I seem to have fallen in to the stereotype family. I take our son to football, my partner takes our daughter to netball and shopping. However, this Wednesday I’m taking our daughter to see Harry Styles at Old Trafford . I’ve invested in a Burnley pack away coat in case the weather turns! Daughter very excited. Anyone else going?

Not going, but his music is pretty good for polished modern pop.

Mmmmm…. Don’t think so pal. 50,000+ screaming female teenagers doesn’t really do it for me.

Stiff little fingers next I think. 1,500 fat old punks pretending to be 20 again is right up my street.

Where are SLF on at please

No, but I did go and see 1d, with my wife and daughters. Very different to what we would normally go and see, but I’ve got to admit they were entertaining and I’m glad I went. The only disappointment was the crowd. We are normally near the front at a gig, so we got standing tickets thinking it would be more lively, but the crowd around us never got going.

There was a distinct lack of men though, I only saw 3 or 4, to the extent that we ended up on the paper a couple of times as rare dad with daughter(a) photos.

I can't seem to get As It Was out of my head if that helps

I am not, but he makes good music and I’ve heard he puts on a good live show. Not a 1D fan by any stretch but his solo stuff is decent. Not too much of a fan of his recent album but his second, Fine Line, is excellent.

bobinho wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:20 pm

Mmmmm…. Don’t think so pal. 50,000+ screaming female teenagers doesn’t really do it for me.

Stiff little fingers next I think. 1,500 fat old punks pretending to be 20 again is right up my street.

I saw PiL last week. 2 hours of my life I won't get back again. Lydon was what he is though, so my fault for going

Lydon used to be an angry young man…. Now he’s just an angry old man. He’s been angry that long, he’s probably forgotten why he was angry in the first place.

Who would have thought in the 1970s that Jonny Rotten would turn out to be the good guy and Jimmy Savile the bad guy......

Alanstevensonsgloves wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 13, 2022 12:08 am

I saw PiL last week. 2 hours of my life I won't get back again. Lydon was what he is though, so my fault for going

When we saw PiL I though musically, they were excellent. What let it down was Lydon trying too hard to be Lydon.

I have never listed to HS, well not that I know of, but I did listen to a couple of DJ's talking about him a while back and they mentioned his tone range and how good he is, the comparison from them was Roy Orbison as the only one that had the same range/depth in "pop music". I really like RO, so he might be worth a listen to actually, be good to hear your feedback on the show, not so much the crowd, as I can only imagine what that'll be like.

Boydesque wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:28 pm

Where are SLF on at please

This’ll help. https://slf.rocks/home-base

Belfast for me.

god. harry styles is to roy orbison what darren day is to elvis.

KateR wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:32 pm

I have never listed to HS, well not that I know of, but I did listen to a couple of DJ's talking about him a while back and they mentioned his tone range and how good he is, the comparison from them was Roy Orbison as the only one that had the same range/depth in "pop music". I really like RO, so he might be worth a listen to actually, be good to hear your feedback on the show, not so much the crowd, as I can only imagine what that'll be like.

Just got back from Old Trafford. For a 55 year old man, that was quite an experience! In fairness, it was a good show and the atmosphere incredible. I would recommend seeing him, he can sing and gets the crowd going. They absolutely love him. I didn’t know any of his songs but my daughter sang along to them all and that was good enough for me. Counting Crows next for me, daughter said she might come with me.

Can he play at centre mid?

Cabbage wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:33 am

Counting Crows next for me, daughter said she might come with me.

Where are they on?

He's a very talented bloke and is unfairly judged by some because he was in One Direction. But Justin Timberlake and Robbie WIlliams have shown it's possible to break away from that 'boy band' image.

Leisure wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:08 pm

Where are they on?

Manchester Apollo, October.

Cabbage wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:33 am

Just got back from Old Trafford. For a 55 year old man, that was quite an experience! In fairness, it was a good show and the atmosphere incredible. I would recommend seeing him, he can sing and gets the crowd going. They absolutely love him. I didn’t know any of his songs but my daughter sang along to them all and that was good enough for me. Counting Crows next for me, daughter said she might come with me.

Super, I do love a good show and live music is my favorite although I get to very few big names I've been to a few places with live music and always enjoy, I understand fully about the enjoyment of our children, no matter what age being a joy to watch.

