Charity Gig

Did the lights on Friday night for a charity gig at a local pub, The Rose and Crown. Approximately 200 people attended and it was in aid of Breakthough for Cancer Research. Two bands played, Angst and The Bite. I sang Run To The Hills with Angst and the night was a great success as it raised over £1,500 for the charity. With the later opening hours for pubs in the U.K. by the time we had packed up it was well past one o'clock when we got home and of course we then have to have a cup of tea, so it was two o'clock before we got into bed. Here are some photos. One of the pub and a couple of action shots of Angst (one with Jez who used to play with Rottweiler guesting on guitar).

The Men Behind The Scenes

We all forget the men behind the scenes at The Who shows, not that I know many of them. Here is a couple of photos of them. The guy with the guitar is Alan Rogan Petes guitar tech. The other is Bobby Pridden who has been sound man for The Who for ever. Bobby got quite a few shouts from the fans at Beaulieu.

Hyde Park and Beulieu

Don't really know what to say really. The Who are just awesome. The crowd at Hyde Park were really in the mood for singing along and we were about 150-200 feet from the stage. Beulieu was great as after standing in the que for ages got to be just three from the front. Over the two days it was great to meet at Hyde Park Marietta, Blue and her friend. Blue had flown in from Tokyo just for the show, at Beulieu I met Delbut, Gary and Melissa and that lovely Mikey bloke and a few of the ITA behind the scene guys including Justin, who was very helpful explaing my feed problem. Enough waffling, let's get some photos up. All photos taken at Beulieu. If anyone reading this was at the gig and heard someone shout 'Go on Si' to Simon Townshend just before Sex Change and he looked up and smiled, it was me!!