
To wait amidst thousands of others for the arrival of tonight’s headliners is to enjoy sharing in a type of anticipation that just doesn’t happen at any other kind of gig, because there really aren’t any other gigs like this. The only thing I can compare it to is when I saw David Beckham play for Manchester United many moons ago. Such a huge celebrity that his off field exploits were being reported in the national press far more widely than his match day efforts, to see the actual David Beckham stood there, kicking a ball, kicking other people and [...]