Your intrepid Half Moon Bay reporting team were present at the Oxford Street, London Virgin Megastore book and record signing session to greet Ian Hunter along with hundreds of other fans, on Monday 21st April 1997.

It was all in aid of the UK release of his new album 'The Artful Dodger' and to further promote the fast-selling and well respected book "Diary of a Rock n Roll Star".

The whole thing had been put in jeapordy as the day started with five main railway stations in the capitol closed by terrorist alerts. Still, we all made it and were rewarded with our copies of the new album, photos and a video message from the former Mott the Hoople front-man.

A varied crowd, many on their lunch break, brought along all sorts of Mott and Ian Hunter memorabilia to be signed: old albums, CD collections, posters, original copies of "Diary of a Rock n Roll Star", magazines, photo books. 'The Artful Dodger' played in-store throughout the hour and a half session which saw Citadel (record label) and Megastore staff hurridly bring out extra copies of the new album to satisfy demand.

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