I was happy to meet you friends at this gig. Irishladybird, Mazza and me were still at the hotel when Angie/Justthejob rang me and said she and hubby were outside the venue, listening to the soundcheck. Grrr, I wanted to be there! Hehehe. But my voice was still gone
We three walked to the venue and got a bit lost, but finally got there and we all had a drink before we started to queue. Chris (Angie’s hubby) had made Haverista badges for us all. LOL. Great idea. After collecting our tickets, we started to queue. The venue was standing, and of course we had to get right to the front. And when finally we got to enter the building, oops! Big fright! They said our tickets were INVALID
(Angie's and mine, purchased together). We had to go back to the box office and they turned out to be ok, it was some issue with the machine I think. We entered the building directly from the box office and were just in time to get the middle front places!There we met Gill & hubby, Al & wife, and had a nice chat before it started.
The support was on time at 19:30, and they were as good as the day before. Erica had a nice tartan dress
And an hour later, OUR BOYS came on stage. OMG, we were really close, right at the barrier and just in the middle. N&R is always great, everybody was into it right from the start. Oh, and my voice was back!!! So that was me singing along to everything as always 
The lads, or at least Charlie, had already spotted us
Then came Born Innocent, and when I heard Charlie dedicate it to me, OMG, that's a moment I really lose control of my emotions. Even more when he winked at me several more times throughout the gig. *swoon*
The atmosphere was getting better and better. All the Haver Girls and Boys were rocking. There were a group of enthusiastic people jumping behind us, espec at Cap in Hand. And just to my right, behind me, there was a guy with a hat whose dancing was really fun... as you know, he turned out to be s1m0n
The crowd was really responsive, and it's fantastic, because the band gets even more energy from that. And for me, there is a difference from my first gigs, cos then I was a bit shy to dance or jump or shout, but now I don't restrain myself anymore I went something like "YAY!!" when I heard the start of THE LIGHT. I was looking forward to hear that live, and it didn't disappoint me. It's still echoing in my mind.
Also great fun to hear Sweet little girls and hear Craig's story about his daughters
All the songs were great, each and every one of them impress me, whether I've heard them live before or not.
Of course everybody went mad at I'm Gonna Be, as you can see in the Youtube vid. LOL.
When it was over, I thought that was the best one of the four Procs concerts I'd been so far. The sound was great, the venue was standing which is much more fun, all the friends around me, and that place so really close to the stage. And we took plenty of photos and videos! I was all the time between the feelings "Tell me this is not a dream" and "I don't want this to end".
Couldn't get the setlist but the girl beside me got one and let us take a photo of it (thank you!)
I bought the official tour T-shirt. Also met Miles and Erica, and chatted with Erica a bit. She is really lovely.
None of the haver people could go backstage to meet C&C, it seems that the venue staff were very strict, and as I knew later in Newcastle, Tom was looking for us to help but couldn't find us at the moment. So, haverers and friends, make sure you find Tom before it's too late or you can find the venue staff throwing you out into the street instead. At least I could meet C&C at my other two gigs, but friends, you should have been able to make it. At Newcastle, C&C sent me many thanks for you all for coming to Leeds.
So, that was it, another really great gig by our Lads & the band
I love Rock n Roll, it took my hand and it touched my soul
