Possible Clues:

• Acrobatic equipment
• Aerialist's apparatus
• Acrobats use it, putting duty over comfort, it's said
• Acrobatic apparatus
• Aerial apparatus
• Mug with drugs, we hear, an accessory to daredevil activities?
• Glenn Hughes' pre-Deep Purple band
• Apparatus for circus acrobats
• Gin and drugs reportedly available in swingers' bar
• Flying bar for acrobatics