A crazy night – The Eminem concert 2001.
First published – Feb 3 2007.
Back again people, I was thinking about a madd night I had a few years back, well six years ago to be exact.
If I remember it right Eminem was having trouble getting a visa to come to Australia because of his controversial lyrics but he got one in the end.
Me and some mates; Ken, Andy and a stupid skank I was seeing at the time had planned to go to the gig but left things to the last minute and only just managed to get our hands on some tickets.
They were up on a tier but we were still stoked.
The concert was on a Saturday so I picked up Ken first thing in the morning and he helped me out with my ganja run for the day.
We knocked it over and switched the business mobile off in the arvo and then got ready to go.
Of course by the time the four of us were ready to go we were getting well short on time.
We nearly even forgot to book a hotel.
So we left Canberra in a hurry and about half way to Sydney I started to really get sic of driving, we were pumping the D12 album Devils Night to hype ourselves up and that was the only thing keeping me from falling asleep at the wheel. Ha ha.
So I pulled over and the skank and I got in the back of the car I went to sleep across the back of the seat to the sound of Purple Pills and rain pouring onto the roof of the car.
Next thing I wake up flying off the back seat and crashing into the front seats wondering what the hell is going on!
I look up and I see that Andy has hit the ass end of the car in front of him and in turn knocked it into the brand new car in front of it!
He never was much of a driver but this was pretty shocking stuff, he turns to me and says sheepishly what should I do?
I could see an exit ramp on our left so I figure if we are going to get to this show we better get the hell out of here quick and I told Andy to take the ramp.
We scooted through a few unfamiliar suburbs until we were away from the scene and lost in the Sydney suburbs.
Andy then pulled over so we could see what damage he had done to my new Nissan Maxima!
It turned out the front end was smashed in.
The grill was crushed and the hood pushed back a bit.
There was damage to the radiator and the left headlight was broken and hanging off.
I was pretty annoyed but what can you do if it‟s a mate plus I was mainly thinking about the concert so I pushed the headlight in until it wedged still and took over driving.
Some how we managed to get to the hotel through all of these suburbs we didn‟t know but we were almost out of time before the start of the concert.
So we checked in and raced up stairs to drop off our bags and stuff.
As soon as we had done that we headed straight for the superdome.
Upon arrival we realised the show was about to start and we weren‟t even drunk yet!
This was a hip hop show after all!
So we ran to the bar and ordered 3 beers each and washed down a couple of E's as we skulled them.
As we entered the arena the crowd was going ballistic as Em was coming up out of the floor of the stage in a jason mask holding a chainsaw!
As he got into it the whole crowd started rhyming with him.
Ken and I were out of our seats with hands up in the air, SIC ATMOSPHERE!
My mates Pete and Jonny were part of the security team and got to meet D12 and Em, lucky bastards!
Em did his songs and was joined by D12 for purple pills and other joints from Devils Night they absolutely killed it!
After the show, still buzzing, we caught up with Pete and John and kicked on for a while before heading back to the hotel.
We were back in Canberra the next morning hangover a dinged up car (she made it back fine) but it was all worth it.
Poor Andy had to work for me for a month to pay for the $5000 car damage he caused but I think even he would say it was worth it.
The things you do to hear some dope live rap hey.
Good times.
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