TRAIN

TRAIN played in Kings Park yesterday night (INXS were the main act). Katja and I were looking forward to it sooo much. It's been a while since I've been to see a band I really, really wanted to see. I think TRAIN are an amazing band and they didn't dissappoint. In fact, they were brilliant. Really chatty, genuine, obviously passionate about their music. They seemed to have soo much fun up there. Pat Monahan is the lead singer and I've never really thought anything of him, but he looked surprisingly good in his tight green trousers! He invited some girls on stage to dance but we were too late... :(
We sang and danced. INXS were good too but I've seen them before, with Michael Hutchence and it just isn't the same without him. Although most of the crowd seemed to really like the new lead singer JD. INXS' performance was just more of a show; their job and TRAIN just seemed to be genuinely happy to be there. Guess Oz is far from a band from San Fransisco.

The venue was great too, in Kings Park and it was a lovely summer evening. It's just very organised (like everything in Australia) with designated picnic places and lots of deck chairs and a gold member part in plastic chairs right in front of the stage. We were in the "standing only dance area"on the right hand side of the stage and had a real good view! Jamie had dropped us off and Katja and I decided to walk home to her house after the concert. But Kings Park is big and dark and we got lost. Luckily we caught a taxi after an hour of wandering around. We had a good chat though and so far this has been of the best evenings I've had for ages.