Did I ever tell you about the time....

Did you meet a Pop Star once? Is it a dull story? Stand up straight and tell the rest of the class

Jon Bon Jovi smiled at my sister

In the 80’s, Jon Bon Jovi walked by my sister as she lounged at a beach pool in Florida.  She said hello.  He said hi and smiled.  She says his teeth were horrible.  He’s obviously had work done since.

by godless46

I saw Glen Matlock in a car

It was a hot summer’s day. I was walking through Soho with some friends. Suddenly one of my friends said ‘Look! There’s Glen Matlock!’. I looked to where he was pointing, and saw Glen Matlock drive past in a red car with the top down. I think he was in the front passenger seat but I can’t really be sure.

by Mr_Zed2012

I saw Ant and Dec have a fag

I was in a restaurant in London and noticed Ant of Ant and Dec eating a meal with his wife. I then went through to the bar and soon after Ant and his wife came through. Dec then arrived and they went outside to have a smoke.

by hangoverpoop

Steven Tyler gave me a bottle of water.

 
During Aerosmith’s Pink tour, my friends and I walked past him and Joe Perry sitting outside of their hotel, in Birmingham, Michigan. They autographed our t-shirts and Steven gave me his unopened bottle of Evian water (I don’t know why).
 
I kept it in my fridge for a year until one day my dad drank it. I was mad.

by erin-jaye

I asked Dom Howard from Muse for an ashtray then listened to him talk about house prices

 
Me and my friend were having hangover breakfast in a cafe in Hampstead. I turned around to ask the table behind us for an ashtray and realised that the man giving it to me was the drummer of Muse. I decided not to mention this as he was having coffee with his sister and I thought he might not want to be disturbed. He continued to talk about house prices and whether or not he should buy a property in Hampstead.
 
by lordelrond

I irritated Tanita Tikaram

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 I was in a bar in Camden and eventually identified the girl hovering by the jukebox as Tanita Tikaram. Being a fan of her Ancient Heart album back in the day I waylaid her and told her that I loved her song Good Tradition and it really reminded me of the great summer of ‘88 and all the fun I’d had.

She looked to the floor, half-smiled and mumbled a thanks, but I detected an inner eye-roll. She was clearly annoyed that I - like many others before me, I should imagine - neglected to mention any of the countless other things she’d released over the past 11 or so years which hadn’t matched her initial success.

by Jon

I thought my friend Susan was joking about the lead singer of Racey

My friend Susan told me that the lead singer of Racey had just re-wallpapered her living room. I thought she was joking.

It later turned out that she was not joking. The lead singer of the ‘Some Girls’ hitmakers is now a painter and decorator in the Bath area and he really did re-wallpaper Susan’s living room.

Apparently he did a good job. 

by Sniffpetrol

I watched Peter Gabriel browse New Age books

I stood next to Peter Gabriel as he glumly thumbed through New Age books at the Nepenthe gift shop in Big Sur. Fifteen minutes later, I saw Rosanna Arquette trying on rich hippie clothes in the adjacent boutique.

by Better Yeti