It was a warm summers day in the heart of manchester the atmosphere was electric inside old trafford before the show, the atmosphere spread throughout the whole of manchester, bon jovi wer in town.
i entered the stadium 2 hours before bon jovi wer set to play, i patiently waited not knowing wot was to be expected, except it being one of the best nights of my life.
live warmed the crowd up althoough i didnt think that they wer too good so i fcused my attnetion to the technician who was making last minuit changes to the lights (he was amazing).
suddenly the lights went out i looked up an saw tico step up into the drums , then dave and hugh, i was extatic it was amazing the crowd cheered as richie strolled on holding his gibson les paul i knew it bounce was the opening song. the band then played there was one thing missing jon? were was he?
suddenly right on que jon ran on stage singing the opening line of bounce the crowd cheered i stood in awe it was amazing!!!!!!
bounce finished the crowd wer now ready for the ride of there life next jon plzyed runaway and after it he remarked,'manchester england eh?,' the crowd went wild ,' im just taking in the sites cos i aint seen anythin as beautiful in all my life' as soon as jon said this the crowd appreciated it and shown ther respect and joy by loud screams an applauses it was AMAZING.
the night steadily progressed with all the hits such as livin on a prayer wanted saturday night and keep the faith, not only the classics wer played joey and everyday wer also played with confidence and pride and not forgetting the distance were jon gave a special mention to the local footbal team manchester united and shown how u need to go the distance wiith your team through thick and thin and even compared them to his home team NJ giants!!!!! there was also another special mention for david beckham how his wife victoria asked jon if he could bend it like beckham, there was only 1 answer jon could give it was, BABY I CAN TIE IT IN KNOTS!!!!!!!
jon was sooooooo cool that night i will never forget it i went home buzzing i had left my voice in manchester that night singing along to every song it was a 14 year olds dream!! i will be deffinatley going the next tour which could be plzyed at manchester because jon promised how he would come bak and visit
it was clear that all the band members enjoyed the night even richie because he got to sing ill be there for you infront of 70,000 people!!!

i hope that you have enjoyed reading my review and it has sparked even more goood memories to come alive again if you have any commments i would be grateful to recieve them, good or bad!!!

your friend GAZ THOMAS