Sunday, March 29, 2009

October 2008 to November 2008

James Blunt: on the 14 October 2008, Brook (flatmate) and I did the mission from work (in the West) to the O2 (in the East) to check out James Blunt. The concert went off, although the effects were minimal, he was a great singer and at one stage jumped off the stage running down isles of screaming women to a platform in the middle of the the audience where he played the piano. Was excellent live although may have been better in a more intimate setting than the massive O2, which incidentally is the the largest single-roofed structure in the world, now arnt you glad you read this. :)



All Blacks: On the 22 November 2008 all the flatmates and I jumped in a bus and headed to Cardiff, Wales for the All Blacks vs Wales game. We got to our hotel and headed straight to a pub, where I dared Andre to shout 'Go the All Blacks!!' in a typical welsh pub... needless to say you could have heard a pin drop afterwards. We went back to our dive of a Hotel (after they had cleaned up the glass and put the door back on the cupboard!) and got geared up for the night ahead. We headed to the main street and had a few drinks prior to the game. During the haka it was hard to hear due to the deaffening chant of Wales Wales Wales Wales... then there was the stand off between the 2 teams... which felt like went on for ever. The game was awesome my first All Blacks game ever. Afterwards, we all went into town and drank the night away... also attending the Welsh Walkie!! :)



Dave Dobbyn: On the 28 November 2008 a group of us headed to Portobello road in Nottinghill to see Dave Dobbyn. He played all his new stuff in the first set. In the second set he rocked out all the old stuff. Half way through the entire audience started singing Slice of Heaven... da da da dodo da da da and he asked 'do you not know the rest of the words,' so everyone rocked out 'Hey, I got a lot of faith in you I'll stick with you kid, that's the bottom line' and he just said 'all in good time'... o for oarsome!