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The woman who was part of the Cement Mixers from the Cavern Club was also at the sound check. I didn’t meet her, but I was in awe nonetheless. Here’s a story about the Cement Mixers and what it was like to be a fan back then.

While being blown about by gale force winds while waiting in line to go into the venue, I talked to a lady from England. She had just been to the New Orleans show. She came to see Paul in the U.S. because he doesn’t do concerts in England. She and a couple from Colorado talked about their experiences of having to switch flights and hotels because of the concert being postponed.

Keeping in mind that Paul just recently got over a bad virus infection, and the fact that there is a big Ebola virus scare in Dallas right now, no fans were invited on stage. I don’t blame him and/or the people who advised him against having fans on stage. We need Paul to stay well!

While we were on the arena floor waiting for the sound check to begin, I asked the crowd around me if anyone was going to wet themselves like the girls did during Beatles concerts in the ’60s. We all had a good laugh.

Sound check started with two Ringo songs , Matchbox and Honey Don’t . During Baby You Can Drive My Car , Sir Paul did not like something with a G chord that was played by someone. They took some time to get that straightened out. Next we were treated to Coming Up , C Moon, Shake Baby Shake, Every Night , Things We Said Today , Midnight Special, Ram On (using the ukulele, and Paul whistled part of it), and Bluebird. All of the lights on stage were blue during the last song.

A sound check picture.

The sound check package came with free alcohol in the VIP lounge. I was too stoked to partake of any. I only had two bottles of water. The meal consisted of salad, noodles with a marinara sauce, rice risotto with mushrooms, and cookies and brownies for dessert. I was so pumped I ate a few bites of pasta and few bites of rice. I couldn’t manage any more.

Paul changed shoes between the sound check and the concert. During the sound check he had on lace-up dress shoes. He was wearing boots during the concert.

As Ex Tex mentioned, our seats were right beside the area where the band walks to the stage from behind the curtain. I was so set to see Paul walk in, but right at that time, the usherette came by to shoo two little boys away from the railing. I totally missed the band walking to the stage. It all happened so quickly.

The day before the concert, I got a manicure. There was a football game on the t.v. I noticed that the teams had pink as part of their uniforms. I knew this was unusual. As I watched, I realized the pink was for breast cancer awareness month. When Paul took his red dress jacket off and rolled up his sleeves, I noticed he was wearing one of the NFL pink wristbands.

You can see it a little bit in this picture. This picture was taken from the 4th row seat that Ohhh Boy and I shared.

Members of the Beatles Bible will know the significance of Paul wearing one of the pink wristbands.

And one more picture so Paulettes everywhere can feast their eyes

While sitting in the seat by Ex Tex, I thought it was cool to actually see Paul’s fingers playing the grand piano. It made me long to see him play a piano in a house somewhere. I can picture a room with lots of windows with a grand piano in the middle of the room and Paul sitting there playing his heart out for himself mainly, with me just being a thankful, worshipful observer.

During Lovely Rita is when Ohhh Boy found me in my seat by Ex Tex and told me I could go sit in the fourth row floor seat. As soon as I had an opening, I held up my poster. Paul pointed at it (at least it seems to me to be what he pointed at). How could he not love the picture of his beautiful wife on there!?!?!

During Band On The Run , the lights (all white) over the stage were all pointed downward to make it look like prison bars around the band. As they were singing, “If we ever get out of here” the lights started going upwards/outwards as though the bars were being lifted into the air so the band could be free. Pretty cool effect.

The lights on the screen were crazy-wicked coming at you during Helter Skelter . I got so dizzy I had to grab the back of the chair in front of me.

I had seen the fire show during Live And Let Die during the concert last year. This time my focus during the song was on Paul’s hair. The front kept flying up due to all the air power from the explosions. So cute! He’s so cute.

Paul’s mother, Mary, and his first wife, Linda, both had breast cancer. So, I’m sure that Paul appreciated the effort made by the NFL to highlight the cause of breast cancer awareness.