TS: The band were big after The Bends success but hadn’t gone fully nuclear. They were coming up to OK Computer territory; it wasn’t out yet but there was a buzz starting to build about it. Albums used to be launched in Japan ahead of the rest of the world, and I was asked to go out there to join them and document the whole trip. It’s a nice way of doing things, having me with them the whole time means that they don’t end up having to do loads of photo sessions with all sorts of different people. Thom had an idea of shooting the band in a big crowd, but looking totally anonymous. Which was a nice thought but didn’t really work once I go back 200 yards you can’t bloody see anyone! We played around with the idea of anonymity though, and got some great shots of the band spread out a bit more, with Tokyo commuters going about their daily business in and around them. Even so, they still stood out like sore thumbs. At the end of four- or five-day trip it was Ed’s birthday, so the record company booked out a room in a karaoke building. Everyone did a song, but Thom absolutely brought the house down, closing the night out with an amazing take on Louis Armstrong’s version of “What A Wonderful World”. It was brilliant.