Ahum
This is... the official
KATIKUS REPORT OF PARC DES PRINCES AND ITS AWESOMENESSbasically... im writting about how my time was at the concert and paris...
Ahum...
Well i flew to paris on wednesday...
Got lost
Went shopping...
Got lost again
and eventually stumbled across my hotel for that night
The next day i did the usual things... sightsee
and then i thought
YEah sight see... do that stuff
then...
hey what the hell
im gonna go out to the venue and get the lay of the land
Let me tell u
the first time i saw the stadium...
IT WAS HUGE!
It still is huge... its size hasnt at all changed... just now i see it differently
i walked around
avoided security guards
and eventually found my way to the pelouse or standing entry..
There were about 30 girls camped on the other side of the road
I knew they where th fans right away...
how...
There ....
appearance kinda gave it away
Plus they were wearing Tokio hotel shirts
and singing there songs..
I attempted to talk to one of them
I failed
I am noooooo good at french
one of them attempted to speak to me in english
She was... not good at english
so i stood with them
for about 20 minutes
Then Came the Fuzz
They were chased to a park
and i took the oppurtunity to try and get some info off the cops
unfortunately... they spoke worse english then the 14 year old french girl..
the police man thought i was asking when the band would be there... he said tomorrow... as in friday night..
i was like when can i line up
he went.. tomorrow at midday..
cool so i can camp out ( iexplained this by doing a two year old mime show. putting my hands under my neck and gooing... SLEEP?)
NO U CANNOT CAMP
i made a wtf look
and he walked away to his car
I went back into central paris
I messaged nash to see if they had arrived yet and told them what the police man had told me
we arranged to meet up that night for dinner
at trocadero (u can see the eiffel tower from there... its well nice)
I went back to my hotel...
and attempted to ask the lady there about stuff
She wasnt good at english
I think i should learn more french next time i try to go there...
I went back into central paris
(as i had now moved to a dodgy outta suburb hotel... where people pee on the street when u walk past... ohh yeah.. i looooove outter paris :S)
We met up
Ate
Drank
I was informed of the....
not so joyful episode of THTV
Which i had not yet seen
as id been onthe move
we gossiped about tH
and wondered what the surprise would be..
I secretly hoped that joke about georg performing the 1000 hotels tour in only his socks would be the surprise...
But alas.... it wasnt
We met up with soem girls from the swedish street team
(im sorry if i got that wrong... im soo sure it was swedish..)
On the way there nash was proposistioned by older french men..
who... kinda hovered around us..
And wanted tehre photo taken with her..
LoL Moment
We met the swedish girls under teh eiffel tower
well near a merry go round
With one child on it...
we walked the river till we found a bar
and continued to gossip
Before realising the time
and dashing for our lives
to get to the metro
before the last train
i returned to my hotel
Passing the same man peeing on the street
and went to sleep...
*************
Its now friday...
I woke up
Went into central paris
and shopped... walked
took photos
Blah ddeee blah
then i went out to the venue again
too see if more people where there
YES THERE WAS!
they now had barriers up
and were ushering epople to the end of them
girls had backpacks, suitcases
and signs
The police were yelling
It was amazing
i messaged nash tellin her the updated situation
they just happened to be on there way to the venue atthe time
we watched the crowd
talkd to a confused irishman who was there with his kids
and i pointed out who had cool hair..
there was realllly coool hair on one girl
it was black and pink
im slightly jealous of her..
we headed to eat
and then to the champs.. d... elysee
as i cant spell it from memory.. thats close enough
we found th merch
and i wished i bought it
seeing as Berlin was DRY for merchandise
I FOUND NOTHING THERE!
it was a shock to me too...
i mean its germany right...
anyhoo
word came from liz..
theyd opened the barriers...
WTF
theyd done it early
i rushed... yes i.... RAN
my metro pass wouldnt work
i smashed the barriers at the guard
who got mad at me
and let me through
i ran to my hotel
passing the same peeing man who was now asleep on the side of the road
and changed/showered.. ordered a taxi for the airport the morning after the concert
and inmy knee high tartan boots... shorts and singlet tops.. blow up kangaroo under one arm and Flag tied to my back... Ran back... past 15 metro stops to parc des princes
for the record...
the french dont like blow up animals
takin up space on teh metro
a woman tried to kill him....
I ran to the stadium
and sat...
and there i stayed
surrounded by people..
who didnt speak english...
liz was 3 rows ahead
security bogharted my attempts to get to her
Nash, susi and claire bought me some delicious dinner
and wine..
which was taken by security
even tho in the line after me a 12 year old was drinkin double blacks...
I hated security by now
and the french girls i had chosen to befriend
where going on about how they would never be groupies...
well thats what i gathered anyway.. they seemed agrovated about groupies
maybe they secretly want to be groupies...
Maybe they got rejected by tom... or went for bill.. and failed
We shouted everytime a look alike went past
there were a few
they did a very good job might i say.
i took photos
i went to sleep
and almost frove
everytime i was awake
more people had blankets..
i never got a blanket.
