| re: Meat & Bonnie at Reading 1988 | |
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Rob 12:06 pm UTC 08/11/07 |
| In reply to: | Meat & Bonnie at Reading 1988 - Pudding 09:45 am UTC 08/11/07 |
> 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) > I remember this very well and I used to have the review of the festival in 'Raw' magazine (a very short lived UK rival to 'Kerrang' which was financed by Jonathan King back in the day before his paedo convictions). Bonnie did indeed stick it out and appatantly turned the air blue in the process, yelling at the 'fuckers' who were throwing urine-filled bottles at her. By the end of her set, she had grudging respect from most factions of the crowd to the extent that she actually got them to sing along to 'It's a Heartache'. Meat walked off during the opening number (a cover of 'Summertime Blues'), came back and did a few more songs then walked off again in a hail of bottles. He then came back and in a hasty revision of the set list played 'Bat...' which stemmed the tide totally, then started off 'All Revved Up...', got hit square on the nose with a bottle, gave the crowd the finger and walked off never to return. One slightly amusing (if cruel) anecdote from the backstage notes that accompanied the review was a comment on Bonnie's then fluctuating weight. Apparantly one of the journos in the back-stage bar spotted her guzzling a few beers after her set and shouted 'oi - Meat Loaf!' at her. Needless to say he got a well deserved volley of abuse for his troubles! | |
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