It's been a quiet week apart from seeing Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction in the O2 arena last night so that's what this blog is about.
How was it? A bit disappointing really. I did enjoy it but not as much as I should have given those 2 bands.
Don't get me wrong, this had nothing to do with the bands. I've seen both of them before and they are amazing live. So what was wrong? It was partly my fault. I stupidly bought tickets for the upper tier not realising quite how far I was going to be from the stage. The bands looked maximum 5mm tall. Not a problem you say since I could see them on the screens either side of the stage a venue that size has. But there were no screens. Which is a shame because the acoustics in the arena are excellent. Would it really have been too expensive to put the screens in?
If it had been just that I probably wouldn't have minded but there were quite a few other things that spoilt it.
A pint of beer was 4.30. I thought Download festival was expensive at 3.50 but 4.30 is taking the piss
It was a nightmare getting out. Why not let people outside the dome, rather than forcing tens of thousands of people through narrow streets inside? It took over 15 minutes from the gig finishing to get outside.
Then it took ages to get on the tube. North Greenwich station wasn't designed to cope with lots of people at anyone time. There should be more routes down to the platform. It took another 15 minutes to get from the entrance to the station to get to the platform.
Sorry about this whinge. I so wanted last night to be awesome and it just wasn't.
How was it? A bit disappointing really. I did enjoy it but not as much as I should have given those 2 bands.
Don't get me wrong, this had nothing to do with the bands. I've seen both of them before and they are amazing live. So what was wrong? It was partly my fault. I stupidly bought tickets for the upper tier not realising quite how far I was going to be from the stage. The bands looked maximum 5mm tall. Not a problem you say since I could see them on the screens either side of the stage a venue that size has. But there were no screens. Which is a shame because the acoustics in the arena are excellent. Would it really have been too expensive to put the screens in?
If it had been just that I probably wouldn't have minded but there were quite a few other things that spoilt it.
A pint of beer was 4.30. I thought Download festival was expensive at 3.50 but 4.30 is taking the piss
It was a nightmare getting out. Why not let people outside the dome, rather than forcing tens of thousands of people through narrow streets inside? It took over 15 minutes from the gig finishing to get outside.
Then it took ages to get on the tube. North Greenwich station wasn't designed to cope with lots of people at anyone time. There should be more routes down to the platform. It took another 15 minutes to get from the entrance to the station to get to the platform.
Sorry about this whinge. I so wanted last night to be awesome and it just wasn't.
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I left O2 a little early to avoid tube congestion.The previous O2 concert Metallica the bloody tube line was closed.I missed Gary Neumann joining NIN on stage!
Grumpy Old Man Club!
I'm sorry the show was disappointing. I know how much it sucks to have high expectations for something and then have it fail to live up to them.
Are you still doing the biking? It really is a great way to lose weight. The guy I have been talking about lost over a hundred pounds by doing nothing more than using his bike for transportation and cutting sugared soda out of his diet. It really worked wonders.