Friday, 6 March 2026

An Evening With David Byrne - Who is the Sky Tour, SEC Armadillo, Glasgow. Friday 6th March, 2026.


And so begins my second night of being entertained by a grey-haired Scottish pensioner, albeit one with a more prolific musical pedigree. I had deliberately avoided seeking out any information about the show, bar looking up the setlist. I had not expected so many Talking Heads numbers, so I had to expand my listening beyond his recent album.

Preshow birdsong

I'm not a Talking Heads aficionado, nor have I followed David's solo career closely, but I was aware of the acclaim for his previous tour, which is why my interest was piqued for this one. 

There was no support act, with the show due to begin at 8 pm. I arrived early, finding the auditorium sparse, though not empty. Birdsong, rather than music, played over the PA (except available on the short video above - DO NOT expect anything to happen). 

The stage is equally bare. A moonscape dominates the floor and the lower section of the semicircular wall, which blocks off the back of the stage. The wall has two gaps and appears to be covered with black drapes, though the lads who later sit beside me debate whether they are screens or curtains. I use my phone camera to zoom in and decide curtains. They decide the moonscape is a projection. 

The show is a complete sellout, so by 8 pm, most people are already in their seats. A message over the PA warns us to 'be present and to limit our phone and video use during the performance for the benefit of those around us. Dancing, however, is allowed, except in the aisles, due to Fire Safety regulations.' This elicits a cheer from the crowd. My view of the right side of the stage is hindered by the tall chap sitting in front, so it's clear I'm not going to be able to film the show anyway. I settle in to take in the experience.

It then occurs to me that there are no instruments or equipment present anywhere. Is everything hidden behind the walls? Would they lift away to reveal a band?

A Glaswegian voice cries out from the Rear Circle, seeking out the location of his mates. They, it turns out, are a few rows in front of me. They shout back, mocking him for trying to find them in the wrong section. The skinny man then makes his way down the steps, focusing all his attention on not spilling the four full pints he is carrying in the square cardboard drinks holder. At his row, everyone stands up to allow him access. Halfway along, he stumbles, yelling an expletive in alarm as the drinks tumble. However, thanks to the quick action of the person he had reached, who grabbed two tumbling pints, disaster was averted. The grateful drinker proceeded to his seat with most of his purchases intact. 

The lights dim. The show begins. 

David and his dozen-strong ensemble flow through the gaps in the wall and adopt their starting positions. They all wear the same blue suits that David wears, even down to the shoes. It becomes clear that the flooring is also a giant screen. The drapes that I believed covered the walls turned out to be images of drapes. Every visible inch of the stage is a screen, used to wonderful effect. It feels like a mini version of the Las Vegas Sphere, though only within the stage. Very clever. 

The musicians carry and play their instruments like a marching band, only with more intricate choreography. This has all been carefully thought out. The backing dancers are also the backing singers. The effect is mesmerising. The sound is full and rich, and I'm in 'Heaven'. 

During one song, the musicians' names appear on the walls, mapping their locations as they move about the stage. The names also appear on the floor beside the white circles, which follow their paths. I can't tell if AI is being used to monitor this or if everything has been precisely choreographed.

For another song, David walks across the stage, his silhouette within a moving spotlight on the wall. When he changes direction, the silhouette doesn't, eliciting a laugh from the crowd as the shadow tries to catch up with him. Again, all very clever.    

David's song introductions weren't always as exacting. He knew what he wanted to say, but when the crowd shouted out, it interrupted his flow. I found the crowd equally distracting. During his less well-known numbers, punters often exited to head to the bar, causing everyone in their row to rise. The same would happen again upon their return. I wish the venue would shut the bars during the performance and insist the staff limit ingress and egress to between songs. If the intention is to be present, I want to experience the show, not the punters needing a piss or a pint.

Anyway, the show itself was an extraordinary experience. As soon as it was over, I was on the internet, looking up ATG, Ticketmaster and Twickets to see if I could get tickets for the Playhouse shows - unfortunately, they were all completely sold out.

Another Scottish pensioner at the top of his game.

