Backstage Pass

Trollheart · 11-30-2014, 06:27 PM

I never got to go backstage, though my sister did, at Marillion's 1985 tour to support "Misplaced Childhood". Those of you who were more fortunate, feel like sharing your stories? No? Then sod ya!

Seriously: surely some of you here have got invited, blagged or fallen drunkenly backstage at gigs and have tales to tell?

Key · 11-30-2014, 06:29 PM

LiL and I got to go backstage at a Sparks concert. LiL met Ron and Russell Mael. We have photographic proof. It was pretty fantastic.

Pet_Sounds · 11-30-2014, 06:43 PM

I met Gordon Lightfoot backstage once. I live near his hometown, and he gave a performance at a very small venue. My dad somehow managed to wiggle an invite backstage. I was too young to remember it in great detail, but he was quiet.

Chula Vista · 11-30-2014, 09:26 PM

I got to go onstage with 24/7 Spyz at the Viper Room in Hollywood. Never backstage though.

WWWP · 11-30-2014, 10:12 PM

I've been backstage with authors more often than bands, but I still have some good stories.

A coworker of mine drunkenly threw up spaghetti all over John Irving once.

**Janszoon** · 12-01-2014, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by wolverinewolfweiselpigeon

A coworker of mine drunkenly threw up spaghetti all over John Irving once.

**Frownland** · 12-01-2014, 01:03 PM

A friend and I chilled with AMT at their merchandise booth before their show. Other than hanging out with a few local bands that my friends are in that's all I got.

Plankton · 12-01-2014, 01:14 PM

I was backstage at this:

Milwaukee Metalfest II Setlists | setlist.fm

I was with Zoetrope, on leave from the Army, and hanging with the singer (my long-time friend). I met Jason Newstead. yay.

ribbons · 12-01-2014, 01:37 PM

I met Joni Mitchell backstage after the taping of the A Tribute to Joni Mitchell concert. She seemed very regal to me (shades of a Lou Reed lyric there), and as we chatted briefly I told her she had beautiful hands (which she did. Word was that Joni had been suffering a resurgence of polio-like symptoms at the time.). During breaks in the taping Joni ate bananas and chain smoked American Spirit cigarettes. My friend who accompanied me backstage knew how nervous I was and blurted out that my young daughter memorized and sang every word to "Coyote", to which Joni replied, "That's a mouthful!".

I've also met Ronnie Spector (when I was a teen - I think it was at a rock 'n' roll convention - she was very nice lady), Julian Lennon, and Marianne Faithfull backstage after concerts.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-01-2014, 01:47 PM

^ This woman

One of my first jobs was working in the catering kitchens in a sports centre that doubled up as a conference centre/concert hall.

Stock Aitkin & Waterman were doing a gig with a bunch of their acts with Sonia as the headliner.
Me and a girl I worked with were told to deliver a trolley of food & drink to her dressing room.
So we get there knock on the door and Sonia answers it, we go in and take everything off the trolley onto the table in her dressing room. She says thank you and we leave.
Outside her dressing room we start collecting any stray glasses or plates around and putting them on the trolley and this girl says to me 'Wow I can't believe how much fatter she looks in real life' and turns around only to see Sonia standing right behind her.

We left ..... quickly.

11-30-2014, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Backstage Pass I never got to go backstage, though my sister did, at Marillion's 1985 tour to support "Misplaced Childhood". Those of you who were more fortunate, feel like sharing your stories? No? Then sod ya! Seriously: surely some of you here have got invited, blagged or fallen drunkenly backstage at gigs and have tales to tell? __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-30-2014, 06:43 PM	#3 (permalink)
Pet_Sounds Remember the underscore Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: The other side Posts: 2,488	I met Gordon Lightfoot backstage once. I live near his hometown, and he gave a performance at a very small venue. My dad somehow managed to wiggle an invite backstage. I was too young to remember it in great detail, but he was quiet. __________________ Everybody's dying just to get the disease

11-30-2014, 09:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	I got to go onstage with 24/7 Spyz at the Viper Room in Hollywood. Never backstage though. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

12-01-2014, 01:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	A friend and I chilled with AMT at their merchandise booth before their show. Other than hanging out with a few local bands that my friends are in that's all I got. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-01-2014, 01:14 PM	#8 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I was backstage at this: Milwaukee Metalfest II Setlists \| setlist.fm I was with Zoetrope, on leave from the Army, and hanging with the singer (my long-time friend). I met Jason Newstead. yay. __________________ See location...

11-30-2014, 06:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	LiL and I got to go backstage at a Sparks concert. LiL met Ron and Russell Mael. We have photographic proof. It was pretty fantastic.

12-01-2014, 01:37 PM	#9 (permalink)
ribbons Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,265	I met Joni Mitchell backstage after the taping of the A Tribute to Joni Mitchell concert. She seemed very regal to me (shades of a Lou Reed lyric there), and as we chatted briefly I told her she had beautiful hands (which she did. Word was that Joni had been suffering a resurgence of polio-like symptoms at the time.). During breaks in the taping Joni ate bananas and chain smoked American Spirit cigarettes. My friend who accompanied me backstage knew how nervous I was and blurted out that my young daughter memorized and sang every word to "Coyote", to which Joni replied, "That's a mouthful!". I've also met Ronnie Spector (when I was a teen - I think it was at a rock 'n' roll convention - she was very nice lady), Julian Lennon, and Marianne Faithfull backstage after concerts.

12-01-2014, 01:47 PM	#10 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	^ This woman One of my first jobs was working in the catering kitchens in a sports centre that doubled up as a conference centre/concert hall. Stock Aitkin & Waterman were doing a gig with a bunch of their acts with Sonia as the headliner. Me and a girl I worked with were told to deliver a trolley of food & drink to her dressing room. So we get there knock on the door and Sonia answers it, we go in and take everything off the trolley onto the table in her dressing room. She says thank you and we leave. Outside her dressing room we start collecting any stray glasses or plates around and putting them on the trolley and this girl says to me 'Wow I can't believe how much fatter she looks in real life' and turns around only to see Sonia standing right behind her. We left ..... quickly. __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.