{"id":85254,"date":"2018-04-14T13:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-14T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-typically-go-to-40-or-50-gigs-a-year-all-over-the-uk-i-started-when-i-was-16-now-im-47-maybe-ive-never-grown-up\/"},"modified":"2018-04-14T14:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-14T07:04:03","slug":"i-typically-go-to-40-or-50-gigs-a-year-all-over-the-uk-i-started-when-i-was-16-now-im-47-maybe-ive-never-grown-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-typically-go-to-40-or-50-gigs-a-year-all-over-the-uk-i-started-when-i-was-16-now-im-47-maybe-ive-never-grown-up\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I typically go to 40 or 50 gigs a year all over the UK. I started when I was 16, now I\u2019m 47. Maybe I\u2019ve never grown up"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nCarl Allen admits he\u2019s \u2018obsessed\u2019 with music which costs him about \u00a3500 a month, including travelI\u2019ve been obsessed with music since the age of 14. I started going to gigs at 16. Now I\u2019m 47, and maybe I\u2019m someone who hasn\u2019t grown up because I typically go to between 40 and 50 gigs a year, all over the UK. It usually costs me about \u00a3500 a month, including travel.I\u2019m a big fan of singer-songwriters, and old-school indie bands. My favourite artists are Morrissey, Adam Ant and Robert Forster, former member of the Go-Betweens. I\u2019ve seen Forster 50 times in the last 30 years. He once did three UK gigs on consecutive nights in Glasgow, Manchester and London. I went to all three. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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