UK shows have only gone bad since Crush was released!!! ie since the band made cheap lowest common denominator pop albums to fit the British singles chart... and pop-buying culture

95: wembley 3 nights, van halen, think they even jammed at sheffield, cardiff got good guys don't always wear white etc - long shows

96: MK x 2, Maine Road, Ibrox - long shows pushing 3 hours, lots of songs, great setlists and performances - not that i liked them myself but a few support acts also, one of whom was considered "ok" at the time

93: only a few shows and basic admittedly but somewhere like Birmingham NEC 2 nights: Fields of Fire and i think "i shall be released" or "bring it on home" - something like that

1988: all-star jam, homebound trains, lots of jams from Back In USSR in Glasgow to Travellin' Band with EJ and Brian May and Lita Ford and Rick Allen

1989: think they did a few arena shows: wembley, birmingham again (not certain though)

1990-1991 - all the charity gigs at Hammersmith - all sorts of special surprises

even 2002: we got shepherd's bush and wembley when the rest of Europe was skipped

I'll always take the gamble on a UK tour - even though last 3 have been quite poor, with maybe 1 highlight show. European gigs themselves are not always great... but admittedly better

ill try to do some european dates next time, but if you're someone who is really trying to do a few BJ dates in one tour you may as well do the UK also since you are at least guaranteed 4 or 5 shows all within about 3 hours train journey away from each other (even with UK trains - which by the way are late on average 1 in 5 times - you were both just very LUCKY and since all the trains i took were late or delayed i refuse to eat my hat, no matter how good the garnish).