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Was at this concert, managed to meet Duran Duran after their show at the trailers that were set up off to the side. We just watched where they walked to when they got off the stage and then headed in that direction. We walked past Debbie Harry just before Blondie went on, she was leaving the same area with the trailers. She was about to start walking across the grass to the stage but staff called her back as they had a car to take her across (she was the headliner at the time : )

Anyway we looked around the trailers but couldn't see any of the members of Duran anywhere so we were about to head back. Then we saw some movement through the window of the trailer we were standing next to and it was John Taylor drying off his hair with a towel. We couldn't believe our luck so we just waited there knowing they'd be coming out at some point. Probably about 15 or 20 minutes later they came out and we got talking to them. I had a bit of an 'in' with them as I'd just emigrated from Birmingham the year before, so when John Taylor found out I was from Brum he called Roger over to meet us. They said they were a bit homesick as they'd been touring and hadn't been home for a few months, I think he said. Anyway they got me to say 'Alright' to them ( a common greeting from back in Brum) and laughed when they heard my accent. I had tried making conversation with Simon before John by asking when they were heading back to Birmingham and he informed me that "he wasn't from Birmingham, he was from Middlesex" in a snotty tone so I thought sod'ya then and went and spoke to the others, who were all very friendly. He did have a girl on either side of him though, so he probably didn't want to be bothered talking to some bloke. I'm sure he must have chilled out a bit since then ... hopefully : ) 99.247.161.153 06:09, October 9, 2012 (UTC) Ashley (Mr)