Pink Floyd play Wish You Were Here at Live 8 in London last summer, dedicated to founding member of the band Syd Barrett.

The Lemonheads, originally uploaded by rridey.

Evan Dando & Co at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London tonight. Another great gig in what’s been a year of great gigs.

David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Roger Waters and Rick Wright on stage together for the first time in 24 years at Live 8 in London last night. Seeing Pink Floyd play (Breath, Money, Wish You Were Here and Comfortably Numb) was the highlight of an amazing day. Sadly, this was the only decent shot I got […]

REM performing at Live 8 in Hyde Park yesterday. I took a lot of photos (slideshow in the works) but this one is probably one of the best.

Pink Floyd at Live 8, originally uploaded by rridey.
I saw the Floyd live, and they were beyond amazing as was the entire day. More and better photos tomorrow.

Pat Metheny and his group performing earlier tonight at the Hammersmith Apollo. What an amazing group of musicians. At some point during the performance, each had played at least four instruments, and even the drummer strapped on a bass guitar - while he was still playing the drums! They played the new album, The […]

Ben Folds, originally uploaded by rridey.
That’s Ben Folds down there somewhere at the piano. Alice and I saw him tonight at the Hammersmith Apollo. He’s a genius … what more can I say? Other than go see him, and buy his latest CD, Songs For Silverman.

The Tubes Live In LondonOriginally uploaded by rridey.

Quay Lewd and Company on stage Monday night at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire, taken with the camera phone.

It’s Michael Stipe on stage at the Hammersmith Apollo last night. After listening to their music for going on 20 years, I finally got to see R.E.M. play live. I was lucky enough to get a ticket for the Make Trade Fair charity concert. It was the first time they’ve played the Apollo (formerly the […]

So I’m sitting at the bar in the Agricultural, a pub in Islington, last night, nursing a pint and waiting for my friend Bill to turn up. Several American guys come in. Two of them look familiar, kind of. They’re sitting either side of me at the bar, but I don’t speak to them. I’ve […]