Concerts - Neil Diamond at Earls Court, London in 2002 (London city)
It was a hot July night (not a Hot August Night) in London and I was to see Neil Diamond perform live for the first time. I had been a fan of his music since my teens but had never been to one of his concerts. However, I knew that he had passed his 61st birthday and wondered if he could still actually sing. I needn’t have worried, he could!
For those who don’t know the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, it is a vast open space, sometimes used for trade fairs, sometimes as a theatre. It has incredibly high ceilings and is not the warmest and most inviting place in the world. On this evening, though, there was a buzz as people bought pre-show drinks and souvenir T-shirts and CDs.
We took our seats, about 20 rows from the front and slightly to the left - not a bad view of the stage - and looked with amazement at all the complicated lighting and sound equipment up in the rafters. There was a guy up there in a sort of cage for the whole evening. Who’d have his job?
Hanging down the front of the stage was the biggest Stars and Stripes you ever saw
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