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Whoa Lissa - you go girl! Sorry you had to deal with such an a**hole Nancy, but I hope the show was good anyway!
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Even better, Nancy's bad experience that night has persuaded her to look for Cardiff tickets tonight, so we'll drive up together! Son Phil will have to sit in the back with his iPod, as you can probably guess what we'll be talking about!
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I'm at Kate's about to make breakfast, but I'll try to jot down some more pleasant Glasgow thoughts (and thanks for your encouragement everyone! I wish I was more like Lissa and hadn't been so scared of the guy. :(
The first thing I noticed was a police warning being broadcasted in the beginning on the screens - 'For security reasons, please take it easy when entering the stadium.' Not sure if it was a deliberate reference but I suspected it was and I thought it was clever.
They got started a bit late - 7:20 - I think because so many people were taking it a bit TOO easy getting to their seats and the venue didn't fill up for a bit, despite the fact it was sold out, because so many were meandering to their seats. Sitting in the nosebleeds, I was like, if I had a good seat, I'd be in it!
Clothes (athough you have probably seen photos): Glenn wore black on black - the coat was the flaming sleeves one. Gorgeous as always. Don and Joe wore variations of gray coats, Joe with a red shirt underneath. Don was in jeans as well. He has lost weight since the beginning of the tour, in my opinion. Tim was also all in black and with his long hair blowing in the wind, looked the best I've ever seen him live. The horn section was all in black again.
Some things that stood out to me:
PART ONE
- Joe turned towards Don and looked and him affectionately during NKIT at the phrase 'You look here in the eye, the music begins to play.'
-At the end harmonies of NKIT, Glenn did something I love, and that is 'conducting' with his finger the other band members as they all watched him.
- I was watching Glenn during ICTYW and he looked just as into the lyrics as Tim. I love that.
-The audience was pretty dead, but perked up a bit for Lyin' Eyes and Boys of Summer before calming down again, lol. I saw Joe and Stueart playing around a bit in the background (yes I do look at others besides Glenn.)
-Glenn had a lot of cool guitars; I can't really describe them except some were more colorful and had odd shapes. Of course Old Black (or a descendant - is the original still around?) came out.
-When Joe sang 'far away from the neon sky' Joe lifted his hand up with the notes and I like it when they do that.
-Before the Long Run, Don said something that shocked me but I got a laugh out of it for sure! They were selling pink cowboy hats outside the venue and calling them 'concert hates.' Both men and women were buying them in droves All across the audience you could see the pink cowboy hats. Don paused a moment, scanned the crowd, and said, 'Interesting pink gay cowboy hats - but don't wear those in Texas!'
-I think it's been mentioned in Eagleland that THRONGS of people left during The Long Run as soon as Don introduced it with, 'We're doing one more song, then you can get another beer.' Well, they apparently couldn't wait.
PART 2
- Joe and Tim also had something to say to the crowd. Joe: 'I don't know what to say, but there sure are a whole lot of you.' Tim: 'Well this certainly is the most INTERESTING crowd we've had.' This as large groups of people kept wandering in and out - throughout - especially during the solo songs. We're talking a third of the floor pretty much constantly in motion except for the encore.
-Before NMCD, Glenn said 'We've been on the road for several weeks and we're all missing our wives and children, so this song is dedicated to them.' Aw!
-Don mentioned that he has Scottish relatives - asked if there were any MacKintos (or something like that, the sound was good for songs but for chatter it was terrible, could hardly hear them if their mouths weren't right on the mic) in the audience because that was his ancestor's clan. He said he tried to get a kilt but all he could get was a tartan cloth because that's all they made with his clan's colors. I guess it was a small clan.
-Don dedicated HITW to his mother, who he said had passed away three years ago.
-Glenn added an extra 'Take it to the limit one more time' at the end of the song. I love adlibs.
-During the band intros, Glenn drank Gatorade and spelled Stueart's name for everyone.
-FINALLY, for Heartache Tonight, people STARTED to get animated.
-Tim was making faces for people in the crowd (I guess with cameras?) all during Life in the Fast Lane.
-Once again, ASWTDID and RMW were left out.
That's all I can remember! Sound was decent, they played well as always, but the bad crowd vibe, apparently one of the worst they'd seen at least on this tour, kind of took some of the spirit out of them. (IMHO).
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Oh man. Well you won't have to worry about it in July...anybody messes with you they mess with me. And I'm a bitch when i need to be.
