Livid

I hate to say it but it looks like the fix is in.

Right sentiment but totally lost in his delivery, it needed a bit more Pearson and a bit more of grabbing one of them by throat whilst screaming "You will run for me you little......."

Great night at Metallica in Cardiff last night. They closed the roof at the Principality so we got the full benefit of the light show.

Off to the Sunday at the Moseley Folk Festival in early September. The Dead South, Frank Turner and The Wonderstuff for £65. Love The Dead South and Frank Turner, been looking at seeing The Wonderstuff for years but never actually pulled the trigger.

Close up of the Syston/Leicester England flag a couple of seconds in. https://x.com/MikeKeegan_DM/status/2067278067865641059/video/1?s=46

Springsteen has been going strong for 50 years plus and still putting on a show nearly 3 hours long. If you can play that long and people come away saying ‘ I wish he’d played…’ I think you’re up there. I would say currently Coldplay, Taylor Swift and Beyonce are at their peak with Lady Gaga not far behind. They can all sell out stadiums anywhere in the world with ease. Up and coming Olivia Rodrigo might be the one. On her two albums so far everything is very good and what I’ve heard of her new album so far it seems like it’s just going to continue.

Kraftwerk on Friday at the Albert Hall. Should be superb musically not exactly sure what the crowd will be like. 2 hour set but Autobahn could take up 20 minutes!

Paul Heaton announced a few dates in November but realistically I can’t make any unfortunately. Only possible date is the Friday night in Sheffield but I’m in Cardiff for the Wales v Japan rugby the next day. The following Tuesday in Nottingham but I’m already at the Motorpoint for the Manics, Bill Bailey and Enter Shakiri on the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday with different people on each night. Three nights is pushing it but four would finish me off. Following Friday in Birmingham, but already committed to Enter Shakiri. Real shame as it’s always a great gig.

Three or four of us going. I didn't book them so i'm not totally sure.

I honestly think if people felt better off Reform would be nothing. Unfortunately Labour seemed intent on coming in strong with policies that would require a three of four term mandate. Right now it looks like they will last one and whatever they have tried to achieve will look wasted. NI increases on businesses, lead to lower wage rises, tax thresholds have been frozen, the price of fuel and goods have risen and they just don’t seem to care. They keep throwing stats out about NHS waiting lists, but getting a doctor or dentist appointment seems as bad as ever. People voted for better but in real life terms very little seems to have changed, if anything a lot of people, myself included, think it’s gotten worse. They keep trotting out the line about the right wing press but that goes back decades if not centuries. They talk about a 26% turnout last night like they expect more to vote at a GE, they might but I’m pretty sure many will be voting Labour. Reeves was toxic to me a long time ago but he’s had to cling on to her after losing Rayner and a few others. Starmer seems far more confident and at ease on the international stage, domestically he just seems to bury his head in the sand. The Mandelson thing, it’s like death by a thousand cuts for him now. I couldn’t give you a name of anyone to replace him who would actually change course enough to make a difference. There’s no way I’ll ever vote Reform but I understand why a lot do, and it’s not all down to racism.

Loving Rooster on HBO. Steve Carell is either a big hit or a big miss for me but I think this is just perfect for him.

Just had my Sunday afternoon nap

Went to the pub for the United game the day before so decided to watch it at home with the now ex-wife. Had a meal on the sofa and a couple of beers. I screamed so loud when Hazard scored that both of our cats bolted for the cat flap. I kind of regret not going down to the ground but I spent the next few hours all over the internet looking at the reaction to what we had done. I actually cried with relief it was over, I used to wake in the middle of the night wondering how I would cope if we had got so close only for Spurs to beat us to it on Goal Difference.

Great night, had to have an afternoon nap to recover. Can’t remember when I’ve seen so many in the seats on their feet in there.

I’m kind of expecting to stand but my mate surprised me yesterday by sending me of photo of his foot covered in a bandage after having a very minor op.