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Utrecht Music Centram, 4 March 1998
Open Road Tour

Report By Roos

After my friends picked me up from school we hurried to the station to get into the train. The show would start at 8.15pm and my school finished at 15.20 pm so we rushed to the train as fast as possible!

After one hour we arrived at the station in Utrecht and we got out as fast as possible. We were searching for the entrance to the building and after a couple of minutes we where surprised by a lot of girls, old woman, old men and boys who where waiting there for hours. We were really surprised because it was in a mall, so we could wait inside, warm and dry! But the happiness flew away quickyly, when I found out that the line was very long. We sat down and said to each other it wouldn't be that bad, but off course we were afraid we couldn't see it.

At 18.30 the crowd moved a little so we all got a bit further to the doors. The bad thing about waiting inside that Gary couldn't wave at us from behind a window like Robbie did last time. At 19.00 the doors were opened and when we finally got in everyone was standing in the little arena. We saw chairs on the other side and went to that side of the building. We were in the front row and we had the best view ever imagined. After another hour waiting and doing some waves and screaming the support act started. I didn't like her that much so I thought it was the best time to go to the toilet! But when I was there I heard her saying: Goodbye! So I ran to the seats again, but they told me there was still a half-hour to wait for Gary!

After buying the Tour book and making our cameras ready the video Open Book was shown. Well, he got me buying it! Then the band came on and then finally Gary himself came on stage. He started to sing a song; I forget the name ('Labour For Love'.....Ed), which was a little bit fast and rocky. But to be honest I didn't recognised it. Then he started to sing 'Love Won't Wait' and off course the crowd got wild here. The song is such a party one and everyone was singing along with him. He really looked pleased, and you could see in his eyes he loves this performing live the most.

Some girl threw a chocolate bar at him and he ate it with the message: 'I haven't eaten this in a long time!' Then he sat down behind the piano and was saying 'mmm…' for a couple of minutes, whilst he ate. It was his way to show he loved the chocolate! He did a Take That medley and meanwhile there was a Take That picture (I'd never seen it before) on the video scream. It really touched me when he started 'Back for Good'. He also sang 'Pray', 'Love Ain't Here Anymore', 'A Million Love Songs' and 'Never Forget'.

The crowd could sing every word with him and when he sang 'Never Forge't everyone clapped the famous little dance. It must have been great for him to see the whole crowd with the arms in the air exactly at the same time!

Off course he sang a lot of his own songs also and he did some really funky moves! Well, after singing 'Open Road' and giving us a lot of kisses, he went away for the second time but for real now. We all called him to sing more, but this time he didn't come back.

The hardest part of being a fan of someone is seeing him leaving at the concert you' re looking forward to for a long time! But anyway that evening I had no voice anymore and even the next morning it took a couple of hours to get my voice back!

I'm not going to tell you guys anymore, because of the people who still are going to watch the show, but I can say one thing: Gary is on his best and have a lot of fun!

It was great…………………………….!!

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