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    Ha yes, they did the "good looking boys" comment at my show. Kind of funny to think when the show was in the planning stages they scripted that.

     

    The worst thing about it is that they used the same lines as they did on the Headlines Tour backstage VT thing ("lots of fit guys out there!" "Haha Mollie!" "Oh she's checking out the talent!" etc). :lol:

     

    The venue looked like it was 90% sold out. There were ALOT of people there, and it certainly didn't look like anything was "shut off". There were the occasional empty seats (there were two empty seats beside me) but I think the horrible weather was probably the reason (lots of trains were cancelled and there was a storm in Glasgow). The stage was pretty small from where I was standing but it still had all the features and catwalk. There was ALOT of floor space, though. It was literally like a 20 second walk along a big empty floor to get to the seats, and I felt they could have added more seating areas instead of leaving a big empty floor, but whatever.

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    - I would have preferred a VT/montage/backstage clip or something on the screens during their first "off stage" costume change rather than just watching dancers, but that's my opinion.

     

    - Just Can't Get Enough and strangely, Work got the best receptions from the crowd.

     

    - The "banter" was decent from what I heard but it seemed so fake to me since I know it's already scripted. Saying that, Rochelle did make a comment about the terrible weather and Mollie said Glasgow was their best crowd (:D I bet she says that everywhere). They also talked about how there were very "good looking boys in the audience" but again, it felt awkward because it's scripted.

     

    - I loved the new 'Up' choreography. It looks decent on YouTube but when you see it live on the big screens it looks 100x better. The girls are extremely close together and for the most part the choreography was slick and in sync. I did miss the old routine, though.

     

    - The prices of the merchandise were a f***ing joke. The Sats mug was £12! And the programme was £10, which is pretty expensive, so I didn't bother with buying anything.

     

    - There was alot of couples in the audience, groups of teenage girls, mums with their daughters and even groups of boys (didn't seem gay to me). One funny moment was when I looked to my left and saw a right chavvy looking young guy singing along with Ego. :lol:

     

    - While Vanessa's voice isn't that impressive these days on YouTube/TV shows, when you hear her live (especially compared to the bloody awful support acts) you appreciate how talented she is. They really did sound fantastic and put on a hell of a show, I can't praise them enough. :D

     

    I was at Glasgow last night.

     

    I got there at 7:30pm with my friend, and after about 45 minutes of sitting watching music videos on the big screens, the first support act came on (mixed gender group) and were absolutely dreadful. Just tons of "MAKE SOME NOISE!!!" shouts every 30 seconds. The next support act (Daniella something) was pretty good and had a nice voice but the material sounded very karaoke. Then Oh My! were absolutely horrible. I was cringing because they kept asking the audience to shout stuff and wave but it was just silence.

     

    Then after about 25 more minutes of watching music videos (plus the Rimmel advert was on about four times and an OYR album advert) The Sats FINALLY came on. I didn't have amazing seats (I was just in front of the disabled access row) and was behind a freakishly tall guy which blocked my view of the stage and I had to watch the entire show on the screen, which killed my excitement because I felt like I was just watching them on YouTube. I don't understand why people stand at seating gigs anyway? I have back problems and having to stand straight and watch a screen was killing me.

     

    The Sats themselves were pretty damn good. I had to leave at 10:10 to get a train back to Central to get a train back home, so I only seen them for like 55 minutes (I think they came on at 9:15) but in that time I saw Notorious, Work, Get Ready Get Set, Forever Is Over, Wish I Didn't Know, Issues, Just Can't Get Enough, Faster, Up, Ego, For Myself , The Way You Watch Me, Do What You Want With Me and If This Is Love/Moves Like Jagger. I left halfway through Last Call and when I was at the exit I heard the intro of Missing You so even though I left really early I heard alot of material.

     

    The vocals were pretty good. I was extremely impressed with Una who was by far the star of the show. She even done a Scottish dance during JCGE! Mollie was brilliant, and has definitely improved since the last time I saw her, Rochelle was Rochelle, Frankie looked absolutely STUNNING in the flesh (when I was leaving, I walked past the stage and was like 10 feet away from them, they are extremely beautiful ladies) and was full of smiles and energy. Vanessa I was worried about because of her voice problems but aside from the straining in Notorious she was amazing. The girls were very smiley and although the banter was ruined for me because I know it's scripted, they were still pretty funny. Rochelle made a comment about Una being extra busy this year because of her pregnancy and there was a huge cheer, and then when she returned after DWYWWM she said she had a cup of tea and a chocolate bar for "the baby".

     

    Notorious and Do What You Want With Me were the highlights. It wasn't a great night because of my horrible view and the fact I had to leave early (I really wanted to hear Higher) but the girls themselves were flawless, imo, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

     

     

    Agreed. The band are incredibly lazy. I can't believe i'm saying this but if they're going to act like they don't give a shit then their album deserves to flop.

     

    I wonder how Little Mix winning X-Factor will affect The Sats. Could go either way (they could "bring back girl power" just like JLS did with boybands, or they could completely overshadow the).

    I despised their Wordshaker image. They were turned into right slappers. :(

     

    http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/jan2010/3/7/the-saturdays-pic-fhm-magazine-764386337.jpg

     

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    Didn't suit them at all.

    I read on Popjustice The Sats came on at 9pm and finished at 11:20, but i'm not 100% sure about the finishing time.

     

    I'm seeing them in five days at Glasgow! :D Hope the snow and wind stays away. :( All trains were cancelled today!

    I thought that all along, but depression is more of a mental health condition isn't it, rather than a 'medical' condition? :huh:

     

    Hmm.

     

    I just can't see what else it would be if it's not an eating disorder. Would self-harming be classified as 'medical'? (i'm trying not to be casual about this, obviously i'm concerned for her and hope she's back to 100%)

    So much for Born This Way being the "album of the year". Didn't Gaga also say it would "change the music industry"? :lol:

     

    (not putting Gaga down here, I love some of her work but the hype around the BTW era was insane. I was genuinely excited to hear what she had up her sleeve and remember thinking "omg, maybe this WILL be something interesting" but then the single BTW was released and I was very dissapointed and when the album was released I realised it was nothing but hype. Good pop album, but nowhere near as good as she was making it out to be. The way she talked about it as if it was the greatest album ever produced. Just shows she's nothing more than another pop act.)

    Lee how did you win the tickets? :o Well done! :D

     

    I'm worried I won't make the Glasgow show next week. :( The snow is BAD here and apparently is only going to get worse, I bet the trains will be cancelled and I won't be able to go! :(