Don't call mah name... Alexandra!

Last month my buddy Alan and I ventured off to the Grand Canal Theatre to check out X Factor winner and all round Beyonce wanna be, Miss Alexandra Burke.

To say it was an unusual gig is a bit of an understatement. Firstly i have to be honest and say I am not a Alexandra Burke fun, well, I'll happily drunkenly dance along to Broken Heels, but I wouldn't buy her album. But seeing as my buddy Alan is a die hard Burkie fan, I decided to splash out on a ticket...

The second oddity was the venue, while the Grand Canal Theatre is indeed Grand, it is not the best place for a gig, well for an upbeat gig, seeing as the entire venue was seated. What was worse was the fact that I was seating infront of a group of 11 year girls, and me being 6'3 was probably the last person the wanted to be sitting, and later standing, and later again drunkenly dancing, infront of them...

I was racked with guilt for blocking their view, I assume its annoying, again, I'm 6'3, I usually don't have this problem. Luckily the seats infront of us were free, so the young ladies behind me were more then happy to relocate at my suggestion.

Another problem with the seated gig was while us Irish are all up for the craic, no one wants to be the first one to stand up and boogie! So it was pretty much up to me and Al and our lack of shame to be the first ones on our feet, and seeing as me and Al are two pretty tall lads, us standing up seemed to set of a chain reaction of people behind us.

Having said all that it was a great gig, costume changes, dance routines, hot dancers, and a Destiny's Child megamix (while incidentally was my person highlight of the night)

So my opinions of Miss Burke have changed for the better, she is a dedicated perfomer, sang every song live, and pretty flawlessly at that, and danced her little heart out. At the end of the gig it was pretty apparent why she was crowned X Factor winner two years ago. Now if only more people could become aware of this, next time she might be playing in the 02, instead of the Grand Canal.

DRN



Embarrassingly this photo was taken after a 2 glasses of wine!

G.A + Gaga = not so Gaga

Does anyone else thinks Lady Gaga was just too polite to say no thanks when Mr. Armani offers to make her tour costumes? They don't seem very Gaga to me, they just look like everything else that she has worn before. I always thought the Haus of Gaga concept was about pushing the envelope. Like Anna Wintour says "Fashion is always about looking forward, not looking back". Well just a thought. what do you think?

DRN

Everything and more...

The concert was amazing. the night was a disaster. I wouldn't change a thing.

DRN

Rah Rah ah ah ah

Did everybody get their Gaga tickets? Im really looking forward to the show,

"The Monster Ball’ is a multimedia artistic experience in the style of the first-ever ‘pop electro opera. A message to all my little monsters: The Fame Monster will come out four days before the first live show. You have exactly 96 hours to learn all of the lyrics so you can sing along. Dress accordingly.” says Gaga!

Dress accordingly! must get my bows and mirrors on!

DRN

WHAM is BACK!

Hi guys, D here, me and C are back on the blog and baby we're ready to go! Im still in San Diego, going to New York on the 19th then back home the 25th! Its all goin so fast...

So on Saturday I had one of the greatest nights of my life when i got to go see No Doubt, it was such a good show then for the finale they did Adam & The Ant's Stand and Deliver, and then this happend...



Yes thats right, Shirley FUCKING Manson came out on stage and I nearly fainted, I actually went weak at the knees, I always loved No Doubt when I was younger, but Garbage were always my favorite teen angst band! So seeing Shirley live on stage, and looking fucking amazing was pretty special.

The Sounds opened for ND and they also sang with them, the band dressed up as No Doubt which was pretty cool and their set at the start of the gig was pretty solid so im definitly gonna check out more of their stuff...

So to sum up, August 8th was a pretty fucking good night!

DRN

P!NK @ the O2

Monday night i went to see Pink at the O2 and i just had to put a few photos up here. it was just amazing, her voice, the costumes, the production, just everything. It wasn't a concert, it was a full on show! it was amazing!

epic