Sir Neil Ainsby graciously accompanied me to see Cliff Richard and The Shadows' "Final Reunion" stop Monday night at London's O2 Arena, the former Millennium Dome, next to the North Greenwich Tube on the Jubilee line.
Two happy-go-lucky-local-blokes (hearing the originators of Shadoogie and We Say Yeah will do that), here are we are during the interval. Seems I'm displaying a Johnny Kidd-ish motif, whereas Neil fancies a black-on-black Beatles '65-ish get-up. Photo by fellow Rapiers and Shadows fan Linda Krokou.
Rewind 90 minutes, and here's a look 'round the O2 ground floor queues and merchandising, commentary by Neil.
Priceless commentary!
Posted by: RALPH | 04 October 2009 at 04:04 AM
Regarding "flimsy stands", when we picked up a single mod-target T-shirt from one of the racks then gently put it back, the whole stand fell over. Apparently, the thing was perfectly balanced so that if one item was touched, the whole bunch got out of kilter. Took a few minutes to gingerly replace the T-shirt so as not to disturb the equilibrium of the merchandise.
Posted by: Greg O. | 04 October 2009 at 08:44 AM
Pirates v Beatles.....sounds like THE gig I wanna go to!
Posted by: Tony Shaker | 04 October 2009 at 10:50 AM
Tony, wondering if the two bands ever crossed paths?
Posted by: Greg O. | 04 October 2009 at 04:23 PM
Indeed they did Greg. On a 'Riverboat Shuffle' (a regular dance cruise on the Royal Iris Mersey Ferry) The Beatles SUPPORTED Johnny Kidd's , ahem, 'crew' ;-)
Posted by: Tony Shaker | 04 October 2009 at 04:52 PM
Friday August 10th 1962 was the date and it was the third of the Beatles four 'Shuffle' dates.
Posted by: Tony Shaker | 04 October 2009 at 05:22 PM