM TUZLA The Bihac Pocket; 18. BORNE TEHRAN By IranAir to Caracas; 19. (GET YOUR KICKS ON) BEIRUT 66 The Road to Damascus; 20. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING Courtney Love in Los Angeles; 21. YEN WILL I BE FAMOUS? Alisha's Attic in Japan; 22. WHAT TIME IS LOUVRE? To France with Radiohead. 23. IF YOU 'RE LOOKING FOR ROBLE Ambulance chasing with Highway Patrol, Moscow24. MID-LIFE STRAIN TO GEORGIA Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady on theRock'n'Roll Means Well tour; 25. CRAZY NORSES Iceland; 26. MAGICAL MISSOURI TOUR Branson; 27. LEMON ON A JET PLANE Around the world with U2; 28. I WANNA BE YOUR ZOG The Blazing Zoos in Albania; UPTOWN TOP THANKING Acknowledgements.