"WHEN you're on tour, you end up feeling a bit like a sailor. No home and loved ones around you. But the audience motivates you to go out there and do your best."

Martyn Jacques, the frontman of punk-cabaret delight, the Tiger Lillies, says despite sometimes feeling he has "toured too much" in the past few decades, the fans still make each different country, city and town an exciting place to be.

The Tiger Lillies, which formed in 1989 and consists of Martyn on vocals, accordion, piano, guitar, harmonica, ukulele and banjolele, Mike Pickering on drums, percussion and backing vocals and Adrian Stout on double bass, backing vocals, musical saw and theremin, are bringing the show to Worcester's Huntingdon Hall on Saturday, June 6.

The band is this year celebrating 25 years of performing their dark and daring theatrics.

"The tour is going really well but to be honest I feel like I've toured too much in the past couple of decades," Martyn said.

"I find all the travelling and playing in a different venue each night really, really tiring. But it's great to perform to a different audience each night, it motivates you go out there and do your best.

"We try to mix old and new songs, some of them still unreleased. But it really does depend a lot on our mood. One night we'll mainly do funny, vulgar uptempo songs and the night after we'll switch to melancholic ballads. Right now we are working on our upcoming album 'Songs from the Gutter', based on Edith Piaf's life, so you will probably hear quite a few of these songs too."

The Tiger Lillies have played in countless venues over the years, but sometimes they find themselves yearning for a more a unlikely stage.

"I love playing in countries like Russia and Mexico. It's a real treat to perform to all these adorable, crazy fans we have out there. And then sometimes I find myself thinking about the venues we used to play in during our early years. At the time I never thought I'd miss them — most of them were tiny places and we were thrilled if we had more than 20 people actually paying attention to what we did — but funnily enough I do sort of miss them."

Doors to Huntingdon Hall open at 8pm and tickets cost £18.

Visit www.worcesterlive.co.uk for more information.