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New Year hellos!

I'll start with a round up of 2006. Easily the best show of the year was the Rolling Stones. Stupendous. Other than that, its pretty hard to choose, but as far as gigs go, I have very good memories (in no particular order) of The Subways, The Sunshine Underground, Goldfrapp, The Zutons, Goo Goo Dolls, Mistys Big Adventure and our previous outing to see Limehouse Lizzy. Worthy of further attention: Howling Bells, Indigo Moss, The Grates and Kate Goes, to name a few.

Hoping for a better Cardiff Calling this year; apart from the excellent Mistys, The Pipettes and The Chalets, it was a bit of a disappointment. The same for the last Inner City Pirates gig - I was tempted to put one of their early 2006 shows in the favourites list, but their recent shambolic state precludes that.

Don't bother list -definitely iLIKETRAiNS!

2007, then. Currently the gig list is looking a bit empty! I do have Journey to look forward too - oh yes they are playing Cardiff in March! The main reason for my ticket (no M this time), the wonderful Jeff Scott Soto is their new singer. Mmmm, indeed. Apart from that, maybe Deep Purple - I have seen them twice but this time (April, Cardiff Int Arena) their main support is Thin Lizzy. Oh yes! Speaking of whom, no news yet on the rescheduled Limehouse Lizzy date, but fingers crossed. There are a few possibilities at Barfly, such as The Hedrons and The Grates. Stay tuned....

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