Soph and I went to NYC last weekend, where we met my brother and sister, my uncle and his wife for a concert at Madison Square Gardens. The Killers were headlining, and I can take 'em or leave 'em, but I admit they have good taste in opening acts, 'cause they brought my cousin Eric's band, the Silver Beats, all the way in from Tokyo to perform.
My uncle married a Japanese woman in the '70s and had two kids with her before they divorced, one of whom is now the top John Lennon impersonator in Japan! Apparently the Killers heard his Beatles tribute band play in Japan and invited them to open on some of their tour dates. The band's pretty damn good, actually, though I bet they'd be more fun to see in their native Cavern Club back home than dwarfed by a giant stadium. But Eric pointed out on stage that Madison Square was the last place the real John played before his death, which is sort of heavy. Anyway, good times, despite an infuriating two hours dealing with music industry egos and nonsense, waiting around after the performance to see if we'd get to talk to Eric a bit.
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