Bangor Bound
- 1 Sep 07, 03:01 PM
In a few minutes I΅―ll be jumping on a train to Bangor, destination Ward Park and the Snow Patrol gig. I΅―m not sure what to expect or how the town will deal with the influx of 30 000 people, but my guess it that it will be royally mad.
A couple of American girls have just rang from outside the site, asking if I have any tickets for sale. Sorry, all gone. It wasn΅―t so long ago that Yoshi, a Japanese tourist arrived in Belfast wanting to know where Gary Lightbody had recently been. Then a German publishing house sends a message, to see if the music centre might be included in a guide to the world΅―s rock and roll landmarks. Unbelievably, we΅―re all on the cultural map.
Meantime, Hill Street has been a scene of sustained fervour as took up his residency at the Black Box. Many of those same music fans will have witnessed and his clatter of August events at The Empire Music Hall. In the bars, people are whispering of a film project, Belfast΅―s answer to ΅®24 Hour Party People΅―. Where will this feverish stuff end?
Tim Wheeler from Ash and Gary Lightbody were in town yesterday, urging the politicians to support our music industry. They were given a decent hearing, and the story made the cover of the Irish News. Nothing seems too ambitious at the moment.
And so a day trip to Bangor has become a stellar adventure.
Stu Bailie presents The Late show on Radio Ulster, every Friday from 10pm until midnight. See his playlist here.
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