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Woah, how long was I out for??? Between work, trying to move house and other stuff, I feel like I haven't been here for years. So how is everyone?

Have manged to get to all the concerts I had scheduled despite mass floods over most of the UK! Got COMPLETELY drenched at Hyde Park Calling, but the line-up made it all worthwhile.

To sum up -

Peter Gabriel - Legend, but would have preferred more of the mosre well-known songs (although Sledgehammer still makes me smile)

Crowded House - awesome. Shame their set had to get cut short due to lightning!

The Feeling - not sure how big these guys are over there, but well worth checking out for some upbeat pop - also did a superb cover of "Video Killed the Radio Star"

The Answer - rock band from Ireland, kinda Led Zep vibe going on. Pretty good.

Jet - Meh.

Chris Cornell - The man's good. I was never a huge Soundgarden fan, but I did like Audioslave and some of his solo stuff. He did a good mix of everything and rocked the crowd.

Aerosmith -There are no words. I have stood in the presence of possibly on of the greatest live bands I will ever see. Slightly odd set lis (Missed out some classics in favout of some stuff off "Honkin' on Bob" which, although good, is not what you always want in a limited set) but all was forgiven when during "Walk This Way" DMC comes out. Oh yeah.

Also got to see The Who again - the old guys can kick it with the best of them. Was slightly gutted to miss out on Iron Maiden, but it clashed with the second day of Hyde Park, so not much I could do.

Next? A cool triple header in November with Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, Motorhead and Alice Cooper.

Catch you guys later, off to play some Guitar Hero....

Well, hey there y'all.

I have returned from the land of illness, work and general no-time-for-doing-anything...ish.

Am in insanely good mood after my latest concert here, the mighty Muse at the new Wembley Stadium in London.

Dunno if you guys have heard much of Muse over there, but if not then there well worth checking out. They're a cool alternative to a lot of the "corporate" rock that's around at the moment. Essential tracks to check out are; Knights of Cydonia, Plug In Baby, Time is Running Out and Sing for Absolution.

They were fuckin' rockin'. I wasn't overwhelmed by the sound system as the lead singer was often difficult to hear, but damn they rocked my socks off.

Support bands were mixed, two of them I'd never heard of and quite probably never will again, but the main support was My Chemical Romance, who I hadn't heard much of until now, but who I now have a lot of respect for, as they really do go for it on stage.

It's festival season over here at the moment, and as is traditional we've been forecast with heavy rain and flash floods. Great.

I have 3 more shows to get to in the next week; Peter Gabriel with Crowded House and The Feeling, Aerosmith (cannot fucking wait) with The Answer, Jest and Chris Cornell and then next week am going to see the legendary The Who.

Rock on amigos!

Quite possibly the ONLY good thing about these Live Earth concerts is this:

"In 2007, Tap will reunite again, this time to help combat global warming. "They're not that environmentally conscious, but they've heard of global warming." said Marty DeBergi. "Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing – that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler."

This reunion will also include the release of a new song called "Warmer Than Hell." The band will play on the London leg of the SOS/Live Earth concert series, and Rob Reiner has directed a short film (entitled Spinal Tap) which was released on the Live Earth website on 27 April. The film reveals that Nigel Tufnel is now working as a farm hand looking after miniature horses. He plans to race them. David St Hubbins is currently working as a Hip-Hop producer and Derek Smalls is in rehab for being addicted to the internet."

This is all kinds of good.