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Hi folks! I’m back now in Sydney and it’s great to be home after a long and thrilling trip. Arriving last weekend I was reminded that I last saw Sydney on March 20th! That’s a long time to be away from home. But it was fun! Apart from the slow and fascinating cruise via the Far East, Malaysia, India, The Suez and the Middle East to Southampton, it was great to be back having some free time in Europe. I’ve missed it so much, and so to travel down some long familiar roads again to Hamburg, Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Ostend, Paris, on through France, Provence and the Cote D’Azur was sheer pleasure. It was then further pleasure to see my hometown Shoreham, and home city Brighton again. Things haven’t changed too much in England. The welcome home was wonderful and the fans all flocked to the gigs, just like old times. And the gigs were fun! With Chris Thompson, Fish and the Mads Eriksen band I played in Lorsch, Frankfurt and Ziesar, Berlin – two gigs that were great. Before that with Chris and Mads’ band at their hometown in Bergen. All the way along, the band and the fans were fantastic! Thanks to Chris, Joe, Ola, Mads, Frank, Gunnar, Steinar and all the guys over there for inviting me.  Over in the UK, of course, the shows on the Once In A Lifetime UK tour (with The Osmonds, David Essex, and Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers) were a huge success. The 8 tour gigs on the schedule (all big city Arenas though…), rushed by a little too quickly. It was great fun and the audiences were incredibly supportive to all the acts at every venue. For me personally it was fantastic to get this chance to return to the UK to perform again, and I must thank my band: Ronnie, Peter, Geoff, Jeremy, and Frank for playing so superbly, and doing my songs such great justice. Behind the scenes we had great fun too, and thanks to Tour Manager Jan, and promoter Tony Denton for making it all look so smooth and easy. To the fans at all these gigs: thank you all for coming out to see me and giving your loyal support. It was lovely hooking up with friends and family again too. I promise I won’t leave it so long before I return to the UK and Europe, and it’ll be with a full show – no favorite songs left out. I’m preparing photos from the tour and trip to put in the Gallery, so look out for those – I’ll let you know when they are posted. Meanwhile, there’s more live appearances coming up soon in Australia (and a new Greatest Hits compilation coming out in October) – so please go to the LIVE NEWS where I’ll post up all the dates and venues…  I’ll be regularly updating this page (and the front page note) to let you know all the news as it happens – so watch this space – and thanks for visiting ‘leosayer.com’!

STOP PRESS: NEW LEO SAYER “THE GREATEST HITS” ALBUM RELEASED 20th AUGUST ON WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA.   IT’LL BE IN THE SHOPS ALL OVER AUSTRALIA THIS WEEKEND. MORE DETAILS SOON…

This is the new look ‘leo sayer.com’ – the official website and home of all things “leo”, so if it’s your first visit, here’s a few guidelines.

I think a website is like a virtual “world”, an entirely new home, an exhibition in the ether, and a different (and maybe fresh) way of looking at a life or career – well anyway, that’s the theory behind ‘leo’s room”.

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