Smashing Pumpkins!

Jon & went to catch the Smashing Pumpkins concert at the O2 and it was FANTASTIC!










I haven't been for a rock concert in ages, and I'm not sure if the one I went for even truly counts as rock. Anyway, this was a fabulous gig. Rock sounds so good live!












Jon & I had really good seats - not in the standing area, but just above it. From observation during the night it seems that if you're in the pit, the only fun place to be is right in front, otherwise it can be quite a drag cos you can't see much. Sitting just above the pit you have the feeling of being part of the crowd but with better view of the stage, and a lot more comfort.










I predicted that most of the people who would be attending the concert would be around our age plus minus a few years. All of us would be going there to relive our teenage years! :) And true enough, everyone looked around our age! And I bet there must have been a disproportionate number of people born in 1979 as well. I'm sure the Pumpkins won a ton of fans from that generation :)


Speaking of that song, Billy Corgan performed a superb solo acoustic version of it. It started hilariously with Billy giving his rendition of the Girls Aloud song 'Call The Shots'. He was saying how that was the greatest song ever written and how much he liked it, and then he suddenly surprised everyone by launching into 1979!! The crowd went wild! It was more than we could have asked for! You have to listen to it for yourself! I tried several times to upload the video but it's too large, such a pity.












We had such a great time! Now if only U2 were playing somewhere around UK/Ireland before we go back...