sparklers?!? :cheesy:

 

man, i wish they did that on the US leg. sparklers are kind of my favorite thing ever. i have an inordinate obsession with sparklers.

Jen, Ian, Debs & Roadie #42 all living in Manchester :shocked2:

The rest of us should get a place and move over there....... :wacky:

Hello everyone, here's a little message live from London. Camille and Chav! trying to meet our dear Roadie42 and why they have made a wonderful sign! Please Roadie42 ex, if you read, if you go here, do not forget the girls who you expect out of the concert hall !

These are the small French girls for you in the cold and waiting for you! Hoping that my message through the sleeve ! Thank you very much !

 

Roadie42 ROCKS ! :kiss:

 

;)

sparklers?!? :cheesy:

 

man, i wish they did that on the US leg. sparklers are kind of my favorite thing ever. i have an inordinate obsession with sparklers.

 

Well that sounds like a story we need to hear at some point, Chelsea!

 

For some inexplicable reason, I missed the sparklers - I was sat 30feet from the front, how the hell did that happen???

Roadie #42 - Blog #62

December 14, 2008 7:10 pm

#42 and the secret special guest...

 

http://coldplay.com/newsdetail.php?id=249

 

Here I am, sitting outside the production office in the O2 arena. It's the first of the "Big London Shows" today, which would traditionally mean much stress and fretting all round. However, we've managed to completely circumvent any last minute nerves by being so insanely busy that worrying has fallen off the to-do list entirely.

 

Whilst the first of the 14 trucks are being spilled onto the arena floor at the O2 in east London, a bunch of us are way out west at BBC Television Centre setting up for a TV show. There's no band here when it's time for "camera rehearsals" so the floor manager comes over to ask the crew to stand in the band's places. Suddenly, I find myself extremely busy with something. (Funny that.) Production Manager Craig Finley is up there on the kit giving it loads - he offers a most spirited performance (particularly given the hour) - although he definitely twirls his sticks a bit more than Mr Champion does...

 

 

It's then a mad dash across London to get to the O2 for a 5pm soundcheck. I have no idea how long it took us or how the traffic was. I've reached that wonderful point of tour-weariness where every time I sit still I just nod off, so I spend the journey drooling gently over myself as the real world blurs its way past the window.

 

Upon arrival, it's pretty impossible not to stand for a moment and take in the size of the venue. It's a nicely grand view from the drum-riser today.

 

 

You'll note in the above photo that there's some soundcheck action up on the C-stage. Our four fellas are up there giving something special a try ready for tonight.

 

 

The more numerically gifted of you will have noted that that is actually five fellas up on the C-stage. (Not including Hoppy...)

 

That's because tonight, they're being joined on the C-stage by... nah, I'd better not.

 

Roadie #42

That's because tonight, they're being joined on the C-stage by... nah, I'd better not.

 

 

 

Who is it!?!?!?!!?! :lol:

I think I know...I hope I'm right :dance:

ok I'd better log off now otherwise I'm not going to make it. See everyone from the C-stage! :D :P :whistle:

I think I know...I hope I'm right :dance:

 

Oooooooh who do ya think? :dance: chaz without dave?

ok I'd better log off now otherwise I'm not going to make it. See everyone from the C-stage! :D :P :whistle:

 

:lol:!

 

Exactly!

Oooh, who is it??

 

PS That venue is ridiculously huge... How many people does it hold? :stunned:

i think i know who it is!!!! :D

Looks like Keith Allen .... ;)

i don't really have any good guesses about who it is, but the first thought that flashed across my brain was "simon pegg." OBVIOUSLY not right, but i can't wait to hear who it is!

 

(watch it be someone i've never heard of, or heard of but don't know because i'm american :lol:)

Pretty sure you are right Miss Chelsea. :D

i don't really have any good guesses about who it is, but the first thought that flashed across my brain was "simon pegg." OBVIOUSLY not right, but i can't wait to hear who it is!

 

(watch it be someone i've never heard of, or heard of but don't know because i'm american :lol:)

 

That's who I thought of too! I think I just have British comedy on the brain :stunned:

Simon Pegg is amazing :)

it could be simon pegg

or maybe it could be michael stripe? :thinking:

Could be...although not skinny enough for Michael. Also the guy has hair. Which Michael doesn't.

 

We'll find out in about ten minutes :D

Hey guys, that's definitely Phil Collins standing next to Chris Martin ! :D I'm like 101% sure :D

hmm then its got to be simon;)

 

 

well find out soon:dance:

It was Simon :dance:

YAY! :D

Ah! I hope someone recorded it!!

 

*is excited*