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Form studying opportunity last night, was close enough to get a good look at three bands with over 150 years of hard rockin' between them Uriah Heep - predictably professional and Mick Box (77 this summer) on impressive form, clearly loving every second of their short set. Saxon - or to be more precise Biff Byford (73) and Nigel Glockler (71), hard and fast for an hour. Byford is still in command of the stage and Glockler handled a kit with double bass drums impressively Judas Priest - specifically 72-year-old Rob Halford, hard rockin', stunning visuals but Halford (who's a recovering addict with a fondness for marching powder and alcohol behind him) did himself no favours following Byford. It was all a bit dad-dancing, wandering round in circles waving the mic, and a lot of forward leaning (assuming he was reading a monitor for the lyrics of more recent songs). Oh aye, and multiple changes of coat, jacket and shades (on and off) meant he vanished between most songs, my mate and I wondering whether the oxygen tank was stood next to the clothes rack. Not thinking he's close to death. Definitely wishing we'd seen them 15 years back.

Maybe it's trite to suggest that: in the week that the number of people who crossed the Channel in one day was almost twice the number of people the Government intend to send to Rwanda in the whole of next year; in the week that it was revealed that the Government's plan to house people in other than hotels would cost more than keeping them in hotels; in the week that it has been discovered that millions of pounds was thrown into Port Authorities by the Government and local authorities, those Port Authority and border control facilities are either mothballed or not being used to full capacity; this Government would rather talk about flags rather than their so-called flagship policies regarding immigration. Starmer should have said this was a matter for fans and the FA, while he got on with the job of sorting the absolute dumpster fire that the UK is fuelling with taxpayers' money. I'm sure the vast majority of folk are more worried about the above and all the other issues than a design on a footy shirt. And if they are not, then fuck the lot of them.

It's the national flag of England, would any of members agree to change the colours of your national flag? English flag is red and white, with no blue or purple. I think most of us are proud of our country's flag albeit English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, French etc.etc. Don't mess with our flags.

Fortunately there's no expiration date on my verbal warning. Since he has kept up posting inane tweets after the verbal warning, it is now a proper week off and subsequent mod preview.

Yep. Every single word, apart from I'd add that the recent Tory governments have made this feeling a great deal stronger for me. Our culture, arts and entertainment are the only things this wretched country can be proud of. And the Tories are okay with strangling them, too.

I have never bought a football shirt It is a two inch embroided logo on the rear of the collar. If anyone had bought the shirt would they a) have noticed it or b) considered it to be anything other that a decoration. Someone has gone looking for this an brought it to the attention of everyone and Kier Starmer has fallen into their trap. Lee Anderson said last year that the only way the Conservative stood any chance at the next election was by stoking culture wars. This is just a pawn in the game and the real scandal is probably the price and the supply chain issues.

What's the problem? Sounds allwhite to me.

First day of spring today brings winter officially to a close. Pretty awful 3 months. Never known it to be this dry. Thought it was getting better a few weeks ago and then an even worse dry spell. Bah!

This shirt?

Well that's a fabulous anecdote but we must move on.

I don't give a shit, a flag is a piece of fabric, and when no-one can seem to agree on what the changes represent this uproar is, to me, stupid. I was born on St George's day but the cross means nothing to me, I'm not proud to be English, and it's not just 'recent Tory government's' that have made me think this way, it goes further back than that. I'm not an anarchist or communist but there's very little that this country has done since the second world war that I see as good, and even before that you had the empire, which again I'm not a fan. The English flag (and the Union flag) represent nothing to me other than inequality and corruption.

Aussie tennis player Jenny Staley Hoad (Wiki) dead at 89 She was the wife of Australian well-known tennis player Lew Hoad

It's not my favourite thing here, but it feels right for a song about The 5th Death of 1994 to be doing well.

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Patten going in with both feet

Frederic Mitterand qo : https://uk.news.yahoo.com/macron-leads-tributes-controversial-french-104024841.html

In what is proving to be a deadly year for people associated with Star Wars, Dianne Crittenden, Casting Director for A New Hope has died aged 82. She also worked on Spiderman 2 and Pretty Woman, among others.

Dimitar Dimov died back in 2008

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TX date confirmed as 26th March for Kate Garraway : Derek's Story

Course you fucking are.

Brain aneuryism a decade ago, no sign of the problem now. Also had a neck problem from years of crouching over his drums, dunno if the intervention was surgical or just manipulative. But he was as good as the other tub thumpers on show last night and Saxon, second on the bill, didn't slow down once.

Mindless tweet sharing again, is it? Christ sake. Also…

22/03/24 44 Gorillaz — Feel Good Inc. 41 Manic Street Preachers — The Love Of Richard Nixon 38 Kylie Minogue — I Believe In You 35 Manic Street Preachers — Empty Souls +1 35 The Libertines — Can’t Stand Me Now +1 34 Razorlight — Somewhere Else +2 30 Kelis — Trick Me 29 Coldplay — Speed Of Sound 25 Rachel Stevens — Some Girls 24 Destiny’s Child — Lose My Breath 22 Jojo — Leave (Get Out) 20 Kelis — Milkshake -6 12 Christina Milian — Dip It Low 9 Girls Aloud — The Show