Post by dupacrash on May 29, 2012 6:50:40 GMT -5
the band made it's atlantic city debut with this show at the house of blues at the showboat casino. shirley had performed next door at the trump taj mahal with the pretenders in 2006. saw some familiar faces in the line to get in. found out that the house of blues gives out line passes to people if they spend enough on merchandise or gamble enough in the casino. so quite a few of us were the first ones thru the door.
after tolerating the magician the show got underway, but not without incident. security removed a woman who was getting out of control. shirley pleaded with them to give her a break as she recognized her from her facebook page as a big G fan. then as "stupid girl" was getting underway a drunk man and woman behind me got into a fight. i flagged down security in the pit and they went over the barricade(and me) to get at them, but not before the guy hit the girl. at this point shirley brought the song to a halt and started berrating the guy - "what the fuck is wrong with you, man! you don't ever, ever hit a lady!", she said. at this point the house lights were on and the band and the crew were at the front of the stage. never seen that happen before. after that things settled down and the show went on as usual. they palyed "control" for only the second time ever.
oh, and did i forget to mention that i talked to shirley in the casino the night before for about twenty minutes? saw her standing on top of a staircase overlooking the casino floor and went over to say hello. would've been happy just to say hi, but she remembered me from AC in 2006 and we got to talking. she wanted to know what i thought of the new record. she asked about my hometown. we talked about the el rey shows. i had the nylon magazine with me and she read it while we talked about the photos and the interview. didn't gamble that night, but i felt like the luckiest guy there.
after tolerating the magician the show got underway, but not without incident. security removed a woman who was getting out of control. shirley pleaded with them to give her a break as she recognized her from her facebook page as a big G fan. then as "stupid girl" was getting underway a drunk man and woman behind me got into a fight. i flagged down security in the pit and they went over the barricade(and me) to get at them, but not before the guy hit the girl. at this point shirley brought the song to a halt and started berrating the guy - "what the fuck is wrong with you, man! you don't ever, ever hit a lady!", she said. at this point the house lights were on and the band and the crew were at the front of the stage. never seen that happen before. after that things settled down and the show went on as usual. they palyed "control" for only the second time ever.
oh, and did i forget to mention that i talked to shirley in the casino the night before for about twenty minutes? saw her standing on top of a staircase overlooking the casino floor and went over to say hello. would've been happy just to say hi, but she remembered me from AC in 2006 and we got to talking. she wanted to know what i thought of the new record. she asked about my hometown. we talked about the el rey shows. i had the nylon magazine with me and she read it while we talked about the photos and the interview. didn't gamble that night, but i felt like the luckiest guy there.