Steve Earle in Manchester

He was here two nights ago, at the Bridgewater Hall. And since he's one of my favourite songwriters, I went. It was a good evening without being one of the most memorable gigs I've been to. He sang some old favourites - like 'Goodbye' and 'My Old Friend The Blues' - and this newer song, 'City Of Immigrants':

City of black, city of white, city of light, city of innocents
City of sweat, city of tears, city of prayers, city of immigrants

You can listen to it here. That was the top of the evening for me. One or two other things I was less impressed with, but I'll pass over them. Some further Steve Earle tour dates.