Jackie

And we were up there for a couple of nights, and then one night we were out having a beer, and all these American dudes are out there going, and what about when Michael, you know, missed his intro?

And we worked out that it was REM minus Michael Stipe, so it was very hard to know they were REM.

How would anyone know?

They were touring and they were having a chat about the gig they'd done that night and we were eavesdropping.

And then the dude comes over and goes, you guys have to leave REM.

It's sort of, you know, they've booked this thing.

And I was like, I'm pretty happy to leave.

I don't want to cause too much trouble with REM.

And they had an entourage of women.

And I'm assuming some of those women may have been paid to be there.

I don't know.

But holy hell.

You know what it is now?

I never intended it to be this.

It's got a through line of Dad running through it.

Doesn't it?

Not in a sad, me dad died way, but in a, oh, my God, how hilarious are dads?

And, you know, I'm a dad too, and I'm an ageing dad as well, so there's all of that stuff in it.

There's a lot of... An unemployed ageing dad.

An unemployed ageing dad.