My dad and I left home at about 10:30am, and headed for the train station, getting the 11:03 train to London, changing at Watford Juncion. We should have arrived at Clapham Junction just before 1pm.... due to problems on the line just past Bletchley, we were over half an hour late for our connection, so had to wait for the next train which got us to Clapham just before 2pm, with the concert minutes away from starting. And to add to the problems we had been travelling backwards from Watford to Clapham, which set of my travel sickness, and I was on the verge of blacking out when we got to Clapham, arrived just in time!

We dashed across the road the The Grand and found our seats, then went in search of the toilets, returning to our seats just in time for the concert to start.

The Freeloaders were on first, and I happily sang along to the tunes they played, which started with 'Fade Away'. People were still arriving and the audience wasn't quite ready for the concert to begin, but the guys did a good job. They might have got a better response if they'd played their rockier tunes. They had to dash off straight after their set, as they had another gig that night back in Sheffield. A few fuzzy pics are below, I wasn't the only one who ended up with fuzz, even the official photographer had some problems.

Barry McKeever was on next, and he sang well, but his songs didn't grab me. His image has definately improved since Fame Academy, and the longer hair is much better. He was confident on the stage and was well received. Next up was young Katie Lewis, and she also sang well, but again I found her original tracks unmemorable, though pleasent. Her cover of Leanne Rimes 'How Do I Live' went down well with my dad. Then Chris Manning graced the stage, and got the venue jumping, starting with a rendition of The Darkness 'A Thing Called Love'. I was having another turn by then so unfortunetly had to take a break. Whilst at the bar upstairs I spotted Nick Hall and went over to say hello, he's a very nice guy.

I didn't really hear much of the other acts in the first half.

During the break, now feeling a little better, I decided to go for a wander and see if I could find Lady M. I was sure the lady in the long red dress must be her, and I was right, unfortunately she was trying to track down Barry for some of his fans so we didn't get to chat. I did get to have a chat with Alfie and Muttimoo from the FASC though, which was nice.

I returned to my seat for the second half, which kicked off with Nick Hall. I enjoyed his set, and he was very well recieved by the fans. Pippa Fultons group, Lady3, was next, and they strutted their stuff on the stage. I was feeling a bit off again, so don't really remember much. I decided it was time to call it a day as I couldn't settle so that was the last act that I saw.

I spotted Lady M before leaving so said a quick goodbye, and headed off to the train station.

We just missed the 5pm train, so had to wait for about three quarters of an hour for the next one, but fortunately after that the trip home went smoothly, and I managed to sit going forward so no travel sickness. We got home at about 8pm.

I got a little text message from Nigel later that night saying sorry that we hadn't had the chance to talk and advising that they got back to Sheffield for their other gig at 8:20pm. A mad day for the guys...