The small venues we were performing at around the country were all beginning to sell out and extra bouncers were having to be called in to hold back the growing legion of screaming girls We found ourselves having to use secret entrances to the village halls and ballrooms we were playing to prevent ourselves being mobbed by fans On the few nights a week when we were not working we found it difficult to leave the house without being pursued through the streets by adoring followers In a matter of days we had been transformed into celebrities Our moves were monitored by our admirers and all of our needs catered for by our management and other interested parties Even though the shyness that had always accompanied me never quite went away it was replaced by a strange naive overconfidence that only naturally shy people who have been thrust into similar situations can relate to In short I was emotionally totally out of my depth