My Nan passed away on Saturday 24th January 2009 at 7:30am, the same day that we were to travel to Leeds to watch Mindless Self Indulgence on the Kerrang Relentless Tour. We were really in two minds whether we should still go to the gig, but after seeing her at the hospital and knowing there really was nothing more we could do, we decided to carry on with our plans; that’s what Nan would have...

Support: The Futureheads & SupergrassWe arrived at our hotel at approximately 1:40pm on Saturday; each one of us tired yet extremely excited about the event we were going to be witness to later on. There were six of us; myself and my husband, my sister and her fiancé. We were just waiting for 2 more; Claire and her husband Ian.Bags were taken to rooms and then we descended upon the hotel bar...

God, it's been a while since I posted one of these things, but I felt I must write again for sanity's sake to be honest.At the start of April my Nan suffered a major stroke and has been in hospital ever since. When she was first admitted to the Independent Assessment Unit at Walsall Manor Hospital, it was all very 'touch-and-go' and the whole family thought she was on the way out. She lost all the...

Well, that's it, I read the sixth and final issue of The Umbrella Academy: Apocolypse Suite last night and I feel elated to have read such a fantastic comic series but that elation is tinged with a hint of sadness in knowing that this was the "finale".I went off comics for quite some time until I heard of The Umbrella Academy coming out. Yes, I did jump on the bandwagon at first as I obviously...

I've just finished reading The Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite #4 and I have just got to say that I think it's the best issue yet.Poor Vanya - being used for evil through her amazing talent. I was almost in tears when I read the part when Pogo is comforting her and tells how special she is; it certainly bought a lump to my throat. Mind you, she looks amazing as "La Voile Blanche". (I'm really...

If you want a great night full of fantastic rock and roll, then you should have been at the Wildhearts gig on Monday night (17th December 2007 @ Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton)!I've loved this band ever since I was 14 - 15 and have been to watch them a couple of times years ago and even then they rocked big time. My husband knew how much I liked them, so he managed to get two tickets for us (even...

(This was written on Friday 16/11/07 - hope you like).My husband and I went to see MCR at London 02 Arena last night and I've just got to say, OOHHHHHHH MMYYYY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!I can honestly say that it's the best I've ever seen them perform, and I should know as last night was the fifth time I've seen them in a period of twelve months. I've heard a lot of people saying that they've not been...

Unfortunately though, I never got the chance to meet them after the gig. I've decided to put it on here though as I would like all my fellow mibbians to see just how much MCR mean to me. Here goes:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dear Bob, Frank, Gerard, Mikey & RayMy name's Lucy Onions. I come from...

This is an excerpt taken from a local newspaper back in October (not completely sure of the date). It is not my article, but you can see my feelings on this below"A woman who murdered her disabled daughter and then killed herself had told police they were victims of anti-social behaviour.Fiona Pilkington, 38, and her daughter Francesca Hardwick, 18, were found dead in the mother's burning car in a...

Well, their goes our dream of retaining the title of "World Champions" in this Rugby World Cup.If you watched the final of the World Cup, you will agree with me that even though we lost, England played with the utmost PRIDE and PASSION! South Africa really didn't sail through the game easily at all (which I'm sure they expected to). The Referee was a bloody joke (if you can call him a referee; it...

Is the night my husband and I went to see Maximo Park; they were tremendous!They were truly fantastic, even though Paul (lead singer) was suffering from a bad bout of food poisoning.They stormed through "Limasol", "Going Missing", "Apply Some Pressure" and other crowd pleasers namingly "Girls Who Play Guitars" and "Books from Boxes" (among others) and considering that Paul was so ill, you'd never...

I finished reading the first copy of The Umbrella Academy (Apocolypse Suite #1) on Tuesday 2nd October 07 and I must say, I thought it was amazing. I've since read the following issues up until 3 and it's just getting better and better.I've always been a bit a comic fan and used to read 2000 AD, Judge Dred, The X-Men and such like all the time, but as I've "grown up" a bit, I haven't really...

My husband and I went to see Taking Back Sunday and the Lostprophets at the Birmingham NIA on 20th April 2007. What a bloody awesome concert that was!It wasn't that packed when TBS came on which was brilliant because we had such a great view of the band letting rip on stage. Loving the Louder Now stuff. 'Liar', 'MakeDamnSure' and 'Twenty Twenty Surgery' rocked, and when they played 'Miami' (which...

Just to say how fantastic Russell Brand was at the Civic Hall on 26/03/07.He is an extremely intelligent man as well as being bloody well hilarious. I honestly laughed so much that I had to go to the toilet, pull-down-my-trousers-and-pants and have a tinkle!He's very charismatic and really captivates the audience. He had us all the palm of his hand and it was very nice indeed.Being the gentleman...