Andy Zalzman, tonight, in Wimborne. He actually wasnât bad, decent stand up show. One of his skits was to take audience questions about the big problems facing us today and put them through his âAI machineâ for an answer. Youâll be pleased to hear that I managed ask how Southampton could avoid relegation, and the answer was âsome things are beyond the scope of technologyâ It then added for good measure that all managers should be dispensed with, leaving the players to work it out for themselves.
You will be further pleased to note that I appeared to be the only Saints supporter in a packed Tivoli.
Coventry Cathedral tonight, for Everything Under The Sun playing Pink Floyd, using arrangements which incorporated the Cathedral organ.
Wonderful evening. They played an assortment of tracks from Wish You Were Here and The Wall, among others, in the first set. Then Dark Side of the Moon in full for the second set, finishing with an encore of Comfortably Numb.
The cathedral acoustics were stunning, and the organ sounded sublime. As an added bonus, they also used the cathedralâs concert grand for the piano parts, rather than a digital keyboard.
I looked briefly at procuring tickets Nottarf. If Iâm honest though, I saw them once in their heyday, and again in 2006 at Hammersmith Apollo. Part of me thinks that although Iâd love to see them again, I did see Cook and Jones quite recently as The Professionals, and again with Billy Idol as Generation Sex.
Band were good, but it only strengthens my opinion of the Pavilion as the second poorest venue in the area for acoustical quality, only behind the Guildhall.
