Skunk Anansie and American Idiot

With all the stress of the weeks preceding Christmas I didn't mention the 2 other shows we went to. The Friday before the hospice we saw Skunk Anansie at Brixton Academy which was excellent. The singer, Skin, still has one of the best rock voices and remained note perfect even during her various crowd surfing sessions. She sang one song standing on the mixing desk having first walked across the crowd's shoulders to the back of the venue. Another song was sung from the middle of the crowd after getting around a thousand fans to sit on the floor!







We hired a driver again which allowed us to be dropped outside and picked up quickly after. The 45 degree ramp into the venue is always daunting but the staff are brilliant and helped us from the car to our seats and back again afterwards.

Then on the Sunday during my hospice stay, we took the boys and my mum to the musical American Idiot (based on the Green Day album). Although Billie Joe Armstrong wasn't performing in any of the UK shows, it was still excellent and confirms what a good album it is.