completely magic moment... Paul Weller joining Noel onstage to sing All You Need Is Love. Sadly I didnt manage to get it on video... I do have Noel closing the night with Strawberry Fields Forever though... enjoy:
And some pictures
And the crowd erupting during Dont Look Back In Anger:
I was lucky enough to get a ticket to see our guys The View support Noel Gallagher at the Royal Albert Hall last night as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust concerts.
I got there about 8pm, just time to weave through the masses and get a drink before taking my seat as The View skipped on stage about quarter past. By this time the place was pretty full up, mostly with blokes in their 30s, some with their wives/girlfriends, some with kids, the rest probably let off the leash to have a night out with their mates, drink lots of cider and exchange stories of seeing Knebworth shows. I reckon a good 75% of the male audience in there had the same haircut Liam has currently... the others only probably didnt because they were going bald. This was for proper Oasis fans, the ones who were there from the start, they've just grown up now. You get the picture.
So The View appeared, dressed in Dior suits clutching their acoustic geetars they looked comfortably at home in the venue. Amazing it was only 12 months ago that I saw them do an acoustic set in a pub over the bridge in Putney... at which point no one outside of Dundee knew who the hell they were... now they're supporting Noel Gallagher at the Royal Albert Hall having had a number 1 album just a couple of months ago. I was initially worried about the sound, as the cavernous albert hall is not always the best for bands, however they had it bang on. The band rattled off all the favourites from the album, as well as the Squeeze cover Up The Junction... which is a fooking brilliant song just for how simple it is...and I was so glad to see done live.
The lads looked really confident throughout, joking and speaking to the audience between all the songs... whether the audience understood a word is a different matter... from the chatter i heard either side of me, the majority didnt. By the time they finished on Wasted Little Djs the crowd was up on their feet.
You'd be amazed at what you can achieve in a year.....
went up to Manchester on Thursday night to watch 2 Deltasonic bands - The Suzukis supporting The Little Flames - at Jabez Clegg (think it was some sort of student night). Had a pretty hideous trip up there, stuck in a baggage rack on the most packed train possible from Euston to Manc.... but got to the venue about 9.30pm, in time for a quick drink and catch up with both bands before they went on. It was the first date of The Little Flames' tour so I was going up not only to check out the set but also aws armed with buckets of badges, posters and flyers that I'd had made up for them to hand out at all the venues. its really brilliant seeing how excited artists get when you show them a pin badge with their band name on!
the suzukis new stuff sounded great, cant wait till they finish their album. great to have a proper laddy ROCK band going on... no indie schmindie nonsense worrying about what shoes they're wearing or their haircuts.
the flames took to the stage about 11pm, played a blinding set, same as they had when supporting the Arctic Monkeys last month.
We then went on to a pub round the corner called Big Hands (apparently 'the' place in manchester for music types), Londonders should imagine it as like the Crobar but slightly sweatier.
Woke up on Friday morning and had breakfast at the hotel sat inbetween Jonathan Wilkes (Robbie William's mate who presented you've been framed i think) and the scottish guy who played alongside Gwynyth Paltrow in Sliding Doors.... showbiz or what! Then caught the train to liverpool to visit the offices of Deltasonic Records for a couple of hours.... then headed back to London though Manchester again... ended up back at my desk in Putney Bridge about 5pm.... ughghh... ready for the weekend!
Some photos:
The Suzukis playing WHAT A WAY TO START THE DAY:
