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Submitted by ANTKB on Sat, 30/01/2016 - 22:47

I'm looking forward to being on the pitch for a concert in June. I'm going to watch AC/DC and I have to say I can't wait as I have never seen them and this may be the last tour of the legendary group. To see 'Thunderstruck', one of my favourite tunes, live at our new stadium a few months before we take our seats and start a new era will be incredible for me. What would be your choice of group and song to see at our new stadium on a summers night?

I was brought up as the youngest with Mod/Ska/Punk/Soul influences, sister and brother, and decided that I should keep an open mind as I liked songs in most music groups/trends. There are a few AC/DC tracks that are classic rock tracks but one in particular I think is fantastic and apparently live is an amazing experience 'Thunderstruck'. I was going to use this as my ring entrance when I had a white collar boxing match 8 years ago for Tilly's fund, but the intro was too long. Among my favourite songs, such is my diversity in music, are:

Thunderstruck AC/DC, That's Entertainment The Jam, Pretty Vacant Sex Pistols, House is not a home Luther Vandross, Your the one for me D Train, Finest SoS band, Nightclub The Specials.

I know I will take a sneak peak of our seats before walking onto the pitch lol

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You'll have to give us a complete report ,not on audio. GBH to the lug holes but the arena ,are they any nearer a name for her or have i missed some thing ,i think they should leave it as Q E?11 stadium ,we'll be the only team with royal approval.
How are Ollie and Tilly mate ?,you got two little gold nuggets there mate

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Burkie 1

Oliver's fine except for Kevin The Teenager type behaviour, in small doses, but Tilly's has a mouth infection and one side of her face is swollen. Hoping it doesn't increase as it's already covering a large area. How are you doing mate?

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Just over a bout of that poxy flu ,them flu viruses seem to get worse every year ,this one lasted a bleedin month ,poor ol Tilly is she on much medication ?i was put on 3 different ,oneafter the other anti biotic plus a shed load of steroids and my mouth got infeted ,doctoor said it was oral thrush bought on by all the tabs ,really soar ,tong all swelled up and could hardly swallow .
Shes a brave little soldier ,make a right fuss of her ,some times it seems to be one thing after another ,chin up mate

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Burkie 1

and it looks like it's Tilly's main condition that is causing this inflamation. Pointless seeing local doctors as they don't know where to even start when it comes to Tilly, emailed the hospital and we will see. Hope you are okay now mate.

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Gutted at the moment as I'm not sure which way this will turn this week, not going to Villa now.

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We have been in worse positions but after a lot of deliberation it seems that it's infection that will heal slowly rather than Tilly's condition, her inflamatory markers are low so looks that way. She is okay in herself and gave me the bird earlier in response to me singing bubbles!

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Your the one for me-D Train forgot all about that one!!A classic in the clubs back in the day!!I found lovin by the fatback band used to go down a storm!!How about "down in the tube station at midnight" by The Jam"??weller was 20 at the time,incredible!!Holidays in the sun by the pistols,Jammin -Bob marley...lovers rock classic-Janet kay-silly games.And if your into your soul ballads-Back together again by roberta flack & Donna hathaway....Loved paranoid by Black sabbath too!!To finish off "baba o Riley" the who and anither one "tin soldiers" small faces...i could go on for ever!!;)

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Fatback Band, first gig I ever went to at Hammersmith and 'I Found Love' must have lasted for about 30 minutes! As I said, I have a varied music taste and I have seen: Michael Jackson (don't care what anyone says he was brilliant), Elton John, Robbie (the Mrs dragged me), George Benson (legend). Weller and even John Ottaway and Wild Willy Barrett! Holiday in the Sun is a classic I agree. One of the best concerts I ever went to was in Amsterdam. I was in the office over there every week for about 2 years and a mate offered me a ticket one day to go and see some reggae/ragga singer that I had never heard of at the Milk Weig (2 minute walk to the hotel in Leiseplein). I went and had one of the best nights, the guys name was 'Eek-A-Mouse' and although I can't remember all of it, most of it was an absolute blast.

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Imagine that place full to the brim of hammers fans and that starts blaring out? Bodies flying, beer flying etc!

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moore 6 legend's picture

Blimey the sweet ,now your going back in time dave lol,but I'm sure the sweet nicked that tune from bowie The Jean Genie

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bonzo and the bov's picture

I went to the rugby league test Eng v NZ at the OS last year and I was impressed with the stadium. I posted a report of my day out in a prev post enjoy ..

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and looks like a good time was had and positive news regarding the stadium. It will be interesting for me to see football there as I went to the Olympics and sat in the upper corner and struggled to envisage it working for football but everyone who's been since the changes is very positive.

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andycarrollstyle's picture

Rock on ANTKB... Would loved to have seen AC/DC, its a sad fact but not a lot of the old legends will be around much longer. I managed to see Motorhead for the first and last time two years ago, along with Sabbath, before Lemmy passed on... There's a lot of stale music around these days, but those bands still know how to do it!

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hammer1980's picture

The trooper Iron Maiden. See the great Steve Harris with his bass with hammers. It would have been nice to see also the immense Lemmy

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moore 6 legend's picture

I hear rumours that the opening fixture at the Olympic Stadium is a pre-season friendly against Barcelona,great news it will give messi the chance to see the best player in the world Payet ;)

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