This was the big day. I was due to meet Roger at 7pm that night, half an hour prior to the show but I received a phone call asking if I could be at the meeting point at 6.45pm instead. This wasn't a major hassle but I had set up a pre-show meeting of fans in the local pub (Glasgow Arms) at 4.30pm and this meant I would have less time to spend with my internet friends.

What a great turn out this was! I counted 43 people, somebody else counted 47 and yet another said there were 30! So let's say around 40 Roger Waters fans had a great few hours getting to know each other! I am not even going to attempt to name everybody, as I would be bound to forget some and they would be offended. However, we did have 3 English guests, including Keith Collyer, who had met Harry & India Waters with me the day before and John Elliot & his wife whose name I never got. There was also a good turn out of Kiwi's who had flown over for the concert/s. 

The moment I had been waiting almost 36 years for was rapidly approaching. I had had plenty of chances to talk with any of guys from the Floyd in the past at UFO. They literally were within a few feet of me many times (including Syd) and I had never really plucked up the courage to speak to them then. Now I was about to do something I should have done all those years ago.

But first....

We had arranged to meet the folk who were taking us in at the front ticket office. I had been told that I was allowed to bring one guest and I chose my good friend Dion Johnson to join me to meet Roger. Dion & I decided to take our partners with us on the off chance we may be able to get them in as well, we were not very hopeful though! At 6.40 we presented at the front ticket office and waited for our escorts.

I had on my 'Fleeting Glimpse' T-shirt that was getting a LOT of attention from the crowds that were starting to build up. One bloke stopped and had a chat and introduced himself to us as Michael, We told him we were just about to go in and meet the man himself and Michael was gobsmacked! Then our escorts arrived and we were put with some of the folk who had won a competition to meet Roger. Time was slipping by and a few of the winners hadn't turned up! It was getting ever more evident that if they didn't turn up soon then they were going to miss out. Finally our escorts said it was time to go but still only 4 of the 10 prize winners had turned up! So...........Chris (my wife) and Nerine (Dion's girlfriend) suddenly became winners! But wait, there's more! Remember Michael? Well Michael became an instant winner to! I will never forget the look on his face when I invited him to meet Roger "I Love you man" he simply said.

If you are doing your math, you will see that there were 9 of us going to meet Roger, two prize winners and their partners and my four guests and myself ! We probably could have snuck in another three people as well!

This was it, the big moment had arrived! We were taken to the stage door and asked to wait with security. The show was due to start at 7.30pm and it was already 7.05pm and we were still waiting! Then another small drama when one of the missing prize winners turned up at the front door but it was too late to let them in, so they missed out.

Finally the door was opened and we were let in to a long corridor that ran under banks of seating and down to the left hand side of the stage. There we were shown into a dressing room and asked to wait for a minute. I was close to the door and kept sticking my head around to see if I could see Roger. It was while I was doing this that India walked towards the dressing room, I called out "Hi India" and she looked at me, gave me a brilliant smile and said "Oh Hi, how are you". I was flattered that she remembered me!

Now the tension was starting to really build, it was almost show time and in walked Andrew Zweck (Tour Manager) who told us what to expect when Roger came in to see us. He said that we should not ask questions as Roger wouldn't answer as he was saving his voice for the show! He also added "he won't be able to speak anyway as he will be sucking a lolly". I was devastated. I had memorised about a dozen questions , many of which I had selected from other fans. Then another rather likable guy came in and said he wasn't as tough as Andrew and that Roger would speak to us and sign items 'within reason'. We were then given instructions about what order we would be met in and how we should arranged the things we wanted signed.

What happened next is a blur! We spoke about UFO, he said he had 'fond memories' of those days. I said I first saw him there almost 36 years ago. He called me by name certainly once and possibly twice. I then handed him the pictures I had taken before of Harry & India (See story 4 April) He looked at them and thanked me. He then passed them on to his 'man' who in turn passed them to somebody just out of sight behind the door. A loud female voiced squealed "Where did these come from?" and I interrupted my meeting with Roger to stick my head around the door and say "I took them yesterday India". India smiled at me again and said 'Oh thank you, they are beautiful".

I then turned my attention back to Roger and asked him to sign a Flickering Flame poster. Before he signed it, he looked at it and acknowledged he was aware of A Fleeting Glimpse!

He said he was enjoying the tour immensely. I then stood behind him as he signed something for somebody else, as he did so Roger flicked the earpiece he had in his right ear backwards almost clipping me on the nose with it! As he flicked it out he said "What's that bloody thing doing in there? Ah that's better"

He then moved on and spoke to Chris (my wife) who also presented him with a Flickering Flame poster, not to sign but to lean on to sign something else. He took the poster from Chris and read every word on the poster out loud, he then indicated to Chris that he was aware of the campaign I was running from my site!!

Then after a few more pleasantries he said he had to get on stage. As he started to walk out of the dressing room it suddenly occurred to me that none of us had had our photos taken with him! So I called out to Roger and he waved me into the passageway with him, where we posed for photos. Sadly, none of these turned out due to me pulling the whole roll of film out of the camera and ruining every last picture!

However, the whole thing was filmed and so most of the pictures you are now seeing are stills taken from the video footage. Dion also managed to get to pose with Roger and his pictures luckily came out.

Roger & Dion. To the left of Dion is Andrew Zweck (Tour Manager) who originally told us that Roger wouldn't speak to us.

And then it was over........Or was it??????

We were then all hurriedly shepherded out of the area but I had left some stuff in the dressing room and had to retrieve it. As I came out of the room, Roger stood there calling all the band members together. To my amazement, all the band members got in a huddle, all locked their arms over each others shoulders and formed a circle. They than began an amazing mantra that built in intensity every second. It was a wonderful sound to hear all those beautiful voices chanting in unison. The chant became a roar and just as it reached it's peak I was spotted and quickly had to leave!

And then it was over........Or was it??????

We quickly took our seats (Fairly close to the stage) as the band took the stage. I am not going to review the show in detail because others have already done that but there is something that happened in the show that will live with me for ever. As Roger was singing Comfortably Numb, when he got to the line 'I Caught A Fleeting Glimpse' he shielded his eyes with one hand, looked out to where I was sitting and pointed directly at me!