Bone beat me to it god damn him! (But I think we had better seats… Block 109, 12)

I’m still buzzin’ man… Last night was the most amazing night of my life (well, one of them!) Stereophonics rocked Manchester!

It’s true, the Dead 60s were a big bag of horse shit as a suport band, I didn’t mind “Riot on the Radio”, but I think they are trying too hard to be like Hard-Fi, and frankly there’s no comparison to the “Hard To Beat” Stars of CCTV! I had heard rumours that the Bravery were supporting, but NME earlier on in the week had confirmed that the Dead 60s were to “Have a Nice Day”‘ (their joke, not mine!)

Sarah (the trusty driver… and gig virgin) got very impatient waiting for the arrival of Kelly Jones etc, but boy when they arrived! Priestley won the bet, by suggesting that they’d open with Superman… there I was sitting down, huge grin on my face, but after the opening chords of “A Thousand Trees”, screw the seats, I was up and dancing… and carried on dancing. All night. I was in a daze by the end of the set and could hardly speak. Can’t possibly choose my favourite, but I loved Pedalpusher, Mr Writer, More Life In A Tramp’s Vest (especially Kelly’s story behind it!) Bartender & The Thief, and who didn’t love their final offering, Dakota!

Fucking immense!

I’ll be following you to Germany boys! (2 weeks!)