Fresh off the plane this morning, in the UK for the first time and here with their debut UK tour, entitled The Evolution of Plush. It is probably with high emotions that the guys will play tonight, since it was the dream of two to come here, and only one made it!
The tragic and deeply sad story is known by many, of how Plush guitarist Chas Smit was abruptly killed in P'maritzburg by a drunk driver, who was apparently a public community figure, the head of varsity college! Chas' death was on the launch night of their second album promotional tour as they had planned to take their music around the country!
For Rory it will be hard tonight, and for many fans too, many who attended a funeral held here in London in September 2005 (even though the guys have never been to London! What a tribute to Chas who people speak of so highly!) But I believe that it will be a celebration of memory as opposed to a morbid memorial. The music lives on, and Chas in it!
These guys are playing an intense set of shows around London in the next two weeks, so if you cant make tonight choose another date off the gig guide and get down to see Rory Eliot & The Reason and their acoustic rock all the way from SA!
Rock on Rory Eliot & The Reason,
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