Setlist
Heaven (Talking Heads song)
Everybody Laughs
And She Was (Talking Heads song)
Strange Overtones (Brian Eno & David Byrne cover)
Houses in Motion (Talking Heads song)
T Shirt
(Nothing but) Flowers (Talking Heads song)
This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Talking Heads song)
What Is the Reason for It?
Like Humans Do
When We Are Singing
Independence Day
Slippery People (Talking Heads song)
I Met the Buddha at a Downtown Party
My Apartment Is My Friend
Air (Talking Heads song)
Psycho Killer (Talking Heads song)
Life During Wartime (Talking Heads song)
Once in a Lifetime (Talking Heads song)

Encore:
Everybody's Coming to My House
Burning Down the House (Talking Heads song)

Ticket Price: £85.00 + Facility Charge £2.50 + Service Fee £11.50 + Handling Fee £2.50 = Total £101.50 from Ticketmaster


Some photos I cribbed from the internet: 







A few poor ones of my own:



Thursday, 5 March 2026

BBC "Breaking The News" Recording, Drygate, Glasgow. Thursday 5th March 2026


Host: Des Clarke

Panellists:
Mark Nelson
Felicity Ward
Kathleen Hughes
James Gardner (first time appearing)

We had arrived slightly later than usual, just before midday, when the ticket validation began, so the queue was out almost onto the street. This meant when we got inside, there was no seating left, and our allocated entry number was quite high. Still, we ended up in the queue in the bar for twenty minutes and found a space beside a table at the back of the hall, so the wait wasn't too bad. 

When we did get into the venue, the first thing I noticed was the absence of TV cameras. We sat in the back row, pleased there was no cameraman blocking the view.

A thoroughly enjoyable experience, once again.

Subjects:
US and Israel at war with Iran;
The Scottish Government has awarded a contract to Fergusson Marine to build four boats;
The nationalisation of Ardrossan Harbour;

Damien Barr: Burger King trialling AI headsets to monitor customer service
Judith Ralston: Pregnancy causes physical changes in the mother's brain (Baby brain is real).

Mystery person 1: Hannah Spencer, newly elected MP, for the Green Party.   
Mystery Person 2: Jonathan Ross (promoting his new show, Handcuffed: Last Pair Standing)

Quickfire question: "16% of the over 45's are what?" - answer: are flatsharing.
 
"When Trump referred to Starmer as not being like Churchill, do you think he meant the dog?" Mark Nelson.

Ticket Price: Free from BBC Tours and Shows

Friday, 27 February 2026

Peter Capaldi, La Belle Angele, Edinburgh. Friday 27th February, 2026


If Peter Capaldi hadn't been the 12th Doctor, would I have gone to this gig? Probably not. Which would have been a shame, as it was a cracking night. 

The drive through to Edinburgh was marred by my sat nav not recognising that Gorgie Street was closed, then attempting to make me drive through a dead end, then redirecting me back towards the closed road. I had planned for such contingencies, though, so I still arrived on time, parking on the Cowgate.

The queue had already snaked around the La Belle Angele covered area. Ticketmaster hadn't supplied me with actual paper or electronic tickets. The app message indicated that I should collect them from the box office. Overhearing a conversation between two lads, I realised that I was not alone in this regard. Only the doors to the venue were very much shut. I joined the queue and figured I'd work it out when the doors opened. Which was earlier than billed.

 

Security then told us to form two lines: one for those with tickets and the other for those needing to go to the box office. The box office line was longer and moved much more slowly. Oh well, I guess I won't be near the front.  Wrong. I did quite well to get five from the front. Then a cheeky, young lad squeezed into the slight gap in front of me. He was a big unit, but shorter than me, so I let it go.

Unfortunately, he had phone Tourettes. When the support act played, he couldn't help snapping photos and short videos; his phone rose indiscriminately every couple of minutes, never recording a whole song, lifting it just high enough to affect my view. I resigned myself to forgetting about taking any videos myself. There were plenty of others doing it further forward, so if I was lucky, I'd be able to catch their work on YouTube later.    

As soon as Zoe Graham took to the stage, I recognised her but couldn't think where I'd seen her before. I checked this blogsite and realised it was from Elbow at the Bandstand. Her set tonight was good. She played solo because bringing her band was unaffordable, so they were present in spirit via her tablet, which played the backing tracks. Her mum and dad were once again in the audience. She seemed an apt choice to open for Peter: plenty of guitar, Scottish vocals, meaningful pop tunes, and a confident performer.

