I've been to Europe a few times, but this was my only bonafide tour of the continent. And it was done low-budget style. Wayne Kramer, the former MC5 guitarist and early punk icon, was a gig unlike any I've done, and more info can be had by clicking here.

The artist and myself backstage at The Underworld before the first gig of the tour, in London. Note my hipster sunglasses.

Playing for the biggest crowd I've ever seen from onstage--10,000 or so attendees of the 24 Hours Of Le Mans motorcycle race in Le Mans, France. We went on at midnight, and it was cold enough for me to don a cap and a hoodlum-style Epitaph Records jacket. What you can't see is the several bonfires lit in different sections of the festival crowd, who were seated on a large grassy hillside.

This was the full touring entourage minus Wayne himself, who took the picture near a Metro station in Paris. Top row, from left to right: roadie Tony Brookes, drummer Ric Parnell, roadie and ex-con Rowland Jones, tour manager Mick Webster. Bottom: me, Wayne's manager Margaret Saadi (who was immortalized in "Sick Like A Motherfucker" aka Act 30 of the Life of Bryan, the tale of Wayne's aborted American tour of early 1999).

In the lobby of our Le Mans, France hotel, your host holds the paper of record in Europe, The International Herald-Tribune. Kosovo updates were all the rage.