Poorman’s 15 Minutes of Fame: Dave Wakeling (Singer/Guitarist of The English Beat and General Public)

“[You know what else is incredible, you told me the other night when we were sitting in your van before you went on stage and just absolutely blew everybody away, that you’re doing 150 gigs a year. Was I right or did I hear that wrong?] Yeah, it is about that. It sometimes fluctuates a little bit, but it’s around there. We’ve done more than that and sometimes we do a little bit less than that, but um, we alternate between going on 20 or 30 day tours. Which is hard, but by the time you’re exhausted, you’re halfway through and you’ve got adrenaline to bring you home. And then when we’re at home, we play Fridays and Saturdays, it’s weekend warriors. So we do 20 shows one month.”—Dave Wakeling (Singer/Guitarist of The English Beat and General Public)