walk with jimmy

On the second day after the show.

Mixer Records immediately signed Planet to a contract at breakneck speed.

Abel was relentless towards his former old club, and listed various conditions that were beneficial to the band.

Adams initially tried to engage in a bargaining game.

But it was too late.

At this point, the situation has reversed.

Through live performances, Planet has proven that even grunge-style music can be a cult favorite.Therefore, in order to avoid being preempted by other rival record companies, he gritted his teeth and hurriedly signed the contract on behalf of the company.

Then, countless music reviews also emerged like a blowout.

Even though it was only a small performance, the music critics who came to watch the performance miraculously all commented, and almost none of them had a bad review.

[I can't wait for the release of the Starlight album. ]

A music critic said: [If the content of the album is consistent with the concert.In the concert, Jimmy sang a total of twelve songs, and I don't want to say some well-known things, such as how well he sings. ]

[I just want to say that many people always like to dance and listen to songs.But these twelve songs, no matter what others will do, but if I buy the album, I will definitely listen to it from beginning to end.Because the styles of the twelve songs are different, the arrangement of "New Life" is quite psychedelic; "Baby, let's go and see Peter Rabbit" has incomparable sweetness and warmth; "Why Shut Me Out of Paradise" brought A bit of punk hustle and bustle, "One Night in London" and "The Rose Never Withers" and a bit of lyrical ballad style...]

[As many people know, multiple styles of music, while a testament to the talent of the creator, can often make an album appear confusing.But the cleverness of the Planetary Band lies in setting a theme, so that all the music is not piled up indiscriminately, but serves the theme in a unified way, so as to achieve a harmonious situation as a whole. ]

[In addition, these twelve songs are like a net, covering all kinds of problems encountered in contemporary British cities, and close to life from the perspective of ordinary people. The songs are full of continuous and full emotions, sometimes warm, sometimes angry , Sometimes tortured, sometimes indifferent and ridiculed, when people fall to the bottom, they will turn around and usher in a new life, encouraging people and making people never give up hope. ]

[This is an album definitely worth listening to. ]

[Excellent, I don’t want to miss any of them. ]

Even Mr. Daly, who is always Helans, gave a rare compliment: [Twelve songs form an epic performance. A masterpiece of music.Overall, Lance Winfield is capable of writing and creating great songs, if he's a little less utilitarian. ]

Even if there are such praise words as "comparable to epic" and "representative work of British music" in the discourse.

Ke Lansi still stared at the word 'utility' for a long time.

James casually comforted him: "Don't worry about it, we still have a lot of things to do."

That's right.

When the album started to be officially released... promotions, performances, and live signings all appeared one after another.

During this period, although Lance was ambitious, he dreamed of becoming the number one in the world every day.

But he is still a very practical person in essence, not yet confident to the point of arrogance, although he thinks that the album will be successful, but to what extent it will be successful, he has not given much thought to it.

Therefore, the popularity of the Planetary Band after releasing this album has completely exceeded his expectations.

For example, on the night of the album's release, they played a second show.

This time it is not a small venue, but a big venue, and the number of tickets sold is not limited to a few hundred.

But fans don't know this situation.

Therefore, before the performance, many fans who did not buy tickets last time learned their lesson. In this era when there is no online ticket purchase, they actually ran to the ticket booth with their tents to set up camp and wait for the tickets to be released.

This scene soon appeared in the newspapers.

People are amazed by the sudden 'planet craze'.

The show went well that day.

Now, the new bass player Sanderson has finally basically finished running in with them.

That night, the four of them were able to cooperate tacitly and blend together on the stage. The performance can be called a burning passion.

Therefore, the audience's emotions were extremely high.

In order to ensure safety, the stage was surrounded by bodyguards, and when the performance ended, many police officers were dispatched to help disperse the crowd.

And, after the gig, Stewart called them.

He said happily on the other end of the phone: "Jimmy, Jimmy! You are so good, I went to listen too!"

"Uh...Thank you." James has never been good at dealing with this kind of silly and sweet type, and he doesn't know what to say other than thank you.

Because according to normal logic, although the two bands have a good relationship, they are also competitors in a certain way!

