I havent had a night like this in years, involved in two potential fights(!!!) with two drunken twats. The first was to stop Nigel punching some idiot who kept crashing into him. The other involved (why are they always drunk?) another tit who again, crashed into these two young girls next to me by taking pics of the band every five seconds or so throught EVERY song. I shoved him a few times and threatened to stick his camera up his ass, lol. He moved away towards my mate Nig...the fool
. Next thing is I'm grabbed by security as is Nig and the tit but the crowd spoke up for us and we were allowed to stay, rock n bloody roll! 
To add the proverbial icing we met up with two SCOTTISH chicks (down here for the summer) before and after the gig. We declined the invite back to their place under pretence of being posties and having to work early...damn these morals.
The cross dressing bassist of the band took off a miltary type coat to reveal a Rush 'Star Man' shirt..! I was in the process of pointing out the coolness of this to Nig when he came into full view...wearing a wee white tennis skirt and white tights...mad as a spoon
. Oh he we laughed What a night!
"Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as "The Manics") are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, who gained mainstream popularity in the UK in the late 1990s. They are known for their intelligent and often political lyrics and have a dedicated cult following. Although during the early part of their career they were regarded as a punk rock band, their music is now often generally regarded as alternative rock, due to changes in their sound. Co-lyricist and guitarist Richey James Edwards (Richey James, as he preferred to be known) mysteriously disappeared in 1995; his whereabouts is unknown.
Politically, the Manics appear as a socialist group ? a stance inflected by their working class upbringing in Blackwood, south Wales (they grew up during the miners' strike of the 1980s) as evidenced by their often highly politicised lyrics and actions (they once dedicated an award to Arthur Scargill, leader of the National Union of Mineworkers and later the Socialist Labour Party). The band also played a highly publicised gig in Cuba."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manics
