Fish is bowing out to become a Hebridean shepherd. What’s he learnt in 45 years onstage?

Fish has announced a Farewell Tour in 2025. “I’ve been there, done that and sold the t-shirt.” He’s moving to a croft on a remote Scottish island with nesting eagles, a flock of sheep named after the Hibernian FC team of 1972 and part-ownership of what’s just been voted “the best beach in the world”. Getting there is like the journey in Brigadoon. This covers a wide range of bases, among them …

… how the fall of the Berlin Wall changed the tour circuit.  

… his first gig as “a big, gangly, geeky teenager” at the Golden Lion in Galashiels playing Steely Dan and Ry Cooder covers.

… the lies boys tell when trying to get into bands.

… supporting Queen for an audience of 200,000 and how he “over-toured” Europe.

… how it feels to be “the Anti-Christ in the Church of Marillion” and their very public divorce in 1988.

… seeing Yes at the Usher Hall in for £1.25 and Genesis on the Lamb Lies Down On Broadway tour.

… the music press v the New Wave of British Prog.

… girls called Kayleigh whose mothers fancied the singer from Marillion.

… irate fans on social media.

… the fine art of “guerrilla touring”.  

 … plus the Faces, Sven Hassel, Edgar Rice Burroughs and a curious analogy about Sioux Indians.

https://fishmusic.scot/

UK tour dates here …

https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/fish-tickets/artist/740885

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