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Bletch has seven friends?

Seems unlikely.

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I went to see Romesh Ranganathan least night. He was ok but it was probably one of the poorer comedy his Iā€™ve seen. A bit disappointing.

Due to my reproductive capability I donā€™t get out much these days so I am inordinately excited about seeing Goldie perform Timeless at Ronnie Scottā€™s in Feb.

Madness. Tonight. BIC. Fucking great.

My rock and roll week is over. Iā€™ve spent 3 nights in 5 at the O2. I wonder if they think I am casing the joint.

Rhcp on Monday. The crowd were much more into it this time around (saw them there a few years ago and it was a bit flat).

Biffy Clyro on Thursday. It was pretty packed down in standing but we had a few seats spare around us which was nice. I enjoyed watching the mosh pit from afar. Excellent set and they just power through.

Richard Ashcroft last night. By this time I just needed some rest. Enjoyed it, a few Verve classics to sing along to. I needed a lay in and the bloody postman delivered a parcel at 7.30.

Next week off to see Frank Turner film Get Better with him doing a solo set and then Bowieā€™s Lazarus followed by Chic the week after getting us ready for Christmas.

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One of my favourite bands (The Maccabees) have decided to call it a day after 14 years. But not before one last big payoff.

I have bagged myself a couple of tickets for one of the Manchester gigs in June 2017.

It is a shame as I really thought their music was developing to the next level, but they all have solo projects they want to explore.

Shelfish bastards.

Itā€™s a week since I went to St Maryā€™s Church in Guildford (Sat 3rd Dec) to see a favourite band of mine, ā€œSweet Billy Pilgrimā€. Iā€™d never managed to catch them live before and wasnā€™t disappointedā€¦all in good voice and the church acoustics surprisingly good. I suppose it helped standing next to the guy with the sound mixing tabletā€¦even asked him to bump up the treble a bit to compensate for my age related top-end hearing loss. :lou_wink_2:

This is the view I got standing next to the guy shooting the official video (not online yet)ā€¦not my picture however.

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Went to see Super Furry Animals last night. They performed Radiator and Fuzzy Logic back to back. It was brilliant. I then danced in a shitty pub for what seems like hours. Missed the last train home and stayed at a friends house, which only encouraged me to get more pissed.

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Love those albums. Very jealous Fats.

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They played in Bristol a few days ago, Fuzzy Logic in full tour. Really wanted to go but work and stuff got in the way

Going to see Placebo tomorrow night

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Originally posted by @SaintBristol

Going to see Placebo tomorrow night

insanely jealous.

Had tickets for wembley on Thursday, but itā€™s really not the place to be when youā€™re still on crutches.

:lou_sad:

Mate thatā€™s awful :slight_frown: They tour often so ā€¦

Went to see Chic featuring Niles Rodgers last night and the beautiful Hammersmith Apollo for a charity Autismrocks.

I was beyond tired so probably not ideal. Heā€™s written quite a few hits hasnā€™t he. I felt quite young in the audience as those in their late teens early twenties when they were at their height made up most of the audience. I witnessed a new phenomenon 60 year olds with tablets recording the whole bloody thing.

Originally posted by @Intiniki

I witnessed a new phenomenon 60 year olds with tablets recording the whole bloody thing.

ā€¦and your point is? :lou_wink_2:

Donā€™t lie, Lifer. We know youā€™re older than 60.

Trueā€¦but my point is what do you expect a 60 year old to record it onā€¦Super 8? :lou_lol:

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Something a bit smaller! Just use your phone and not a bloody 10 inch tablet.

Saw The Cure at the SSE a few weeks ago - absolutely brilliant!

Also got tickets for Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks in Hyde Park for July

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If I was in the UK Iā€™d be making my to this.

fundraiser-for-greg-gilbert-of-the-delays

Seen headliner (and sotonian) Sean McGowan a few times. Worth a listen.