Following the hectic American dates, Alan enjoyed a brief Xmas break before flying out to a studio in Milan for 3 weeks with Steve Lyon to prepare a new version of the show for the ROW (South Africa, Australia, Asia and South America) and second US leg. Gone was the meteorological 'Higher Love' intro, replaced by a dynamic version of 'Rush' that started with a frenetic techno sequence. He also completely reworked a 'trip-hop' version of 'I Want You Now' which proved a favourite amongst American fans who were lucky enough to hear it and a source of much annoyance to those in Europe who missed out. From Italy, he travelled directly to South Africa where the tour was due to restart, a few weeks after the release of the fourth and final single from 'SOFAD'.