Skate Away, Baby
The Avril Lavigne concert was excellent, as expected. Managed to find a parking space in Brixton (blimey!) with no restrictions (blimey again!). Successfully kept to the ridiculous speed limits on the A3 to avoid the speed cameras, and even had time for a quick drink in Victoria.
The concert was brilliant. The support band were slightly random Our Lady Peace who, despite their lead guitarist and singer dropping to the floor several times during the performance (and staying there), were actually quite good.
Miss Lavigne herself was full of energy, a pleasure to listen to and very interactive with the audience. What else to say? She’s nicer in real life ;-). Sk8tor Boi (or however the hell you spell it) was a predictable start to get the masses moving, followed by a series of songs from her album Let Go, and then a final song in support of children’s charities in war.
A great show, and an amazing number of crowdsurfers. Oddly, less adults than I expected (there must be *some* adult fans!) therefore the loss was made up by squillions of 16 year olds. Never underestimate the force of a large number of teenagers year olds swaying - I nearly fell over several times. Also, pre-pubescent crowdsurfers have an amazing knack at kicking you in the eye as they swing around.
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March 29th, 2003 at 6:01 pm
heyyyy, yeh i went to the Avril gig on the wednesday too. i thought she was great, but was it me or was everyone standing there like lemons me and my friend were giving it our all, shame everyone else didnt show her appreciation.
March 29th, 2003 at 10:28 pm
Admit it, you were that guy that got dragged off by security during ‘complicated’ MwahahahaYeah we were slightly lemon like, if only for the fact that any jumping around would have meant get knocked over by the horde of little kids, and I didn’t really want to create space by throwing elbows….