May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Well, that makes up for the utter melancholia I was feeling for seeing Simple Minds doing meet and greets across North America and being in Vancouver just TWO DAYS before my birthday. Actual JOHN FUCKING GRANT ON MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY – IN BATH! Just about my favourite place in all of England! Squeeeeee! Thank you,…
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I have NEVER experienced a year like it! I have never been to so many gigs in one year before! I can safely say that I have seen more live music in this past 12 months than I have seen in my previous total sum of gigs experienced. Here’s a rundown of the list… March…
Elbow and JOHN GRANT!!!! *cries* And HOW I would LOVE to go to the Hydro…but the O2 will do…
I went to bed after midnight on, what was then, Tuesday morning and needed to be up again some FOUR HOURS later to pack and get myself ready for a 6.50am flight out. I was out the door by 5.10am. Got the airport 10 mins later…had to wait another 10 mins for a shuttle bus…
Of course I have dreamed of meeting Jim even before he shared the link to John Grant’s Marz to me on St Patrick’s Day last year, but that heightened the notion. Because…he was giving me so much attention last year, I saw it as a personal thing…and read a message in the lyrics that are…
A fan shared these lyric sheets from the Union Chapel gig on the GMF fan page on Facebook after the show last week. Jim linked to this song when I said back last year (after he shared the Pale Green Ghosts vid for St Patrick’s Day) that I “need to get me some John Grant”….
I arrived in Islington, right outside the church, just before 5pm. A wonderful moment of serendipity took place. As I was taking this photo of this sign showing the way to the Arsenal ground (I had no idea it was that close by and I was only taking the pic so I could show Jim…
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Guess who’ll be “crying in the Chapel”?
And so, it is nearly time… By this time tomorrow, I’ll be in some wonderful, emotional heaven…having seen this beautiful man. If I have one last thing to thank you for, Mr Kerr, it is bringing this man to my attention. See you tomorrow night, John!