The great gig in the park...

Roger Waters & Nick Mason playing some old stuff, some new stuff & all of the Dark Side of the Moon in Hyde Park on 01 July 2006... need I say more?
Actually, now that I'm here I may as well... it was quite an entertaining day actually... a pretty big gig (Hyde Park Calling) in the middle of Hyde Park, a bunch of bands (some good, some not so good) - blackbud (who?), starsailor, texas, susanne vega, lightning seeds and a few more... and ofcourse the headliner - Woja Wo-ah :-).

Got to hear the first 3 from the above list DURING the live broadcast of the England-Portugal world cup quarter final. Let's just say that positioning the screen in front of the stage wasn't exactly easy on the bands.. some were pretty good natured, with starsailor cheering the team on between songs, while Sharleen Spiteri was less than happy, and made that quite clear... c'mon now, just because it wasn't Scotland playing! So anyway, got to hear the noise a few thousand people can amke when cheering on the team, and got to hear the silence a few thousand people can make when Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't miss the last Portugal penalty.

I must say I was impressed with the number of people who didn't trash the whole place after the game...

And eventually at about a quarter to eight, Waters took centre stage, and played a couple of nice long sets, finishing the evening with some great pyrotechnics (actually they were mostly just flamethrowers, but pretty big ones shooting flames 30 ft vertically into the air), some great tracks, and a generally "good day"feeling at about a quarter past ten. Follow up with pizza & drinks, and a looong tube ride back home...