I was 15 and it was my first Big Rock Show!
March 8, 1996, 1 had general admin tickets, with a couple of highschool friends, i couldn’t tell you who the support acts were, what i can tell you about is the showmanship, the way Billy played with the crowd, the excitement hearing the Melon Collie track start, the explosiveness of Jimmy’s drums kicking into Tonight, Tonight.

The crowd was like one, together, in unison. The 3 encore’s played with Billy trying to sneak back onto stage and getting caught out, well he was wearing silver pants!

It was also the moment i fell in love with ‘Mayonaise’, a love that still stands today…

Thank you guys and girls, for bringing this show to Melbourne, Australia all those years ago, you definitely changed this guy forever