Hi!

Sorry I haven't written for so long but I spent a lot of the past month in Germany, Portugal and Finland with Limahl, who was doing TV shows, press etc. But I'm back again now till the end of December, so here goes...

As you may have read in the papers, the wedding of the year has finally taken place! Mark and Lourdes were married on November 10th at Chelsea Register office. It was a very quiet wedding, with just John, Ed, Paul, me and the two sets of parents at the ceremony and wedding breakfast, but afterwards we all went on to the reception at a London restaurant, and the rest of the band plus lots of friends came to that. It was great fun, and went on most of the day and evening. They didn't have time to a honeymoon as Mark went into the studio a couple of days later to start mixing the live LP, which, incidentally, is sounding absolutely amazing. It may not come out till Feb/March now as things are taking longer than we thought, but I can assure you it will be well worth waiting for. The LP is likely to be called Alchemy, and we're trying to decide which track sounds the best as a single, which will probably come out just before the LP.

The other news is that John has been recording a solo LP. Terry and Mark have also played on it - I haven't heard it yet, and it has no title yet, but I'll let you know more about that in my next letter.

On Tuesday night, Paul Brady (one of our other artists) played a gig at Dingwalls in London, and Mark got up and played about six songs with him, much to the surprise and delight of the crowd. I think Mark found it a nice change to play in a small club for a change!

I should let you know that there may soon be some changes here at Damage. Basically, I may not be here much longer. I have a very hard decision to make in the next couple of weeks (I've already been trying to decide but haven't come to a conclusion yet) which is whether to a) manage Limahl on my own or b) stay at Damage and let Limahl go, as Damage hasn't got time to manage both acts (not really enough time, as both acts are very successful on a world-wide basis, and if we all go off on tour with Dire Straits, what will happen to Limahl?...) It's a really good opportunity for me, yet a can't stand the thought of not working for a band as I've been here 4 and a half years and love it! Even if I go, I will probably still do the fanmail, but neither way, I will let you know in the New Year. That's really all for now, except to say thanks for all your letters and cards which have arrived in the last couple of months, and have a merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

Thanks for your support,

Best wishes,