Peter's young bandmembers were all attired in black Adidas tracksuits. Peter himself wore a black suit, speckled with sequins, over a buttoned-up, white shirt. He hasn't been the Doctor for over eight years, but standing on that stage, I could imagine this was the Time Lord having a whale of a time in his rock-star era. Except Peter is a far better actor than that, too skilled to allow that feeling to remain long. This was Peter Capaldi, rock star.

I'd been listening to Peter's two albums for a couple of days, impressed by the 80s indie synth/ guitar vibe and his lyrics. I got the sense that the production could have been punchier, though. This wasn't an issue live, though, as the place was properly rocking. At least at the start. 

When he veered into his more soul-baring tunes, such as Bin Night, about expressing his love for his grandson, the audience remained rapt. He's obviously rehearsed his banter, the chatty bits as much of a performance as the songs. He takes the music seriously, but not himself, sharing his surprise that so many lovely, young people had paid to see a grandfather sing when they could do that at home for free. And should. 

He's dapper and droll (I loved his comment after the Bowie cover about his band being his 'Spiders from Largs'). Even off the cuff, he's sharp (in response to his remark praising Edinburgh, someone shouts 'Gaun Yersel', to which he replies tellingly, "That's a Glasgwegian expression", bringing cheers from parts of the crowd). By including the "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow" speech from Macbeth, he recognises and celebrates his foolishness as a poor actor, taking the stage for an hour, full of noise and passion, yet ultimately meaningless. How's that for Shakespearian satire? 

I loved this gig. The audience was well up for it, though not too rowdy. Yes, the cameras popped up regularly at the start (Curses, I wanted to do that!), but settled down to manageable levels later in the set, when I could take a reasonably clear video. 

The queue to get out was complicated by the masses queuing to meet Peter at the merch stall. Only when the venue staff shouted which stairs were for the merch queue did things get moving. I didn't mind. I got to peoplewatch. One young lad chatting to his girlfriend praised heaps on Peter's performance in the Paddington series. I couldn't tell if he was being serious, but he was of an age when that film would have been his thing. He would still have been in Primary School when The Thick of It aired, and he didn't look the type whose parents would have let him experience Malcolm Tucker's language. I was surprised by how youthful the crowd was, mainly young girls in their student years. How Peter became their demographic, I'll never know. 

I didn't wait for an autograph or selfie. By the time I exited the venue, Peter hadn't appeared at the stall yet. Given the size of the queue, I think the strict cut-off time will have left many punters disappointed. I'm pleased I went, though. As he joked, he's 67 with a heart condition. This first tour could also be his farewell tour. 

Let's hope not.

(Edit: On FB, my Kiwi pal asked if Peter's heart condition was having more than one. Bravo, Al).

Setlist:
Is It Today
It's Not Over Until It's Over
Sweet Illusions
Bin Night
Beautiful and Weird
Something to Behold
A Little Bit of Class (extended mid-section with encouraged audience participation)
Not Going Anywhere
The Great Magnificence
In Person
Hollywood or Bust
Through the Cracks
All the Young Dudes / Dont Look Back in Anger (David Bowie cover) (with "Tomorrow and Tomorrow" monologue from Macbeth)

Encore:
Friday I'm in Love (The Cure cover)
No One in the World

Videos:

Through the Cracks
Friday I'm in Love

Photos:

Zoe Graham










Ticket Price: £30.00 + Service Fee: £3.90 + Handling Fee £2.95 = Total £36.85

Blurb:
Actor Peter Capaldi, better known as the electric guitar-playing incarnation of Dr Who and the ‘Thick Of It’ swearer-in-chief Malcolm Tucker, picks up where he left off some forty years ago when he was a new wave wannabe rock star in a Glasgow band. Next year, he hits the road for his first-ever live music tour.

The dark synths, fuzzy guitars and noirish romanticism of a young rocker trapped in the body of a beloved television veteran will be on show in select venues across the UK for two weeks only next year.

Peter said, “I was in a band at art school, fired up by the punk explosion, we went out into the world in search of rock stardom, and well… I became an actor. But I never lost my love for music. And in recent years have produced two albums of original songs, “St.Christopher “ (2021) and this year’s “Sweet Illusions.” Recording, with all the advantages of the digital age, is one thing; playing live is another, but I wanted to see if I could go out after all of these years and play live in front of an audience. Well, let’s see what happens. I’ve lucked out with my band, a group of wonderful young musicians who have bravely come on board for the ride. “

Thursday, 26 February 2026

A Play, A Pint & A Pie - "Someone's Knockin' At The Door", Òran Mór, Thursday 26th February, 2026.


