NOW I WAS ON MY TRAVELS AGAIN TO GLASGOW, THE DOORS WERE GOING TO PLAY IN MY BELOVED SCOTLAND.

I HAD MANAGED TO PERSUADE MY BROTHER AND SOME FRIENDS TO COME ALONG (DIDN'T TAKE MUCH PERSUASION.)

I HAD TOLD THEM ALL ABOUT WEMBLEY LAST YEAR.

 

WE ARRIVED AT THE SECC, AND COULDN'T WAIT FOR THE CONCERT TO START.   THE LIGHTS WENT OUT AND THE HOUSE ANNOUNCER SAID "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, THE DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY."

AND WE WERE OFF: ROADHOUSE BLUES, FOLLOWED BY BREAK ON THROUGH.   TIME TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS, AS SCOTLAND WELCOMED THE DOORS.

THE ROOF WAS LIFTED OFF THE HOUSE, AS THEY STARTED WHEN THE MUSIC'S OVER.  FROM OUR FRONT ROW SEATS WE HAD AN AMAZING VIEW, THIS WAS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WEMBLEY. 

THEN ONTO LOVE ME TWO TIMES, FOLLOWED BY RAY ANNOUNCING THAT HE WAS GLAD TO BE IN SCOTLAND AS WE HAVE BEST MALT WHISKEY IN THE WORLD, SO LET'S GO THE PUB (SCOTTISH FOR BAR) -- CUE INTRO FOR ALABAMA SONG.  THEY THEN PLAYED FIVE TO ONE, FOLLOWED BY ROBBIE'S GUITAR SOLO FOR SPANISH CARAVAN.  ROBBIE IS AN AWESOME GUITAR PLAYER.

IN BETWEEN SONGS IAN WAS INTRODUCING ROBBIE AS ROBBIE MAC KRIEGER AND TELLING US THAT HE HAD BEEN PLAYING GOLF IN AYRSHIRE.

THEY ALSO PLAYED NOT TO TOUCH THE EARTH AND 21ST CENTURY FOX.

THEN RAY WAS GETTING QUITE POLITICAL, HAVING A GO AT THEIR PRESIDENT BEFORE THEY PLAYED UNKNOWN SOLDIER, FOLLOWED BY PEACE FROG, LA WOMAN, AND THEY WERE OFF.

UNBELIEVABLY TIME HAD PASSED SO QUICK.  UP WENT THE CHANT 'WE WANT THE DOORS, WE WANT THE DOORS, AND THEY WERE BACK ON WITH RIDERS ON THE STORM, TOUCH ME (WHICH IAN PERFORMED SUPERB) AS THIS MY FAVE DOORS SONG.

THEN ONTO LIGHT MY FIRE, IN WHICH RAY INTRODUCED THE BAND AND THEY ALL PLAYED A SOLO SPOT.  THEN IT WAS OVER.

EVERYONE HAD THE BEST TIME EVER.

THE FACT THAT THEY PULLED OFF A MUSICALLY THRILLING AND SOMETIMES EVEN VISUALLY OVERWHELMING SHOW BY NOW MUST PUT ALL THOSE DOUBTERS TO REST.  LOTS OF PEOPLE KEEP SAYING IAN CAN'T REPLACE JIM, WELL HE AIN'T.

THIS IS THE DOORS OF THE 21ST CENTURY. IF YOU WON'T GO BECAUSE JIM'S NOT THERE, THEN THAT IS UP TO YOU, BUT YOU ARE NOT DOORS FANS, YOU ARE JIM FANS, AS THE DOORS WERE A 4 PIECE BAND.

SO RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION TO THE RESURRECTION IF YOU GET THE CHANCE.