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Commonwealth By Emil Tiedemann Imagine 60,000 rapturous men, women, and children - most at variant stages of drunkenness - pounding their soaked fists into pouring skies and chanting, “Oi! Oi! Oi!.” Picture a darkened football stadium full of adrenaline-hyped rock fanatics begging for 54-year-old Angus Young to strip off his trademark schoolboy uniform to bare his AC/DC undies!  Now try to imagine lightning bolts criss-crossing the ominous skies as Brian Johnson screams, “I’m a rolling thunder, a pouring rain...my lightning flashes across the sky”! I have no need to imagine such things, because I lived it when the band played the packed Commonwealth Stadium in the summer of 2009. That was an experience anyone there that night couldn’t possibly forget, and that was just one night!  Commonwealth has hosted many major concerts over the years, including Bob Dylan , Pink Floyd , Taylor Swift , U2 , The Police , Willie Nelson , Genesis , Tim McGraw , David Bowie , Bo...

Once again, the Mayfield outdoes itself with this stellar expose of British pop and rock that has dominated the music scene for the past five decades BY EMIL TIEDEMANN W HO knew that the Brits were some damn good at making music?! Okay, most of us did, or at least anyone familiar with the songs of The Beatles , The Rolling Stones , David Bowie , or even One Direction . But how soon we forget that across the pond there were so many talented folks making unforgettable music that has proven timeless and not limited to one generation or one nation in particular. 'Top of the Pops ,' the latest extravaganza put on at the always fun Mayfield Dinner Theatre , reminded some of us of just that. From The Fab Four to 1D, 'Top of the Pops' belted its way through 50 years of great British songs, and performed by a group of ridiculously talented actors, singers, and dancers that could entertain any crowd. Hilarious skits filled in between musical numbers that included e...