…“‘Cats’ was off-the-scale all unsuitable,” says Lloyd Webber. “There wasn’t
actually any understanding of why the music ticked in any respect. I noticed it and I
simply thought, ‘Oh, God, no.’ It was the primary time in my 70-odd years on
this planet that I went out and acquired a canine. So the one good factor to
come out of it’s my little Havanese pet.”

That pet has been a relentless companion of Lloyd Webber’s throughout
lockdown. They’ve grown so connected that he’s even found out a means
to carry the canine to New York the subsequent time he travels to the town.

“I wrote off and stated I wanted him with me always as a result of I’m
emotionally broken and I will need to have this remedy canine,” says Lloyd
Webber. “The airline wrote again and stated, ‘Are you able to show that you just actually
want him?’ And I stated ‘Sure, simply see what Hollywood did to my musical
“Cats.”’ Then the approval got here again with a observe saying, ‘No physician’s
report required.’”