My first ever visit to A Play, A Pie & A Pint.

Òran Mór
Electing to use public transport, leaving the car at Johnstone, we caught the train to Central Station, then took the Subway to Hillhead. Arriving early, we browsed in Papyrus to get out of the rain, then made our way to the venue. 

Inside, I wasn't sure where to go, so I asked the girl at the box office and was directed to the bar restaurant. The queue had already formed, so we didn't get much further than the inside door. 

At noon precisely, the staff member started processing the line, which moved swiftly. She scanned our tickets and handed us each a blue and an orange token, one for food, one for drink. Then we made our way downstairs.   

I only saw this notice as we were leaving

Inside the room, an usher advised us to claim our seats first. We found two unclaimed seats in the third row and laid our jackets over them, then headed back to join the drinks queue. The pies and vegan sausage rolls had been laid out in individual cardboard trays at one side under a rack of heater lamps. Having been served, we helped ourselves to napkins and condiments and returned to our seats. 


The spacing at 
Ã’ran Mór is tight, so the sign warning against leaving any gaps was concerning. Fortunately, the lady on my left was slim, so I had just about enough room if I squeezed against my wife. However, I noticed the three ladies in the front row had spread out across four seats (because they physically had to), while a larger gentleman further along claimed three spaces, his body sagging across the seats on either side. How were the staff going to get around this? It turned out not to be a problem, though. Either some ticket holders failed to show up or chose to sit in the spacious but restricted-view booths instead. We were lucky to have plenty of legroom, which was a nice surprise. I've been to gigs there where my knees were pressed against the seat in front of me.

At 1 pm, Artistic Director Brian Logan introduced the show, first advising us of the fire exit locations, before giving us the sales pitch for merch and season tickets in a most good-humoured fashion. Then the lights dimmed, and the play began.

Both leads were excellent, using their honed comedic skills to wring every funny line from a pitch-perfect script that made the most of the concept of two grandparents being videoed separately, relating their differing memories of a trip to Campbeltown to try to visit Paul McCartney's house, the juxtaposition providing constant laughs. Lighting changes were used to drop us into scenes from 1976, showing the couple bickering as events don't go exactly to plan, revealing the cracks and divisions that had begun to form, with surprises along the way.
The ending was perfect, the postcard providing a metaphorical happy ending for this trip down memory lane.     

From every perspective - the script, the performances, the staging, the lighting and the sound design - the production was excellent. 

The question is: did we luck out, or are they all as good as this?

We'll need to return to find out.






Blurb:

A nostalgia-filled comedy-drama about a bickering couple on a mission to meet their idol, Paul McCartney.

In 1976, Jack and Kathy set out on a mission to find Paul McCartney’s house on the Mull of Kintyre, where he was living off-grid after The Beatles broke up.

Now, fifty years later, they are telling their granddaughter the full story of what really happened.

Did they ever get to meet their idol? Did their relationship survive? And most importantly, why did the Fab Four break up?

Inspired by a true story, Someone’s Knockin’ at the Door is a witty comedy-drama by Milly Sweeney (Best Writer – The Stage Debut Awards 2025) about family, memory, music, and chancing your luck.



Jonathan Watson
Maureen Carr

Ticket Price: £17.50 x 2 = £35.00
Service Fee £5.88
Delivery Fee - eTickets£0.00
Total £40.88 from TicketWeb


Sunday, 22 February 2026

Ria Lina "Riabellion", The Stand, Glasgow. Sunday 22nd February, 2026.


A Sunday afternoon show.

As seems to be the norm at The Stand now, the room's doors didn't open at the advertised time. We got there for three, anyway, just in case, and had a drink while we waited. Arriving early at least meant we got a seat in the bar. We joined the queue when it stretched from the corridor into the bar area, and we got in at approximately 3:40 pm for a 4pm start.


The curtain had been pulled across the back of the room, so it wasn't going to be a sellout. We sat at a table near the doors, in case the show overran and we needed to make a quick exit (the show was billed as finishing at 5.40; the last subway was at 6).  


Disapppointingly there was no support act. Fred MacAulay had opened for her in Edinburgh, and he was billed to appear at the Stand's Sunday Service that evening, so I'd hoped he'd be there to give us twenty, but no. Instead, we got extra Ria, which is no bad thing.

