Hey all,
Well lemme start of from the very beginning. I reached there with most of my friends at roughly 1PM. There were two gates for 1.5k so we went and stood at the one closer to the stage. At that point of time people (around 1-2k) were maintaining their distances and were not SO bothered about their place in the queue. But as more and more and more ppl started coming and the time for the gates to open was reducing, everyone started pushing, shoving etc to get in front and ppl were all sticking together bla.. piss off.. and I though that was bad..
After we got slowly, the crowd was just running towards the stage to try and get as close as possible and the same thing was happening here. But it was worse. Especially the pushing. Many people fell off and tumbled etc.. horrible.. mind you this was all still between 3-3.30. We kept waiting in the hot sun and still air with all the sweaty people around you pusing bla bla.. horrible scene..
Then FINALLY after more than 2 and a half hours from entering (roughly 5.45PM) SOMEONE came on stage.. But it just had to be FTN (F**k the name). The band which won this year's campus rock idols. Man and were they bad or wat?! I actually pity them you know. As in they are very talented. Especially the vocalist. But they are just not playing the right kind of music (genre i guess). Everyone boo-ed them BIG time and chanted "You Suck", "A$$holes" etc.. Sad.. So they eventually left the stage all pissed off at the crowd (especially the drummer!)
Next came Parikrama! Man they had some crowd control! They played only originals(almost). Songs like Rhythm & Blues, But it rained, vaporise etc.. They even played one song from LOTR (forgot the name). It comes when frodo is going to the mountain to chuck the ring o something. Anyway, the violinist (imran) was kickass! Played a ton of solos. The Pianist and the Violinist had this jugalbandi thing in between too! lol.. that was awesome! And Sonam (lead) was brilliant as usual. A surprise package was the rhythm guitarist. He was playing super arpeggios like more than half the time! And in between when this pushing/shoving thing, i mentioned earlier, got out of hand., the lead vocal stopped their performance to tell us to stop doing this. I think that was good on his part. Overall they were great.
Then came Steve Harris' daughter, Lauren Harris, @ around 7PM. Mann..What do i say.. She was hot! But thats about it! She reallly cant sing IMHO. Her band members are good but thats a different thing. She was just a bore. Especially cuz she went on and on! But ppl showed her respect cuz of her dad (duh!). So yes eventually she finished her gig and left.
After that, they took about half hour of stage prep before we could see any sign of Maiden! Eventually at around 8.10 PM, the lights went off. And as soon as the music started, all sorts of lightings with the set that was hidden away till then appeared. And trust me it was BRILLIANT! They started off with "Different World" and continued to "These colours dont run". Man the energy was super! though you were already exhausted cuz of alll the pain you went through, the adrenalin rush just kept you alive! They sang songs like Better than a thousand suns, the reincarnation of benjamin, for the greater good of god, wrathchild, 2 minutes to midnight, trooper, iron maiden, fear of the dark, hallowed be thy name, number of the beast and a couple more. It was truly AMAZING! The crowd participation was as good as concerts lke Athens, Rio etc.. Especially for songs like Trooper, FOTD.
The Stage setting was amazing! The backdrop changed for almost every song and they had many different props to accompany. For "Iron Maiden" (song) this tank model came on stage which was HUGE! Bruce even climbed up one one of those supporting pillars for the roof at one point of time! Towards the end of the show, this 12 foot tall Eddy mechanised eddy came on stage..man that was something! The standard of their performance (as in the whole setup, stage presence etc etc) was simply superb! They said they'd be coming again in 17 months! (YAY!) I think that the people who missed out on it reallly missed something BIG. Overall it was a AWESOME concert! Ah... Will post some pics n vids later..
Other stuff :
Met sonam(parikrama) and spoke a lil. got his autograph. Met manyyy guys from Mumbai, Delhi etc.. One guy told me that 62000 tickets were sold (he has a friend in DNA)! Sepeltura is cancelled.. many of the guys were disappointed there.
