Graham: Yeah, it couldn't have gone better, really. We just had really good fun and everyone seemed to be into it. I didn't know how it was going to work, with all new people. But it was really nice, especially for me and Dave [Rowntree], because it wasn't the pressure we normally get at Blur shows.

G: Yeah, it was great. I saw Damon in the audience and thought, 'Oh, God, what's he going to be doing?' But they were both really excited, they said they'd been looking forward to it for ages and that it was good fun. I'd have liked it if it had been the other way round because I don't think Damon has ever seen me onstage without him being next to me, so it was strange.

G: Yeah, but I think Rod has to run over at the end to jump onstage and play with Idlewild.

G: Well, someone said something to me about something. But I think we're just going to see how things go.

G: I think so. There's a tendency to play it quite fast, haha!

G: After all the pressure, I think that went well. But the big stage is tough, really. So I'm going to be one of the lucky sods. I just sort of try to get rid of the nervous energy and hopefully entertain a lot of people.

G: Yeah, I've got into being the frontman and I enjoy singing. Whether I'm good at it or not, I really enjoy it. I think Reading will be scarier. I'm on just before Badly Drawn Boy, so it's probably tea-time, isn't it?


I'm looking forward to that, I haven't seen him live before, and I'm looking forward to ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead and Beck, because I've only seen him once and I like that chap a lot. I'm having a Beck thing at the moment.

G: I was going to, then I thought, 'Nah!' cos of all the rubbish that's in the charts. The charts is a very unhealthy artery. It's clogged with crap, so all the good stuff can't get through.

G: Yeah, I think it's a good track, good tune. I dunno if it's gonna be a single. I mean, we haven't got much else, so maybe, I guess.

G: I don't really know and I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say, haha! We live in this world of espionage. There's always a lot of discussion. We've been putting it off for long enough. I think it's alright. Most of the things that get me into groups I suppose are pretty much best-ofs.

G: I don't like them. They're weird, aren't they? They look weird. Slipknot? They're Wombles, aren't they? I mean, the nu-metal thing, it's difficult, really. It's not really extreme enough.

G: I'd like to. It's weird, I wrote a song yesterday just when I woke up, which Is really rare. Something has to happen to me emotionally before it rears its ugly or pretty head.

G: No. There's no point really.