THURSDAY, 13TH MARCH 2008, CHILDLINE CHARITY-INDIGO2 AT THE O2. LONDON

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HEY CAMPERS,
 
THURSDAY, 13 TH MARCH 2008, CHILDLINE CHARITY-INDIGO 2 AT THE O 2,  LONDON
 
CHILDLINE ROCKS CHARITY TOOK PLACE AT THE INDIGIO2 AT THE  O2 (THE DOME) IN 
LONDON ON THURSDAY 13 TH MARCH 2008, FEATURING ROGER  
DALTREY,LULU,MARILLION,THUNDER.FISH,IAN PAICE,GLENN HUGHES,THE ZOMBIES,RUSS  BALLARD AND PRESENTED AND 
ORGANISED BY BOB HARRIS (OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST  PRESENTER AND RADIO 2 D.J.)
 
ROGER WAS THE LAST OF THE ACTS TO APPEAR SPORTING A BLACK WAIST COAT, BLACK  
TROUSERS AND A WHITE SHIRT AND HIS HAIR WAS SHORT AND NEAT. HE OPENED WITH  
2,000 YEARS. HIS VOICE WAS IN TOP FORM AND HIS  GUITAR PLAYING WAS BRILLIANT, HE 
KNEW EVER CHORD! RUSS BALLARD KEPT TIME BY  DRUMMING HIS GUITAR NECK. ROGER 
SAID HE WANTED TO TRY OUT THIS SONG LIVE. IT WAS  GREAT FOR US WHO FANS , BUT 
THE REST OF THE AUDIENCE WAS BORED. THAN ROGER SANG  THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT. IT 
WAS THE EXTENDED VERSION WITH THE  USUAL WE ARE THE WHO, BUT NOW WE ARE THE 
TWO. EVEN IF YOUR IN PERU..HE KEPT  LOOKING AT RUSS FOR REASSURANCE AS HE DOES 
WITH PETE. THAN MR. DALTREY LEFT THE  STAGE AND LEFT THE OTHER MUSICIANS IN A 
PICKLE. THEY SARTED TO PLAY THE OPENING  CHORDS OF BEHIND BLUE EYES AND ROGER 
DISSAPPEARED. AFTER A  MINUTE OR TWO, ROGER REAPPEARED AND SAID IT WILL HAPPEN 
TO YOU TOO! MEANING HE  FORGOT HE WAS GOING TO DO ANOTHER TUNE. HE SANG BEHIND 
BLUE EYES WONDERFULLY. AS  FOR THE GRAND FINALE,"WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY 
FRIENDS", EVERY MUSICIAN WHO  APPEARED ON STAGE IN THE EVENING SUNG ALONG TO THE 
TUNE WITHOUT THE AID OF MR.  DALTREY. (WHY??????????)
 
AS FOR THE GIG ITSELF, THUNDER WAS THE HOUSE BAND. THE ZOMBIES PLAYED THREE  
SONGS AND WHERE IN TOP FORM. ROD ARGENT PLAYED A KILLER HAMMOND! ARGENT PLAYED 
 WITH RUSS BALLARD FOR "HOLD YOUR HEAD UP". THE CROWD WENT WILD! BOTH 
MARILLION  AND FISH NEVER REFORMED AND PLAYED THEIR OWN SETS. LULU WAS GREAT. SHOUT 
WAS A  BLINDER! GLENN HUGHES WAS BACK ON THE STAGE WITH OLD BAND MATE IAN PAICE 
AND  PLAYED TWO TUNES FROM THE DEEP PURPLE ALBUM "BURN". RUSS BALLARD PLAYED 
"SINCE  YOU BEEN GONE" AND THE AUDIENCE WAS IN AWE! BOB HARRIS REMARKED THIS 
GIG IS  "LIKE LISTENING TO YOUR OLD RECORD COLLECTION". HE ALSO, REMARKED THAT 
HE  REMEMBERS ROGER PLAYING WITH RUSS ON THE OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST.
 
BEST REGARDS TO ALL,
 
 
MELISSA & GARY HURLEY