In this section, she did the usual, crowdwork mixed in with pre-prepared topical material, mainly about Andrew, the nonce formerly known as Prince. The front row were all foreigners: two Australians, a Lithuanian, a Georgian, and a Dutchman. So much for Brexit, she quipped.

After the fifteen-minute interval, she treated us to her tour show, an hour of outrage and anger directed at the world and her family life, due in part to her being divorced, single, a parent of three and perimenopausal. 

I'd seen the WIP last year and watched the Edinburgh livestream, so I knew most of the material. While I enjoyed Ria's performance, it failed to elevate in the room, possibly due to the smaller audience. Occasional stunned silences were met with incredulity by Ria, who'd expected a bigger laugh. I don't remember these silences being built into the show, even though she had a comeback ready.  

The dance she did as a closer made the point that, as a perimenopausal woman, she didn't care what we thought. I felt it would have worked better if she'd invited others on stage to share in her freedom, making the ending a bigger celebration.    

Her jokes were funny and well-told, but I never fully engaged with the material. Despite making certain bits sciency with talk about the reactions of specific hormones, it still felt like she was playing to half the room. I'd rate the show three stars. 

We nipped away as soon as the show was over, as we didn't have time to meet Ria afterwards (she hadn't brought merch because it would have cost too much to fly it up with her, but she did pose for selfies and had badges to give away). Despite our swift departure, we still missed the last inner line train to Ibrox, so we had to go all the way around on the outer line. This, plus the motorway traffic being a mess, meant we didn't get back till nearly 7 pm. 

Not ideal.

The dogs were starving.

Ticket Price (in advance): £17 x2 + Booking Fee £1.60 = Total £35.60 from The Stand website.

 

Thursday, 12 February 2026

"Meyrick, Murders and Memories", St Columba’s Church Hall, Stewarton. Thursday 12th February, 2026

An evening in memory of author Denzil Meyrick, from a suggestion by Quintin Jardine, organised by Douglas Skelton and his wife, Sarah, of the Book Nook, Stewarton. 

When I told Caro Ramsay that my wife and I were attending this event, she asked if I could do her a favour. She was now unable to attend, so could we help by taking Alex Gray along? 

No problem. I jumped at the chance of sharing the journey with the esteemed crime writer.

What I hadn't factored in when organising timings was how unfamiliar I was with Stewarton, especially in the dark. Although we arrived on schedule, I couldn't find the church car park and ended up driving around. At one point, while waiting at traffic lights, Alex flung open her passenger door and shouted across to a young girl passing by if she knew where the church was. Having been given directions, we made a couple of turns and entered the small car park where the hall is located. No spaces left, though, except for a disabled one, so we dropped Alex off and drove to find a space elsewhere, locating one on a nearby street.

By the time we returned, the hall was packed, with over a hundred attendees. The staff had to set out two more chairs for us at the back. 

The heartfelt tributes from the authors present and those who contributed via pre-recorded videos repeated the same message: he was a good friend, would always be there to help, and no one was spared his wicked sense of humour. Everyone expressed their sense of loss, missing him dearly. He touched so many hearts with his friendship, generosity, and writing.

It wasn't a sad occasion, though. Many of the authors, especially Douglas, shared funny anecdotes and examples of what Denzil was like, even when they were the butt of his jokes.

A quiz and an auction were held to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. 

The only issue on the night was the acoustics in the hall when the videos were played. It was sometimes difficult to make out what the contributors were saying, especially Caro, whose message was partially drowned out by the waves behind her. 

I didn't feel the need to photograph the event, but I took this one at the end. I could have magicked out the lady and her camera (bottom left), but Douglas's legs might have looked funny.   

(L-R) Douglas and Sarah Skelton, Quintin Jardine, Alex Kane,
Fiona Meyrick, Alex Gray, Morgan Cry (rear), Olga Wojtas, Michael J Malone 

When we dropped Alex home again, after discussing her literary tastes, her life as a teacher, and her love of St Mirren FC, she kindly gave my wife her proof copy of "The Christmas Stocking Murders", which also contained the memorial's running order. She gave me a bottle of wine. What a lovely woman!

Running Order
   

Monday, 9 February 2026

Chris Ramsay "Here, Man!", King's Theatre, Glasgow. Monday 9th February, 2026


No sooner had I flown back from Bristol than I was off out again to see Chris Ramsay at the King's. 


