The big thing in Dublin for the next two weeks is the musical "We Will Rock You." Throughout the week, I've been hearing about how so-and-so is taking their wife, boyfriend, or dog to go see the musical at The O2 Arena.
So a few of us that don't have our wives, boyfriends, or dogs with us in Dublin decided to go out and see the musical last night. It just so happened to be opening night. The gremlins showed up en masse.
Five minutes into the show, they shut down for about 10 minutes due to technical difficulties. The show made it successfully through the intermission and then just prior to the finale, they had to shut it down again due to technical difficulties. The sound problem was so bad that they couldn't even announce that they had a technical difficulty over the PA system. They had somebody come out on stage and make the announcement - but nobody could hear her.
During this second shut down, the crowd broke out into a couple of choruses of "We Will Rock You." A clever heckler then changed the words to "We want, we want, our money back." He got some laughs. Luckily the show restarted before that became a battle cry of the masses.
Aside from the technical difficulties, the show was fun. I didn't know what to expect. The story is based in 2310, 300 years after Simon Cowell killed Rock 'n Roll with a ceaseless supply of pop stars. Obviously, it was the protagonists fate (his name was Galileo Figaro) to restore Rock 'n Roll to this futuristic world of Music Programmers.
The plot had to stretch at points to get to a Queen song, but the finale was absolutely awesome.
Did I mention Brian May came out and played the solo during "Bohemian Rhapsody?" I think I just did.
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