I think it's kind of endearing...all those daft people around the country queuing up for this
bless them
While I won't be going to see him, I think it's at least decent to see lots of people getting excited about someone simply because they love the music. It's not because he's trendy and it's not because he's marketed to shit on X-Factor or whatever (though the advertising for this particular gig is more than I've seen for any other gig recently), this is what more big gigs should be like.