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Sunday 15 March 2026.

Saturday 14 March 2026. A pretty crap day to hear of two musicians passing away. Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell has died age 64. I was lucky to have seen all the Motorhead line ups since one of their earliest gigs in 1975 , at Hammersmith Odeon , supporting Blue Oyster Cult, and saw many great shows with Phil at the same venue. I also saw him a couple of times with The Bastard Sons after Lemmy passed away. ------- Nigel (Sid Vicious in The Sex Pistols Experience) has sadly passed away. They really were a top notch outfit. They even got to USA where they played a venue that the real Pistols played in Jan 1978. Must have seen them over 20 times over the years, including a few of their superb Jubilee Boat Gigs down The River Thames . R.I.P. to both of them. --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Tuesday 03 March 2026. I have just come out of hospital after a fortnight's stay , due to a five hour operation on my colon. Now is the recovery period of a fortnight or so. Hopefully i can be back to normal late March / early April. --------------------------------------- --------------------------------------- Friday 13 February 2026. Happy Birthday to PETER GABRIEL who is 75 today . Happy Birthday to PETER HOOK who is 70 today. Happy Birthday to ROBBIE WILLIAMS who is 52 today. ------------- ------------- Thursday 12 February 2026. Happy Birthday to SHERYL CROW who is 64 today.