Tiesto @ O2

Having just finished off his Elements of Life tour, Tiesto decides to go straight into another, this time promoting his In Search of Sunrise 7 album. Calling this tour a "more intimate" one he rather cheekily kicked it off at the O2 in London. One of the newest and largest music venues residing within the former Millennium Dome. It holds upwards of 10,000 people, not that intimate at all.









Initial support was provided by First State, who as well as releasing "Falling" (one of the bigger trance anthems in recent years) also looked like a couple of school kids who'd won a competition. But they did an OK job in getting the crowd ready. Then Tiesto came out and the place went off.































































The obligatory confetti cannons during Adagio.


What's my name?





Same ending footage as on his last tour, which I'd forgive him for, but no lasers this time around. This time he finished with Billie Ray's (not Cyrus) "Put Your Loving Arms Around Me". Closing the night was Airbase, best known for his "Medusa" track.















Proof that I'd made it to the end of the night. I'd danced almost none-stop from 10-6. :D

Where am I?

Well, I know its quiet here but I am pretty busy elsewhere.
Expect to see a new blog site soon detailing my recent trip to Mexico and the US, which is where my effort is being spent.

In the meantime here's some religious types dancing to Drum & Bass

South bank juggler

As part of a series of free events on the South Bank I went along to see D'Irque. A juggler, balancer, clown type act with a rather silly female accomplice.

They were actually rather good and interacted with the crowd very well indeed.

More from his website here

Mexican Wrestling comes to London

This was something I'd not been able to see whilst on holiday in Mexico so I was quite surprised to see it being advertised when I got back. Some of the most popular luchadors were over for 4 nights of wrestling Mexican style in the Roundhouse theatre in Camden.

Too good an opportunity to resist I went along.


Quite a good turnout considering the event.



The first match featured the midgets. The good (technico) midget was much shorter than the baddie (rudo) wrestler so it made this a bit of a mismatch. There's something a bit strange in seeing a midget getting kicked to the floor.








The rest of the night consisted of more conventional sized athletes.


That was up until the match where a transexual featured. I don't think the WWE have gone there in a long long time.

Ouch!

Flying senton, just a shame my camera was a lowly pocket one.


That looks like it might hurt.







and the night finished with a big pose down, whilst those brave members of the audience fought with security to try to get into the ring.

A different evening, which the audience took a while to get into but the luchadores did win us all over.

Holloway Road Grafitti

Took a walk along Holloway Road today after hearing there were a few Banksy rats still about. It also gave me an opportunity to find the hitch-hiker; one of the few untouched large pieces still remaining.

A rather bizarre piece not far from Archway station.


The hitch-hiker wasn't too hard to find in the end. I just had to walk around the main roundabout and it happened to be on the final junction to check.

A strange piece somewhere down Holloway Road.

A simple little piece.

I prefer the logo to the graff.

I only managed to find one rat along the whole length of Holloway Road but admittedly I wasn't being over thorough in my searching as it was raining. Still its 2 more Banksy pieces to add to the archive.

Comedy at the British Museum

As part of the pre-Edinburgh rehearsals, a small collective of comedians put on a free show in the British Museum. A strange location but it kind of worked, even if the acoustics were a little poor.




The most popular comedian there was Richard Herring who was trialling his new material. A routine about how with his small hands he could provide a service to society by masturbating off paedophiles.

He did get favourable reviews following his Edinburgh stint, whether he used that material or not I don't know.

Cans Festival Official Wrap-Up film

Who's the chap near the end taking photos? (The 2:08 mark) Hmmmm, he looks a bit familiar.