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And just to thank everybody who bought tickets for the Albert Hall in December, sold out in under a day, thousands of people trying to get through who couldn't.

We are so grateful, we're actually quite shocked to be honest that yet again we sold it out, we've also already sold out a bath in Edinburgh that we're doing in September.

Sorry to those who didn't get tickets but we will hopefully be doing more shows in 2024.

And Alistair, I'm apologizing if this comes over the podcast, I'm sitting in blazing sunshine in Cape Cod.

And there's some very hard-working American out there with some kind of lawn mowing device, buzzing in the background.

And you have a bit of a sniff I'm picking up. Are you ill?

Got a really, really bad hay fever.

Oh, I'm sorry.

And I'm breathing badly.

Have you always had that?

Well, I've always had it and but some days I get it, the last couple of days has been horrific and I barely slept last night.

I've just been horrible.

Sorry.

You know, this is what happens if you spend too much time watching cricket.

It's a hay fever, particularly bad.

It's because they keep mowing the lawn or something.

I don't know what is.

No, I think there's something going on in the air at the moment.

Grace, my daughter has got it really badly as well.

I mean, it's been horrible here in the States.

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