dont be silly Norma you are cerainly no dog and dont ever think that and secondly do you really care what people here think bar the few you get along with, most people who slate us no matter what so i wouldnt be worrying about their opinion, if you feel you would like to post the picture i would love to see it but if you dont feel comfortable we understand.

 

GAGA has worldwide fam i agree but will it last is the question her 2nd album will be very interesting to see how it will perform, gaga could easily have peaked too soon she may feel belittled supporting take that but they are in the business so much longe than her, but if i had tickets for upcoming concerts i would be hoping for a no show by gaga so i could get the script or james morrison.

What Pete said about you, Norma.....I likes ya, no matter how you look.....

 

Heck, I look like a bipedal grizzly bear..... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I'll think about posting it later then! Heck I probably will anyway! For now - a bit of an item from the Lancashire County Cricket Club itself. It is really, really sad now they've left Manchester. I don't mind saying I feel a little depressed! I think I'm going to have to cheer myself up with a Ben & Jerry Chocolate Fudge Brownie Ice Cream!

 

http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=2979

 

Norma

i always get that feeling when something i ihave been looking forward to for ages ends, i always have a day of pigging out to get back on trackm again

Norma, the CD is here! Thank youuuuuuu!!!! :wub: :heart:

 

And here is the best video of UAN i saw till now on youtube:

:cheer: :yahoo:

im hoping for more quality clips on you tube over the coming weeks aswell

Norma, the CD is here! Thank youuuuuuu!!!! :wub: :heart:

 

And here is the best video of UAN i saw till now on youtube:

:cheer: :yahoo:

 

That was fast! I only posted it on Thursday afternoon!

 

That youtube must be from the last night at Manchester - I remember Mark doing the 'sha la la' bit from Julie - and he didn't do it the other nights I was there.

 

Norma

 

it was fairly new as when i viewed it there was only 1 comment posted

Right I'm going to start off with my review now! I loved all three nights I went but I'm going to review on the last night (28th June) although I'll probably make references to bits of the other nights in between. I may end up taking a break in the middle of this and do it in two parts so apologies if this happens (got to tuck a certain someone into bed - and no ... not my husband! :lol: )

 

Arrived by coach (from Warrington) right outside the cricket ground at about 3.40 pm. Could see the queues going all around the perimeter of the ground and absolutely tons of people just milling! After being instructed by the driver where he would pick us up - we alighted. We decided not to go straight in as I knew from the previous few nights that if you got there by 5 we would easily be able to get good 'unreserved' seats - far back - but good and with a direct, straight on, view of the stage. I'd sat in allocated seating nearer on the other nights - but this time I wanted to watch without craning my neck to the side! Me and my friend (Sandra - who, bless her, had bought the tickets and wouldn't let me pay for mine) headed in the opposite direction of everyone else having decided to have a coffee in the Manchester United Red Cafe! Saw some great sights on the way - a lovely young girl had a tee-shirt on with 'I Love Gary' emblazoned on it - and directly behind her was a great looking guy with 'I Love Howard' on his!!!! There were lots of young guys at these recent gigs - not just older blokes accompanying their wives!

 

Fast-forwards to the gig itself!

 

As soon as we'd had our bags searched and tickets scanned - we headed straight for the unreserved seating next to the pavillion. We got a real good spot with a walkway in front of us - so we had even more added height on the row in front of us.

 

Gary Go came on prompt at six o'clock and did, as ever, a fabulous set - I'm definitely getting his album now - now that I know most of the songs on it. Gary had done a fabulous job the night before doing an extended, later set, due to GaGa being a no-show. The crowd really got behind him and his banter with the crowd was great. He said he loved looking out at the banners as he could pretend that the 'I Love You Gary' ones were for him! He ended his set with 'Wonderful' which about 80% of the crowd joined in with.

 

Next - the announcement came on - Lady GaGa would not be joining us again, but, at short notice we've got three lads from Dublin helping us out .... The Script! Well the crowd went wild. The blokes sitting behind us went 'Yeeesssss' - they had no idea who GaGa was anyway. When The Script came on - Danny wearing a blond, bobbed wig, said that they'd got the call last night (they were at Glastonbury) asking could they help out at short notice. As they'd done the earlier Manchester gigs with the boys, and the Dublin one, and had a good time they said 'sure - we'd love to'. Well the crowd went even wilder - the Take That fans just loved The Script. He threw his blond wig into the crowd and said that being a no-show was Lady GaGa's loss - no-one elses - and boy was he right. They rocked. When they started their songs - I was surprised that I actually knew quite a few of them - until then I thought the only one I'd recognise would be The Man Who Can't Be Moved - but no - there were others. The Script were on for quite a while and did a brilliant version of Bowie's Heroes. Danny looked genuinely choked at the applause, cheers, and very, very loud joining in of the songs he got! What truly nice lads they are too!

