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Got up 7.30 and managed to get ready in 50 mins with some help from Dan packing the car and stuff for me! Drove to Bristol in the very thicvk fog panicing that Gavins flight might be delayed and we would never make it to Brixton. Picked up Becky and Rosie followed by Cat and managed to get to the airport far too early so went and sat in a layby until Gavin phoned! His flight from Glasgow actually got in early so off we went to London!
Had to put up with a series of ‘Roger is an old man’ jokes from Gavin, Becky., Cat andRosie all the way! LOL! Luckily Gavin went to sleep for a bit and shut up!! He had come straight from a night shift so was very tired!
Made it to Brixton by 1 and parked in a very dodgy area with free parking and walked to the Academy. By 1.30 when we arrived there were only about 20 people in front of us- thought there would be more of a queue! We all ate our packed lunches- LOL! Trina and Jenny arrived about 2 to join us in the queue and the Old man Roger jokes were still going! I danced to ‘Is this the way to Amerillo’ on my iPod and got some very odd looks. Paul Rodgers arrived and we didn’t see him so Trina and I decided to go down and wait by the back door to see if we could see Roger arrive. Brian arrived first and I shouted good luck Brian as he drove past me and he stuck his thumb up at me!! As he was getting out of the car, he was waving to us all! Next to arrive was Jamie Moses then ROGER!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH! Looked in the car as it drove past and couldn’t see anyone in it so turned round to talk to Trina then she spotted Roger getting out of the car- he rushed in but did give us a quick wave! He was dressed in a black hat and coat so no wonder we couldn’t see him through the tinted windows of the car!
More queuing- boredom! Managed to get in and buy a t-shirt- Red with the new logo on for £20! Finally got let in at 7pm and because of the bag check and the way they split the queue in two and let the other queue in slightly before us, we only got in the secnd row which was fine as I could still hold on to the barrier and I could easily see over Katherine and her husband in front of us! We had found out from the nice bouncer outside that Queen were due to come on at 8.45 so we had to stand waiting in the boiling hot crowd waiting for nearly 2 hours. My legs were hurting so much!!! The lights changed a bit at 8.20 and some quiet music came on- everyone went mad but it turned out to be ‘Track 13′ from the Made in Heaven album which lasts for 22 minutes. Not sure if that went down very well- maybe a shorter version of it would be a good idea- there was lots of shouting from the crowd saying ‘get on with it’!!! So at 8.45 they were ready to go and all we got was Eminen- Lose yourself- turns out this is the song they were using the start the show!! LOL! Paul appeared from behind the curtain and sang a small bit of Reaching out which is an old charity single from 1991 which Paul and Brian played on, then Brian appears and Tie your mother down starting rocking- AHHHHHHHHH ROGER!!!!!
The set list was:
Reaching Out (Paul Rodgers solo)
Tie Your Mother Down
Little Bit Of Love
I Want To Break Free (mostly sung by the crowd!!!!)
Fat Bottomed Girls- brilliant- PR: Are there any fat bottomed girls here tonight?
Crazy Little Thing Called Love- Paul on the guitar like Freddie used to do!
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Seagull (Paul Rodgers - acoustic guitar then half way through Roger walks down and starts playing the bongos- this was the most amazing thing I have ever seen and also died screaming!!)
‘39 (Brian May vocals/acoustic)
Love Of My Life (BM vocals/acoustic- empty stool next to him - maybe coz Freddie and him used to do this together sitting on stools at the front)
Hammer To Fall (Slow version to start with Brian singing then Paul comes back on stage and rocks to the fast version)
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Guitar Solo- Brian stands on a high bit at the back of the stage in front of a big video screen with fast moving images of London on which goes past WWRY and ends up on the roof of Buckingham Palace)
Last Horizon (Fantastic blue lighst!!)
These are the day of our lives (Roger comes down the front in the sexy white shirt with the symbol on the back and sings- When singing the ‘No chance’ bit, he points at Brian’s hair!! LOL)
Radio Ga Ga (Roger still down the front sings the first two verses with drums on backing track then Paul sings last verse as Roger goes back to drum)
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love
I’m In Love With My Car (Roger singing from the drums- messes up some of the words!)
I Want It All (Brian sings- This was the best song of the night- AMAZING- it rocked!!!)
A Kind Of Magic- sung by Paul- rainbow lights- cool!
Bohemian Rhapsody (Freddie on the video screen singing- Paul sang rock bit at the end- I didn’t even notice as I was head banging so much!)
The Show Must Go On
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Feel Like Makin’ Love
All Right Now (Brilliant!)
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We Will Rock You (Paul looked at the words every 2 seconds to make sure he got this one right!!)
We Are The Champions
God save the Queen
Amazing show! After the show, we went round the back and ater waiting for about an hour, Roger came out. I was on the phone to my boyfriend Dan and he heard the following:
Gavin: Oh my god, there’s Roger
Sarah: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Roger
Sarah: Roger, I love you
Sarah : Brilliant show Roger
Sarah: See you in Paris
Beep beep beep (hanging up phone)
Roger looked great after the show and waved to me!! Yay!!! Worth waiting for. I got on the right side so I could be right next to him when the car drove past and he looked me right in the eyes and I waved!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Rang Dan back to explain what happened to me but I think he had guessed! LOL! Decided we didn’t want to wait for Brian (apparently he came out and signed stuff at the end) and took a foriegn girl who was on her own and didn’t speak good English to the tube to make sure she didn’t miss the last tube and we went back to the car. By this time it was about 1am. Managed to get a bit lost in London- Gavin was asleep all the way from Camberwell to Bristol! I was singing all the way home to keep awake and my throat was hurting so much. Also, the made sure the car was freezing to keep me awake! Dropped Cat off then Becky and Rosie. Gavin fell asleep again and I mumbled the words to Queen songs all the way back to Chippenham as I couldn’t sing anymore but needed to stay awake!
Made it home and in bed by 4am!!! :) What an amazing night!
