We got there as the gates opened at 5.30pm and had to walk all around the stand to get on the pitch for the standing area. When we got there we were annoyed to discover that there were seats in front of the standing part! I had been warned by someone that this would happen but we with never told that by TicketMaster when we booked our tickets. Thankfully we managed to get in the second row but on Paul's side - it turns out that it's just as well that we opted for that side as on the few occasions when Kasim did come across there, we couldn't see him when he stood back. I rarely saw Mark (only when he plaed guitar at the beginning of Whore), CC only when she moved across to Patti's place and John only in the line-up!

Hardly in front of the stage!

Thank goodness for zoom lenses

Melanie C played from 6.00pm until 6.35pm and does improve the more times you hear her! Her new single (which is the only slow song she plays) is actually quite good!

Status Quo were excellent and really got the crowd rocking! They have such a catalogue of hits so that often they would sing part of one song and then go into another of their hits (it helps that lots of their songs sound familiar though!). Unfortunately they didn't play my favourite In The Army now.

Meat Loaf was on from 8.50 unit 10.25pm (according to the rugby clock there) so this was the longest gig so far.

Just a couple of observations:

Meat Loaf with Paul Crook

Kasim with Meat Loaf and Patti Russo

CC

Other websites
The set lists and reviews thread on the Meat Loaf UK Fan Club website about this gig.

Kasim Sulton
Kasim described this concert as "It seems that this particular venue has never hosted a concert event before and we were proud to be headlining their first attempt at it. It went off without a hitch and the ten thousand or so fans in attendance couldn't have been more kind to us and the other acts on the bill."

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