You’ve got to love The Raleighboy and his contemporary references such as Harry Worth.
Also, my mate Halo rocks a trilby and a homburg - but he’s an old Jew so that’s OK.
P.S. when to the PapFields tickets go on sale? Put me down for one in the circle.
Not sure what you expect, RB. Heaven 17 were shit the first time round. Drinking overpriced beer with overweight people while wallowing in nostalgia…I feel slightly dead inside just contemplating it.
Get a little trilby, that will make you feel better.
Common People day 2. Completely missed Chas and Dave as too busy being comfortable on some chairs drinking an expensive cocktail. Watched Cuban Brothers then Science of Eight Limbs followed by Katy B (I needed some warmth from a crowd) and ended with Duran Duran who were excellent.
Check out Science of Eight Limbs. We quite enjoyed them.
I have heard from many different people that Duran Duran were really good. That’s my boys!
They were. I was up for taking the piss but fair’s fair - they can play a bit and the stage show was properly, un-ironically good.
Gits.
Originally posted by @Rallyboy
I stand to be corrected (not really) but yesterday I suffered people chatting throughout every set, ignoring the music, often with their backs to the stage, off their faces on overpriced beer - and some of them wearing fucking ridiculous little trilbies or straw hats.
They are not music fans!
Well you nailed it at the top of your diatribe. Those are exactly the people that hardened festival-lovers can’t stand. Unfortunately empirical evidence has shown that the more mainstream the festival, the higher the percentage of these that you get.
Cunts.
I like the idea of a festival. Let’s start small. Three stages across Daisy Dip. Decent location. Not far from me mums. Plenty of fences to jump over.
Can I run the Tweed Tent?
Promotional slogan…“No electricity allowed, bring your worries and angst and leave with more”
There were quite a few “young uns” near me who at the beginning of Duran Duran were there to take the piss. Most stayed and appeared to have enjoyed it by the end. I was a huge fan as a kid so I am a bit biased but had wondered all these years later whether it would be too cheesey. Didn’t think it was at all.
Says the man who takes pride in getting “an early night”.
Last night was the same at The Brook - Midge Ure doing quiet numbers with people at the back talking throughout.
Why pay good money to ignore an act??
At one point he said, ‘this new song is a quiet number and I’m very proud of it, so if the person next to you starts chatting or checking Facebook on their phones, just fucking hit them!’
It’s so disrespectful, not just to the band that you have paid to see, but the fans around you. I just use thos
So then, the local had a fella called Dean Friedman playing last night and being the supportive locals we are, we pitched up in support. Us old uns will remember (or not) this guy from the 70s when he had a few hits - Ariel, Lucky Stars and Lydia are the ones I vaguely remembered. Not expecting much and just being there for the craic, I was more than pleasantly surprised. His songs were witty and sometimes poignant. He made plenty of jokes about Trump in between songs which won the 40 strong audience over pretty quickly and he hung around at the bar after to chat for a while. We actually bought one of his CDs from him and had a great evening. Didnt see that coming at all. If nothing else, Dean reminded me that not all Yanks are cunts.
Add to that people who start fighting. Watching Sean McGowan on Saturday he had to stop and tell people to stop and that there were kids in the tent. I’ve seen that at a few gigs. I remember at Reading fest in early 2000s a group started chucking stones at each other during Gomez. They were bloody large stones
Couples who just need to go home and have sex also annoy me at gigs. Go home, put the album on and get it on. Stop taking up valuable space at the venue.
Should I go to ACDC with Axl Rose tonight with my partner? I am not really a fan of ACDC but think it may be interesting.
They’re pros…they’ll put on a show…but honestly…Na not for me.
Fucking weird day today. Was in the middle of shopping in Sainsbury’s Carlisle. Got a text saying get to the Sands Centre Carlisle, as you can get tickets in person for the Stone Roses on Wednesday.
Well after ditching my trolly, I headed for the Sands Centre as it is only 2 minutes away. Left the car, ran to the queue and contacted my wife to bring some merch. She brought my t-shirt and the confirmation for the Manchester gigs. Got my wrist band in the queue and an hour later had 2 tickets for the stone roses on Wednesday 8th.
A very strange day indeed, but get the fuck in, the Stone Roses in a small venue. Anyone want 2 seated tickets for Manchester on Saturday 18th in Manchester?