Shirley Manson
First time poster *Hi! Be gentle!*

I cannot remember the year, but my sister had just asked me to go down to London, Camden Town to be exact, to see a Garbage gig as her mate had dropped out at the last minute. I had obviously heard the music due to her blasting the albums every day so i was happy to tag along.
After the gig we decided it would be fun to gate hang. So we went outside to go round the back. We walked straight past the support acts on our way, they didnt look happy that no one was remotely intrested.

Got round the back and around 10 people there waiting for Shirley. Some of the band members came out. There was some confusion as they were telling us "Yes shes coming out soon". 10 minutes pass and we keep asking security. "Oh shes actually coming out the front entrance". We were a bit doubtful as we didnt want to miss her, so someone went round the front, ran back and screamed "Shes here!".
We all scramble to leg it round the front, and during this, my sister tripped on a kerb and fell over. She picked herself up and kept running, there was no way she was missing Shirley.

Around 20 of us gathered in a friendly circle around Shirley as she casually signed stuff for us. She was friendly and just amazing to watch.

After 15 minutes she told us she had to go, and we all stepped back at the same time, she then crossed the street by herself which was pretty cool considering we were all over her 30 seconds ago. Shirley then turned around when someone screamed "Can i have your pen" which she then chucked over. We watched her walk into a near by bar which we found out later was a private party.

The night ended with the person who caught the pen saying "Does anyone want to touch the pen for a quid?"
(circle, Sat 18 Apr 2009, 8:53, 1 reply)

I think that's a good story
But then again I would, wouldn't I?
( GarbageFan didn't know what to have as a board sig on, Sat 18 Apr 2009, 23:41, closed)