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Trousers that are too tight
Metaltalk reviews Glenn Hughes’ gig in Bristol on October 14, 2025:
Gushing in his love for everyone, you sense that Hughes is as genuine as they come. And it is this warmth that makes this show special. He is still making great music and looks fit enough to go for several more rounds.
Two-hour sets at his age are hugely impressive, and suddenly realising, as the band welcome Sophie Lloyd onto the stage to roar through the finale Burn, that that time has passed is a marker of how absorbed I and most of the audience were tonight.
It is just a shame that there were not more here to see it.
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Glenn has had two knee joint replacement surgeries (ie both legs) in the more recent years and it takes several years – if at all – to regain something approaching full mobility/flexibility with them (they will never be as adaptable as the real thing, natural knee joints are a mechanical wonder). I’ve noticed that his movements on stage have become stiffer, but the man is 74 years old. The trousers aren’t to blame, they are made of a soft fabric and stretchy, comfortable for senior citizens! 😂
So it’s actually very likely that he couldn’t just bow down or bend his knees for that glass of water without risking his balance with a bass around his neck. You really have to work hard at that and it takes a lot of time. And an attentive road crew of course sees something like that and brings him a bottle.
October 19th, 2025 at 21:57So the trousers were not to blame. A pity Baldrick couldn’t have said that.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FWopw06ubiA
October 20th, 2025 at 20:38