!!! Started with lovely nosh a Il Bacio on Blackstock Road then a slight detour past the East Stand, Highbury for the benefit of my friends from Stoke. Into our seats for 7.35pm. Good job as The Boss came on stage only 10 mins later. Seats behind the goal at the North End not good as stage partly obscured by the sound stage. No problem....helpful Arsenal Steward let us go onto the pitch (which is what I wanted to do all along, but missus wouldn't go for it!).Imagine, standing there on the hallowed turf (albeit that it was covered by plastic....but you know what I mean!). Stands appear smaller from the centre circle.
Imagine the scene. The Grove, with people standing at their seats. The Grove with people standing on the pitch....smoking....drinking copious quantities of expensive lager!
We also saw what I'd inagine were the first people ever to be thrown out of a gig at the Grove - two 40 somethings who should have known better. Could hardly stand! My missus thought the Stewards were a bit harsh, but one of the guys had tried to climb over the barrier onto the pitch so pushed it a little too far. And their mates didn't complain....which is always a good indication of fairness
.Oh, and the gig itself? The Boss was AWESOME!! Spoke to some West Brom fans, in the Gunners Pub later that night, who had been to see him a number of times and they thought this was up their with the best of them! They also thought the stadium was brilliant - which made me feel soooo proud
!!Concert finished at 10.35pm - 2 hours 50 mins for a 58 year old. Not bad....
!!Anyway.....here is Born to Run just to give you a taster:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=AhpH1YqlwII
I'll post a couple of smaller clips later, which show a bit more of the stadium/crowd.
So it's okay for gig audiences to smoke, but not for Arsenal fans? 
Why would that be? Do they consider gig-goers more mature and trustworthy than football fans? Do they smoke something different from us? 
It's a fecking disgrace!! 
