Friday 08 November 2024.

Friday 08 November 2024. Happy Birthday to ROY WOOD who is 78 today. Roy and his band WIZZARD was my first ever live gig . Sept 1973 at Hammersmith Palais .....I was aged 14. I have seen over 7700 gigs since then. ---------- I bought this great album 50 years ago today in 1974. 'Sheer Heart Attack' by Queen . I played it to death on my red mono record player. I had seen Queen supporting Mott The Hoople in Dec 1973 and would see Queen then headline a few times in Dec 1974....all at Hammersmith Odeon. ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- Thursday 07 November 2024. RED RICHARDSON live at The Shepherds Bush Empire. UK comedian on his debut UK tour. Richardson is the son of director and screenwriter Peter Richardson. In his teenage years when he lived in Devon, Richardson's family's neighbours included comedian Rik Mayall, who was a family friend. In 2021, Richardson married Rosie Mayall, Rik's daughter. They live in London, where she works as a manager at a Soho restaurant after choosing not to follow her father into comedy. Red Richardson's videos on Instagram have had over 100 million views. -------------------- Stalls seated tonight, and pretty full on all levels so must be at least 800 or 900 here. The three male support acts played around 10 mins each. All went down pretty well. One had a great routine about Michael Jackson and white privilege. RED RICHARDSON arrived on stage 9.30pm and performed for around 60 mins. Just a microphone and stool on the bare stage. He took the mickey out of those at the front, with some crowd participation. He joked about how people keep stopping him and saying he looks like Jack Black ( he does). There was bits of swearing and crudeness. He is pretty deadpan , a bit like Jack Dee. Plenty of funny routines , including a good one about ordering a Vodka and Coke....but offered Pepsi instead. Another good routine about the rules in Dubai. An enjoyable evening.

Posted 8th November 2024