Those of you who know me well, are aware, perhaps, of the fact that I’m not into music big time. Movies is more my thing. But, in my days of youth (which was absolute ages ago, it’s starting to feel…) I did go to a fair few concerts and music festivals back in my native Finland, and even bought the odd CD.
But when I read AC/DC were coming to play to Nice, I realized I just had to act. An opportunity to see these living legends simply couldn’t be missed. And it just so turned out that Mikko had a spare ticket for the concert.
So, this cloudy Tuesday, the day was upon us. We realized we’d have to head out to Nikaia pretty early, since we both absolutely wanted to see Slash, who was the supporting act. So I left the office way early, before 4, and headed from Nice (yet I already hit bad traffic!). A bus ride later, we arrived at Nikaia. After a nutritious dinner of beer, merguez and frites, as well as a fair bit of queuing, we very ready to rock.
After the first supporting act (have to admit I’ve forgotten the name of the band), Slash was on. This was pretty cool for both me and Mikko, me having been into Guns n’ Roses big time. And he didn’t disappoint. Same hat, same hair, same guitar, still cool as ever.
After a futile attempt to buy ourselves beer (it was harder work than getting a round in a pub on Leicester square on a Saturday evening; for f***s sake!), we could hear (hard to miss it with the volume they were playing at) the Aussies were on! AC / DC were every bit as good (or maybe even better) than I expected.
Brian and especially Angus were well on form (not sure which was my favourite moment, I suppose I can’t really say it was Angus’ striptease can I?). Great to hear some of the old classics live as well. Unbelievable the show they put up, and the amount of energy these guys have! We hardly noticed that it was absolutely p***ing it down for most of the concert (this was the same day when this happened not too far away). Well, I did notice it later at home when I took off my shoes (I think they took two days to dry…).
Great concert, although the arrangements and organization left a lot to be desired (especially the slow beer service – what an absolute disgrace that was!). It was pretty loud apparently, as friends as far as in Antibes could hear the old-yet-young-at-heart geezers playing away!
That wasn’t it for me music-wise this week, as Mikko actually had a spare ticket for the Cranberries as well. So we were back at Nikaia on Friday, this time joined by Ismael and Sarah, who also had tickets for the concert. This gig was indoors, which made it all a bit less spectacular, but more intimate. Great concert as well, although the music is maybe less to my taste than the Aussie lads’ one… On a positive note, it was a lot easier to get beer this time ;-)
But when I read AC/DC were coming to play to Nice, I realized I just had to act. An opportunity to see these living legends simply couldn’t be missed. And it just so turned out that Mikko had a spare ticket for the concert.So, this cloudy Tuesday, the day was upon us. We realized we’d have to head out to Nikaia pretty early, since we both absolutely wanted to see Slash, who was the supporting act. So I left the office way early, before 4, and headed from Nice (yet I already hit bad traffic!). A bus ride later, we arrived at Nikaia. After a nutritious dinner of beer, merguez and frites, as well as a fair bit of queuing, we very ready to rock.
After the first supporting act (have to admit I’ve forgotten the name of the band), Slash was on. This was pretty cool for both me and Mikko, me having been into Guns n’ Roses big time. And he didn’t disappoint. Same hat, same hair, same guitar, still cool as ever. After a futile attempt to buy ourselves beer (it was harder work than getting a round in a pub on Leicester square on a Saturday evening; for f***s sake!), we could hear (hard to miss it with the volume they were playing at) the Aussies were on! AC / DC were every bit as good (or maybe even better) than I expected.
Brian and especially Angus were well on form (not sure which was my favourite moment, I suppose I can’t really say it was Angus’ striptease can I?). Great to hear some of the old classics live as well. Unbelievable the show they put up, and the amount of energy these guys have! We hardly noticed that it was absolutely p***ing it down for most of the concert (this was the same day when this happened not too far away). Well, I did notice it later at home when I took off my shoes (I think they took two days to dry…). Great concert, although the arrangements and organization left a lot to be desired (especially the slow beer service – what an absolute disgrace that was!). It was pretty loud apparently, as friends as far as in Antibes could hear the old-yet-young-at-heart geezers playing away!
That wasn’t it for me music-wise this week, as Mikko actually had a spare ticket for the Cranberries as well. So we were back at Nikaia on Friday, this time joined by Ismael and Sarah, who also had tickets for the concert. This gig was indoors, which made it all a bit less spectacular, but more intimate. Great concert as well, although the music is maybe less to my taste than the Aussie lads’ one… On a positive note, it was a lot easier to get beer this time ;-)
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