Personal Narrative: Let Me Entertain You Tour

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Let Me Entertain You… If Only We Could See ?

In October, Robbie Williams came to Sydney for his Let Me Entertain You tour, which was held at All Phones Arena. For non-Sydney people, All Phones are about 15km out of the city and is part of the Olympic site developed for the 2000 games. In my opinion, it’s miles away and a total pain to get to and from however for the sake of Robbie, I was happy to make the trip.

I was in charge of booking the tickets, organizing the parking, driving and all the other miscellaneous tasks involved in getting to the gig on time. I was Chief Organizer and Tour Guide.

The friend I went with is a huge music fan. He enjoys all genres, from David Bowie to Bloc Party and everything in between. We were both equally as excited about the concert and maybe a little less excited about the adventure out to All Phones.

My friend, Jamie, suffered a traumatic brain injury a few years back that has left him with significant cognitive and communication impairments. These impairments are bought to the forefront when he is in unfamiliar surroundings, new situations and in crowds. Fortunately he has less physical impairments …show more content…

I tried to explain that Jamie had trouble standing and we couldn’t see past them. There response was a not so polite version of… ‘too bad’. Thankfully, Jamie was sitting with his earplugs in and couldn’t understand their response. I explained to him that the people did not want to sit down to which he replied quite loudly a few expletives, which I cannot repeat, here. The people in front turned with and looked down on us from with a strong glare to which Jamie was oblivious. He continued to tell me how ‘disgusting’ they were and I quickly changed the topic by showing him the photos I had

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