24 September 2008
Got the train at 8.30 to Paris so actually had a bit of a lie in as the hotel was next to the station! The train only took a couple of hours then it was about half an hour on the metro to the hotel!
Gavin went on ahead to the queue while I waited for Jen and Trina who had flown to Paris that morning. They arrived at about 12.30, checked in and off we went to the venue leaving Terry to sleep! The venue was only 4 stops away so we got there quite quickly. Charlie had been trying to save us a space at the front with her and Andrea but the queue already had barriers and was very organised so we couldn’t get in. The 3 of us went to the back and were quickly joined by Andy, who had been delayed by the Eurostar problems. We were about 50 people back in the queue! It was a lovely sunny day, which we spent most of sat on the lovely concrete chatting and trying to translate the French newspaper article about Queen and Paul Rogders… Queen something something Roger something something etc! Trina and I went for a wander and found an advert for a ‘Freddy’ cocktail! Brigitte and Sandra arrived about 5.30 when we were on our last toilet trip so went over to say hello!
During the afternoon, the queue kept moving up then suddenly this random guy pushed his way through and stood in front of us, got a newspaper out and was pretending to talk on his mobile. We had a word with him but he wouldn’t move back so when we all stood up to go in, we pushed back in front of him! The cheek of it!!
Getting in seemed very organised and they only let a few people in at a time! I had a space saved for me at the front of the catwalk, Jen and Trina were just round the corner on the lefthand side, next to where they build Roger’s drum kit on the B stage! This is what is known as the Roger spot!
The set list was:
The show was very similar to Antwerp but Time to Shine was dropped and Feel Like Makin’ Love was back (boo!). The end of Cosmos Rocks was a mess but the show generally was great! Paul saw us in Say It’s Not True and said ‘You again!’ Brian looked down and smiled at us during 39!
Terry and I went for a drink after the show with Andy, Brigitte and Sandra. It was great to see them again and catch up! We left them heading off into the centre of Paris and apparently, they went to bed very late!!