It's 4 years ago that SAILOR - then in the line-up with Peter, Phil, Rob and Grant - played their big headline concert in Tring (UK) today.
We - Karsten and I - had already been there on the day before all this to eavesdrop on SAILOR's soundcheck and have a look around Tring with our friends and hosts, Malcolm and Eileen. There we had also had the opportunity to first listen to SAILOR's unreleased song "The Harbour Bar Bell", written and sung by Rob Alderton, which was to be performed at this concert. The small Court Theatre was equipped with a wonderful nautical stage set including a street lamp, a big anchor and even sand!
But... Did they actually play this concert?  In fact, this concert on the 20th of March 2004 was only about 5 minutes long. There was a power cut due to a heavy storm that day, so that the concert couldn't continue and had to be moved to the next morning.  Here's a short summary of the unexpected events that day:

The SAILOR fans and friends were all seated in the Court Theatre in Tring, UK on the evening of 20 March 2004, ready for SAILOR's 30th anniversary headline concert. The show was sold out, the stage set looked marvellous, the fans were dressed up and ready for the best and most special show in years. SAILOR started their performance at 8 pm with their trademark-song "Sailor", receiving a more than fantastic applause from the audience. When they were just about to start the second song "Blame It On The Soft Spot" there suddenly was a power cut because of the terrible storm outside - not only at the theatre but at the whole town. There had already been problems with the electricity in the afternoon, but now SAILOR had to leave the stage in order to try to solve the problems together with NaylorMan.
The fans started their own little party in the dark theatre, in spite of the worrying events, waiting for NaylorMan who gave them regular updates on the power cut. Everyone hoped the problem would be solved in the next few minutes, so the show could go on. But at 9.45 pm there was still no electricity and it was rather unlikely that it would come back soon, so SAILOR decided to play the concert on the next morning at 10 am. For quite a few fans this unfortunately meant that they could not come back to see the concert because they had to drive a long way, flights to catch etc., but it was the only way for SAILOR to rescue the concert at all.

If you'd like to have a look at the photos from this day again, go to the "Concert Photos" section or just click here: Tring, UK - 20 March 2004 (the concert that never happened...)

This means that the "real" Tring concert anniversary will be tomorrow, of course! To be continued....