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Jacob 10:46 am UTC 08/11/07 |
| In reply to: | re: Meat & Bonnie at Reading 1988 - Scaramouche 10:25 am UTC 08/11/07 |
| I've further heard this story, and the act after Meat Loaf was Starship, who literally got booed of the stage, followed by the audience chanting "We want Bonnie!". It's a nice legend, if nothing else. > 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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