So last night I went to see Ben Folds at Hammersmith Apollo. Now I'm ashamed to say it but it was my first ever concert. But what a way to start. It was flippin' awesome. The above photo shows two things:1) How close we were to Ben Folds.
2) How rubbish my camera phone is.
I went with Matt White (my ticket was his and Christina's Christmas present to me), Simon White and Beth (Off-White) Hampbell. It was great. Highlights included:
1) Swapping life stories with Beth as we tried to keep the conversation going on the train (and also using the time to practice the horn section in Army - something that proved beneficial).
2) Singing the horn section in Army.
3) Listening to Simon White shouting at everyone.
4) Watching Matt try to intimidate someone twice his size with his "broad" irish accent (I should point out that this guy just came from the back and stood right in front of us - I should also point out that the Irish thing seemed to work).
5) Performing the YMCA amongst a crowd of Ben Folds fans so that Mike and AJ McCredie (who were also there but had seats) could try and spot me from the balcony AND THEN DISCOVERING THAT THEY WEREN'T EVEN LOOKING!!
So there we go. Ben Folds: Awesome
2 comments:
Who was the support act?
Did they do Divine Comedy's "Songs of Love"?
(Guess if the support act was the Divine Comedy there's every chance but hey)
Support act was Clem Snide which is a bit less impressive but I thought he was good (although apparently not to everyone's taste).
I don't think Neil Hannon was a support for Ben Folds the other night. I think he was more of a guest star who did a couple of numbers with him.
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