Alistair Griffin Underneath an Albion Sky

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On Friday March 25th Alistair Guest starred on the very popular Radio 4 show The Now Show starring Stve Punt, Hugh Dennis and Rory Bremner. He sang a very funny Comic ditty about the pending Royal Wedding between Prince Wills and Kate Middleton.
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Alistair posted on his Facebook that he was going to be doing a couple of small gigs in London and Manchester. To win exclusive tickets to this gig, you had to email the management with ideas for Merchandising on upcoming tours.
I managed to get the day off work in advance and sent in my entry.
Guess What? I WON!! YAY!!

I booked first class train tickets to London because they turn out to be cheaper that standard class if you buy singles rather than a return.

The show was taking place at 229 Great Portland street, The Venue. The invitation said 6.45pm start be there for 6.15pm. I had met some fellow fans in Starbucks and we were outside the Venue for dead on 6pm. I was surprised that there was no one else around I thought there would be a big crowd of fans old and new attending.



Alongside the Venue was parked the Mustang from the Just Drive video so we took the chance to photograph it while we waited. Then one of Al's people came out and moved it, parking it up on the pavement. I got a bit excited, not really sure why.



When we were finally told we could go in, my heart was beating fast and my stomach was beating off huge butterflies. I was first down the stairs. I was greeted by 2 girls I knew from Griffin gigs I had been to before and had my hand stamped before going into the club room.

It was quite a small room. The stage was at the front as you go through the door. Along the left-hand wall was a small bar. Along the right-hand wall were 3 tables. In the middle of the room was a large sofa.
At the back of the room there was a table set up with a scalextric course to mimic the Abu Dhabi track. Also on the left wall was a table of jars of Lemon Curd.





Along with the people I had met up with, I sat down at the table furthest the back. Alistair's mum was already sat at the table in the middle.
As we waited for Alistair to appear, It became obvious that this little shindig was a showcase for Media luvvies. In attendance were record company people as well as journos, TV and Radio execs. I did start to feel very privileged especially when I realised I was one of only 10 fans that would be there.

Alistair appeared on stage at a little after 7pm. He was introduced on stage by his old mate (F1 presenter) Jake Humphrey



Alistair only sang 4 songs.

These were
Blinding lights
Save this day
Chemistry
Just Drive



Of course there was a bit of Banter in between and the old Griffin joker came out too but it was over so quickly. There were lots of cheers and shouts for more so Alistair returned with an encore of Blown away and the audience certainly were!

Alistair did say that we should take away a jar of his infamous Lemon Curd so I did indeed.


There seemed to be a lot of happy faces in the room once it was over. A good buzz and I had noticed a lot of foot tapping and head nodding while Al was singing so I am keeping my fingers and everything else crossed that this brings big things now in Alistair's future...