The Del Amitri Concert, February 24, 1996
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1996 20:55:02 +0500
Subject: Dels at Va Tech; Feb 24, 1996
by Diana Fry
First of all, Alison, thank you for having such a great Del homepage.
Kudos!
Anyway, I wanted to let you know about the Del concert at
Virginia
Tech last night. I was thoroughly excited when I heard that my precious
Dels were coming to my college, and figured that a whole bunch of my
collegues were too. But when I arrived in the ballroom where they were to
perform, so pathetic was the turnout that I could just walk right up to the
stage, where I remained throughout the show. Just in case Justin reads
these things: Justin, I am utterly ashamed at the tunnel vision of my
school. There could not have been more than 150 people there. I couldn't
believe it! And probably 1/3 left after "Roll to Me," which was about the
fifth song.
Despite the horrible, bandwagon audience, the concert rocked -- it
was the best I've EVER been to. Because I was up against the stage, Justin
could see that my friend Rob and I were the only ones singing along to
every song, and came up to us often. This is funny: I had made a sign
saying "Play `Just like a Man' " and had planned to put it up after a few
songs. Well, I recognized the SECOND song as my favorite, so I laughed and
unrolled my sign anyway, so that they'd know that I loved that song. Justin
came up to me and, inches from my face, smiled and said, "You're too late!"
He was really nice. So Rob and I wrote, on the back of the sign, "How bout
`Be my Downfall', `Nothing Ever Happens', `Kiss this thing goodbye' ?" He
knelt down between songs and read our requests and gave us thumbs-up since
"Downfall" and "Kiss" were in the program. He was really nice.
After the concert, Rob and I decided to go around to where
their bus
was to say thanks for coming and to apologize for our pathetic school.
After waiting for about 45 minutes, Iain came out and talked to us. He
signed my "Just like a man" poster and chatted for several minutes. But
Justin was so pissed at the turnout that he wouldn't talk to us, which I
thought was odd: why ignore the only two people who know all the words and
admired you so? But that's O.K.
I'm sure they won't, but here's my formal plea: Dels, come back to
Tech. Give us another chance. Rob and I will make sure the word gets out.
Thanks, Alison. Again, good job!
Diana Fry
To see what her school wrote about the concert, check out the Collegiate Times!
Written by Diana Fry
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