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One more day!!!

I don’t know why I came into work today. In my mind, I’m already on the way to the concert. When I checked late last week, there was a chance of rain. That chance is now at 0%.

I hope it is not a very cloudy evening because there is supposed to be a full moon.

Ahhh Girl said
Oooop, Paul during a full moon.

No, no double meaning intended.   

Very cheeky, @Ahhh Girl (pun intended).

We got to our hotel around 1PM. After checking in, we walked to a cafe for a late lunch instead of an early dinner. Paul tour shirts everywhere! We met several fellow concert goers waiting to check in at the same hotel and saw many of them at the same cafe. We were all sharing intel on the shortest walk back from the stadium – got it nailed with the help of a knowledgeable waiter who lives close by. One couple we met were admiring my REV0LVR license plate in the hotel parking lot. They then stepped aside to reveal their own license plate – FAB4 64. Too cool. Looks like it’ll be a really fun crowd.  

Right now we are just chillin’ like villains until it’s time to get freshened up and head down to the shuttle in a few hours. 

Shortly after my previous post, we headed downstairs to catch the hotel shuttle over to the show. There wasn’t enough room for us so we waited for the next one…and waited and waited. By 6:55 it still had not returned. We figured it was trapped in gridlock so we decided to walk. By the time we got there, through security, fought the bathroom lines and the beer lines, we didn’t get to our seats until almost 7:50 for the 8:00 show. I knew that Paul is notoriously late coming on, so wasn’t too worried, but I didn’t get a chance to meet up with DrB for fear of not being able to get back to my seat on time.

The venue was a bit disappointing, particularly the way the seats on the field were set up. If sardines were allowed to attend, they would have left because of the lack of space. There was no room to do anything. I literally had to take great care whenever raising my hands to clap because I didn’t want to accidentally hit anyone in the nose. 

As for the show itself, DrB said it well – amazing. The freshening up of the set list was great – I absolutely loved his version of ‘In Spite Of All The Danger ‘. Zag (all 4′ 11’ of her) was very pleased when Paul ascended upward on the raised platform for a few songs. This was her first Macca show and she loved it. Every song the band played was done very well with high energy and very tight musicianship. If it weren’t for Paul’s graying sideburns, it would be easy to forget he is 74. I agree that his voice was great. The Paulettes would have loved the part (forget which song) when he slowly turned and shook his bum for the camera. The shrieking that ensued almost made me feel like I was at the Hollywood Bowl in 1964.  

The weather was fantastic – low humidity, nice breeze. As it got dark, I kept looking around for the full moon (not Paul’s!). I finally spotted it behind a lighting tower. A little later, the cameras feeding the giant video screens started including shots of the moon. Paul even commented on how beautiful it was. 

After the show, we headed for a wonderful Italian restaurant near the hotel for some late night appetizers and a drink. The place was full of fellow concertgoers which lent to a very fun atmosphere of drinking, eating and singing. All in all, this was a fabulous overnight trip. It’s hard to believe that all those months of waiting for the show are over. 

I’ll be looking forward to seeing @DrBeatle ‘s full review and pics on his blog. Hopefully, we can actually get together sometime. I know a great Italian restaurant not far from where he lives.