Mr Big: Oh No…Not Another Geezer With Hooter Problems!
Chris Salewicz, NME, 3 July 1976
THERE'S A bleedin' ennui OD here in the audience tonight. Not that they're into being-super-blase or super-arrogant. It's just that this is the hottest day Hamburg has had at this time of year since records began over a hundred years ago. Ninety-five fahrenheit, the cab-driver tells me as he brings me and the EMI press lady in from the airport.
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