Last Thursday, a friend and I were pondering whether to go and see the comedian Rob Newman at the Cheltenham Town Hall. Well, that very evening I received an email offering 2 tickets for the price of 1. Not wishing to fly in the face of destiny, we duly bought our tickets for the whopping price of £9 each, including fees! The event took place in the Town Hall's Pillar Room. A room which has several pillars holding up the ceiling, and where the seats are unreser...

Tonight, Mum and I spent a delightful 3 hours at the New Victoria Theatre in Woking in the company of Michael Palin....though it's fair to say there were quite a lot of others there too. Palin has published three volumes of his diaries which span a period of 30 years. The show was him talking about his experiences during that time, augmented by a few clips and photos. He is a very entertaining speaker and kept the attention of the audience throughout. He starte...

Tonight, my friend and I ventured to the O2 Academy in Bristol to see the utterly marvellous Hot Chip. Before the gig we popped into Stables, which specialises in pizzas and pies. It being Tuesday, we were able to take advantage of their Tuck in too Tuesday offer of a pizza, side salad and drink for a tenner. We both chose an Hawaiian pizza, which was fantastic. We then arrived at the Academy about 20 mins before the doors opened, and joined the massive queue w...

Tonight's gig was at the Birmingham Institute, so after work my friend and I headed into town, parked up nearby and we made for the Bullring branch of Handmade Burger Company, which was very enjoyable. We arrived at the Institute early enough to be near the front. The support were a three piece from Manchester called Man Made who have only just signed a record deal. They were decent enough but in my opinion there was nothing special with the songs to make them ...

So the gig I rushed back for was Midge Ure who, as part of his Breathe Again tour celebrating 20 years since the release of Breathe, was appearing at the Tithe Barn in Bishops Cleeve near Cheltenham. This lovely little venue seats around 200 but attracts the likes of Toyah, Hazel O'Connor, Nik Kershaw, Paul Young, Eddi Reader and T'Pau. Tonight, Midge was supported by a fantastic duo going by the name India Electric Co. Joseph O'Keefe is an extremely talented mu...