šŸ—£ Gigs

Clinton - no. Vince - oh yes, but you forgot Englebertā€¦

Also randomly, Iā€™ve seen Tom Jones 3 times (uncool BUT bucket list shows tbh). The second time was when my Mum was down here some 15 years ago. She cried with joy when I showed her the ticket and she had to sit down as she almost feinted when he came on stage. She must have been about 67 at the time as well, luckily I managed to talk her out of the whole knicker throwing thing, that would have been a step too far.

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Yeah I forgot Englebert, she liked him too. My dear lady wifeā€™s claim to fame is she was at The Gaumont in '63 to see The Beatles, although she says she couldnā€™t hear a thing because of the screamingā€¦not a dry seat in the house either. She also saw Tom Jones when he took the place of PJ Proby in the trouser splitting scandal.

Waiting for the train home after seeing Tony law. Absolutely bonkers and absolutely brilliant.

Went to Arcade Fire last night. We had really good seats with a great view of the stage in the round. Iā€™m not a massive fan (shock horror) but enjoyed their show, thereā€™s a lot going on. Their two special guest were Florence Welch (a live show I find quite dull) and Boy George. Enjoyed watching all the fans enjoying it all. I think thatā€™s a result of years working in a venue and watching the crowd.

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Well iā€™m a big fan, just not of Wembley gigs. Saying that Iā€™m seeing the Stones at St Maryā€™s ā€¦ It has to be their last one!

Iā€™ve beeen to a few gigs at Wembley and know what you mean but I think they did well with it in the round.

Off to the Stones at Olympic Park. Iā€™ve got some tickets for my parents to see them at St Marys. My mum didnā€™t want my dad to know the cost. It will be on the ticket.

I thought you were cool @intiniki

Fooled ya! Pap will tell you tales of my teen bedroom walls with NKOTB and a lot of Take That. No way am I cool. Sadly.

I just donā€™t feel the way I do about Arcade Fire as quite a few people I know. Not sure what it is. Happy to listen to it, if itā€™s on but wouldnā€™t necesarily think ā€˜oh need to listen to Arcade Fire nowā€™.

A few months ago, in the early hours I bought myself a ticket to an old fave of mine Ugly Kid Joe. I pretty much forgot about it. So here I am on my tod at Shepherd bush. See how much I remember. God I am tired.

Managed to blag a last minute ticket for The Streets tomorrow at Brixton. Bloody excited!

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Just booked tickets to see kurt vile on the 9th Nov and teenage fanclub on the 10th Nov. Iā€™m like a rock and roll star, going out on consecutive nights. Very pleased with myself.

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This should quite rightly be applauded, you give us all hope.

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Thank you gav. Itā€™s not easy living the life of a rock star. I try to be an inspiration to as many as I can. Hopefully I wonā€™t shit the bed on the 11th Nov.

I will wait for an update on this before I try and emulate your crazy lifestyle.

2 nights in a row? Pah often do that. How about 4 nights in a row, in a few weeks at Frank Turner Lost Evenings festival. Iā€™ve had to take 2 days off work to manage it.

Booked tickets for John Grant and hoping my partner will start listening to his stuff and come with me to the gig.

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Off to see Frank tonight in Southampton - part of my continued Recovery.

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Where is John Grant playing?

Brixton Academy on Tues 30th October. Played some of his stuff to my partner last night. Not sure heā€™s into it.

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You can take meā€¦I like John Grant. :lou_wink_2:

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When you go to pick up your ticket to see Stereophonics this coming Friday and discover they have support actsā€¦

A Rap Artisteā€¦

Arggh.

So you go home and you tube and find out it is Plan B.

OK that should make me and Eric full cred innit

Oh and a local institution is also on the billā€¦

We put up with him 'cos he used to sing OWTS for us at Barasti back when we used to win football matches.