...sitting at the front of the Royal Albert Hall last night, when who should wander on stage but that nice Rick Wakeman chap. A few virtuoso twirls and we were off with Journey To The Centre Of The Earth; I was back in my 5th year at school. I borrowed the album from someone and remember listening to it on (big, big) headphones-I was very impressed because this sounded like art and sophistication and I had precious little of either. So to watch Rick, in his gold cape, with orchestra and choir was great fun. Quite how he'll make any money from it I don't know but there were many smiles from venerable music fans last night. There were no tubes to take any of us home but we swirled and trilled our way homewards, pretending we were Arnie Saccnuson. Or maybe it was just me.
Today it's best selling writer David Baldacci with his new thriller The Target which takes his government assassin character Will Robie into North Korea. Research will have been fun on that one.
And oldies today please for THE ENGAGEMENT OF GEORGE CLOONEY. Yes it's true and the world's most eligible actor has met his match in UK lawyer Amal Alamuddin. Your songs please...
And 5pm if that's ok.
