The Beatles, what can you say that hasn't been said? I am a huge huge fan of the band, even going so far as to have a Beatles tattoo on my leg. They are inspirational and undoubtedly the best band England has ever produced. Now I have a rule with band shirts, I never buy a shirt unless I have seen the band live. It really gets on my tits when I see twatty idiots wearing a band shirt of a band they have no idea who they are and bought it cos some z-list celebrity was wearing the same one. In the words of Peter Griffins, it really grinds my gears! There are three bands who I have bent the rules for over the years and for good reason, I will never see them live as members of the bands have passed away. These bands are The Beatles, The Clash and The Ramones. Three bands I absolutely love and despite not being able to see them, love all the band merch I have acquired over the years for them.
I have a lot of Beatles related attire. A fucking lot. And I'm sure some of it will end up on this site as its too good not to share. I also have had the privilege to have seen Paul McCartney live and it was a gamechanger for me.
Paul McCartney at Isle of Wight Festival Sun 13th June (Fest was 10th-13th) 2010.
https://www.songkick.com/festivals/1233-isle-of-wight/id/3662451-isle-of-wight-festival-2010
I had to have a shirt for this gig and I love that its got the two crossed Hofner basses at the bottom. This was the highlight of the whole festival for me Nat and Sarah, we got a good position on the right hand side and just had a blast. So much singing along, hit after hit after hit and after all these years, McCartney is still hitting it out of the park. I got quite emotional during his tribute to George Harrison by playing 'Something' and 'While my Guitar gently weeps' because I adore those songs and it pains me I won't ever see Harrison myself now. It was a good mix of Beatles tracks, Wings tracks and solo stuff. 'Live and Let Die' was just mindblowingly epic to see live and I can't stress enough if you are a Beatles fan, please please please go catch Paul's show if you ahve the chance. A showman through and through and a legend worthy enough to be on my leg forever!
The rest of the festival was fantastic, I love IOW Festival as its easily the closest big festival to my home town and we always go in a big group and just generally have a great time together. The line up is always diverse and even though I'm more of a fan of the heavier side of things, there is always something great to catch at IOW even for me. Here's to the next one bring on June 2015!
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