2 June 1953, millions of people watch from the comfort of their own homes as Queen Elizabeth II attends her coronation. The event is televised with cameras showing the mass crowd gathered lining the route witnessing royal history right before their eyes.
Five minutes before showtime the FIBES Conference and Exhibition centre is divided, the cool kids are ecstatic, working themselves into a frenzy whilst the old folks have no idea what all the fuss is about.
Picture the scene, you are visiting the beautiful city of Seville in a few months’ time and want to reserve a table for a quiet dinner so you can treat your loved one to an evening they won’t forget.
Confession time! The ABLE2UK crew are rubbish at celebrity spotting…
It’s virtually impossible now for Muse to go anywhere nowadays without being recognised.
It would be wrong to use speech marks as the conversation we had with Andy Crane took place thirty years ago so it’s impossible to remember word by word, but it went something along the lines of…
Let’s not beat around the bush here…The last few weeks have been pretty stressful for Paul Hewson. The singer had to buy his best buddy Larry a birthday present at the end of last month – without Larry, Hewson wouldn’t be in a band. Then there was the fact he had to keep a huge secret until this morning, when it was finally announced the group are to record a special TV show for the BBC and on top of all that the frontman would be performing in one of London’s prestigious landmarks celebrating the honour receiving MTV EMAs Global Icon Award.
Caleb looks us in the eye contemplating how to answer the question we have just posed to him. His beer swishes around the plastic pint glass firmly lodged in the American’s hand. It’s a bitterly cold December evening, the streets of London are covered in frost where oases of freezing cold water reflect Christmas lights from the Brixton residents. We knew the answer before we even posed it, the Followill brother is certain as well, but it still takes a few seconds or so for the rims of the plastic container to be splashed with an alcohol substance until the reply leaves Caleb’s bearded mouth.
In 2000 a few thousand music fans were crammed into venues up and down the country to watch a handful of new bands play the NME Awards tour.
