Well it was going so well, drove up from Southampton to Richmond and got the tube in on Friday night, found some scummy lodgings which consisted off a single bed and mattress on the floor for my buddy Seb. We haggled and got a good deal though.
Embrace rocked and so did the Metro club in Soho, Saturday was a slow starter spending the day in Camden. At 7:30 we got dressed up for the Ryan Adams gig, then it jumped up and slapped us in the face… we had lost the tickets! Where we did not know, but one thing for sure was they were not in the motel room or on us!
We hit a new low, the bubble had burst! I just wanted to go home… not to be defeated I soon bounced back and new there had to be a way into the venue.
We rocked up late around 8:30, a tout said I could have 2 tickets for £120!! – I turned him down and sweet talked my way into the box office area, helping the security lady pick up a bag of spilt tickets I earned her friendship and brought us a little time to come up with a plan. I tried a quick bribe but she was not taking any of that.
As people came into the venue to collect there guest passes I asked about spare tickets, one guy happened to have a spare seating ticket which he let me have for £20, and then this guy came in who was on the guest list, I saw him on his own and asked if I could be his ‘plus one’ he happily replied and refused any cash for the ticket! Amazing man! All we had to do not was talk the manager into swapping the seating ticket for a standing, we told him the hard luck story – he said fair enough and gave us another guest list pass. We rocked into the venue and had a drink with the guy that gave us the first guest ticket, he knew Ryan and shared a handful of tales with us. After that it was time to fight to the front, made it there in the end, and got a set list for our troubles
A really great show, loved Magnolia Mountain and swan song finish, decided to hang out by the stage door and met Neil, we shared a joke or two with him as for some reason he was carrying a pot of honey, Ryan soon came out with a girl on his arm, he totally blanked us in true rock n roll style, - never mind we still love him!
Nice to meet some of you RAA members! I got spotted by Quincy and some other dude who’s forum name ended in 4000 or something… sorry I had a few drinks!
Rocking!
I found out he was playing before he even got put up on the damn Barbican website but I must have missed when tickets actually went on sale.
