{"id":1673,"date":"2026-08-29T10:16:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/?page_id=1673"},"modified":"2026-08-29T10:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T10:16:38","slug":"the-overstrand","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/the-overstrand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Overstrand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We move to London, and our first gig is in Stoke! The ordeal in getting a van hired, fueled-up and off through London was on a different scale to what we had previously endured. We arrive and get a great welcome from the organisers only to learn the event had to be cancelled due to problems with the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The organisers then set-up a party and invited us to play there instead do lessen the disappointment. Some people are simply great! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As far as a I recall, the song Cruel To Be Cruel was written during that gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/01-Cruel-To-Be-Cool.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cool To Be Cruel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140619_19_37_50_Saved_Picture.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140619_19_37_50_Saved_Picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140619_19_37_50_Saved_Picture.jpg 540w, https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FB_20140619_19_37_50_Saved_Picture-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We move to London, and our first gig is in Stoke! The ordeal in getting a van hired, fueled-up and off through London was on a different scale to what we had previously endured. We arrive and get a great welcome from the organisers only to learn the event had to be cancelled due to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1673","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1673\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kollapso.co.uk\/claire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}