Thailand - KEANE!

After fighting it out with my parents, I "convinced" them that I had to go for this concert. And it was the best way to end a vacation.

Impact Arena - that's where the concert was held, some 30 km from my hotel and this was what bothered my parents. Anyways...

I arrived some 2 hours before the concert began, and was praying that tickets the tickets would be available. However, getting a ticket was not a problem, not at all a problem, in fact it was no where close to being sold out. I bought far standing tickets for about 1000B, which is like dhs 100 - quite cheap for a concert compared to Dubai.

Half an hour left for the concert to start, no one was lining up, no hullah ballah, everyone was in their own world, eating, drinking, laughing, sitting..:S. I was the lone person in the line, and the security was laughing at me - mumbling away in their complex language. Just then some news came in that all far- standing ticket holders had to move into the front-standing line - well because you don't want to have an empty front standing pit! So there I was, right in front, watching one of the best concerts I have ever seen.

Some Thai band opened the show, and the nervousness on their faces was more than evident - they were average, and funny - nothing can beat Thai singing.

Right in front of me, on the other side of the railing, were 3 girls and this one long haired guy - who were also in their own worlds. They came off really pretentious with their American accents and heavily made up faces. One was crazy, one was medium crazy, and the third girl felt she was the most beautiful girl in the world. The guy was high, and these people were really loud and seemed to be having a great time - so well kudos to them - but hell, the artificial-ity (if that's a word)...lord! The reason for the above paragraph is that, for the entire period of waiting for Keane to come on stage, these four characters really entertained me.

Next to me was this 10 year old girl, Nicola (i think), who had an English father and a Thai mum. She was fluent in both of her parents' languages, which was really cool. She loved Keane, and I was really fascinated by her, really innocent and down to earth, she was an opposite of the 3 girls in front of me.

Finally Keane began, and blew the hell outta Bangkok. Keane comprises only 3 members, one drummer, one AWESOME keyboardist, and one BLOODY AWESOME singer. Performance wise, they were perfect. Their music is awesome, and their stage presence was even better. The arena was three-quarters full, but the audience were amazing. It was unbelievable, Thai people who could hardly speak english, mouthing every single word of almost every single song. I was quite awestruck. "Somewhere Only We Know" was a sing along. But the song I enjoyed the most was "Bedshaped". They ended with it, and well I kind off dropped off into oblivion. It was really really well performed and the light arrangements made it even better.

After Robbie, Keane is the best concert I have been too. So if any of you get a chance to see them, don't miss out - they really rock!