Friday, 4 July 2014

Richie Sambora, O2 ABC Glasgow, 3/7/14.


I've never seen anything quite like the scene at the O2 ABC in Glasgow last night.  I thought I was early arriving at 6pm, but soon discovered I was wrong as the crowd of somewhat rabid fans informed me they'd been there since 4am!  As much as I was looking forward to this gig, II've never seen anything quite like the scene at the O2 ABC in Glasgow last night.  I thought I was early arriving at 6pm, but soon discovered I was wrong as the crowd of somewhat rabid fans informed me they'd been there since 4am!  As much as I was looking forward to this gig, I can't imagine queuing for 15 hours.  I've never been so glad to get into a photo pit, as I'm quite sure my 5 foot 2 on tiptoes frame would have been trampled to death as the security guards roared at stampeding fans to stop running as they made a charge for the front row. Richie Sambora I guess I should be honest about where I stand on the "Richie leaving Bon Jovi" debate.  I first saw Bon Jovi as a fresh faced seventeen year old at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow in 1996, and have seen them many times since.  In recent years however I've become somewhat disillusioned with their output.  Jon's voice isn't what it was and the music is becoming repetitive, bland and a shadow of its former self.  I'm sure many of last night's fans would cheerfully throttle me for having the cheek to say [...]

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