Twenty years ago

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Date: 28 June 2006 13:59:19

I was at an open-air concert.

It was a gorgeous sunny Saturday and fortunately it was possible to ignore the fact that it was Milton Keynes. Concerts always have (or, at least, should have) a communal aspect - part of their magic is a shared taste and the enjoyment together of something. In this case that was enhanced significantly by the shared pleasure that Wham were giving their last ever concert on that day, and that we weren't there. In fact that still gives me pleasure even twenty years later. It's just a shame that George Michael didn't follow Andrew Ridgeley's career trajectory. As for the concert we were at, the headliners were all we could have wanted them to be, and the support acts were, generally, very impressive, being mostly worthy headliners themselves. But, having said that, it was not outstanding or memorable in anyway, just a routine good concert. Probably the only relevance at all is that it was the first time I saw Jethro Tull, which of course has some significance for this blog. In fact, there's no reason for any of you to be reading this, it's simply an old man smilingly recalling a pleasant memory. Please forgive my indulging myself in this way, I'll try not to do it again.