Dizzee Rascal may be more pop idol than underground grime hero at the minute, but it’s been a long slog for the boy from East London and he’s had to win non-believers (such as myself) round on his way to the top.

He’s not doing badly like – the queue for the Academy is round the block and back tonight !

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24/6/2009 – Lenny Kravitz @ Newcastle O2 Academy

Posted by john on Wednesday Jun 24, 2009 Under Featured Categories, Past gigs

Cometh the hour, cometh the man. The Love Revolution is in town, and after a 45 minute wait, Lenny Kravitz has finally returned to Newcastle to show us the way.

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“Wind her up and watch her go, where she stops, nobody knows” :D

Quite appropriate lyrics for Pinks appearance at Newcastle Arena tonight – a sell out months in advance, theres little wonder why as Pink puts on probably the best stage show I’ve seen (bar ACDC), and covers every inch of the floor and catwalk in front of her!

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“Mr Burrows – Its Sony Music here. We would like to invite you to be one of four photographers at the ACDC gig in Manchester tomorrow night. Would you be interested?”

Would I be interested? WOULD I BE INTERESTED?

Oh go on then ;)

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Well here I am again. Stood in front of a very large curtain, smoke seeping underneath, wondering what to expect. The trickles of Iowa descend from the speakers and the curtain rolls back to reveal Joey Jordison, three foot long finger nails illuminated by an eerie gold spotlight.

What in gods name comes after this???

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