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Scaramouche 10:25 am UTC 08/11/07 |
| In reply to: | Meat & Bonnie at Reading 1988 - Pudding 09:45 am UTC 08/11/07 |
| Sorry, I haven't got any audio/vid but.... I think Bonnie played first, immediately followed by Meat Loaf, and both got blitzed by bottles. Bonnie endured and saw her set through, but Meat walked off after a couple of songs, claiming 'Do you wanna hear some music, or do you wanna be stupid and throw things?' and surprisingly got blitzed again (see the link). Back in the 80's, you could bring your own drink bottles into festivals, and after the contents were drunk, they were filled again (LOL). I was at Reading in '87 (Quo, Magnum, Brian May playing BoRhap with 'Bad News', and there was an almighty bottle 'fight' for about 20 minutes, and you either put up an umbrella or prayed. Geezer in front of me got hit on the side of the head by a full 2L bottle of Pepsi, which then exploded all over him - Hilarious ! Two anectdotes from Queen at Knebworth 1986: 1. Was standing by the mixing desk unit, about 40 yards out from the stage. Bottles started flying for about 5 minutes when a huge half a melon came flying over and actually hit one of the sound mixing guys on the back of the head. He was furious, staring out into the crowd with melon stuck in his hair, trying to find the culprit, to no avail. Me & my mate were crying with laughter. 2. The opening act came on (guy called Belouis Some, who was awful, but I think Freddie was 'fond' of him). Anyways, first three songs went by and he had a regular inflow of bottles. The idiot then announced that his next song was called 'Target Practice' (no joke), and the whole stage was then swamped for about 2 minutes non-stop. Funniest thing was people were running out of bottles and huge chunks of turf were then sent inbound. Fucking hilarious! He did however start & finish the song, followed by Quo, INXS and the mighty Queeen (last ever gig). > I've always been under the impression that Meat Loaf and > Bonnie Tyler never played at the same gig, but how wrong I > am. Apparently at the 1988 Reading Festival, both Meat and > Bonnie performed on the same day and both were greeted by > the fans with bottles thrown at them, some filled with > urine. I guess that puts a whole new meaning on 'taking > the piss'...LOL > > I'm now on the hunt for any bootleg of the shows. Audio > would be great, video would be absolutely fantastic :o) > > | |
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