Nikki-ann : Journal




	10th November 2007 Saturday - 4.25pm : I've moved! Well, the blog has. You can now find me at http://www.nikki-ann.co.uk/wordpress/ Hope to see you there! \| 5th November 2007 Monday - 7.25pm : I went to see Meat Loaf at Birmingham's NEC Arena on Friday. Due to Meat Loaf walking off stage half way through his Newcastle gig last Wednesday, I wasn't sure if the Birmingham gig would go ahead. I checked the NEC website first thing Friday morning, again when I finished work at lunchtime and then again before setting off on the 2 hour journey to the NEC (I'm very thankful for the M6 Toll road saving us going through rush hour traffic!). All signs were that the gig was going ahead. We got there an hour before the doors were due to open and could hear the sound-check inside. I bought a t-shirt & programme from the merchandise stand in the forum and then sat down with a coke (£1.70 for a small bottle!). The doors were due to open at 6pm. The security guys turned up a couple of minutes before 6pm and one said he had an announcement to make... and my heart sank. The gig was postponed until the end of the month. I don't blame Meat Loaf as he's ill after all (and I'd rather a postponed gig rather than half a gig), but couldn't his people have postponed it earlier in the day? We had to turn around and make the 2 hour journey back home. A couple sat by us had booked a hotel for the night (I know the hotels at the NEC cost a fortune) and when we stopped for food on the way home we bumped into a family from Dolgellau so they'd got a 3 hours journey home! I heard a few people saying they were going to get refunds... they were either annoyed at the late postponement or couldn't make the new date. I, personally, think it could be Meat Loaf's last tour (he is 60 after all) and don't want to miss it. So we'll be going back down the NEC on 29th November now. I'm also going to see Take That on 17th at the NEC... so that'll be 3 trips down there in one month! Edit: Ill Meat Loaf scraps Europe tour - Meat Loaf has been diagnosed with an "inter-vocal cord cyst". I hope Meat Loaf recovers soon and I look forward to seeing him in 2008. Thanks to Rashbre, Karen, Andrea, Miss M and Skye for commenting on the last post. \| Archived Entries - 2007 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October Archived Entries - 2006 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Archived Entries - 2005 January \| February \| March \| April \| May \| June \| July \| August \| September \| October \| November \| December Archived Entries - 2004 October \| November \| December