London, England 03-26-08

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Toonie and WM - Sorry for not responding sooner, but I am so glad that you both got to go to one of the London shows. Thanks for the excellent review and glad you guys had such a great time. And, of course, you knew all the words to the song!

[Witchy Mummy]

Just wanted to post a quick review for you. Sorry I haven't been around lately. I've missed you lots.


The lead up to the concert was so strange. We had last minute tickets and the time just flew. We were so excited on the day. Toonie had made a CD of the set list so we could listen to it round at her place. I got ready about two hours too early and decided to head round to my sister’s so I could bug her instead of Mr WM Toonie's poor boyfriend was very good at coping with our excitement. He even gave us a rendition of Hotel California on his acoustic guitar. It was very good! He then told us to get lost (in the nicest possible way) because he could feel the excited and nervous energy!!

We left very early and got there really quickly. It’s practically round the corner from where we live. We got something to eat, made a toilet stop and picked up our tickets. Then we headed to where we needed to be to get to our seats. We figured out that we would be up on the right hand side if you look towards to the stage. Still level one. We were let in and were told to line up outside the entrance of the arena. Once in we made our way up the escalators and into the arena. We had that moment when you take a short sharp breath in and say “this is really happening!”. The seats at the very top scared me quite a lot. The were so high up! As someone who suffers from vertigo the thought of being up there was torture.

We found our seats and were very happy with them. We had a good clear view. We were then a little cheeky and asked one of the security blokes if we could get a message to smokey. I think he thought we were mad stalkers! We spotted a few familiar faces. Victor, Glenn’s Tech, who we flirted with shamelessly to get some picks at Wembley, remember TF And another man who we remembered as being quite scary at Wembley. He was at the M&G. The hour flew by. The didn’t come on stage on time but we didn’t have to wait long. They flew straight into How Long and we were on our way.

The new songs sounded great. Their voices were spot on and I was blown away again. Don was very charming as Toonie mentioned. He seemed to really want to connect with the crowd. He cracked a few jokes. He said they were all dying of smoke inhalation on stage but it made the lights look pretty and that was the main thing. Glenn was very charming too. He did the credit card joke but no plaintiff joke. Glenn made a very cute speech about them not minding if we took a few snaps but they would rather not be filmed. He said they would like to keep control that. He was so embarrassed by this, you cold see it on his face. He then said “let’s carry on and pretend like I didn’t just say that“. During Peaceful easy feeling Glenn sang “I like the way your sparkling earrings swing“, instead of sway or lay. Joe was definitely on form. We think we prefer the helmet cam instead of the cap cam, which he forgot to introduce. After LROOE Joe turned to Stuert and shook his hand. You could see the mutual respect. Tim was perfect as usual. The crowd went wild for him when they heard to opening bars of ‘I Can’t Tell You Why’. They all seemed to be relaxed and really enjoying themselves. The new songs went down very well. I was a little disappointed not to hear some old favourites like NKIT and TS. They even managed some audience participation. During TITTL you could hear that just about everyone was singing along. Towards the end Glenn sang “Take it to the limit” and then stopped. We all then sang back “One more Time”. It was a lot of fun and were so sad when they decided to drop two songs. My favourite song of the evening is so hard to choose. Out of the new songs I loved LROOE. Hearing it live was breathtaking. I loved hearing all the old favourites too. Toonie smiled when Witchy Woman came on. We changed the words a few times to witchy mummy. Joe’s songs were big hits with the crowd and we loved the video clips on the screen behind the stage. A nice touch. All in all an unforgettable evening once again.

I’m sure there is probably loads I have missed out. I think Toonie got some pictures. I’ll see if she can post them.

[DonFan]

Great review, WM!!
I know just how you feel about the song Witchy Woman. I have unoffically adopted that song as my song, too, due to my day-before-Halloween birthday, the day I share with Timothy. Of course, Don's haunting vocals send me right over the edge, too!

[Brooke]

Thank you WM! It's great to get your review. Sounds like another wonderful evening.

Now, don't be a stranger! Come back soon!

[Witchy Mummy]

Thanks girls! It was wonderful.

Brooke - I've set aside this evening to go through the board and catch up It's nice to be back

[Glennsallnighter]

Fantastic review WM! I could feel the excitement in it! I'm so glad you had such a good time. I can't believe Glenn didn't make his 'Plaintiff' joke, he must have been nervous. I'm glad he didn't mind the snaps being taken as I took quite a lot at the 20th gig. Will you check out my WW vid on youtube if you get a chance please. The boys looked really hot in it. Thanks

Oh and I'm planning a big Eagles party if the boys make it to Dublin

[timfan]

We spotted a few familiar faces. Victor, Glenn’s Tech, who we flirted with shamelessly to get some picks at Wembley, remember TF .

Oh YES I remember that night and Victor VERY WELL! :P What fun!!

I'm so glad you both had such a fabulous time and I can just picture Glenn making the speech ( about filming) rather sheepishly and then saying "let's move on" Thanks for sharing with all of us, the memories of your "Eagles" night!

[sodascouts]

WM, thanks so much for your review and the extra details. It's a delight to hear from you again!

I think it's interesting that Glenn feels bad for asking folks not to film. He must know what a drag that is, and he really cares about his fan's feelings. I admire that, but I still hope that maybe one day he'll change his mind and realize YouTube is his friend.

[Mrs Frey]

Welcome back, WM! Thanks for your wonderful review - I really enjoyed reading it.

When I read about Glenn's embarrassment regarding asking the fans not to film them, I let out a big "awwwwwwwwww..." I think Don probably has more of a problem with it than he does, although goodness knows why. Glenn is such a sweetheart - I just adore him.

[Toonlass]

Here is one of the photos from the night, it shows the moment when Glenn and Joe were trading guitar licks and Glenn realised it was a little too far for him. Its not the best quality, but its really cute




I will be going through the rest later and posting some more