Originally Posted By mousegrl Here I go again on my own... Ok, bad joke considering my Topic on the board. I love the 80's. Have a wonderful time! Concerts are super fun.
Originally Posted By mele Be careful while headbanging. It hurts now a lot more than it did when we were 20 years younger.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling <<Here I go again on my own...>> Well thank goodness you put that lyric up there! I had had "Would You Like to Buy an O?" stuck in my head before but now it'll be this for a while. LOL. Yeah, Dave - careful in the mosh pit, dearie.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Is it 'Bring your own Fire Extinguiser' night? Sorry -- bad joke. Will, Tawny Kitaen be there to write around on a car?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hi guys, We went last night and it started out really well. I went for dinner with some old work colleagues and then we drove up to Birmingham. We got to the venue 15 minutes after doors opening. Got our wrist bands for the mosh pit and the demographics were great. All ages were there, but I think the mean average age was 45. It was funny because in addition to all the long hairs and leathers, there were a lot of obviously professional people there dressed up. I wore my Monsters of Rock 2003 T-Shirt (Dogs D'Amour, Quireboys, Thunder, Alice Cooper), a pair of combats and even reconsidered repiercing my ear, but decided against that - sad huh?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo The Mosh pit was very civilised, people saying "After you" trying to squeeze past. A sure sign we have grown up. And it was refreshing at a concert to see a queue nearly as long for the sinks as the toilets themselves. The support were an Irish band called the Answer. They were really good - a very tight band that sounded like a cross between Led Zepplin, Black Crows and Thunder - they played a couple of blues numbers, and we were very impressed.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo On to the main event. You knew you were 80's rock when the stage has wall to wall amps, a double bass drum kit, and a giant snake lit by blacklight! Add in the guys' long hair, some flaired jeans and opened shirts, mix in a drummer who looks like animal and some guitarists who may give Steve Vai a run for his money, and add in David Coverdale and you feel like you are transported back 25 years. Awesome. Or was it???!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo They opened with "Fire" and it was rock and roll all the way, but David kept dissappearing and singing intermittently back stage. It seems he contracted a stomach bug, diohorrea and vomitting all evening. They got 4 songs in and then he asked the guys to change the set and do a ballad. So he did "Is this Love" which was brilliant. He then said "Hold on a minute" and introduced the band. Tommy Ulrich played a cool drum solo, and then the guitarists had a solo duelfor about 10 minutes. I was in pure heaven. What transpired was it was to buy time for David Coverdale to talk to the promoter abut options. When the solo ended, he came out and apologised, and said the rest of the concert was cancelled. They gave us our tickets back to be used on a future date or for refund. He was obviously gutted about the situation (in more ways than one).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo So, a bittersweet end. I was impressed that he tried, and given how ill he was, it was a fantastic concert. If the rescheduled date fits in to my schedule, it should be an even better treat! And I really enjoyed what we saw. Sadly, this is the 4th time this has happened to me - Guns and Roses, Catatonia, Motorhead and now Whitesnake - but this is the 1st time it has happened in the middle of the concert. And if I look as half as good as an ill, 55 year old rock star at his age, I would be a happy man.
