Queen and Paul Rodgers tour- Berlin
Photos: http://www.girlonfire.co.uk/photos/thumbnails.php?album=244
21 September
I travelled on the metro to the venue and got to the queue at 10.30 to find Jens, Vern, Julie, Jim, Charlie, Andrea and the Japanese guys! A very odd venue as it was next to a swimming pool and not really near anything else. A few of us went for a walk to burger king in the morning for some not very nice breakfast (but still better than McDonalds!). We also saw Viekko, the head of security wandering around during the morning!
At 1.30, the security came out and started putting barriers up a few 100 metres away from where we were queuing and there was chaos as everyone ran over there. We ended up standing in a crush next to the barriers for at least half an hour while the security set up the barriers and confirmed what we needed to do. After that, we managed to get everyone to space out a bit and sit down!
During the afternoon, we had lemon meringue pie kindly donated by Vern and Julie!
The doors opened at 6.30pm and it was the longest run of any of the venues. The venue itself was actually a velodrome and we ran the full length round it, down some steps then UP some steps and across the floor to get to the front! I almost had an asthma attack and people were running past me left, right and centre but I still managed to get to the front of the catwalk!
The set list was:
SURFS UP…SCHOOLS OUT
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN - Full Version
FAT BOTTOM GIRLS
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
I WANT IT ALL
BREAK FREE
C-LEBRITY
SEAGULL
LOVE OF MY LIFE
39
DRUM SOLO
I’M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR
SAY ITS NOT TRUE
BAD COMPANY
WAR BOYS
FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE
BRIAN SOLO
BIJOU
LAST HORIZON
IT’S A KIND OF MAGIC
CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE
SHOW MUST GO ON
RADIO GAGA
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
COSMOS ROCKS
ALL RIGHT NOW
WWRY
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
The gig was better than Riga and the band looked more relaxed! They played part of Surfs Up, Schools Out at after the intro - it rocked and I went mental! Paul spotted me at the front during Fat Bottomed Girls and reached down to me but the gap between the stage and the barrier was too wide for him to reach me! I did our usual dance during Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Paul copied it!
We went out afterwards with Matt from Birmingham and Hendric from the Netherlands who Terry had met at the concert. Had some lovely cheese and bacon pancakes!! Yum!
21 September
I travelled on the metro to the venue and got to the queue at 10.30 to find Jens, Vern, Julie, Jim, Charlie, Andrea and the Japanese guys! A very odd venue as it was next to a swimming pool and not really near anything else. A few of us went for a walk to burger king in the morning for some not very nice breakfast (but still better than McDonalds!). We also saw Viekko, the head of security wandering around during the morning!
At 1.30, the security came out and started putting barriers up a few 100 metres away from where we were queuing and there was chaos as everyone ran over there. We ended up standing in a crush next to the barriers for at least half an hour while the security set up the barriers and confirmed what we needed to do. After that, we managed to get everyone to space out a bit and sit down!
During the afternoon, we had lemon meringue pie kindly donated by Vern and Julie!
The doors opened at 6.30pm and it was the longest run of any of the venues. The venue itself was actually a velodrome and we ran the full length round it, down some steps then UP some steps and across the floor to get to the front! I almost had an asthma attack and people were running past me left, right and centre but I still managed to get to the front of the catwalk!
The set list was:
SURFS UP…SCHOOLS OUT
TIE YOUR MOTHER DOWN - Full Version
FAT BOTTOM GIRLS
ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST
I WANT IT ALL
BREAK FREE
C-LEBRITY
SEAGULL
LOVE OF MY LIFE
39
DRUM SOLO
I’M IN LOVE WITH MY CAR
SAY ITS NOT TRUE
BAD COMPANY
WAR BOYS
FEEL LIKE MAKIN’ LOVE
BRIAN SOLO
BIJOU
LAST HORIZON
IT’S A KIND OF MAGIC
CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE
SHOW MUST GO ON
RADIO GAGA
BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY
COSMOS ROCKS
ALL RIGHT NOW
WWRY
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
The gig was better than Riga and the band looked more relaxed! They played part of Surfs Up, Schools Out at after the intro - it rocked and I went mental! Paul spotted me at the front during Fat Bottomed Girls and reached down to me but the gap between the stage and the barrier was too wide for him to reach me! I did our usual dance during Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Paul copied it!
We went out afterwards with Matt from Birmingham and Hendric from the Netherlands who Terry had met at the concert. Had some lovely cheese and bacon pancakes!! Yum!