00:00 (people chattering)
00:02 Okay, so I can't remember the first ski go into in Birmingham.
00:06 I mean, to too many over the years, I don't suppose,
00:09 but ones that stand out include Prince,
00:13 who was at the NEC, won the Halls at the NEC,
00:18 about a year before he died.
00:20 So that was pretty cool.
00:22 It was quite amazing to see him.
00:24 We had to stand up for about three hours,
00:26 but we managed it.
00:29 Who else was, I saw Low,
00:30 from all the way from Duluth, Minnesota,
00:34 at the Town Hall about three or four years ago,
00:37 something like that.
00:38 They were tremendous, really good.
00:40 The fantastic venue, the Town Hall.
00:42 They've really done a good job of it inside.
00:44 And even the guys in the band said,
00:46 "What a wonderful venue it was."
00:47 So it's gotta be good.
00:49 What else was in Elbow, Saw at the NIA.
00:55 That's probably, I don't know, 10 years ago.
00:57 Again, I mean, they've all been great.
00:59 We're gonna see Squid tonight,
01:03 at the Town Hall as well.
01:05 And in fact, in a couple of weeks,
01:06 we're gonna see Robert Fripp and Torrie Wilcox.
01:09 - I went to see GLS in Birmingham, and it was great.
01:13 The first concert I ever went to, and it was amazing.
01:16 Loved the atmosphere, loved the arena,
01:18 and it was just fantastic.
01:19 - Well, this was actually a funny one.
01:23 The first concert I went to in Birmingham
01:25 is actually the only one I went to is Tegda.
01:28 I didn't have a clue what's Tegda.
01:29 I'm French, and I've got a bad culture about that.
01:33 And they came to eat to my restaurant,
01:34 so they invited me to their show
01:35 after to go to the next day.
01:36 It actually was really good.
01:38 It was really good fun.
01:40 Really, really good fun.
01:41 That's it.
01:43 - So the first concert I went to see
01:46 was GLS from my sister.
01:48 It wasn't the best concert, but it was a good concert.
01:51 I feel like there's a lot of people,
01:54 and it was a good scenery.
01:55 I didn't like the music, but other than that,
01:58 it was quite good.
01:59 It was Birmingham for you, very lively, active,
02:03 and that's it, really.
02:05 But yeah, the music scene in Birmingham,
02:07 different, different, but completely different.
02:10 So when I say different, it's just a lot of drill music.
02:13 You've got a lot of different even regular artists
02:15 that have made it from Birmingham,
02:17 like Travel the World.
02:18 And it's quite a nice place, to be honest with you.
02:23 You get on the wrong side of people,
02:24 that's how they play for you, innit?
02:26 But yeah, that's it, that's it.
02:28 - I've only lived in Birmingham for six years,
02:32 and I'm ashamed to say so.
02:34 I haven't seen any gigs at all at the moment,
02:37 but I did go to the festival we had this year,
02:40 every single day,
02:42 and I went to the incredible jazz festival every single day.
02:46 And I cannot mention my channel, can I?
02:48 But I filmed the jazz festival
02:50 on my YouTube channel every night,
02:52 and every day, and I filmed the 2023 festival.
02:57 And both of them were wonderful and unmissable.
03:00 So you must watch my channel.
03:02 [laughing]
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