Aw, God bless you Manc Xfmmers for being with us tonight at the Academy… it’s been a brilliant double-header of shows and - Lord ‘elp us - it ain’t over yet, we have the Xmas party with Keane next week. See the site for “deets” on how YOU could be there. We’d send you the link, but bed is calling… Snoooooooooooooooooooooze…
Well, SFG (as we like to call them) came on to a barrage of confetti-filled balloons and the James Bond theme. There’s nothing like a grand entrance, no? Tonight’s set has been a sing-a-long fest and the ideal climax to our Yuletide festivities. All the hits, it’s been amazing. God bless us, every one! And see you next year!
In the meanwhilst, check back here for more pix, chat and backstage shenanigans as your Xfm crew get it together and get all the stuff from tonight into the webby wonderfulness that is Xfm.co.uk. Ho yeah!
There’s a bit of shirt-throwing down the front. God, don’t people know it’s Winter? You’ve got to get home!
But The View are cutting it up onstage at The Academy. Lovely stuff, as Shakin’ Stevens once said.
You’ve just heard The Music live, now see the interview when we caught up with them earlier in the day…
The Xfm team - Steve harris and the boss. Boom!
And don’t forget, if you were at the Academy tonight and you were accosted by a flame-haired vision in lame trousers, that was Xfm’s very own Jo Good and you could be on this very website in the next couple of days. But we need a coupla hours sleep, that OK? Leave it with us. Hic.
It’ll all be at www.xfm.co.uk/winterwonderland. Ho yeah.
Stick with this site, Xfmmers, because we’ve just managed to film Jo Good taking us all the way from the Academy entrance, up the stairs, through the VIP bar, past the Xfm OB room (where Steve Harris was catching a quick five minute breather), past the dressing rooms and right behind the stage where The Music were pumping out “Strength In Numbers”. And Goody LOVES that tune. The sacrifices we make, eh?
Anyway, we’ve got the viddy, we’re going to put it up online - but hey, we’ve got a gig going on and we need to go watch it.
If you’re listening to The Music while reading this, do yourself a favour and turn it up. The Music are fuggin’ SMASHING IT.
Apart from causing utter mayhem backstage, The View will be delivering a world exclusive tonight. Johnny from soon-to-be-Manc-legends Twisted Wheel will open The View’s set along with Kyle, with a ukele duet of The Wheel’s ‘Lucy The Castle’. Stay tuned to hear it…
A sneaky peak at The View’s set-list…
