By Iain Blair

Well the gig went great and caught up with tons of old friends I hadn’t seen in years – one, Tim Harris, wrote such huge hits as Twins, Kindergarten Cop and Trading Places, as well as producing that great thriller, Falling Down that starred Michael Douglas, and now lives in London.

Another, Bob Tait, used to be the drummer in Pete Brown’s Battered Ornaments (Pete wrote all the Cream songs) and one of the last times I saw him was at the legendary Stones gig in Hyde Park for Brian Jones, when The Battered Ornaments opened for the Stones. We spent the next day at brunch catching up at a great old pub on Putney Heath, and then I headed off to the premiere for Righteous Kill.

I took my younger sister, as it was her birthday the next day. When we arrived at the Empire in Leicester Square it was a mob scene, and as we squeezed down the edge of the red carpet we almost bumped into Bobby De Niro and Al Pacino, who were both in town for the premiere and who were being besieged by fans and Brit paparazzi as they signed autographs and posed for pix. Both stars were then introduced before the screening began and got standing ovations.

After the screening we all hightailed it to over to a great club on Berkeley Street in the heart of Mayfair for the big party which went on into the wee hours. Even 50 Cent, who co-stars in the film, showed up, plus a huge entourage, along with the rest of the stars. We finally staggered out and headed home. What a weekend…

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