But Stewart didn't care about these at all, and he talked excitedly over there, probably to congratulate them on their success, and said that he really liked the British-themed album [Starlight], saying that this album is great, and Said that after the album is officially released, I must buy a hundred copies to support it...

He talked a lot, and at the end he was a little excited and incoherent.

When James hung up the phone, he still felt Stuart's happy voice surrounded his ears, and he couldn't help sighing: "Buy a hundred tickets to support, Stu is really a good friend of mine."

The point is actually one hundred, right?

Lance asked very speechlessly: "How on earth did you become good friends?"

James recalled it for a long time before he remembered: "Oh, let's discuss women's clothing skills together."

Lance immediately shut up, and withdrew all jealous thoughts.

But the reaction of music critics, media, fans, peers...

This is just the beginning.

On the day of the signing at the video store, the scene was even more chaotic.

At that time, there were a large number of fans who heard the news, but because the event organizers underestimated the number and fanaticism of the fans, the pre-preparation staff was somewhat insufficient.

Before the signing began, the Planetary Band stood in the video store, looking at the fans through the glass door with a somewhat stunned expression, as if they didn't expect so many people to come.

The fans frantically crowded in front of the door, the girls in the front row pressed their faces to the glass, slammed the glass hard, shouted James and Lance's names hysterically, the screams and cheers were almost deafening.

Lance's face immediately turned a little pale: "What the hell is this signing, let's go right away, no more signings."

"It's not that serious, is it?" James looked out, also a little confused.

But he is still as optimistic as ever: "Someone will come to maintain order later and let them line up. At that time, we will go as planned..."

Lance doesn't believe in the original plan of the shit.

If he knew that there were so many people in the original plan, he wouldn't come to do some damn signings if he was killed.

But all came.

Moreover, the organization of this kind of activity also needs to invest a certain amount of upfront funds.

Therefore, under the request and persuasion of the staff in a hurry.

In addition, James also said beside him, "Don't do this, we don't sign, they are very embarrassed, and the fans are in danger", Lance reluctantly agreed.

Then, the door of the video store opened, and crowds poured in like sea water...

There's nothing wrong with signing a sale.

The girls happily came to line up with the records they bought, and then handed them to the band for autographs. Those who were timid signed and left, and those who were brave left after saying a few words. It seemed that it was not difficult.

It happened at the end of the signing...

At the end, the on-site staff will generally be divided into two groups, one group will protect the four members of the band in the car, and the other group will be responsible for stopping the fans who are chasing.

But because there were so many people at the scene unexpectedly, the result of insufficient manpower was that it was impossible to stop the huge number of fans.

Numerous fanatical fans easily broke through the cordon, chasing after the band, knocking on the windows outside the car, shouting their names.

At this moment, Lance, who was already in the car, was so frightened that he almost jumped up.

He couldn't help but patted the back of the front seat, and ordered a series of commands: "Drive, drive! Drive!"

The driver was also very afraid of being surrounded and didn't want to stay any longer.

Therefore, after he heard the order, he immediately avoided more and more crowds, rushed out first at a slow speed, and then slowly accelerated.

During the turbulent escape, Lance hugged the guitar case tightly, Baldwin looked out the window worriedly, and Sanderson closed his eyes and bowed his head in prayer.The three of them were nervous all the way, until they found that the fans were getting farther and farther away from them, and it was impossible to catch up, and they were relieved.

"Fortunately, fortunately, we left in time."

Bassist Sanderson opened his eyes and thanked God gratefully.

Lance's expression also improved a lot.

But he still couldn't help muttering: "Next time there is such an accident, you should leave early. This time, you left early. If you leave late, it will be the end."

Baldwin and Sanderson both nodded in agreement.

But he always felt that something was missing, and Lance couldn't help but look at himself strangely: "Jimmy, why haven't you talked all this time, Ji...wait! Stop—!!"

On the other end, James, who just came out of the bathroom, looked at the empty video store and made eye contact with a group of lingering fans.

He asked blankly: "What's going on? Did you see where Lance and the others went?"

The fans' eyes lit up: "Jimmy, you didn't leave——!"

James panicked: "Ahhh...don't come here, fuck!"