Snow Patrol at the O2

Last week saw us venturing out, onto the train, the tube and into the O2 for the Snow Patrol – Take Back the Cities tour. Having seen them before, we decided not to get tickets for the (rather steep) auditorium seats, but to go for standing tickets. It’s all about the atmosphere and in those [...]

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Springsteen & Superbowl

I saw Springsteen in London last year (see earlier entry) and I’m hoping to see him in ‘09 (he hasn’t yet annouced UK dates/venues)…but last night he played the Superbowl.
I don’t normally post links to YouTube, but if you’ve never seen ‘the Boss’ live, watch the video. He’s just an awesome entertainer. Ahem…the link I [...]

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Queen & Paul Rodgers at the 02

13 October 2008
Awesome!
20,000 people rocking with the kings of rock. The old Queen numbers, some numbers from Paul Rodgers and the new Queen numbers from the album. What a stunning back catalog to choose from in order to lift the roof off the O2.
What an atmosphere. What a venue. What a band. What a show. And [...]

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Queen & Paul Rodgers Concert

Upcoming on the 13th October – I can’t wait.
From the posts on http://brianmay.com/ it looks like the tour is off to a good start…the photos are amazing. As I’ve read some of the posts, I’ve become more annoyed about people saying it’s not the same without Freddie.
OF COURSE IT’S NOT! Grow up people. Paul Rodgers is [...]

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Bon Jovi Concert

St. Mary’s Stadium, Southampton
One word: awesome
Four words: out of this world
Bon Jovi really do rock. Richie, Jon and the crew really know how to rock a stadium. With 95% of the audience on its feet for the whole event, singing, shouting, clapping, toe-tapping and jumping in time to the music – it was an amazing atmosphere. [...]

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Bruce Springsteen Gig

At the Emirates stadium in London.
What an entertainer! Playing with his E-Street Band, Bruce rocked the Emirates for two and a half hours – virtually non-stop. Songs were played with so much enthusiasm you would have thought Bruce and Steve were jamming together “just for fun” in the living room.
Bruce loves the audience, that much [...]

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Scouting for Girls

At the Shepherd’s Bush Empire
Oh my goodness, how many screaming girls??
I’ve been to a number of gigs over the years, but never have I felt so old or wanted ear plugs – as much as I did last night. The screams were soooo loud, ear plugs would have been nice! The way the girls screamed was [...]

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Billy Bragg Gig

Saturday night at the Hexagon in Reading
Fantastic. He’s a great entertainer. His songs improve with age and as the years move on he tweaks the words to keep them current. The new album is really good, so hearing some of the songs live was great.
I will defintely see him again and can recommend the gigs. [...]

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World Famous Red Sox

Grayshott Village…
Fantastic!
A tiny venue somewhere in deepest darkest Surrey became home for some 300 people and Jamie Moses’ World Famous Red Sox. As we found last time, the band attracts a rich collection of people ranging from teens right up to the more mature “Dad Rock” fans (some of whom needed to sit during the [...]

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Queen update

We got tickets!
Both of us online at the same time for the presale of tickets and we got one set!
We did consider buying a second set of tickets – but didn’t go ahead. Since we got our tickets, people have started putting up their tickets on EBay…for twice the face value per ticket. I’m so [...]

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