 

I'm going to take a break now - gotta attend to Lou!

 

Back with Take That in a few minutes!

 

Norma

OoooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooooooohh.....sounds like you had a grand time, Norma.....would have like to hear that cover of Heroes, as it's one of my most fave Bowie songs ever......

Good start to the review and cant wiat for the take that part coming up

I'm back!

 

About fifteen minutes before I knew TT were coming on - I decided to take a loo break! As everyone else had the same idea the queues were enormous. Some brave women decided to push the men aside and use the gents facilities ... but I'm a lady so I went to the appropriate place. Glad I did - on the way back I spotted this guy with a few people around him having his piccie taken. It was Gary Go - he'd had loads taken by now - and was about to be off but I said 'Gary - please can I have a photo taken with you?' He was absolutely lovely and said sure - put his arm around me and another bloke there took not one but two piccies! I told him how much I liked his album and he was genuinely pleased - really nice bloke and I truly hope he makes it big (but not too big - I want to see him in his own right without having to sell my soul for tickets!)

 

Take That

 

There was an air of anticipation surrounding the arrival of the boys. This truly brilliant but scary music - like a children's music box with a heavy, heavy accompaniment to is heralds their arrival. There is a sort of moving crane from the main stage to the 'B' stage with loads of massive balloons and clowns (or people in sky suits). Once it gets to the 'B' stage - the opening chords to Greatest Day sound, the balloons are released and there are the lads waiting to sing. I know what Gary meant now when he said they wrote this song specifically with the opening of a concert in mind. It was just perfect. The roar from the crowds was deafening - but everyone in that stadium had the biggest, cheesiest grin on their faces. That's what TT do ... they make people happy. Immediately after Greatest Day they went into Hello. Four ladders appeared (making a pyramid shape) and the lads started the song - climbing the ladders and shaking hands with each other and with the other members of the 'cast'. This is probably one of my least favourite songs on the album ... but I actually loved it being sung live and with the imagery that comes into my head now that I think of it. I noticed that this song seemed to go down well with the males in the audience - its a sort of 'laddish' song so I suppose they didn't feel daft joining in with it! :lol: As soon as they'd finished Hello, the familiar opening piano chords of Could It Be Magic sounded and they lunged straight into it! I still prefer their Beautiful World Tour rendition of this song but they did a good job on this, by the numbers, version. I get the feeling that they may drop this song from future tours but I could be wrong. When CIBM ended it was time for the first of the chats from the lads - they did the 'I'm Howard, I'm Mark, I'm Gary, I'm Jason and we're ..... Taaaake Thaaaaat'. I noticed on this tour that Jason did a lot of the talking (Gary was quite quiet in comparison to previous appearances). Anyway - Jason thanked everyone and then asked did we want to see them dance ... after all 'We are a boy band' and that's what boy bands do. Well you just knew which song was going to come next ... and I must admit - live - even despite (or because of) the ludicrous dance - this is one of my favourit numbers .... Pray. Jason just beams when they do this song ... he really goes hell for leather and really reminds me a little of John Clees in his Basil Fawlty mode when doing this dance - all long arms and legs! As ever, the singing is great but its the camaraderie that is just so lovable with these guys. Pray over ... and (I've forgotten if it was Jason or Gary) introduced Mike Stevens on stage with his saxophone ... and that can only mean one song ... A Million Love Songs. This is another of those Take That songs I could live without ... but any excuse to bring on the brilliant Mike Stevens (who is so heavily involved with all TT live shows) is more than welcome. They ended this first half of the set with their biggest song by far Back For Good complete with a drenching for both the guys and anyone surrounding the B stage. The lads had umbrellas at the end ... but they were just as soaked as those around them. You could clearly see Mark and Gary mouthing 'I'm really sorry' at the end - for giving the close crowd a drenching! Now it was time to return to the main stage (with a promise to return to the B stage later). Jason was wondering how they'd get back ... where was their transport? And this is where Nellie The Elephant came in! She emerged, all 30 foot of her' from underneath the B Stage - with one of those square box things on her back. The lads were in this and as the mechanical elephant lumbered slowly back to the main stage - the familiar sound of The Garden started up and this was the song that took them back for the 'next stage'. That elephant on this tour has been worth her weight in gold. On the previous night - Jason had asked 'What do you think of our elephant?' 'Elton John saw our elephant and was gutted'.

 

Back with the next bit of my review soon.

