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Group shot So last weekend was our little trip to Manchester to see Kylie and what a weekend it was. Myself, Daniel, Lauren, Nigel, Ludo & Catherine headed over on the Thursday morning. We just about made it. The weather was so bad that it was probably the worst flight and landing I’ve ever had. I mean talk about dropping out of the sky and burying the plane in the runway. Well that’s what it felt like anyway! After settling into our respective hotels it was off for drinks, food and then back to prepare for Thursday night’s festivities. Started in Via Fossa (where else!), then on to Queer for some trashy pop (Happy-fake-birthday-to-get-requests-played again Lauren) and then on to Cruz 101 for more camp music and fun.

Friday was spent recovering and nursing our poor heads from the night before. Met up with Keith & Podge who’d treked up from London for the night. The concert itself was amazing. I’ve seen Kylie before and she really puts on a good show but there was something different about this gig. It was non-stop amazing from start to finish. She had to pull out of Saturday night’s gig because of a cold and had also cancelled the Monday and Tuesday nights too. We only really noticed she was a bit under the weather when she was speaking to the crowd. It didn’t affect her voice much on the Friday but obviously by the Saturday it was too much for her.

After the gig it was back to Queer for more drink I mean dancing followed by Essential. I never get tired of Essential. It’s always such a fun club with a great atmosphere and a good mixture of music. Came home early on Saturday and just died all day but all-in-all it was worth it as we all had a fantastic weekend; as you can see in the pictures! We’re definitely going back as soon as we can so hopefully next time round we’ll see some more of the city in daylight!


4 Comments

Looks like you had a fantastic time, how much booze did you get through?? I wish i could get away with that whole cardigan look.

Was Kylie on form?

Posted by Neil on 19 January 2007 @ 7pm

I think we got through the entire stock of vodka at every bar we went to! Enough drink for a small town. Yeah I love the whole cardigan look and Dan does pull it off well. Cardigans eh? Who’d have thought they’d come back into fashion!

Kylie was definitely on form. We could only tell she wasn’t feeling the best when she was speaking to the crowd but performance-wise it was flawless.

Posted by Anthony Finucane on 20 January 2007 @ 4pm

It’s bizzare, even like the whole pin width tie thing came out of nowhere, even the matching tie / shirt thing. It’s great.

I tried to get away with a pringle (diamond) style sweater at work last week. People said i looked like a Golfer though. What do they know!

Posted by Neil on 21 January 2007 @ 2am

Yeah that came from nowhere alright… although I suspect there’s an ’80’s revival’ in there somewhere. Thing is though I love the skinny tie look, I can’t get enough of it. Also a fan of the tie under the shirt (as you can see in the pics)… I’m so controversial! LOL!

Exactly, what do they know… Pringle could be the next big thing!

Posted by Anthony Finucane on 22 January 2007 @ 8pm

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