Music

"We were due to appear at the university that night, but the organisers cancelled at the last minute because of some bad publicity in a local newspaper and pressure from governing officials. All lies, of course. It's madness the number of times we've been blacklisted just because we won't conform and toe the line. We still had to travel there anyway since I'd booked hotel rooms for two nights. When we drove by the venue, we saw that people were queuing because they didn't know the gig had been cancelled.  So we unloaded our gear on some waste ground a couple of blocks away, fired up the generators and just started playing. It was a lovely warm summer night and hundreds of people gathered around and we were all having a great time until the police and security staff arrived. The crowd had spilled out onto the road and were holding up the city traffic. Of course, I didn't want anyone to get hurt and I certainly didn't want to get arrested again, so I agreed to stop playing and pack up.