Observer:
Since you’ll be traveling around the nation a lot while you’re touring, do you think that Wilson [the broom your band has nicknamed and propped on-stage during shows] will make the cut through airport security?
DH:
Wilson? Well, I think we’re bussing it so I don’t know if Wilson’s gonna make it. We kind of retired Wilson because we have this policy which is, “Jeff Lynne, No Broom” or “Broom, No Jeff Lynne.” And uh, Jeff started turning up to a lot of our shows, and broom and Jeff Lynne make for a bad show. Jeff Lynne, no broom. That’s our policy now. He’s already on the tour bus. So he’ll be there. In part.
