And so it was faith...our celebrity lifestyle was to continue...
How lucky were we, to arrive into Sydney a day before Iron Maiden and their crew. And even luckier that MT's brother Frankie was part of that crew...
Friday, our first day in Sydney, we rocked around the city like tourists, and Friday night we rocked around The Orient (bar) like VIP's with the Crew and band in toe. That night was amazzzzzzzzing, but little did we know there was soo much more to come! Saturday we woke up in our 5 star hotel like queens... When Frankie left for work...We got to work...
We knew this 5 star treatment wouldn't last, we were thinking of the weeks ahead!
Saturday evening we headed for Acer Arena. They were bringing us to the concert!!!!!! The night before we were advised by the crew to wear something black "You don't want to stick out at an Iron Maiden concert!"... So we decided 'Yes we do', so we put on our brightest dressy tops and headed for the Arena. A few stares, but nothing the backpackers couldn't handle, and then when we received the big FAT A-VIP passes we definitely stood out with those babies wrapped around our necks! Wandering around backstage, frontstage, soundbox...anywhere we wanted, served cold beers by Kevin (aka Sleepy), and having the time of our lives.
After the concert we headed back to the hotel in the crews' bus and headed for the rooftop balcony for another A-VIP rooftop aftershow party. Not realising we were standing next to Bruce Harris, he looked soo different without his flag... And the main manager saying "Are you with us girls?"...and MT replying "Who are you?"...he just laughed and laughed. The vino was flying and we loved living the high life.
Round 3: Sunday night meeting up with the crew was a must, the final hurray!! While we were in the bar drinking our vino, Frankie and Martin were busy trying to sort out jobs in the bar for us. Afterwards MT and Grace took to the floor and their Riverdance began... The crew and Ozzies were very impressed, and Sam christened us 'THE IRISH MAIDENS'! Who knows, we might join the next world tour as crew entertainment.
Onto the next bar to finish off the night, and of course not forgetting to give our most outrageous rendition of "THE MUSIC MAN" for all the crew, musicians and anyone who would listen. Away back to the hotel then after for the final 5 star slumber...
The next morning we sadly waved our new family away to Brisbane. Rushed around like headless chickens trying to find somewhere to print our CV's...shiiiiiiiiiiiiit we had job interviews....REALITY BITES!!
We're now starting work in the 'Ship Inn' bar where it all started on Saturday night, so let the Riverdance continue! Stay tuned, plenty more to come...
