Simply Red

Last night John and I went to see Simply Red, The Farewell Tour, at the Sheffield Arena.  It was a surprise present from my 16 yr old son Daniel.  He knows how much I enjoy their music and as this is the farewell tour I am not likely to see them sing these songs again.

I must admit it was a bit of a strange gig as far as the demographic was concerned,  don't think there were many people under 30, maybe even 40 and it was the first gig I had been to where lots of the crowd had a walking stick, and no they were not to wave at Mick Hucknall....  The two ladies in front of us must have been 65-70 yrs, and there were plenty more besides them.
Now don't get me wrong, I am pleased that they are enjoying themselves and going out to these concerts, but as someone who in an earlier life was into hard rock, it just seemed a little strange.  I guess its just me getting old I suppose.
Never was a truer word spoken than 'you are only as old as you feel'.  Those people last night must have been feeling about 25, and I expect I was too.
But it was a fabulous night, support was Macy Gray who was very good and I really enjoyed myself.

Quilling has taken a bit of a back seat this week, the performance with the dog and the heart sort of broke my stride a bit, but it is St Valentines day in a few weeks and I need to get busy with that. So keep watching there will be stuff on here soon.