Another stop on John’s book tour for Role Models. This was at the Festival of Ideas in Bristol, a spur-of-the-moment ticket booked while my pal Jeremy from Bristol was visiting me in Brooklyn. Charming as ever, and an intimate little venue for a change.
Although it was a minor detail, I was happy when he told the story of meeting Justin Bieber, who told John that his mustache was “the jam”, on Graham Norton’s show. That happened the day I last saw John at the Southbank Centre in December, when I was stranded by the snow in the UK for a day after my visa expired. I had John autograph my outdated visa that night, which pissed off the folks at passport control when I re-entered as a tourist later that month.
It was a superb start to a superb weekend overall. I like Bristol more and more every time I visit.