Well lemme start of from the very beginning. I reached there with most of my friends at roughly 1PM. There were two gates for 1.5k so we went and stood at the one closer to the stage. At that point of time people (around 1-2k) were maintaining their distances and were not SO bothered about their place in the queue. But as more and more and more ppl started coming and the time for the gates to open was reducing, everyone started pushing, shoving etc to get in front and ppl were all sticking together bla.. piss off.. and I though that was bad..
After we got slowly, the crowd was just running towards the stage to try and get as close as possible and the same thing was happening here. But it was worse. Especially the pushing. Many people fell off and tumbled etc.. horrible.. mind you this was all still between 3-3.30. We kept waiting in the hot sun and still air with all the sweaty people around you pusing bla bla.. horrible scene..
Then FINALLY after more than 2 and a half hours from entering (roughly 5.45PM) SOMEONE came on stage.. But it just had to be FTN (F**k the name). The band which won this year's campus rock idols. Man and were they bad or wat?! I actually pity them you know. As in they are very talented. Especially the vocalist. But they are just not playing the right kind of music (genre i guess). Everyone boo-ed them BIG time and chanted "You Suck", "A$$holes" etc.. Sad.. So they eventually left the stage all pissed off at the crowd (especially the drummer!)
Next came Parikrama! Man they had some crowd control! They played only originals(almost). Songs like Rhythm & Blues, But it rained, vaporise etc.. They even played one song from LOTR (forgot the name). It comes when frodo is going to the mountain to chuck the ring o something. Anyway, the violinist (imran) was kickass! Played a ton of solos. The Pianist and the Violinist had this jugalbandi thing in between too! lol.. that was awesome! And Sonam (lead) was brilliant as usual. A surprise package was the rhythm guitarist. He was playing super arpeggios like more than half the time! And in between when this pushing/shoving thing, i mentioned earlier, got out of hand., the lead vocal stopped their performance to tell us to stop doing this. I think that was good on his part. Overall they were great.
Then came Steve Harris' daughter, Lauren Harris, @ around 7PM. Mann..What do i say.. She was hot! But thats about it! She reallly cant sing IMHO. Her band members are good but thats a different thing. She was just a bore. Especially cuz she went on and on! But ppl showed her respect cuz of her dad (duh!). So yes eventually she finished her gig and left.
After that, they took about half hour of stage prep before we could see any sign of Maiden! Eventually at around 8.10 PM, the lights went off. And as soon as the music started, all sorts of lightings with the set that was hidden away till then appeared. And trust me it was BRILLIANT! They started off with "Different World" and continued to "These colours dont run". Man the energy was super! though you were already exhausted cuz of alll the pain you went through, the adrenalin rush just kept you alive! They sang songs like Better than a thousand suns, the reincarnation of benjamin, for the greater good of god, wrathchild, 2 minutes to midnight, trooper, iron maiden, fear of the dark, hallowed be thy name, number of the beast and a couple more. It was truly AMAZING! The crowd participation was as good as concerts lke Athens, Rio etc.. Especially for songs like Trooper, FOTD.
The Stage setting was amazing! The backdrop changed for almost every song and they had many different props to accompany. For "Iron Maiden" (song) this tank model came on stage which was HUGE! Bruce even climbed up one one of those supporting pillars for the roof at one point of time! Towards the end of the show, this 12 foot tall Eddy mechanised eddy came on stage..man that was something! The standard of their performance (as in the whole setup, stage presence etc etc) was simply superb! They said they'd be coming again in 17 months! (YAY!) I think that the people who missed out on it reallly missed something BIG. Overall it was a AWESOME concert! Ah... Will post some pics n vids later..
Other stuff :
Met sonam(parikrama) and spoke a lil. got his autograph. Met manyyy guys from Mumbai, Delhi etc.. One guy told me that 62000 tickets were sold (he has a friend in DNA)! Sepeltura is cancelled.. many of the guys were disappointed there.
Yeah well.. I was all pumped up after coming back (that is after a few pain killers) so just felt like writing one then and there. 
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