you are now entering - the Twilight Zone!

Part of my Christmas from the spouse was tickets to see My Chemical Romance in Glasgow. We were there on Tuesday night and it was absolutely a-maz-ing. If not a little weird.

(pic not by me, obviously! bliddy Getty people...)

Firstly I bought a t-shirt. A band t-shirt. For about the first time in 20 years. I have an aversion to tees with the actual band name on them (that's too obvious for my tastes! Unless it's a really obscure band!) but there were two MCR ones that were just too cool. I was very good and only bought one.

Secondly the sound was really good! The SECC (fondly monikered "the red shed" by anyone who has suffered it's usual auditory massacres) is not known for its acoustics. In fact, the last time we saw MCR there they sounded like they were underwater! And we were standing right in front of the sound desk! This time, however, was grand. Not phenomenal (I'm not sure that's possible) but really good. Great even, in parts.

Thirdly. This is a big one. There. Was. No. Queue. For. The. Loo. I'll let that sink in.

I don't mean there was a teeny queue or just a couple people in front. I mean the loos were empty. Except for the tumbleweed and the wee wifey filling up the soap dispensers and loo rolls. *jaw drops* Spouse's theory is that because of the number of teenagers there the beer being drank (drunk?) was minimal. Meaning less need to wee. Therefore and ergo, empty loos. I liked it! It was weird, though.

Oh, yeah, this is us just before we left. Snapped on a phone camera so apologies for the pants quality. My Mum laughed at our not-typical late thirties/fortyness and we agreed that Chook is going to have to rebel by making us take her to see Justin Beiber. Or whoever is the teen heart-throb scream-along guy when she'd in her early teens. There were a lot of adults there who had obviously brought their kids!! Heh heh. Talk about fishes out of water.

(it has been pointed out that my spouse isn't as overweight as he looks here - he's also better looking, just fatally unphotogenic!)

I'm really stiff today, though. I was just standing (we had a fabulous view, too, and no big blokes stood in front of us! See? Twilight Zone) but had seized by the time we were leaving and I feel ancient today. And tired - midnight is too late on a school night! It was worth it, though. Especially since the last song they played  is another tick on my "songs to hear live before I croak" list.

Of no interest to anyone else but for my posterity, here's the setlist, too.

Look Alive, Sunshine
(Intro)

1.Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) 
2.Give 'Em Hell, Kid
3.Planetary (GO!) 
4.Hang 'Em High 
5.SING
6.Vampire Money 
7.Mama 
8.The Only Hope For Me Is You 
9.Party Poison
10.Summertime
11.I'm Not Okay (I Promise)
12.Famous Last Words 
13.DESTROYA 
14.Welcome To The Black Parade 
15.Teenagers
16.Helena

Encore:

17.Cancer
18.Vampires Will Never Hurt You