Fan is first in line for the boy from Donegal
A 64 year-old Lincoln man braved the rain and snow for three nights just to get front row tickets to see Irish super-star Daniel O' Donnell.
Michael Foyle, 64, from St Catherines, Lincoln, camped outside De Monfort Hall in Leicester ahead of the crooner's concert on April 25.
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Michael Foyle, first in line to get tickets.
Armed with a chair, flask and sleeping bag, he made it there ahead of the throngs of fans to the very first one to buy tickets.
But it is not the first time Mr Foyle has braved rain and snow, to pick up tickets.
Talking to the Echo from the front of the queue, he said: "It's been cold but I'm 64 now, so I'm what I call war surplus," he said.
"My wife saw him on The Cilla Black Show, then she saw him at the Ritz in Lincoln.
"That was more than 20 years-ago and we have been queuing to see him ever since."
For more on Mr Foyle's O'Donnell reminiscence, see Monday's Echo.
3 Comments
by lynn, lincoln
Monday, February 08 2010, 11:03AM
“Yes but Captin, it wouldn't do for us all to have the same taste in music, or the World would be a very boring place indeed!
Very brave of Michael to endure the extremely cold weather we are experiencing at the moment. He deserves free seats for the rest of his life to see his musical hero.”
by captin nemo, lincoln
Monday, February 08 2010, 10:09AM
“silly old b......would,nt pay to see that namsy pansie but i hope he got a good seat for his trouble”
by John Shepherd, Market Rasen
Monday, February 08 2010, 9:10AM
“An old saying comes to mind, "There's more out than in"”