We had a nice day! (Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi)

Member Name: clivefallon

Product:	Have A Nice Day - Bon Jovi
Date:	27/03/07 (203 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Best day of my life

Disadvantages: None

It was the most memorable day of my life. The sun was shining, the fans were singing and England were playing there first round game against Paraguay and won! Milton Keynes bowl was the setting for the greatest live performances I have even seen. The day started with the long drive to the bowl, the "Have a Nice Day" album played 3 or 4 times on the way there from the North East of England. On arrival the car was dumped in the carpark, the shorts were on and the drink was flowing. We watched the England Game on a portable TV in the carpark, there must have been 50 of us there, chanting Bon Jovi songs while England pounded their way through the game.

As the gates opened the crowds dissappeared from the carpark in to the massive international bowl at Milton Keynes. "Where should we sit?" said the missus. Where we sat wouldn't really matter as the view was unblocked from everywhere. 34 degrees of sun was blaring down on us as we sat through the first local supporting band, followed by the rock boys from the US Nickleback.

As the helicopters arrived with the Band on board, the crowd started to gather their voice, singing old favourites "Livin on a prayer" and "It's my life". There was speculation amongst the crowd, what will they play, are they going to stick to tradition and play old as well as new? Of course they were! As the band appeared the crowd went wild. Shouts, screams, singing, chanting and even the odd tear dropped to the grass as the boys came on and opened the show.

For an outdoor venue, the bowl really does have a fantastic sound, as good as any indoor performance I've heard. The facilities were ok too, toilets, food drink, all available and in good supply for the 70,000 strong crowd that rocked the day away.

it was obvious there were plenty of patriotic footy fans in the crowd, even Jon came on after a break donning an England shirt and with the cameras focussing closely on him, her gave the girls a wink as they screamed and the blokes cheered!

Towards the end of the performance, which went on until just before 11pm, the sun started to leave the sky and the fans started to relax. Some of the older songs came out and it was great to see everyone singing along.

Audience participation was big on the day, and it brought a feeling of electricity between every person in that stadium when they all started to sing Livin on a prayer without the help of the band, other then being started off of course.

Anyway, to the point, the day was amazing, the songs, the performance, the sound, venue and weather made it the best concert I have ever seen and probably ever will.

Summary: A great album and an amazing gig!