Twenty, no make that Thirty something

From Jamie Cullum 2011

Jamie Cullum may no longer be a twenty something, and returning to gigging following the birth of his first child - which he quickly pointed out was mainly not his own hard work - he confessed his enthusiastic jumping around the wasn’t quite as easy to combine with singing now, but he still left the other contributors to the 2011 Q Awards at the HMV Forum with a hard act to follow. I’d been surprised to find myself queuing round the block, even only minutes after the doors officially opened – that is usually something that only happens for act with much younger appeal. The audience was a great mix of young and older music lovers – all there to enjoy Jamie’s mix of Jazz, power pop and soul. He didn’t disappoint – one of many highlights of the evening was an impressive piece of audience participation, with three parts for the audience – which was then repeated to induce yet another encore from Jamie at the end of the evening…