The day was so very hot, 37+C and I wondered how I was going to go being that hot and excited and wanting to jump around liked a lust filled crazy teen! The guys at our shop were having bets that I would go into labour (hospital was only a 15 minute walk away or so though LOL).
We got to Subiaco Oval in plenty of time and skulled heaps of water to try to keep hydrated (as it was still about 33C at 7.30pm). We made our way to our seats ... THE FRONT ROW.
I kept having to pinch myself. This really was a dream come true for me. I have never been front row at any concert before, let alone the one band I have remained faithful and loyal to for 17 years!
The support act (local band The Violet Flames) were really good, but it was clear that everyone wanted Bon Jovi to come out. I have to say though, that the flames drummer was really having a damn fantastic time!! Great to watch him!
Then it was time. I still couldn't believe I had made it to the front row. The security guards were keeping an eye on me as none of them wanted a labour either! One of them we struck up a little relationship with and he got me water during the show (awwww, so nice!! he was a local Perth boy).
Hugh, Tico, Dave and Richie came out onstage and then right in front of me was my idol, Jon Bon Jovi. Maybe 4 metres from me! I was a lust filled idiot at that second and why not! Damn has that man still got it!! One of the best toned bodies I have seen!! We then screamed and yelled our hearts out for the next 2 and a bit hours! I tried to jump around but couldn't really! 33 weeks pregnant is not the best thing to be at a Bon Jovi concert! Mr Security would look at me and motion for me to calm down and breathe! It was fantastic. Indescribable! Awesome! And so freakin' HOT!! They played the songs that I really wanted them to play, plus of course the ones you would expect. He played Runaway (which was just AWESOME), Blood on Blood, Born to be my Baby, Blaze of Glory .. then Summertime, Whole lot of Leavin' and I love this Town off the new album! Of course he played Prayer, and In these Arms was another highlight! What am I saying, the whole show was a damn highlight!! I couldn't stop smiling!! Meanwhile Smirnoff was being good and staying relatively calm in my belly even with my jumping around!
Richie sang I'll be there for you, which was fabulous (I am running out of adjectives!!).
All too soon though it was over ... the boys left the stage, the harsh light of normality was lit, and we stood around dazed ... Mr Security was over the other side of the stage but I saw him walking towards me .. Mr Fantastic Security had got Richie's playlist off the stage, complete with one of his guitar pics and proceeded to pass it to me over the fence!!!!!!!! I was stoked. Stoked beyond belief! What a way to end the best concert of my life!
We got home, so late, so tired, still pregnant and not a new mum, and I uploaded all the photos that my hubby had been ordered to take!! And boy do I have some damn fine shots!! Now to wait until they come back ... let's hope it's not another 11 years (or else I'm gonna rack up some miles flying around the world!!) ...
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