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Robbie Williams – Gothenburg; July 2nd 2006<\/strong><\/p>\n

The morning of our second Gothenburg gig started with the alarm at 6:30 a.m. and both of us not willing to get out of\u00a0bed. We dragged ourselves into the shower and to the stadium where we arrived at\u00a07:30. There were much less people around than the previous day, maybe 20 and some\u00a0of them still asleep. The night shift of security guards was sitting in chairs, watching us\u00a0and we settled down for another day of waiting in the sun. Since lots of people had come\u00a0late and tried to squeeze in from the sides the day before, I took on the job of the \u201cline\u00a0bitch\u201d for the day and sent everyone back \u2013 it worked surprisingly well.\u00a0About 1 hour after we arrived, the security day shift took over. I was relieved to see the\u00a0same faces again. They went to business right away and set up barriers to the side so\u00a0people could not line up there. I told them what a great job they did and they liked it.<\/p>\n

The \u201chat man\u201d from Saturday looked very tired and told me he had only gotten two\u00a0hours of sleep. He also told me that taking care of the people in line was something new\u00a0his boss wanted to try out so there was less excitement for everyone and less people\u00a0passing out \u2013 it did work. He also wanted to know where our lawn chair were, but we\u00a0never had any. He decided that was not Ok and got us some that were left from the day\u00a0before.<\/p>\n

We spent all day relaxing in the sun, drinking lots of water, chatting and waiting. When it\u00a0got close to 4 p.m. and opening of the everyone got up and there was a lot of pushing\u00a0and shoving, but not for long. Again they let us in slowly and we were not allowed to\u00a0run.\u00a0I was not the first person in the stadium, but since I can walk extremely fast I overtook\u00a0about 20 people on the way in and made it second into the pit. I secured the spot we\u00a0had been hoping to get: right side of the catwalk, in the middle between stage and\u00a0platform, but a little closer the platform. From there we would be able to see everything.\u00a0There was even a little shade on this side and the railing was not frying as on the left.\u00a0Happily we set down for more waiting.<\/p>\n

Once again Chris Coco started entertaining us at 7 p.m. and once again I was not\u00a0impressed.\u00a0Basement Jaxx rocked the house about 1 hour later and I really had fun. One of them\u00a0even cam of stage to shake hands with us, but I missed her walking by because I was\u00a0adjusting my camera .\u00a0Once they were gone a wave competition started in the audience again, but somehow it\u00a0had worked better the previous day. Still, every last seat in the house was filled by then.<\/p>\n

At 9:30 p.m. the house music was off and the screens read \u201cCome with me\u201d. The fireworks\u00a0started and I knew the wait was over. I kept looking back and forth between the stage\u00a0where the band came on and the platform where I knew Robbie would appear and just\u00a0about screamed my lungs out when he finally did. We had a much better view of the\u00a0platform this time and ‘Radio’ rocked the house. The audience was incredibly loud and\u00a0everyone was shouting, clapping, standing in their seats.<\/p>\n

‘Rock DJ’ followed and again there was no doubt Robbie could kick it. I believe it was at\u00a0this point that he talked about the audience being so great on Saturday and the best so\u00a0far. Some people were \u201cbooing\u201d at that but he asked them to let him finish and told us it\u00a0was already looking as if we were even better than last night. The following cheer was\u00a0unbelievable and I must say he was right: we were a hell of a lot louder and he\u00a0thoroughly enjoyed that. He asked us to worship in the \u2018Temple of Entertainment\u2019 and\u00a0we all screamed \u201cYeah\u201d, \u201cHallelujah\u201d and \u201cAmen\u201d. ‘Tripping’ was next, including ‘Don\u2019t worry’ and a wonderful ‘Monsoon’.<\/p>\n

Robbie was chatty, telling us about the club he\u2019d been to and how all the people there were\u00a0so handsome and he was the ugliest person there. He had been going on about that the\u00a0day before as well. \u201cEven the guys in the audience look better than I do. Thank God I\u00a0can sing.\u201d He went on to tell us that everybody in the club was pissed and then he\u00a0showed us how much, stumbling across the stage, pouring water over his head. I\u00a0laughed so hard I didn\u2019t manage to take a single picture. \u00a0It might have been during ‘Tripping’ that he turned his arse to us and pretended to take\u00a0his pants down, put then did not. A while later he pretended to take his cock out too,\u00a0but thought the better of it. Funny moment. I don\u2019t remember what he was saying\u00a0though. During ‘Monsoon’ he also got down on the catwalk right in front of us. Didn\u2019t\u00a0look at me all night though.<\/p>\n

A rocking ‘Sin Sin Sin’ was next and he conducted the audience sing-along. Then it was\u00a0hands in the air for ‘Millennium’ \u2013 I must say it looked fantastic to see the entire\u00a0audience waving hands.<\/p>\n

Robbie said he knew someone who didn\u2019t want to pay a ticket. Everyone was wondering\u00a0when he pointed at the sky where a hot air balloon was hovering. \u201cThe Tosser in the\u00a0balloon.\u201d He kept yelling at whoever was in there to go and buy a ticket, then on the\u00a0count of three had all of us tell them to \u201cFuck off\u201d.<\/p>\n

At one point Robbie saw a woman in the audience who had \u201cSnog me, I\u2019m a doctor\u201d written\u00a0on her chest. He wanted to know if she really was a doctor and she nodded. Then he\u00a0wanted to know what kind of doctor. She said something but he could not hear it so he\u00a0mimicked her. \u201cSorry, you\u2019re gonna have to shout it\u201d and took his earpiece out. She\u00a0yelled that she was an Intern so Robbie goes \u201cAn intern? Then you aren\u2019t really a doctor.\u00a0You\u2019ve been lying to me.\u201d The bantered about a bit more and finally Robbie said \u201cWell, I\u00a0hope I did not embarrass you too much in front of 60 000 people. This next song is for\u00a0you.\u201d Much later he came back to her and remarked that if she was a doctor she could\u00a0not be opposed to seeing the naked body and if she\u2019d come to his hotel to take a\u00a0physical.<\/p>\n

The choir once again did a great job on ‘Make me pure’.<\/p>\n

Afterwards it was time to bring out Jonny again. As soon as he walked on stage the\u00a0following conversation took place: R: \u201cHey best mate.\u201d J: \u201cYes best mate. Listen.\u201d\u00a0R: \u201cNo you listen to me.\u201d \u201cWhat up then?\u201d \u201cI\u2019ve got something to show you, come\u00a0here.\u201d Robbie put his hand on Jonny\u2019s shoulder briefly, then walked over to the left side of\u00a0the stage. R: \u201cMr. Cameraman, can you turn your camera? Looks there.\u201d (pointing).\u00a0J: \u201coooh.\u201d R (to the cameraman):\u201cNo it says Jonny.\u201d He turned the camera some\u00a0more and the screens showed a girl holding up a JONNY sign. J:\u201cYes.\u201d There were \u00a0some screams from the audience at that. Jonny did a little RAP and thanked the girl.\u00a0Then Robbie was talking to the girl: \u201cListen you\u2019ve put that poster up in the beginning of\u00a0the fucking show.\u201d (to Jonny) \u201cShe\u2019s been putting me off. It says \u2018Jonny\u2019, it doesn\u2019t say\u00a0\u2018Robbie\u2019\u201d J: \u201cYou want loads of \u2018Robbie\u2019 signs.\u201d R: \u201cYes I do.\u201d J: \u201cChrist\u201d\u00a0(rolling eyes, walking away). Robbie said something more and she took the sign down.\u00a0Then: \u201cGo on it\u2019s OK, go on put your poster up.\u201d Jonny, walking back: \u201cO you made her\u00a0cry. You made her cry Rob.\u201d After some more talking she put it up again and everyone\u00a0cheered.\u00a0Of course Robbie fancied to do some swinging. This time Jonny told him he was doing 87%\u00a0and he would add the extra 13. \u2013 he did too. Brilliant and funny performance.<\/p>\n

It was time for their football competition. Robbie put a lot of emphasis on the fact that he\u00a0had won the previous night while Jonny stretched that it was still 4:1. Jerry brought the balls\u00a0(real footballs this time) and they walked to the end of the platform. Jerry kept staring\u00a0at Robbie so he asked him why. Jerry claimed to be \u201ca bit gay\u201d and Robbie said that was OK.\u00a0So Jerry tried to kiss him but he pulled back. The showed off some footie tricks before\u00a0they kicked the footballs and this time Robbie won again. When he was back on the main stage\u00a0he walked over to Jerry and kissed him. And that was the only kiss that night, none for\u00a0anyone from the audience.\u00a0Before splitting us in two groups and starting the sing along competition, they were\u00a0going on about how beautiful and handsome everyone in the audience was and Jonny\u00a0claimed: \u201cThere\u2019s a bloke over here I\u2019d divorce my wife for him.\u201d ‘Strong’ followed and\u00a0was again much fun.<\/p>\n

Next Robbie was asking a girl in the audience how old she was. She replied 16 and he goes\u00a0\u201cOh shit!\u201d It turned out the two guys next to her were 15 and 16 so Robbie felt old and did\u00a0an age poll. At the question who was over 30 only H. and I screamed in the corner\u00a0where we were. At under 30 a lot more screamed, but the loudest it got when he asked\u00a0who was under 20. He shook his head \u201cI\u2019m turning into Rod Stewart.\u201d Robbie kept talking a\u00a0it more to the teenagers, claiming \u201cI was on drugs when I was your age.\u201d He said\u00a0something along the lines of they could come to the hotel if they were up for drugs and\u00a0then \u201cIf I\u2019m going to relapse I might as well do it here.\u201d He talked about Take That too,\u00a0trying to tell the kids what a cool band they were to everyone\u2019s laughter. ‘Back for\u00a0Good’ followed. \u00a0During the song he motioned to a girl on my side of the catwalk to give him his camera.\u00a0She did and he took pics of her, then of him, before throwing it back down. On the other\u00a0side of the catwalk a girls had been holding up a picture of him all night. It came from a\u00a0Swedish newspaper and had \u2018Robbie, you\u2019re the best\u2019 written underneath in Swedish.\u00a0Robbie did not know what to make of it and told her he knew what he looked like. \u201cWhat do\u00a0you want me to do with it? Do you want to give it to me?\u201d She seemed so shocked at\u00a0being spoken to that she did not reply. \u201cOr would you like me to sign it for you?\u201d She\u00a0nodded very slowly so he took the poster from her and signed it. She looked as if she\u00a0was about to faint afterwards. Very cute. It was much later that Robbie understood what\u00a0the text underneath the picture meant.<\/p>\n

‘A Place to Crash# rocked the house. He screamed something about having \u201cA bag full of\u00a0Durex and are we gonna have sex?\u201d Almost everyone screamed so he repeated that a\u00a0couple of times. He also sang parts of \u2018Bohemian Rhapsody\u2019 but for the life of me I could\u00a0not remember the lyrics. No one else sang along either even though he tried to get us to\u00a0do so. Just as the lyrics where coming back to me he stopped, looked at us slightly\u00a0confused and remarked \u201cI have no idea why I just did that.\u201d ‘Come undone’ ended in ‘Take a walk on the wild side’ \u2013 beautiful. Neil Taylor came out\u00a0to the platform to play guitar. ‘Feel’ was beautiful as well and much too soon the main\u00a0show was over and Robbie had disappeared.<\/p>\n

To much too hot flames and the beginning of ‘Let me entertain you’ he was lowered to\u00a0the stage again for the encores. Once again it was time to bounce and the crowd went\u00a0nuts. \u00a0‘Angels’ was again a beautiful closer. At one point he asked everyone to set off their\u00a0camera. I looked around and it was a very special sight. By the end he told us again\u00a0what a great audience we had been and then he got down to his knees and bowed to\u00a0us. WOW! We bowed back too. ‘Kids’ was the final song and it was all over. Before Robbie waved good-bye he said: \u201cI know\u00a0I\u2019ve made a lot of new friends tonight and I do not want to make any enemies, but you\u00a0were a lot better than those people up North.\u201d We saw Jonny briefly, beckoning him off\u00a0stage and that was it.<\/p>\n

I was blown away and completely drained. I spent most of the concert either laughing\u00a0my ass off or shaking my head at the crazy and funny comments he made and I don\u2019t\u00a0think I\u2019ve ever screamed so much in my life. What a great great show \u2013 words are not\u00a0enough to describe what I felt. WOW!\u00a0In a daze we stumbled out of the stadium, hugged, both being unable to keep the smile\u00a0off our faces.\u00a0We could not sleep anyway so we made for Robbie\u2019s hotel again. A huge crowd this time,\u00a0and only Jonny and Jerry dared to come out. They walked right among the people,\u00a0chatted a bit and had some pics taken, but we were too far away. Oh well, still a nice\u00a0closure to a fantastic night.<\/p>\n

After about 2 hours of sleep I made my way to the airport. Since I don\u2019t read Swedish I\u00a0did not check the papers, but H. told me there was a silly picture of us somewhere. I\u00a0cannot wait to see it. Anyway, I was exhausted and as soon as I had taken my seat on\u00a0the plane I fell asleep, dreaming of a wonderful weekend.<\/p>\n

The first Gothenburg concert<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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