Description: Focusing on live music in York, with occasional CD reviews and forays into other subjects.
This was a bit of a landmark gig for me – not only was it my first gig in 562 days, but it was my first attendance at a live music event since that fabled “freedom day” back in July.
My… “fear” is too strong a word, so let’s go with “reluctance”… to spend any significant length of time inside crowded places meant that I had already, for various reasons, dipped out of one gig that I had a ticket for and not even thought about going to at least two others (both essentially Prog, both local) that, in previous years I wouldn’t have thought twice about. However, not only are Genesis my all-time favourite band but I had had a ticket for this gig – or, at least, the original gig – for over a y
Despite my determination, I almost gave up on getting into the venue. When I arrived, queues had formed and were only getting longer. Security staff were making sure that everybody knew to have tickets and Covid vaccination passports ready for viewing. I had anticipated this, with the venue’s website indicating they may ask for the passports. What I hadn’t anticipated was that my phone didn’t seem to want me to have both ticket and passport available at the same time. To shorten a long story, after about tw