@KDH
Sensational! Only a mild misremembering then? I’ll settle for that…

Wasn’t the blonde one in Tight Fit Pete Waterman’s “significant other”? Or have I collossally misremembered that?

This immediately sprang to mind. Then I realised it was 1981.
I’m going to throw it in anyway…

The answer appears to be “shedloads”. If you can sell an arena’s worth of tickets and put on a show that involves about 10 lights, a screen or three and a microphone, you’ll make a fortune, it seems.

I don’t […]

Vulcan, Lightning, Lanc, Spit and Concorde. All beauties to me.

First time I went to Aus (1998) we were the plane behind Concorde at the end of the runway at LHR. Our 747 literally shook as it took […]

Where’s that semi-colon when you need it?

Not quite the idea of the thread, but bear with.
Me and a mate went to see Metallica headline Reading in 97. We got the tickets for the day through the post. How quaint, looking back.
Anyway…

We bought the […]

My apologies folks, the seminal double live UFO LP is of course called “Strangers in the Night”, released in 1979, not “Lights Out”, which was a studio album from 1977. Which in itself is very highly rated.

All of the above and…
The Holocaust Memorial is well worth a visit (unlike anything I’ve visited before) as is the Topography of Terror (cool building too).
Public transport is plentiful and cheap, we had an […]

Yep, although it’s still not a great album full stop, couple of relative stinkers to go with the undoubted highs. (IMHO, obvs)

Personal fave of mine.
Duke Special – Songs from the deep forest.

Similar for me in Holmfirth last week.
Not a huge WJ fan, but jumped at the chance to see him, and was genuinely a bit underwhelmed. Lots of mid-song noodling, some tracks had all three on stage players ending […]

@Carl and @moseleymoles.
Great posts.
Watched this over the weekend and it was probably the most terrifying 90 minutes of my life. My bare feet were sweating almost throughout.
The bit where he recites the climb […]

Got it video’d (or whatever the term is these days) from NG.
Just looking at El Capitan made me go a bit squiffy when I was there. People camp out on the face, you know. It’s mind blowing. I literally cannot […]

Indeed there have now been 2 tribute albums (although I quite like the Townes one in parts, but can see why others may have thought it less so) and the Shawn Colvin collaboration.
I thought the last 2 albums […]

I love Magnum. I’m a sucker for an actual tune/chorus.

I’m surprised by how many bands in the Metal for Muthas albums I’ve never even heard of.

Wow, I haven’t heard that in years. I remember it as pretty much the soundtrack to my third year at Leeds Uni in 89, but Wiki says it wasn’t released until 1990. Anyway…

Two bands who rarey get a mention on […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziyEEuj6qko

I generally can’t stand the Smiths. Multiple reasons. But this is superb.