 

Norma

 

 

You're making me wait with bated breath as what's next, Norma.... :wacko:

im loving your review and im delighted you met gary go and that he was a nice guy as im sure this really was another added bonus for you norma

When they got back to the main stage - I think it was Mark who shouted 'Are you ready to go to the circus?' To which the crowd dutifuly responded with a massive cheer. This is where the show cranked up a gear (as if it needed to). The stage was filled with jugglers, trapeze artists, fire eaters, dancers, all manner of entertainer and then the thumping start to Shine was heard. I must admit - Mark had some really weird trousers on for this ... they looked like those old 'long johns' that you see in old western films! A tad unflattering if you ask me ... not like Jasons fabulous white and red stripey ones! They performed this song quite brilliantly - it seemed to end ... but then they came back with a reprise and Mark hollering his little head off (that little guy has one seriously strong rock voice). When Shine was finished - everyone else seemed to vanish from the stage and it was just the four of them left. Gary quite comfortable on keyboard, Howard looking way, way too laid back on drums, Jason on his guitar and Mark with a bloody enormous bass guitar! I have to confess ... for me - apart from their performance of Up All Night this part of the show was my least favourite. I know it was something that they really wanted to do - just the four of them, singing and playing instruments with no accompaniment from anyone else - but for me - I'd rather they got up, danced, sang, joked and talked to the crowd. They really have nothing to prove by hiding behind instruments. Having said that - there was some fabulous banter going on. Again Jason asked everyone what they thought of the show. What did we think of the dancers, the elephant, the circus performers ... and then Gary piped in '...... and what do you all think of Jay's trousers?' To which everyone cheered and started chanting 'off, off, off'. The other three guys were saying to him, as it was the last night in Manchester ... the least he could do was take his pants off! Jay was really giggling away, asking people not to make him laugh as he had to concentrate on playing his guitar for the next song. Anyway ... the other guys just wouldn't let it lie and the poor guy ended up dropping his stripey trousers half mast to reveal (with his backside facing the crowd) his lovely black boxer/briefs. That over, he started on Wooden Boat. In previous live performances of this song, I've always been nervous for Jason on this - as he truly has been 'nerve-struck'. This time however, he was brillaint - his voice still shows a trace of nervousness in there - but it adds to the attraction and he actually plays the guitar pretty darned well. I was surprised that this song was immediately followed by another Jason lead How Did It Come To This. Another song that wasn't one of my favourites on the album ... but with a truly rousing / stomping chorus - which again - most of the male members in the audience were more than happy to join in with. This was the second part of the show coming to a close ... and for me ... having seen what had come the nights before ... the evening was only just ready to begin!

 

Back later (or tomorrow even).

 

Norma

So in a way jason had his own little sectio0n for the first time,its good his nerves seem to be easing while singing live but i suppose he hasnt had the same practice as all the others so its only natural

As I've said to Pete - I'll have to post the rest of my review when its a bit cooler (honestly my fingers are slipping all over the keyboard - sweat is just pouring out of my fingertips!) I am going to post a few piccies though. And to hell with it - dog or no dog - here's me with Gary Go!

 

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj150/KathyApple/152-1-1.jpg

 

Norma

That is a great pic and you acertainly no dog Norma you look pretty damn good on that picture and i am not just saying that

So excited now - seeing them tomorrow night and have tried to avoid all spoilers (except the set list)

 

Just so I can plan my journey, can anyone give me rough times for the concert i.e what time do the support acts come on and what time does the whole concert end - I need to make sure the trains are still running to get me home. :D

So excited now - seeing them tomorrow night and have tried to avoid all spoilers (except the set list)

 

Just so I can plan my journey, can anyone give me rough times for the concert i.e what time do the support acts come on and what time does the whole concert end - I need to make sure the trains are still running to get me home. :D

 

When we saw them at Manchester they came on at 8.30 (although I think the Tuesday and Wednesday concerts may have started even 10 minutes earlier than that). For most others I've seen - the (TT) start time is 8.45. Really - to soak up the atmosphere - I'd get there for around 6 - and no earlier (unless you're GA and you want to make your way near to the front). If you are GA and you don't want to stand - then I'd get there no later than 5.30 this should leave you with enough opportunity to get some of the 'unreserved' seats. Remember - even if you are near the back at this concert - you'll still have a fabulous time - there is so much going on visually - and of course there are the giant screens. For the record - Gary Go comes on at 6 - and he is well worth going to see!

 

Also - not sure about Wembley - but on the Lancashire County Cricket Club site it said that everyone would be allowed one 500 ml bottle of water to take in! This was rubbish - we had about three bottles each, bananas, sandwiches, the lot! Because if you wait until you're in there - the venue will charge £2 at least for a bottle of water.

 

Hope you have a lovely time ... and we fully expect a full review/report from you on here when you get back! Which reminds me - I've got to finish mine off later!

 

Norma