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Fri 11 Nov 2007Rough tradeConcerto for Constantine are getting ready to be hustled around the country as part of 2fm2moro2our. Tony Clayton-Leameets them the morning after the night before and finds out what's new.AAH, this is the life: swish hotel bar/restaurant, shooting the breeze with Irish rock musicians who have seen UK chart action and lived to tell the tale; extra-spicy Bloody Marys on the table; non-national staff shaking their heads at the apparent madness of the country they have chosen to work in. Which, come to think of it, is the correct and proper response considering it's not even noon.