i have to admit, i really enjoyed the police concert last night in twickenham. even though richard and i scanned the crowd of 55,000 for 30 minutes prior to the start of the show looking unsuccessfully for people younger than us who were not with their parents, it was a great vibe. sting's voice still sounds amazing, and they had a lot of energy on the stage.
maximo park opened for them, and they're not bad either. we particularly like going missing, a track on the stranger than fiction soundtrack, which we bought recently. maximo park were clearly unused to being an opening band, particularly for a crowd who for the most part really weren't into them (the 40-something guy next to us was reading the sports pages through their gig), but handled it well. it must be amazing to play for a crowd of that size and say you opened for the police even if the audience was a bit disinterested.
[written for 9 september, one day late, as i was too tired when we got home]
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