Jim Toomey’s book was featured in an article published on Courier Mail. The article details amazing facts regarding the book and talks about how the book brings many anecdotes about the band to light.

‘We Were Tourists’ contains best kept secrets from the touring days of the music band The Tourists.

Author was part of the band that rose to fame in the 60s and 70s.

He has spent his entire life in the music industry, playing for different bands as a drummer.

He was one of the founding members of The Tourist.

A successful drummer at the time, he decided to become a part of a band with Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Pete Coombes and Eddie Chin.

Soon enough they were touring across the world and appearing on TV shows.

The book contains anecdotes from the road and stories that will make you laugh and wonder.

It will also give you a rare look into the background of the musical industry in that day and age. The creativity required, the pressures, and endless travelling that took its toll on all the members of the band.

Impression left by the band can still be felt in today’s music, 4 decades later.