Jamie and Bekki (and Kim and Jackie) went to see S Club United (S Club and S Club Juniors) last night at the M.E.N. Arena. It was Jamie’s (and I think Bekki’s) first concert. They thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Jamie was in a daze when she got back late last night. I’m hoping she will write about the gig on her blog. In the meantime I’ve put some photo’s from the gig up in the gallery. Thanks to Kim for the photos.

I’m pleased to see Linkin Park – Meteora has reached number 1 on the official UK album charts. Of course I expected nothing less. 🙂

Thanks to Steve for the heads up.

Wow, Linkin Park must be really popular at the moment. In the last 24 hours or so, I’ve had more than 70 visits from people searching for Linkin Park. Almost all of those searching for phrases like “linkin park meteora tracks” (the most popular), presumably looking for MP3s of the album! Rather too many were searching for “linking park” 🙂
But hopefully no one has been searching for “lincoln park” 🙂 If they had I guess they won’t find too many pages!
As to the Linkin Park – Meteora album itself, it just gets better! I’ve probably listened to it more than 40 times already! I just can’t stop. It’s already a candidate for my album of the year. It really was worth the wait.
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Aaagh! I’m getting withdrawal symptoms already. I’m in an all day meeting today, so I can’t listen to the new Linkin Park – Meteora album. It’s all I’ve listened to for the last two days. I can see this turning into another obsession somewhat like I had with Reanimation.
Truly a fantastic album! Must listen some more…

I got the new Linkin Park – Meteora album today. I can confidently say it is great! I’ve managed to listen through six times so far, and there are some really strong tracks on there.
My initial impression was that a couple of the tracks seemed to start weakly, but I think it is because I am so used to the slick cuts between tracks on Reanimation. I’ll post more when I’ve listened some more.
I’ll also make some comment on the extras CD I got with the limited edition version.
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Despite the guy in the shop claiming “I’ve heard its not very good, it’s had bad reviews!”, after I’d paid my money. I love this album already.

Yay! I picked up our Cats tickets yesterday! Cats is on tour this year after closing in London last year. It started at the Palace Theatre, Manchester yesterday. We, Jan Jamie and I, are going to see the show on Saturday. We are all very excited. We went to see it at The New London Theatre over three years ago, and Jan had seen it a few years before that.
We are all big fans of the musical and can’t wait to see it.

The revamped Michael Jackson News site has just re-launched.

We’re back! As always, MJNEWS will provide you with the very latest, RELIABLE, Michael Jackson news.

It is now using B2 and my B2 Link Manager.

I’m listening to Let Go by Avril Lavigne at the moment. I really like it. I didn’t expect that I would, but I’d gotten used to the two recent singles; ‘Complicated’ and ‘Sk8er Boi’ and thought I would give it a listen. It’s not what I expected. There is quite a bit more depth to the album than is indicated by the singles. There are a couple of strong rock-pop tracks, and a couple of ballads on there. She also has a good voice. I don’t know whether she could carry off the slower tracks, which stretch her vocals a little, live, but the album is pretty good.
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