More to follow but saw Will Varley at the Wedgewood Rooms last night.
Great night.
There were 9 of us in our group including my daughter.
Regular readers may remember that Will Varley signed an expensive (and hopelessly effiminate) shirt of mine with a marker pen at The Joiners earlier in the year.
I tweeted him before the gig to plead that no matter how pissed I got or how much I begged, he wasnāt to sign my shirt again.
He didnāt.
But the cheeky begger did sign my daughterās chest!!!
RULE #1 DOES NOT APPLY.
Off to see him again at the Union Chappel on Friday. Weāre going to have words.
Probably words like āI love you. Will you sign my shirt?ā
Due to my reproductive capability I donāt get out much these days so I am inordinately excited about seeing Goldie perform Timeless at Ronnie Scottās in Feb.
My rock and roll week is over. Iāve 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 Bowieās Lazarus followed by Chic the week after getting us ready for Christmas.
Itās a week since I went to St Maryās Church in Guildford (Sat 3rd Dec) to see a favourite band of mine, āSweet Billy Pilgrimā. Iād never managed to catch them live before and wasnāt 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.
This is the view I got standing next to the guy shooting the official video (not online yet)ā¦not my picture however.
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.
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. Heās written quite a few hits hasnāt 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.