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Saturday, October 9, 2010

corinne bailey rae @ the manchester academy...........





now this was a concert that i have been really looking forward too.....i booked the ticket months ago....yes just the one........the big day...im of to manchester late afternoon.....park by the whitworth gallery and had a wander around the uni end of town.....calling at a few old haunts....the cornerhouse....the sandbar.....royal northern college of music....had a show there many years ago.........then back to rusholme and food......as usual spoilt for choice....i looked in lots of windows and for some reason chose... "al safa".......


usually i am put off photos of plates of food...the placewas buzzin....so in i went...i ordered a kebab  with salad a nd chilli sauce served on an enormous nan.......the meal for one could have fed 3....and it was just over a fiver.....one of the best meals ive had for ages....talk about tasty....yum yum pigs bum.......feeling good it was off to the gig at the uni....joined the q......there were a few ticket touts about....at last the doors opened...as i entered i was ushered to the left....most people went to the right...?????.....then ...into the hall...only 10 people....wow...choose a space...bang in the middle at the front....this is going to be ace......there was a great atmosphere.....people chatting...


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