Results tagged “Cliff Richard” from Birmingham Mail - Is It Just Me

What is it about Cliff Richard that seems to upset a large chunk of the population?

It was interesting to see the reaction of people when it was discovered I reviewed his show at the NIA this week. It varied from sympathy to mild derision from a few quarters.

Now I am not his champion or greatest fan but anyone who can still fill the NIA after 50 years in the business has got to have something a bit special. Let's be honest if you look at his discography he has more material than Laura Ashley so could probably manage another half century just singing that lot and as anyone who has every bothered to attend will tell you, he puts on good shows.

He is pretty much an institution yet he is sneered at in the same category as the likes of Michael Bolton or Chris De Burgh and I have no idea why they get so much flak either. Any ideas?

I reviewed Cliff Richard at the NIA last night and I have the greatest respect for the man. He has always put on a good show and even at 68 after 50 years in the business is still doing it.

But this is more a message for the guy with short gingerish hair and a beard in the navy blue jumper with red piping. Just in case he is not sure then he was the chap, when my wife and myself were standing in the queue for ice cream at the interval, who came along and just walked in front of us, and of course the people behind us in the queue, then stood staring into space ignoring the abuse aimed in his general direction.

I would just like him to know that I bear him no ill will and that if he contacts me in a few years, when the time is right of course, then not only don't I bear him a grudge but I am even quite happy to let him have my slot at the crem.