Re: I INSIDE THE OLD YEAR DYING – 2023 Tour Dates
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:00 pm
Hello,
I would like to tell you an interesting story about the Prague concert.
The first night of the concert in Prague I was standing in the first row. It was exhausting. Since I had predicted this beforehand, I bought a ticket for the second night from the balcony to watch it sitting down. Before the concert started, a middle-aged couple sat next to me. The man was coughing and squeezing his inhaler from time to time. After the concert started, he filmed a video continuously at the beginning. Then he got up and walked around the back of the balcony, I guess he got bored of sitting. His wife (I was assuming they were couple) was watching the concert and looking at the reaction of the standing audience from the balcony. I thought they were a very nice couple. When the lights came on at the end of the concert, the orange wristbands on their arms caught my attention and we smiled mutually with the woman as we got up for applause.
Afterwards, when I looked at the man's face, it looked familiar and I realised at that moment. I asked the woman if they are related with Polly and when she said yes, I turned to the gentleman and said I think you are PJ Harvey's brother and he nodded his head yes. Obviously it was an awkward moment because I guess they didn't give much opportunity for someone to recognise them, and rightly so. Their faces also looked a little surprised. I immediately said that since my high school years I am a big fan of Polly and that I recognised him because I had seen his photos on the internet and that PJ Harvey had a very important place in my heart and I was travelling from Turkey for these concerts. I asked them that they would send to her my love and greetings. They nodded their heads and replied saying of course.
The question crossed my mind, "Can you introduce me to her?" but as a very long time PJ Harvey fan, I assumed after the concert she wouldn't do such a thing and in order not to disturb them, I could only ask them to send my greetings and love to Polly. I was a bit shocked because Saul Harvey and his wife were standing in front of me. Saul was videotaping the bowing of Polly and the band on the stage after White Chalk, and that time Saul even asked me if they were going to perform again and I told him that I had seen it last night show and as I know the setlist I told him that they weren't going to come back to perform. We wished each other good night and parted smiling.
It was a very nice memory for me. Maybe it was a surprising (or maybe strange in a way) situation for them and maybe they told Polly about it. I hope they did. I just wanted to share this memory with you.
Regarding the concert, on the first night, as I was in the front row, while Angelene was playing, an audience member threw something like a cardigan in front of Polly, maybe because s/he liked the song very much, maybe out of admiration or maybe because of being drunk, then between songs Polly whispered something in the ear of the crew member who took her guitar and the guy quietly took the outfit off the stage. Another incident was that someone next to me pulled out a piece of paper (I think after The Garden). Polly slowly came forward and read the paper and took her guitar pick from the table and threw it towards the person holding the paper. Honestly, I thought why didn't I think of it, but it was a nice moment.
I don't need to say anything about the concert, as always Polly, the band and the songs, everything was great.
I would like to tell you an interesting story about the Prague concert.
The first night of the concert in Prague I was standing in the first row. It was exhausting. Since I had predicted this beforehand, I bought a ticket for the second night from the balcony to watch it sitting down. Before the concert started, a middle-aged couple sat next to me. The man was coughing and squeezing his inhaler from time to time. After the concert started, he filmed a video continuously at the beginning. Then he got up and walked around the back of the balcony, I guess he got bored of sitting. His wife (I was assuming they were couple) was watching the concert and looking at the reaction of the standing audience from the balcony. I thought they were a very nice couple. When the lights came on at the end of the concert, the orange wristbands on their arms caught my attention and we smiled mutually with the woman as we got up for applause.
Afterwards, when I looked at the man's face, it looked familiar and I realised at that moment. I asked the woman if they are related with Polly and when she said yes, I turned to the gentleman and said I think you are PJ Harvey's brother and he nodded his head yes. Obviously it was an awkward moment because I guess they didn't give much opportunity for someone to recognise them, and rightly so. Their faces also looked a little surprised. I immediately said that since my high school years I am a big fan of Polly and that I recognised him because I had seen his photos on the internet and that PJ Harvey had a very important place in my heart and I was travelling from Turkey for these concerts. I asked them that they would send to her my love and greetings. They nodded their heads and replied saying of course.
The question crossed my mind, "Can you introduce me to her?" but as a very long time PJ Harvey fan, I assumed after the concert she wouldn't do such a thing and in order not to disturb them, I could only ask them to send my greetings and love to Polly. I was a bit shocked because Saul Harvey and his wife were standing in front of me. Saul was videotaping the bowing of Polly and the band on the stage after White Chalk, and that time Saul even asked me if they were going to perform again and I told him that I had seen it last night show and as I know the setlist I told him that they weren't going to come back to perform. We wished each other good night and parted smiling.
It was a very nice memory for me. Maybe it was a surprising (or maybe strange in a way) situation for them and maybe they told Polly about it. I hope they did. I just wanted to share this memory with you.
Regarding the concert, on the first night, as I was in the front row, while Angelene was playing, an audience member threw something like a cardigan in front of Polly, maybe because s/he liked the song very much, maybe out of admiration or maybe because of being drunk, then between songs Polly whispered something in the ear of the crew member who took her guitar and the guy quietly took the outfit off the stage. Another incident was that someone next to me pulled out a piece of paper (I think after The Garden). Polly slowly came forward and read the paper and took her guitar pick from the table and threw it towards the person holding the paper. Honestly, I thought why didn't I think of it, but it was a nice moment.
I don't need to say anything about the concert, as always Polly, the band and the songs, everything was great.
basically the 2023 version of this: 
