This year I saw Bon Jovi play the O2 – twice. the first gig was fantastic – I enjoyed every minute of it, but missed hearing some of my favourite songs. The second gig however, was 27 of their greatest songs ever. It was amazing. Jon, no matter what he does still rocks out like [...]
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Bon Jovi gigs at the O2
Posted in Friends, Music, tagged Gig, Me, Music on 08/07/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mad man in a box
Posted in Music, tagged concert, mark knopfler, Music on 31/05/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Mark Knopfler – Albert Hall – 30 may 2010 Fantastic gig in a fantastic venue. the music was a combination of songs from Knopfler’s new album and his classic, ‘could only be Knopfler’ hits. the audience tapped toes, nodded heads and boogied in their seats as Knopfler changed guitars to produce that beautiful, deep, haunting [...]
Snow Patrol at the O2
Posted in Gig, Music, tagged Gig, Music, o2 arena, snow patrol on 21/03/2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Springsteen & Superbowl
Posted in Gig, Music, tagged Gig, Music, Springsteen on 02/02/2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Queen & Paul Rodgers at the 02
Posted in Gig, Me, Music on 14/10/2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Queen & Paul Rodgers Concert
Posted in Gig, Me, Music, Rant on 16/09/2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Bon Jovi Concert
Posted in Friends, Gig, Me, Music on 12/06/2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Bruce Springsteen Gig
Posted in Food, Gig, Music, Rant on 01/06/2008 | 1 Comment »
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, [...]
Scouting for Girls
Posted in Gig, Me, Music on 27/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Billy Bragg Gig
Posted in Gig, Music on 07/05/2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
