May Bank Holiday.

Busy day on Sunday for me.

First off was the (now) annual Doctor Who Event at St Andrews In The Square (http://www.standrewsinthesquare.com/Flash/saints.html). It was my first time there and it’s a very nice venue (much better than the tacky Central Hotel, where it was for the last few years). I got to meet some nice folk connected to Doctor Who including Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Wendy Padbury and Nicholas Briggs. There were a couple of “local” guests too – Andrew Smith (who wrote “Full Circle” in 1980) comes from Rutherglen and Stephen Greenhorn (who wrote “The Doctor’s Daughter” in 2008 as well as creating “River City” for the BBC) who comes from West Lothian.

Met up with a few mates too – Scott, Dierdrie and John so spent sometime in the downstairs bar with them – I was on the coffees, by the way, as I was driving! Nice menu there and very pleasant surroundings.

The trains back home finish early on a Sunday and the reason that I was driving was because I was heading off later in the day to see Blaze Bayley and his band playing at Ivory Blacks (the old Strawberry Fields, for those who know Glasgow) as part of their World Tour to support their “Man Who Would Not Die” album. Seeing Bayley live is always fun – and never predictable – and it’s nice to see him in a small venue close up with deafening sound.

Blaze Bayley's Set list: The Man Who Would Not Die, Blackmailer, Smile Back At Death, The Launch, Lord Of The Flies, Born As A Stranger, The Brave, Tenth Dimension, Identity, Kill And Destroy, Ten Seconds, Alive, Ghost In The Machine, The Clansman, Samurai, Voices From The Past, Stare At The Sun, Futureal, Leap Of Faith, Robot


Waiting for my "Flight666" DVD to arrive! ;)

The Blaze 500.

I am now officially one of the Blaze 500 – “what does this mean?” I hear you cry. Well, it’s all very simple. The Blaze Bayley Band released a new DVD recently ("The Night That Would Not Die") and there were 500 limited edition versions available where you got a special wristband and exclusive t-shirt along with a copy of the DVD fully signed by the band – all for just £20. Nice actually because the standard DVD will be costing £20 so to get the extras (unavailable anywhere else) is nice.

So everyone who got this limited edition version also got the magic number – the number being the bands’ mobile phone number! Quite amusing really but I don’t see the point of calling it as I’ve nothing to say to them – it’s just a very novel idea.

Anyway, the rear diffusers on the Brawn, Toyota and Williams’ F1 cars are legal then are they? Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo must be furious that this has been missed by their designers and they are now lagging behind as they have no points from two races, and will have to redesign their current diffuser in order to be competitive. Hopefully they’ll be more competitive for the European races starting in June.

AC/DC kicked off the first part of their UK Tour last night at the O2 Arena – judging by the set list, the Hampden Park gig on 30th June will be fantastic – even though this may be the bands' last tour.

Set List (O2 Arena):
Rock And Roll Train, Hell Ain’t A Bad Place To Be, Back In Black, Big Jack, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Shot Down In Flames, Thunderstruck, Black Ice, The Jack, Hell’s Bells, Shoot To Thrill, War Machine, Anything Goes, You Shook Me All Night Long, TNT, Whole Lotta Rosie, Let There Be Rock, Highway To Hell, For Those About To Rock (We Salute You).