The upside of having to postpone my holiday until July is that I can now go to see Magnum in Manchester Academy 2 this Wednesday. It’s a long time since I’ve seen this lot live; I think the last time I saw them Fish was still in Marillion.
Older bands can be a bit hit and miss; over the past couple of years, my experiences have ranged from rather mediocre (Queensrÿche), the appallingly bad (Barclay James Harvest featuring Les Holroyd) to the amazingly good (Van der Graaf Generator and Styx). Reviews like this one from Newcastle suggest that they’ll be in the latter category. Should be a good one!