Funnily enough I was listening to Counting Crows this morning in the car and I think they are so good, have a few of their albums on my IPod in the car. Plus it was our eldest son who bought me the first CD of them a long time ago for my birthday, saying he thought I'd really enjoy. He's introduced me to quite a lot of my music, I'm sure you'll really enjoy that show and you can do a role reversal, sing along to all the songs and your daughter can see your enjoyment!

yTib wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 14, 2022 6:29 am

god. harry styles is to roy orbison what darren day is to elvis.

good god, I merely quoted what the early morning Radio 1 DJ's were saying about his tone/range, not that his music was same/similar I did also say I haven't heard any HS music that I know of, who the hell is darren day, perhaps you meant Doris Day

Cabbage, I'm dropping off my wife and daughter later for this concert. I've heard from sources that the warm up didn't start till 7.30 and then Harry came on at 8.30. Gates open at 4, but that seems to be a long time waiting around. What was the pre event experience, were people getting restless? Is it worth waiting and going in around 6 maybe?

Ric_C wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:30 pm

Cabbage, I'm dropping off my wife and daughter later for this concert. I've heard from sources that the warm up didn't start till 7.30 and then Harry came on at 8.30. Gates open at 4, but that seems to be a long time waiting around. What was the pre event experience, were people getting restless? Is it worth waiting and going in around 6 maybe?

I dropped my daughter and her friend off yesterday at 2pm they queued to get in when the Doors opened at 4, the reason was because they had pitch ticket's unreserved standing and they wanted to be close to the stage, there was 74 thousand inside the cricket ground, Harry Styles started around 8:40 and went on until just after 10:15, I visited family in Oldham and went back later around 9 to pick them up but it was a nightmare getting anywhere near most roads closed until midnight, I arranged to pick them up after the event from the white city retail park 12 minutes walk from the venue but be warned it took almost an hour to get off the carpark and didn't get back to Burnley until gone half past midnight, also make sure they take plenty of cash they bought a Mr Whipy ice cream from a van outside whilst queuing and it was just a plain one not a 99 and it cost 5 quid, bottled water is given out for free once inside

Cheers mate, thanks for the info

Ric_C wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 2:23 pm

Cheers mate, thanks for the info

Maybe worth them getting the tram one stop down to Stretford and picking them up from there? There is a car park and you'll be closer to the motorway

KateR wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:24 pm

Funnily enough I was listening to Counting Crows this morning in the car

No idea who Counting Crows are but was listening to Black Crows in the car. I suppose they could do a mash up and call it Counting Black Crows, record it at The Rookery?

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:09 pm

No idea who Counting Crows are but was listening to Black Crows in the car. I suppose they could do a mash up and call it Counting Black Crows, record it at The Rookery?

likewise I have no idea who Black Crows are but if they're half as good as Counting Crows they'll still be good I'll look out for Black Crows and see what they're like

Black Crowes biggest hit was Hard to Handle from the Shake Your Money Maker album. I saw them support Stereophonics at Donnington early 2000s.

KateR wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 1:29 pm

good god, I merely quoted what the early morning Radio 1 DJ's were saying about his tone/range, not that his music was same/similar I did also say I haven't heard any HS music that I know of, who the hell is darren day, perhaps you meant Doris Day

calm down kate. my exasperation was aimed squarely at radio 1. it often is.

Knocked off no 1 spot by Kate Bush

bobinho wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:20 pm

Mmmmm…. Don’t think so pal. 50,000+ screaming female teenagers doesn’t really do it for me.

Stiff little fingers next I think. 1,500 fat old punks pretending to be 20 again is right up my street.

Bobinho will you be right in the middle of the 1500 "fat old punks" or "At the Edge"?

Ha ha! See what you did there.

“At the edge” of course, and I’ll be wearing my Burnley colours…. Someone has to “fly the flag”.

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:09 pm

No idea who Counting Crows are but was listening to Black Crows in the car. I suppose they could do a mash up and call it Counting Black Crows, record it at The Rookery?

Black Crowes are back on tour with the postponed Shake Your Money Maker anniversary (can't wait)

Am tempted by Counting Crows at Manchester though

dougcollins wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 16, 2022 4:09 pm

No idea who Counting Crows are but was listening to Black Crows in the car. I suppose they could do a mash up and call it Counting Black Crows, record it at The Rookery?

https://youtu.be/oxpRUWiCu9g

Listen to this.

The Black Crowes,for some insight!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSvElfxDnsQ