tamba Wrote:
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> Thanks Bjornulf for all the nice words about our
> city and people!
>
> As for the lame public in the first rows - what
> would you people expect at the country where 1% of
> citizens own 99% of capital? I'm a teacher and my
> husband's a builder and we have a child to feed
> and dress and educate, so the 2 tickets to the
> fan-zone (the destination place of the B-stage)
> ~100 euros each were a real huge stretch for us.
> Certainly we would be up and screaming in the
> places for 500 euros if we ever could dream to
> afford this. Ironically most of the people who can
> don't know a bloody bit about music at all, not to
> mention any song of the Stones beside
> You-Know-Which, so blame the greedy promoters
> who've known of course that these money-bags would
> buy the tickets just for the prestigiousness of
> the event.
>
> As for the soldier cap, I can explain: There was
> the Day of the Russian Navy Forces the following
> Sunday, a big holiday in our country and
> particularly in St.Petersburg as it is a seaport,
> and the cap is a sailor's cap. I think it looked
> absolutely great on Ronny, he could be one of
> those sailors who took over the Winter Palace in
> 1917 (speaking of SFD)
>
> As for the toilets, we knew that we wouldn't be
> able to use them because we had to guard our
> places in the fan-zone, so we hadn't drunk or
> eaten since noon that day - it's just as simple as
> that
>
> There was a fan from London named Stephen standing
> next to me who reportedly attended some 400 shows
> of the group, and my first reaction was to envy
> him, but then I thought it was him who should've
> been envious, because it was just yet another show
> of the Stones for him, and for us (me and my
> husband) it was a unique once-in-a-lifetime
> experience you guys might never appreciate but
> just believe me, it was absolute magic.
>
> OK, I'm off the soap-box now, sorry for ranting.
> As a compensation, here's a link to a pretty
> professional set of photographs
> [
lospopadosos.com] - a person
> who took them says he smuggled in the parts of his
> camera hidden in his bag and pockets and then
> assembled them on the spot and then hardly saved
> the camera from security, so it was quite a heroic
> act.
A very touching post, thank you. It makes for wonderful reading.