“"I used to think that the day would never come..." - standing on the barrier right in front of Gillian's keyboards, my inner 17 year old watching 'The Perfect Kiss' video, feeling 'I am not worthy' as the coolest unsung woman in music glanced fleetingly in my direction! As I went back out onto Store St afterwards I definitely had a Narnia-esque 'back through the wardrobe' feeling...
I'm glad you mentioned not having a ticket because no-one got to keep their ticket - on the way in they were thrown (sob) in a dustbin and when I asked if I could keep mine the guy said he wasn't allowed to let you keep them! I even asked on the way out as well! As someone who's kept every gig ticket (I feel among friends admitting that on this site) I was gutted! I felt compelled to buy a £15 poster afterwards as proof I was there (it's actually a beautiful numbered print so it wasn't a hardship)!”
I'm glad you mentioned not having a ticket because no-one got to keep their ticket - on the way in they were thrown (sob) in a dustbin and when I asked if I could keep mine the guy said he wasn't allowed to let you keep them! I even asked on the way out as well! As someone who's kept every gig ticket (I feel among friends admitting that on this site) I was gutted! I felt compelled to buy a £15 poster afterwards as proof I was there (it's actually a beautiful numbered print so it wasn't a hardship)!”