Yesterday was an odd day. There I was all prepared for the fact that Niki was going to be going away for the weekend today and so had to go home last night so she could get ready this morning and I wouldn't be seeing her until late Sunday night, when I got a call from my ex saying that a friend of ours had tickets to see Thin Lizzy at Hammersmith Apollo for that night and they couldn't go and did I want them. I phoned around a couple of friends to see if they would be interested in going but they were busy so couldn't, I didn't ask Niki because I wasn't sure she would like it and also I thought that as she had a heavy weekend ahead of her she would like an early night, but sher said she'd love to go so we went.

It was a good gig, made all the better because we didn't have to pay. There were a few of the songs that didn't work with John Sykes singing them isntead of Phil Lynott, but on the whole he did really well as vocalist, I've never been a great fan of his guitar playing and I think he sometimes uses far too many notes and too much effect in order to make a simple guitar solo sound dreadful, but most of the time he seemed a lot more restrained than usual and so that wasn't too bad either. The drummer, who's name I cannot remember, was really good but I'm not totally sure he was as good as Brian Downey. The bass player, Marco Mendoza, was pretty good, his bass lines didn't seem to flow like Phil Lynott's did, but he was good none the less. Scott Gorham was brilliant and, in my opinion, outshon John Sykes as a guitarist on more than one occassion. I was a bit amused by the fact that Scott Gorham no longer looks like Christopher Reeve (as he did in an interview a year or two ago when he had short hair) but now with his hair longer looks much more like David St Hubbins (guitarist from Spinal Tap), I also found it funny that John Sykes didn't know what album 'Warrior' came off and introduced it as 'a track from the Live And Dangerous album'. Having said all that it was a really good night and a good gig, and I'm glad that I was able to go. Thank you Chris and Neal, and I hope that Zoe is feeling better now.

It also meant that Niki and I got to spend another night together, which was nice, but she's off for the weekend now with the kids from a youth club that she helps out at. They've gone to a place called Carroty Wood or something equally strange, it's an outdoor activity place for youth clubs and schools, somewhere in Kent.

Well, Scott's here for the weekend again, and this weekend it's wrestlemania so that's what we're doing Sunday night/Monday morning, luckily he's on half term next week so it's not a problem.