Was out for a spin with Matty and Aido yesterday. Went through Salford quays and on to pay homage at the Salford lads club before finding a place called ordsall house. This are would have made sherrif street look like D4 a few years ago. Now thereās allotments, open spaces, and a view of the skyscraper cluster. Anyhow, surviving all the decay and then the regeneration, the hall is grade 1 listed and is 500years old. Nice care and a sit out in the sun shooting the breeze for an hour. I hope this regeneration doesnāt peter out. Dublin should really really look at skyscrapers. I love them once they have any kind of design feature (Iām excepting the Hilton tower, which doesnāt as is fugly, but gets a pass for leading the way).
Manc would actually be a grand place to be a young professional living in the centre. The castlefield bowl is great in the summer.
They are playing Birmingham in the summer. Headlining Moseley Folk Festival on the Saturday. I canāt wait to see the look on the regular attendees faces when Moseley Park is overrun with Roasters. It will be glorious.
I saw Christy in the National Concert Hall last Saturday. The voice is still strong and he looks well but it was disappointing overall. He didnāt seem to put his heart into it or maybe heās just not able anymore. It felt like watching The Dubliners in their latter years where the set was just rattled through, a quick encore and good night and god bless. Heās a good age so i wouldnāt be too critical but i wouldnāt be rushing back.
You canāt use screenshots or printed tickets to get into Ticketmaster gigs any more. The tickets now have a bar code with a line moving left and right on it. So you canāt take a screenshot of a ticket and send it to someone. You have to transfer it through the app to the other person. Bit of a bags all told.