9pm, March 22 2008, Vector Arena, Auckland, New Zealand, Southern Hemisphere, Planet Earth. That is the time and location of one of the greatest nights of my life.

But let us start at the beginning...

After months of staring excitedly, but uselessly at the pair of concert tickets sitting on my desk, the night of the Smashing Pumpkins concert was finally here. Technically, I had been waiting 10 long years for this night, for it was 10 long years geleden that the Smashing Pumpkins last graced the shores of my fair country. At the time, I was 11 years old and my mother was absolutely positive that a...