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Hello All,

What a busy fortnight it's been! We had barely touched down on home soil after our South American adventure when we were off on our travels again. This time we visited the South Korean city of Seoul.

As soon as we got to the hotel we were whisked off by the promoters for a traditional Korean meal. This was quite a challenge for those who prefer fish, chips and mushy peas! Even the more adventurous members of our party struggled a bit with the pickled jellyfish. The people were very hospitable and much of the food was delicious.

The following day Ben and me spent meeting the Korean press. We also went to the local radio station MBC, for a little acoustic session. The station was apparently inundated with good comments on the phones and via the website so job done!

Then it was off to sound check to meet the rest of the gang. We ran through the songs one last time with our temporary bass player Hamish Laishley (Stel was at home nervously awaiting the arrival of his second child). You may know Hamish as he's has been Stel and Barry's tech since the early days.

Then we were off for a Korean Barbecue. (They basically bring you different parts of a cow and you cook them on a barbecue in the middle of your table). After a good nights rest most of us met in the hotel lobby for a tour of the city. The highlights included a visit to a traditional Korean village, a Korean palace and the Seoul Tower. (Thanks to Miny from EMI Korea, and Justine our interpreter, who organised the tour and generally kept us entertained throughout the visit).

After our little bit of culture we headed off to the venue for the show. Before the gig we had the good fortune of meeting the acclaimed Korean Director Park Chan-Wook. His many films include the award winning 'Oldboy,' ('Bring My Love' was used as the trailer for this). The show itself was amazing. We were impressed with the crowd in South America but I think the Korean crowd was even better than that. They went absolutely crazy for every song!

We decided it was a fitting occasion to play a few songs which we haven't done for a while so 'Way To Fall', 'Telling Them' and of course 'Bring My Love' were all performed. This was also the first gig that we've ever used pyrotechnics. It was all very stadium rock and a lot of fun.

The party continued well into the night and into the early morning at a local bar near the hotel. A fitting way to end the 'Live' year apart from an acoustic gig at the Manchester Apollo for XFM. Many thanks to Korean John (I don't know his surname!) and all the people at 'In The Garden' who invited us to play the festival.

See You Soon,

James

['Boo]

To complete the story, I posted this elsewhere earlier, but in case you didn't see it:

Stel's partner Gill gave birth to a little girl last night (Sunday 18th November), they've called her Ella and she was 8lbs 8ozs. Everyone is doing well.
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[SSimay]

Thanks for the message James!
Congratulaitions Stel&Gill!!! Ella! That's good name! Soo sweeet!
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[Emmi]

Thank you for the message James! It's so kind you to give us updates so frequently!

Go Hamish!
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[theano]

Many thanks for your message, James ! It's as if we were there. Lovely pics !

Once again, welcome Ella and congrats to the happy parents !

[peeps]

Great to see your pics and hear about your trip-thanks James

Many congratulations to Stel and Gill.Thats really nice news

Rock on Hamish!!!

[Jewel]

Thanks for the update James, it's a pitty I had to miss Hamish's performance ... good luck to Stel and his wife with the newborn
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[roxiehart]

Congrats to the proud parents!
Glad you had a good time guys!
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[Kirsten]

Congratulations to Stel and Gill! and welcome to the new Starsailor baby .

And thank you James for keeping us always up to date! It's lovely to read about what you guys have been up to lately and to see your photos!

p.s what did the jellyfish taste like?
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[dodovox]

Thanks for the update James !!! Never tried jellyfish, but I guess it's quite common in the asian food, as I've seen it may times in thai or chinese restaurants here...

Congrats to Stel & Gill and welcome to the new SS baby Ella . I'm sure she will bring you much happiness !!!
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[mayfly]

Jellyfish is nice. You should've tried it, James.

Thanks for the sweet review and nice photos. Wasn't it cold for sightseeing? It snowed here in Seoul on Monday and I kept listening the recordings of the show. Really got emotional.

Wish you had a safe way home. Long trip, isn't it? Thank you very much for coming. Oh, 'thank you' isn't enough to express my appreciation but thanks anyway. Millions and millions of thanks.

Love you.

[Ana1981]

It was the best show I ever seen James.
I am sure that you made all of us move and never forget the day of show.

Also it was never expected you gave me a autogragph on my CD,
Thank you so much for your kindness and it was never expected.
It is still unbelievable.

Plz come back again to Korea soon as you promised.
I hope to see you with Stel. next time and say hello to Ella.

Love you

[MojoJojo]

Ooh, 2 messages so close together!
Ben and I, James. Ben and I.



congrats Stel& Gill! Ella is a very pretty, elegant name.
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[nahooholic]

I'm so glad you were like korea...thx for coming, and hope to see you again as soon as possible! <3

ps. congratuate to ella!