To Nottingham and beyond

Well actually I only went to Nottingham and then came running back.

Took the Missus to see James Blunt. And I'll admit now that I actually like the album as well. There are a couple of songs that I don't like but on the whole its a good album.

We get to the venue and there are a lot of people in front of us.

Missus: I want to be closer than this.
Craigy: No worries, this is England and no-one ever complains.

I grab her hand and start walking through the crowd with the occasional "excuse me" and the crowd parted like the Red Sea, and we got right to the front completing the "I need to be close enough to touch him" request I had been given.

Only problem, we were surrounded by toffs.

The support came on, to start he wasn't that bad. Had sort of a Jack Johnson thing going on, but then it all went horribly wrong as he started being "funny", which he failed miserably at. Really started to piss me off.

After standing around for 3 hours Blunt came on.

Now you would think that after paying to see a concert that people would just enjoy the show and chill out. Then you underestimate the idiocy of the toffs.

Go here and look at the 2nd picture down.

Now this was on James' backdrop.

Toff 1: What do you suppose that is?
Toff 2: I think its a monkey.
Toff1: Really? I always thought it was a Griffon.

I mean really. A griffon is half a Lion and half an Eagle. WHERE ARE THE WINGS ON THAT BLUNT BACKDROP? WHERE?

All night I had to put up with crap like that.

Toff 3: I do find this song quite depressing?
Toff 4: Oh its not the basis to this song is quite interesting you see blah blah blah.

SHUT UP YOU IRRITATING FOOL. If I wanted to know about that I'd go to the website. Or track James down and ask him myself.

The show was quite good apart from the morons that we were near.

I'd give the show 8/10

The people around us. 1/10

The only good person that was near us was some 40ish woman that was dancing like an epileptic chicken. And when Blunt walked near her I think she did actually have a fit of some kind. Made me laugh.

But then I'm evil like that.

*grin*