Dave Spikey

We first saw Dave Spikey as part of an audience of less than 100 people in Cambridge. This was his first time playing in the West End (on the Phantom of the Opera stage no less!) and the show was a hoot. We took Alice's mum and dad as part of her mum's birthday present: I think she enjoyed it as much as we did.

Roehampton Summer Ball (Razorlight)

Alice works at Roehampton and managed to get discounted tickets to their summer ball through the staff association. Although we didn't stay for the whole night - and spent the majority of our time in the staff room with a jazz band and free wine - we at least ventured out to see Razorlight play. They weren't anything special, though, to be honest...

Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive

Alice's family are huge fans of Armando's stuff, and so we decided to go along to this first recording of his new series. Guests were Clive Anderson, Phil Jupitus and someone I'd never heard of. Still, it was a truly great show and well worth the no money we paid for yet another BBC audience ticket. These really are the best secrets in London.

The Jim Davidson Guide to Equality

No, not Jim Davidson, but rather Laurence Clark - a wheelchair user whose hilarious show was aimed at basically taking the piss out of Jim for being a fascist. Long overdue, and a great show.

Surrey CFA Saturday Senior Cup Final

You might call us glory supporters, but once the new season begins we'll endeavour to prove you wrong. Our local team, AFC Wimbledon won this cup final in extra time at an incredibly tense (and capacity filled) Woking Stadium. Only the best for us!

The Broken Family Band

I used to work with Mick from the Broken Family Band at HMV, but must hold my hands up and admit that the only reason I wanted ot go to this gig was to see their 3rd support act: The Morning People. Also hailing from Cambridge, the Morning People are sheer genius. This was a gig we'd booked tickets for before my dad arranged his first trip down to London, but we were lucky enough to also get him a ticket (the show sold out soon after that). I think he enjoyed it too, especially as he was chatting to the producer of the Broken Family Band's debut album for most of the evening...

The Thrills

We've never been ones to celebrate St Patrick's night (well, apart from a notorious bender in Boston) so we decided it'd be fun to see a truly Irish The Thrills to see the evening through. Yet another fantastic performance from The Thrills, hampered only by some stupid bitch at the side of me who kept shouting "I WANT YOUR BABIES!" at the frontman. I did, however, manage to "accidently" stamp on her toes a few times in the hope of her shutting up, or at least leaving. Sadly, this wasn't the girl I added to my collapsed-at-the-gig-so-Scott-carried-her-to-the-side collection.