I have now been lucky enough to see Elton John play live twice in the same year, which is quite an achievement I think! The first time I wrote about the experience in my blog post Elton John at The Royal Opera House. This time, I have to say could have been much better, if the organisers had any idea of how to run an event like this! The Magic Summer Live ‘picnic’ as it was billed was a dismal display of organisational skills, and I have to say I have never been to such an appallingly run event! You can read more about the lack of food stalls, lack of toilets, massively overpriced ‘VIP’ tickets, queues for everything etc etc here as it’s too miserable to ramble on about it here!
Elton’s performance was flawless, and despite playing to crowds who were soaked to the skin (having stood in near torrential rain all day), he managed to whip us all up into a Sunday night frenzy! Many people left before and during his show – not because of Elton I might add, but because the whole event was such a shambles, and I think people were wet through, starving hungry and basically couldn’t wait to get home. I know lots of people were very unhappy at feeling they had to leave and miss the headline act – and what an act! Elton John was the consummate professional and he made several comments to us about how grateful he was that we’d stood in the rain all day waiting for him to come on. His performance saved what was left of the day for me. Magic FM take note: if you want tips on who to partner up with or how to run events in future, have a chat with the teams behind The Secret Garden Party – which had THE most amazing organisation! Anyway, it was an experience and we just tried to make the best of it., and it all felt better when Elton sang for us 🙂
You can just about see Elton on his piano to the left of the stage! 
Dancing in the dark (and the rain)
A shot of Elton John on the big screen