“Further to my comments below, here's even more praise being heaped upon Gloucester for doing something so well, as posted on The Damned's own website...this comes from someone who travelled all the way from Edinburgh - you'll see they also make reference to people having come here from as far away as amsterdam - and look at their conclusions of Gloucester - all so positive! For this particular person, they told me they'd return to gloucester againa nd again after such a wonderful experience of the City...
Heres a summary:
¿.We both spent most of the 3-trains 5.5 hour journey home today gazing at my pics, which we got developed in Gloucester as I couldn't wait to see them. What a totally fantastic night, one of the very best Damned gigs I've seen to date

¿Amazing venue, excellent sound, crystal clear, band at the top of their game and enjoying every minute

¿I also loved when the power failed and the crowd carried on with the rest of the song.

¿loved the banter between the band on stage.

¿What great company and a great night. So glad we went.

¿After having to take 2 days unpaid leave he said it was worth every single penny and that he wouldn't have missed it for the world.

...met lovely people - some who had travelled from Amsterdam to see them too.

¿Also loved Gloucester, our first time there. Spent the morning exploring the docks and the Cathedral. Both beautiful.

¿I will remember this night as one of the very best of my life so far.

Blimey! Thats good stuff!”

“Bring back the ice rink IMO. At least with that it made the sq. have a sense of Christmas . . . Gloucester fail to get it right EVERY year. Perhaps the idiots organising Gloucester for Christmas should go to places like Birmingham, London for some ideas . . . .”

“Is the Spiegeltent is yet another tourist distraction designed to encourage more people to visit the Quays.
I ventured full of expection to Kings Square with my wife on Saturday with the intention of having coffee and meal in the Spiegeltent . How dismally miserable it was inside, not a bit of Christmas atmosphere and although the city centre was very busy there were only a few underwhelmed people inside. Like many others we
had a quick look inside then got out as quickly as possible.
As for The Golden Egg ... not even good in parts.
Gloucester must do better than this.”

“Wow how good was the spiegel tent the inside was fab and the Damned after 33 years get better year after year.
I think being closer to them was better than the guildhall lets hope this will be a regular event.”

“I went & had a fab time. The band took time with fans. It was a fun event, no trouble.”