The 'Two Rounds of Racket' Tour finished on October 21st at one of my all-time favourite venues, the Olympia in Dublin - three weeks ago as I write, but I still have a bad case of Tour Lag.

I learned a couple of days ago that Allison Cornell, one of my favourite touring companions, is no longer with us. It was not a complete surprise; she had been fighting cancer for a long time. And I do mean fighting. According to the doctors, she should have been gone at least a year ago.

Joe Jackson talks about Will Power, Night Music Heaven and Hell, Symphony n.1, the Duke and more.

Joe is currently enjoying a well-earned medicinal martini in a luxury sanitorium for temporarily burned-out musicians. Meanwhile he would like to thank the following for a fantastic tour . . .