ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons recently travelled to his band's show at Wembley Arena on the tube, because, well, because he wanted to. And even though the journey involved a few stops be travelled on the Circle Line, which, Londoners won't need to be told, wasn't working, Gibbons says he still got the North West London venue faster than his bandmates, who were driven there.
Gibbons told the BBC: "Being the consummate tourist, I wanted to ride the Tube. Someone said, 'you know it may not be that bad of an idea because travel in London has not been known for its expedient way to get from A to B'. So off I went - it's a only a block from the hotel down to the station, and no sooner had I bought the ticket the agent informed me that the Circle Line had broken down!".
But asked if he'd use the underground next time he plays London, he concluded: "Well, I may in the future. I beat my partners by 45 minutes".