For some wierd reason.. even tho i was shivering..
and lets face... not in that much clothing
even tho
I LOOKED SOOO HOT AND AMAZING
LoL
Ok.. where was i
It was now saturday
girls started putting make up on at sunrise
i flagged up
Tattoos all over me
Aussie aussie aussie written on my arm
an THUKST also
which is still burnt into my arm
people point at it and go.. wtf mate
i go....
Yeah... i rock
i got majorly sunburnt
Steve the kangaroo was aslo hot and began to scold me with every touch
they closed the portaloos
and i didnt want water due to that reason
more people were arriving
The buzz was growing
i wanted the fucking french girls to stop screaming
OH GOD THE SCREAMING!
the band took to the stage inside the arena
for there sound check
The crowd went wild
It was good... i must say
but people sang and screamed
SOME EVEN CRIED ALREADY
i was like... woah...
im in the wrong part of the crowd
by this time i think security was over all of this
we were screamed at over and over again to sit down
but...
im old
i need to stand after a while dudes
if i stood they screamed at me in french
id scream back that i didnt understand
They said it in english
i asked to go get food
No..
I asked to use a loo
No...
Aparently they are very good at saying no in english
Lets bypass all this nonfun with security since it kinda ruined my day
to when the gates opened
AND THE CRUSH BEGAN
oh god... screaming... rubbish.. running...
insanity..
i was freaked
it was like a cattle muster i swear..
girls took off when they got in
i got stopped
aparently u couldn take a water bottle in
they searched my bag
made comments about my kangaroo
and let me past
i got rammed by girls running for the stage
i walked
why?
because there was 3 hours of waiting till the concert
if i got exhausted now
i might faint or collapse
if the rest of teh crowd gets exhausted and faints
i get to the front
mwhah... method to my madness
And that is exactly what happened...
I made it to a comfy and well nice sight wise spot
and i waited
me and steve did
i made friends with security who gave me water
cause.. oh god... it was killer
I spotted liz who was a few rows infront of me
(she later came back and stood with me after the pee incident... YES I SAID PEE INCIDENT... that will be mentioned later)
i waited around
stood near... oh yes u guessed it
more people who didnt speak english
i watched as girl after girl got pulled from the audiance
fainting.. on the verge of fainting
i even looked after a girl who was on the verge
she later had her shirt off and threw it at georg.
Liz came bck and joined me
as a french girl
who was at the front
had.... not wanted to give up her spot
and.... had peed herself
Yes... I know
Its wrong on so many levels
She didnt even clean it up either
she didnt move
didnt acknowledge it
Made someone else clean it..
Oh god
Liz told me she had to escape the smell
i dont blame her
My spot was better at seeing also
LoL
well time drew on
i waved steve at nash susi and claire
who were up with there uk flag
I got told off by french girls for blocking there views with my kangaroo
and that i could only hold it for one song...
I said bullshit
I tried to explainto her that a kangaroo si nothign compared to all the signs everyone else had;
she told me taht if i heldup the kangaroo for more then one song there would be trouble
i told her to go fuck herself..
but it dont matter... steve was set free during the first song and crowdsurfed
I think the french dont like australians... or english.... or really anyone who sint french.
The support act came on... everyone chanted thinkin it was th..
but no
i liked them
wish iknew what tehy were called
i think saki announced tehm
but everyone was chanting saki...
So i didnt hear
they performed.... ALOT
They were ok tho..
Silence..
liz and i made comments of Come the fuck on..
liz announced she thought she could see them out the side of the stadium.. behind a fence... right underneath the first seated area..
we watched
i think i saw bills hair
Toms Dreads..
Gustavs shorts
We got excited
LIGHTS
nothing....
screens came on..
NOTHING
finally....
WOO the show!
it was amazing
everyones hands went up as ich brech aus started playing
We all sang along
liz and i in english
....
to much annoyance of a french girl beside me
I cant really explain what happened after that
They all looked amazing
they played amazing
it was everything i had hoped and dreamed for
it was....
it was like all teh shit that had happened before i had gotten there.. the security.. problems with my friend coming... even tho she didnt in the end...
It didnt matter
the band was on fire
there was no fault to the gig
i had never smiled... screamed
or done so much in 3 hours
i took so many photos
a couple of videos
Oh god... it was
i reccomend if u can
go to a concert
ive seen some amazing bands live
but i have never.... felt such a rush during a show
I smiled the most as i held my aussie flag up
and screamd aussie aussie aussie
The band even saw the flag.
Bill aparently smiled as he saw it!
I did my country proud
Suddenly...
that was it...
it was over
Girls again ran..
bumping into me.. almost knocking me over
To get to teh area where teh band gave signatures
i walked...
got to the area
and went
oh fuck that
i walked around lookin for liz, nash, susi or claire
to no such luck
i had no phone credit
so i went to the metro stop...
WRONG IDEA
tens of thousands had the same idea as me didnt they
I got home..
packed my bag
And went to sleep
as at 5am the next morning
(being it was by the time i got home 2am)
I was going to the airport
to go to berlin...
ENd Of AWESOMENESS!
p.s. photos going on myspace tomorrow
check em out
www.myspace.com/rosecaseI will try and put some on photo bucket and load them here
But omg....
AWESOMNESS