The audience was buzzing. When the lights went down, and Chris introduced his support act, the surge of applause felt more like a rally, with the audience cheering enthusiastically. 

Carl Hutchinson is a Geordie comedian whose star is in the ascendant, thanks to his close association with Chris. His material is mainstream, mainly about his family, but he knows how to build a routine, his closer tonight being particularly strong. His description and demonstration of the sound made by explosive diarrhoea were so true. 

I'll confess to tuning out at times during his set as weariness took over. Not that I had such problems staying awake for Chris. His energy and enthusiasm were electric.


Chris opened by sharing his concern that we'd think he'd deliberately copied Carl in choosing what to wear, since both were in the same style and colour of shirt. He even went so far as to bring Carl back out to prove that it was a different shirt from his own.  

Chris then moved on to his proper set, letting us know he is both a scumbag and a snob, and went on to explain why. If another child disses his kids, his first instinct is to want to beat up the disser's dad. He fantasises about it all day, knowing he'll never actually follow through with the intention.

Thanks to the money from the hit podcast Sh*gged. Married. Annoyed, Chris and Rosie aspired to move somewhere nice and chose Northumberland, not realising they'd reached too high and would have to slide down a couple of rungs to feel comfortable again. Chris knew they wouldn't fit in when all the local kids had names like Atticus, Balthazar, and even Aslan, or when he had to explain to a six-year-old what a cheese toastie was. The final straw came when one of his children asked if he could start to call Rosie his mummy instead of his maw. It was then that they knew they'd have to move somewhere closer to their level. 

Chris loves Rosie dearly, but needed to share with us privately how much her micromanaging gets on his nerves. I could relate to that, being asked to do something, then getting berated for not doing it the way my wife would have done it. 
"Did you not think?" she would scold.
"Not like you, obviously," would be my unspoken thought.  

The podcast brought them fame and fortune, but it was cursed. On the chat show circuit, he and Rosie were the last to be interviewed by Phil and Holly. On Graham Norton, they shared the couch with P Diddy the week the allegations against him broke (generating a nice gag remarking that Diddy is the only celeb whose name can be used in response to any wild statement, followed by the answer, "Yes, he did"). 

Their next appearance on Graham Norton elicited a star turn, which was later cut from the broadcast. When Graham introduced Lin-Manuel via video link, Will Smith began showing off by reciting the opening rap from Hamilton. He was surprised when Chris and Rosie joined in, both of them word-perfect. When Will fell silent after four lines, Chris and Rosie kept going, all the way to the end of the song, receiving a huge round of applause from the studio audience.

Now, Chris does not have definite proof that Will's team requested the cut... but he knows it's true. Fortunately, Chris's management recorded the whole segment on their phone from the Green Room monitor, and Chris was more than happy to share the footage with us tonight. The look on Will Smith's face when he realises he's been outrapped by two relative nobodies from South Shields is priceless.  

Chris posited the theory that the humiliating incident got under Will's skin, where it festered for a month, eventually boiling over into fury at a certain awards ceremony, where he stormed the stage and slapped a comedian... called Chris. 

This was a great night of comedy. Chris has a natural talent for being funny. Highly recommended.   

However, those of us on the right side of the stalls at the front were unfortunately treated to a second show within the show (as in she made a show of herself). A small blonde lady, a few rows from the front, three rows ahead of us, decided Chris was talking to her and kept replying. I don't think she was drunk, given how steadily she rose to her feet, put on her coat and exited immediately after the show, but she seemed definitely on something, her head resting against the back of the seat, her body reclining deeply, her arm frequently rising into the air like a garage forecourt dummy. 

Her voice was of a pitch that stood out, though often unintelligible. Chris would hear her and pause to listen, upsetting his flow. He engaged with her once, then quickly learned to ignore her rather than pander. But she kept on and on with her comments. 

After the show, as we shuffled out of the room, the man who had been sitting beside her received a pat on the back from a stranger and asked how he put up with that. The man shook his head and said he didnt know. He was a better man than me. I'd have stormed out to find an usher to have her removed. Or worse, done it myself. Nightmare.

Ticket Price: £32.00 x2 + Service Fee: £4 x2 + Handling Fees £2.75 = Total £74.75 from Ticketmaster.