Well off we went to Glasgow in a bit of a rush. I had the joy of dental root treatment half an hour before traveling. Straight to the Weeej to meet the rest of the people that were joining in the "Corporate Fun". Suitably wined and dined, campaigned and bussed we arrived at Hampden Park. (The support acts had been and gone by this time). It was quite exciting in amongst all the other folk, searching for the entrance to the stadium, the jostle for the toilets, women sprinting through the gents, climbing the stairs to see the hallowed ground. And the awful realisation that the seats we had been allocated were hopeless. Well they were worse, fecking hopeless! 90 degrees to the stage, level with one of the large panels that formed the end with no view of the centre piece video wall in any way. Completely pants. I haven't started on the quality of the sound yet either....
Abandoning our seats next to the smiling man with the Labrador and stick, we wandered off to find a standing spot. We managed this getting a three quarter view only to be moved on by security with a hearty "take your seats please". I was ready to leave, but we stuck it out.
We paid a sh*tload (thats the new Euro metric measurement, ten times bigger than a "Lot" ), of cash for this. Twice £229 for the whole package inc dinner. Hopelessly ripped off....Drop the debit! Too right with these ticket prices!
U2" were allegedly great as I would expect. I was quite upset that Andrea had spend this amount of cash on this event. Even more so as it never really kicked off for us.
Great atmosphere with awesome tunes. Video wall went down well. Especially for those who could see it, we never really got beyond the Video Wall Concept phase. The usual show from the worlds greatest supergroup. I will have to buy the DVD to see what I have missed.
Been an awesome month though:
Chamonix Mountain Biking
U2 at Hampdump
British Superbikes at Knockhill
F-1 GP Magny Cours
Tickets to Live8
Still to come, Fun Lovin Crims...
Bring it on! More later.. Rick
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I saw U2 in Paris circa 1987 or 1989 (can't remember it - will blame it on old age...)
Always remembered how impressed I had been with Bono's charisma with the crowd - it actually did scare me for a bit. But there again I am a sensitive type!!!
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