dods gigs + other things

WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GIG AFTER HAVING SEEN THEM EARLIER IN THE YEAR AT GLASTONBURY AND THAT WAS AWESOME..

ARRIVED AT THE ARENA TO SEE MANY OLD FACES THAT I HADNT SEEN IN YEARS OR THAT I ONLY SEE AT SKA/PUNK GIGS.. ALSO THERE WAS A SCOOTER BEING RAFFLED BY THE BAND FOR A LUCKY MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE. I.HAD A PHOTO PASS, SO WAS IN THE PIT WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THEY CAME ON TO "ONE STEP BEYOND" AND THE CROWD WAS GOING WILD, IT HAD BEEN AT LEAST THE LATES EIGHTIES SINCE THEY WERE LAST IN ABERDEEN.THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY "EMBARRESSMENT"  AND "PRINCE"..

 I THEN WENT TO STAND AT THE SIDE OF THE STAGE TILL THE DRAW WAS MADE, SUGGS DID THE DRAW AND SAID YOU HAVE 1 SONG TO MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN AND READ OUT THE WINNING TICKET.WHILE HE WAS DOING THIS CHAS WAS DRIVING THE SCOOTER ALONG THE STAGE..

AFTER "THE SUN AND THE RAIN" THE WINNER WAS ON THE STAGE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH SUGGS AND LOOKED VERY HAPPY WITH HIS PRIZE..

THEN ON WITH THE SHOW WHICH INCLUDED MANY FAVOURITES "BED AND BREAKFAST MAN" "GREY DAY" "OUR HOUSE" (WHICH HAD THE BIG SCREENS SHOWING PHOTOS OF HOUSES AROUND ABERDEEN) "BAGGY TROUSERS" WHEN LEE WAS FLYING FLYING AROUND IN A HARNESS" THEY ENDED WITH "MUST BE LOVE".

CAME BACK ON WITH A PIPER INTRO TO "MADNESS" AND "NIGHT BOAT TO CAIRO".. THEN THEY WENT OFF AGAIN AND DID ONE MORE ENCORE "PIGBAG" WHILE CHAS INTRODUCED THE BAND.

AFTER THE SHOW WENT BACKSTAGE TO GET SOME PICS OF THE GUYS AND HAVE CHAT WITH THEM ABOUT THE GLASTONBURY SHOW, WHICH WOODY EVEN THOUGHT WAS A VERY GOOD NITE..

ALSO GOT SOME PICS OF THE WINNER OF THE SCOOTER AND HIS SON WITH BAND AND HIM ON HIS SCOOTER.

ALL IN ALL  A VERY ENTERTAINING AND GREAT NIGHT..

more pics at  http://s45.photobucket.com/albums/f67/upsetter/MADNESS%20LIVEABERDEEN%2006-12-07/?start=all&paginator=top