Robbie Williams:
Saw this guy last night at Telstra Dome, Melbourne. The official start time was for 7pm, but that was for Sneaker Sound System (no idea who they were and to be honest I did not care to see them), and Robbie on @ 8:50pm. Sonia, Narelle and I decided that we would skip the first part and spend more time eating MCS (a McRelle creation) before venturing into the CBD to find a park. The MCS was, as always, an inspired and excellent choice for the warm night ahead of us and was soon finished and then into town. Finding a park was a lot easier than the previous time Robbie was in town, as we managed to get from our place to the CBD in under 15 minutes and then a further 5 minutes to find a park. Our luck was not that good as it turned out to be Police only and the local parking guys were taking their time booking about 10 cars before we decided to pay for a place to stay.
After walking to the stadium, the customary pit stop for the girls, and myself trying not to gag on the stinking toilet so that I could release a chocolate hostage, we made our way to the seats we had book via Qantas Box Office (thanks for the FF points, 11 is a little lousy for a $450 spend) and I was amazed to find that they were in a good spot, lower ground 4 rows from the front and very close to the end of the Silver standing area. Last time we were in the Upper balcony, 3 rows from the back and could barely make out the video screens, and yes Robbie we were not watching the Red Hot Chilli peppers that night.
Awesome and disappointing where two words that I could use to describe the night. Awesome because Robbie lived true to his word and entertained us all night long, with his oldies and some of his newer work. Disappointing because the sound was not the best and you could not see anything unless you looked @ the TV screens. Plus, we missed Dani @ Kylie and Kylie @ Robbie.
Overall I enjoyed myself that night and I am sure the girls had a great time too and would not hesitate to go again. So much so that I had a bizzare dream that Robbie was going to sing Christmas Carols because Australians could not sing for toffee. Not sure why I dreamt that, but most dreams I have I cannot explain.