Like I've never been gone. Short story by Charles Roberts
This story is sadly, based on truth. For his fourteenth birthday present, in nineteen sixty four, Jimmy’s oldest brother, Alan, had taken him to a concert; at the Regal cinema in Leeds, to see his hero Billy Fury performing live. Jimmy knew all his songs off by heart, he had been bought all the records by his mum and dad and had nearly worn them out playing them on the record player Alan had got from someone at his work for him. They were sitting in the auditorium waiting for the curtains to open, the ‘warm up’ bands had all been on, now it was time for the great man to walk on stage, and Jimmy could hardly contain himself. Some girls near the front started calling for Billy to come out, but there was no movement on the stage, Jimmy joined in the calling for his idle to start his performance. The band walked out and picked up their instruments and tuned them, then they played an instrumental number. People were jumping up and down in their seats in anticipation of the g