Ate even more breakfast than yesterday as knew we would have no chance of getting food for the rest of the day and spoke to some more Queen fans! Got a taxi over to the venue with two of them and met Vern, Julie and Andrea.

Had to queue for the back stage tour thing and Julie and I were getting stressed about where our seats were! On the backstage tour we got to see them setting up the stage area and there were no seats out- more panicking! We got to short chat with Pete who let us see Brian’s guitar and ask a few questions! Saw some other bits and bobs then got to see inside Roger’s dressing room minus Roger of course! Inside there was a double bed, candles, Gillette shaving foam and Paul Mitchell shampoo. I felt very excited by this!!

We then got to go and sit in a bar in the venue for hours waiting to get let in. They gave us tea and biscuits and were playing Paul Rodgers. Also got to buy discounted merchandise (so I bought even more!) and got to pick up our goodies! When outside with Jamie to try and sell Michelle’s ticket after Mark from Artist Arena refused to refund it or anything. No luck but did meet Karla from the Roger boards!!! Heard a bit of the soundcheck when collecting the ticket too but I forget what it was now!

Sat around some more then they called us to go in but we had to queue a bit more! Jamie and I managed to get to the front of the queue and I was panicking so much about where my seat was! We were the first people in the venue, got closer and closer to the front (we were running and getting very odd looks from security who didn’t understand it as we had seats!) and realised that mine was right in the centre of the catwalk!!! I have never been so lucky! Julie and Vern spotted us from the back of venue and realised from all the screaming that they also had brilliant seats! What a relief! Met some great people sitting around us and also saw the two Paul fans that we met in Lisbon, and Lucy from www.allrightnow.com.

I felt the most relaxed I ever have done during the show and had a great time chilling out and watching! No stress about being squashed or pushed out the way! I really enjoyed the gig! We got a few smiles and nods from Brian and Paul acknowledged me during All Right Now! Lucky Julie got a drumstick from Roger who leaned down and passed to her. He was so close to me at that point, I almost fainted! He also wore THE WHITE again- how one man can look so good I will never know!! I just held the camera up next to me and clicked away while he was singing in white a metre away from me! Didn’t take many other pix! Becky and Gavin were along the left hand side of the catwalk and every time Paul walked past them, you could hear Becky scream!

The set list was:

• Reaching Out
• Tie Your Mother Down
• I Want To Break Free
• Fat Bottomed Girls
• Another One Bites The Dust
• Crazy Little Thing Called Love
• Bad Company
• Say It’s Not True
• ‘39
• Love Of My Life
• Hammer To Fall
• Feel Like Making Love
• Drum solo
• I’m In Love With My Car
• Guitar solo
• Last Horizon
• These Are The Days Of Our Lives
• Radio Ga Ga
• Can’t Get Enough
• Rock n roll fantasy
• I Want It All
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• The Show Must Go On
• All Right Now
• We Will Rock You
• We Are The Champions

We didn’t see any of the band this time although a guy we met in Lisbon met Brian the night before the gig and Brian asked him ‘Where are the girls?’ and he told him we were down in New Jersey!! LOL!!!! They stayed in a hotel in New York!! At least Brian knew we were there!! We did go to a hotel we knew the banc were using for the afternoon in New Jersey and had pizza in the lobby! Waited there for hours and saw loads of the techs/crew and Joe Elliot but no sign of Brian and Roger so we gave up and went home!

All the photos: http://www.girlonfire.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=139