Face Of Cheam

The tube strike was on this day and instead of going the sensible way (clapham and overhead to Shepherds Bush mainline and ten minute walk) I decided to get a 93 from Wimbledon (fine) and a 220 (not fine). With no 220 in sight after a twenty minute wait, I hope on the first bus going towards Hammersmith. This goes about 1/2 mile before getting stuck in heavy traffic, resulting in a long walk from Jill Dando's road to the Walkabout in Shepherds Bush where I was meeting my mate! Fortuanately, this still left plenty of time to work thourgh the Ausralian bottled beer selection before heading in.
Katy Perry has had some sucess over here, and I thought she was going to be a fairly credible adult orientated artist. However, the majority of her audience were teenage girls dressed in pink tutus. Bars were fairly empty because of this, and led to a nervous Katy trying her best not to swear. However, Katy has a great voice and demonstarted how an artist with just the one album can put on a show that lasts well over an hour (are you listening Ting Tings?). As well as her album, she included covers of Please Mr Postman and Build Me Up Buttercup in a 50s review in the middle and encored with Queen's Don't Stop Me Now, dressed up as a cat. Also a couple of new tunes, performed with just her on an acoustic guitar. Predicatbly the show ended with I Kissed A Girl, though the audience member questioned did not have a cherry chapstick only an apple one! Quirky and good fun, and worth seeing again in my view.