A woman whose husband bought her VIP tickets to see her idol Noel Gallagher in Las Vegas slept through the concert after following a night out reminiscent to The Hangover movie.
Emma Martin flew to the US to celebrate her 40th birthday with pal Sue O’Leary, 48, after Emma’s husband, Pete, booked the trip as a surprise.
Instead, the pair from Litherland, Merseyside, ended up with a ‘night that resembled The Hangover movie’ within 24 hours of landing in the notorious gambling capital.
The show started at 6pm, but they didn’t wake up until 9pm.
Emma Martin (left) and her friend Sue O’Leary (right) on the slots in Las Vegas. The night out ended up costing them a Noel Gallagher concert after they slept through it on a hangover
The Hangover was a hit American comedy starring Bradley Cooper about a stag party in Las Vegas that ends with extreme drunken amnesia.
Emma, who arrived in Vegas on Thursday, said: ‘I’ve been a fan of Noel Gallagher for 24 years, since I was 16.
‘But when we landed we went down to the casino and took advantage of the complimentary drinks and didn’t stumble in until 10am the next morning.’
Noel Gallagher’s Las Vegas concert was due to start at 6pm on Friday night, but both women ended up sleeping through the entire show – only waking up in their hotel room at 9pm.
Emma, who was able to see the funny side, added: ‘I’m obviously gutted I flew all this way and missed it and more so because we had VIP tickets in the 11th row.
‘When we first woke up, my friend thought it was nine in the morning, which was a bit strange as we didn’t actually fall into bed until 10am.
Emma Martin in Las Vegas enjoying herself at the casino
‘My friend was mortified, but eventually saw the funny side as this is totally what happened to us crazy girls.
‘I’ve not missed concerts before but I’ve certainly done a few crazy things – most of the time it usually just ends up me injuring myself.’
Despite being a fan of Noel’s music for the majority of her life, Emma admitted the worst part was having to tell her husband.
Emma said: ‘I knew he would be annoyed. So I decided to put a Facebook post up and tagged him it in, so he could find out that way.’
Emma wrote on Facebook: ‘Omg these last 24 hours have been worse than The Hangover.
‘Flying all the way to Vegas to see my idol, Noel Gallagher, going to bed and waking up at nine o’clock thinking it was nine in the morning.
‘It was only 9pm and we’d slept through the concert. We are a liability.’
The news didn’t go down too well with husband Pete, who replied to the post saying: ‘You are a t*t.’
Emma added: ‘We are now going to Los Angeles… and if we don’t make it tell our family we love them.’