On Saturday I made a rare visit to London. I realised that I have not been in central London for a long time: the last few times I was in London it was only Hammersmith for Sunday night comedy. It must be more than a year since I took a train into Victoria. What finally [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Concerts'
Some forthcoming attractions
October 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Music
Always lots to do and see in the last few months of the year. This is a very selective sample (i.e. the ones I intend to go to). If anybody else is going to any of these I’ll see them there. October 22nd – Covered at the Queen’s Head, Horsham Covered are a seven-piece covers [...]
I’ve seen all good people
October 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Music
Last night I went out to see Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson playing at the Hawth theatre in Crawley.  Rick Wakeman. Jon Anderson. In Crawley! This was the second date on their 20-date ‘Anderson-Wakeman Project 360′ tour, coming to a provincial town near you soon, and the ticket was a birthday present from Chrystal which [...]
Manu Chao in London
September 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Music
The mighty Manu Chao is coming to london next month to play at the Coronet on October 23rd – tickets went on sale today. Only £15 a ticket and its all for charity (Colombiage and some local Brixton organisations) Very frustrating. I would love to go up and see him again, but there is a [...]
San Quentin I hate every inch of you
August 18th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Life, Music
This evening I watched the film of Johnny Cash playing at San Quentin prison. It is a remarkable film of a remarkable concert and a reminder of why Johnny Cash is the country singer that even people who don’t like country music can appreciate. At one point he sings a song called San Quentin I [...]
Gang of Four
May 14th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Music
I have been told about two events involving Gang of Four next month.1 Both sound good, but would involve travelling up to London midweek, and spending more than I would be willing to spend for such things. Thanks for the tip-off Peter! [↩]
Tags: Concerts
Français pour une nuit
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Music
My copy of Français pour une nuit, the new Metallica concert DVD arrived today. I haven’t watched it totally from beginning to end, but I have dipped into it and watched about half of it. While it is a great DVD I don’t think it really does them justice, and it certainly did not bring [...]
Pub crawling
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life, Music
I would not normally go to three pubs in a month, but today I managed three pubs in the same day! First was the one over the road from work for a leaving do – there were a lot of them today as a result of our restructuring. Then in the evening it was across [...]
Baionarena
January 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Life, Music
After Christmas I treated myself to a couple of things on Amazon, notionally using some xmas money from Mum (happy birthday today BTW – 70 candles!). Unfortunately they had not quite arrived when the snow fell and so they didn’t get delivered here until today, when the postman brought a huge backlog of mail – [...]
Covered in Horsham
November 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Music
Jayne and I hit the town in Horsham tonight: an Italian meal, followed by a walk down to the Queens Head to see Covered playing. We did that because Damian (AKA Pootergeek) sings with the band. He keeps inviting me to come along to shows, but previously they have all been down on the coast.
