My son went last night to this years show. Midnight was 10pm !! However, he thought 75 year old William Bell was superb singing with Josh Stone. Ed Sheeran and Boz Scaggs also there along with Ronnie Spector and others. It will never be the same watching it on New Years Eve again though.
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Performer Ronnie Spector
Performer Ed Sheeran
Performer Boz Scaggs
Performer Paolo Nutini
Performer Ellie Goulding
Performer William Bell
Performer Paloma Faith
Performer Wilko Johnson
Performer Clean Bandit
Performer Jess Glynne
Performer Joss Stone
Performer Ruby Turner
Performer Hayseed Dixie
Performer The Pipes and Drums, 1st Battalion Scots Guards
25 cross dressers squeezing the life out their bags whilst fumbling with their pipes in yet another attempt to murder an old favorite...
I'm oot!
They dig them back up.
There's a surprise.
This year we'll be having our New Year celebration at a restaurant we frequent. Late meal..... jazz band.... good atmosphere amongst people we know and because it's a lock-in event it won't be spoiled by nutters who can't hold their beer, get shredded by ten o clock and vomit on your shoes during Auld Lang Syne. Obviously there will be no TV there, so no Hootenanny this year for us. Oh well.
But I think it should be a live programme. Andy (Donald Where's Yer Troosers) Stewart fronted the BBC's New Year celebration programme for many years until the late 1960's and to the best of my knowledge (somebody correct me if I'm wrong), that was always live.
Begs the question: Why ISN'T Hootenanny live..?