hi evry1
its been 13 years since i last saw GnR live .
that was at milton keynes.
it was the 3rd time id seen the band,previously saw them at gateshead stadium
in 92 and at wembley in 91.
wembley 91 was the best live gig i have ever seen. a blazin hot day, people building
human pyramids(naked)beer flowin, joint smokin, it was brilliant.me an 3 mates drove down from durham in n/east . i remember that 1 off our best mates was getting married that day,we were all invited to the wedding, but goin 2 see GnR
live or your best mate get wed?
no contest.
the gig blew our minds. get in the ring/ you could be mine/sweet child/patience/
paradise city/ welcome to the jungle/ were mesmerising. but when slash launched into his godfather solo was the moment that sticks out in my mind.
we ended up sleeping in the car in wembley industrial estate after getting out of our tits on weed and an unexpected visit from the coppers who had a good laugh at us.
gateshead stadium 1 year later, loads of beer n weed again, another red hot day, another great live experience.me and my then girl friend,her mate an my mate went.
another year later, me an my girlfriend had tickets for milton keynes, we split up a couple of weeks before so my mate got her ticket.hired a brand new rover to drive down ,found an off license an bought 8 cans each. realised we coudnt take them into the bowl with us , so we drank them 1 after the other as fast as we could in front off the amazed security staff at the gates. got inside an went straight to the beer tent, were told we couldnt buy snakebite,so we bought four lager an four cider an made our own. it pissed down with rain most of the day. then we realised we had left our weed in the car, some young kids near the front didnt object when i taxed a 12inch
joint of them. another blistering show, G n R delivered just what we expected. back to the car after the gig we decided that despite all the alcohol and the weed id consumed it would be safe to drive 220 miles back 2 the n/east.dont quite know still how i managed to do it but we got home in 1 piece. next day the car was due back at the rental place at teeside airport. my mate drove the rover an i followed in my dads car. because it pissed down the day before , an we had parked in a field ,the car was covered in mud, we thought we should put the car in the car wash. so after floggin the engine 130mph to milton keynes,driving back pissed up n doped up through the night, my mate puts it through the car wash forgetting to put the radio aerial down
an snapping it off. managed to push it back in and didnt tell the rental people what had happened. never heard from them either.forgot to tell you that 1week before the gig i started seeing another girl who since then i married ,had kids, an split up with a couple of years ago. Gn R are playing n/castle arena next month, me an my old mate are goin, but this time we getting a rental car!!!
looking forward to it , if you bump into 2 forty year olds called craig & baz, stop an say hi.
thanx for reading if your still here
see you at the arena
craig