I watched the Albert Hall gig on the BBC last night and, to be honest, I can only describe it as mawkish. Don't get me wrong, I think commemorating the dead and reminding oursleves not to do it again is a good thing. I would even go for the pomp and ceremony. But the over-egged display of emotion did nothing for me but put me off visiting the experience again next year. Not even a Jim Radford
moment to cut the saccharine :-(

I also felt the appropriation of the event by the church particularly disturbing. There were many that died who believed in a different god or none at all. Are they not to be commemorated in the same way? Why make it all about Christianity? I guess it was supposed to be uplifting but I found it quite the opposite. Maybe just me...