Complex sentence: At the next show, O'Keefe again delayed his arrival, and Col Joye refused to go on first, but Gordon eventually convinced him to open the show-and needless to say, as soon as Joye began playing, O'Keefe made his entrance.
Split into simpler sentences: At the next show, O'Keefe again delayed his arrival, and Col Joye refused to go on first, but Gordon eventually convinced him to open the show. Needless to say, as soon as Joye began playing, O'Keefe made his entrance.