Of Stings and Swing

Sting finally happened in Bangalore ... amazing experience especially with the sound and light.. People came in with bright lights and kept them near the backstage and the whole backstage was lit up in an eerie glow!! wow!! and the sound was out of the world !! heard sting lugged 17 tons of equipment along and it showed!!!
To top it we had tickets to the last row at 900/- and two couples who wanted to go together exchanged 1500/- tickets with us for our 900/- tickets!! can you imagine that?? long live those samaritans!!!
Excellent show and people everywhere were smoking!!! even after being frisked for cigarettes at the entry!!! there was a haze over the area!!! and to top it we could smell pot!!!
People managed to bring in small bottles of liquor and generally had a nice time !! not that I am complaining!!! Heard that some of the sponsors actually helped in getting the stuff in !!! shocking but such things usually happen anywhere!!!
The songs were lovely especially Message in a bottle , Englishman in New York and Send me Love. Sting could have left the Cheb Mami stuff in Desert Rose to instrumentals but all together the show was good. The percussionist seemed to be exhibiting all percussion instruments possible and made some unusual and exciting noises!!!
The concert started abruptly though and ended very well with the concert being rounded off by the all famous "every move you make " by Sting when he was part of the band Police!!!!
With all this I do not know what to say about Mark Knopfler and his crooning of Dire Straits Songs!!! Way to go Bangalore!!!
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