Jenjie

well there's a few roadie ones but I can't get them to open in the editing software to lighten them so you can actually see them! lots of blurry ones where my hand was shaking and some blurry ones that are supposed to be of a certain Mr Martin but he moves too quick!

its related to the wristbands :) I don't think I can get a photo, but on the back it has myloxyloto.com with a code on it. the code on my wristband is different to the one on Ian's

photos uploading to photobucket now. i think i was a little excited :lol: managed to take 263 pics :embarrassed: and i kept stopping to save my battery and dance. 136 of them are suitable for public consumption :D

poor hoppy must have traversed the ramp'o'love about 2 or 3 times. the rest of the time he looked to be propped against the stair rail issuing instructions :D nope, no Warning Sign if I'd known they'd get a pic, I wouldn't have tried :lol: looks like it was in line with the NCP car parks. we parked at Spinningfields and just tipped over the 6 hour mark so cost us £15.90 feel free to trawl through the thread and collect the info together to help us out if you like. its all we're going to do when we get to it

it may be faulty, but its doing better than everyone else's! :D as we came out the MEN doors all the bands around were stopping flashing

just a quick flyiong visit as my mum's still here! have uploaded the photos, and as usual mainly blurry but there are some alright ones. am particularly pleased with the lasers & wristband combos :D will write a proper review later, but initial thoughts: purple lasers bash green lasers into the ground and squish them - the green lasers in Clocks from years ago have always remained one of my favourite things, but the purple lasers were immense. also, the lasers in clocks were more complicated than the usual flat line across the arena ones, they were coming from different angles and criss-crossing (willl upload the photo later) Charlie Brown exceeded expectations. i love that song and was expecting big things, and it didn't disappoint. I was jumping in the seated area, which ok probably isn't the safest thing to be doing but I couldn't help it, plus Chris told me to so it would have been rude to refuse :lol: i'll be back later, hopefully a little more coherently

is it Beyonce or J-Lo's rear end in the window on the right hand saide? Nick cave Glen Campbell (the red & white can which says Glen on it)

Monday 4th December? the 4th's Sunday!

not been to Sinclair's Oyster Bar in a very long time. Mini cheddars and an unknown brand vodka, nom, nom, nom

;p just coz you've been to more shows than i have :cry:

nervous anticipation has set in now. can't wait to hear Para-Para-Para and ETIAW live - hopefully UATW & Charlie Brown too. but desperately praying that Clocks doesn't do a runner - its been there every show I've been to so far.

I can't remember if i tweeted or texted Mich last time.

not feeling particularly eloquent enough to explain my no vote

nothing much, really. just was having one of those days which was frustrating and lots of little things contributed to feeling very meh! am much better today ty xxx

so i'm on twitter duty then?

and that's how bad a day I was having yesterday, even watching Christmas Lights on youttube didn't cheer me up

2008 it finished around 10:45ish I think we're probably the same, not sure where to park though. last tram for us is 22:35 so we won't be making that I find it frustrating that the transport in a city like Manchester can't run long enough to get people home after a concert.

just found a boat trip review which I don't remember reading last year Coldplay’s Secret Santa Christmas came early for 100 Coldplay fans last month by taking part in the video shoot for Coldplay’s latest single Christmas Lights. I was lucky enough to be one of them. The invitation from Coldplay HQ went out as an opportunity to have a question and answer session with Coldplay’s creative director and fifth member (Phil Harvey) as well as to meet two of the touring road crew (Matthew Miller and Matt McGinn) as well as“a few surprises up our sleeves for the evening”. The venue was a cruise boat in London, starting at 5pm and lasting until around 11:30pm, and we were told to dress up warmly for the evening. So out came the glad rags! Speculation began given the dates (either November 25th or 26th) that it may be related to a video shoot for Coldplay’s next single, Christmas Lights. I met up with other fans before boarding the boat and one of the many pleasantly surreal things from the evening was signing a thank you card to Coldplay. We speculated whether the uncertainty around the date was if the band/production company were waiting to see the weather forecast (it had been forecast to snow on the evening of the 25th in London, but not the 26th). My own guess for the evening was that it was going to be a video shoot: that we would be whisked away to some secret location on the East Coast (given the cruise was scheduled to be over 5 hours): somewhere where a stage would be set up and that we would be filmed as part of a live audience at a festive gig. I never dreamt Coldplay could keep filming in the heart of central London such a secret! As we boarded the boat we had to hand in our cameras and phones. Some fans were wondering why we were doing this – but working in an industry where this is commonplace it didn’t bother me at all; and I guessed something special was in store. Once the boat had left its mooring we were told we were going to take part in the video shoot for their song Christmas Lights, and be the first 100 people outside of EMI to hear the song in full. After listening to the new song several times, we were told we were going to be involved in singing the section that kicks in around 3:20 into the video, and letting off helium balloons from the top deck of the cruise ship. The boat went up the Thames – from Tower Bridge to the site of Coldplay’s stage – between the Oxo Tower and The National Theatre on the South Bank. Amazingly, apart from a few paparazzi (more on that later!)– no one had got wind of this. At the point of filming our section, there were no obvious signs it was Coldplay there – other than a large crew production vehicle, and passers-by were just walking or jogging past, completely oblivious to why there was a stage erected on the South Bank, or a boat moored in the middle of the Thames with people holding LED helium balloons on it: just another night in the capital city! The sequence that lasts around 10s in the finished video, took about 3 hours to shoot: holding on to helium balloons by their tips on the cold, windy Thames is a tricky business! Filming was done via a crane-mounted camera from the bank of the Thames, with arc lights lighting up the boat. There were enough balloons for four video takes and we also did two sound takes for the accompanying singing. After the shot wrapped up, Chris Martin thanked us for our “great singing” – he obviously didn’t hear me! In our industry we tend to think solely in terms of industries where security is paramount: finance and government. However, international rock stars need to keep secrets too! The reasons for their secrecy cover areas we are used to in the world of information security: intellectual copyright (they didn’t want anyone releasing a song based on their work); reputation (the director of the video – Mat Whitecross and his company had theirs at stake) and physical safety (they didn’t want the band getting mugged at night, given their section didn’t wrap up until 3am!). In addition, when filming a popular TV show or video for a band as big as Coldplay, the producers don’t want masses of people in the background either in shot or making a noise, disrupting the shoot. It truly is amazing, in an age of social networking media that Coldplay managed to pull all this off. In many ways this was a textbook implementation of security (with one notable exception): there was a security policy (“we need to keep the song and band location secret”), there were processes/ procedures to back this up (we all signed an NDA); there was physical security (we were on a boat, our identity was checked as we came in, and all phones and cameras were handed in upon arrival); and there was user training (the production company reminded us several times the importance of keeping the band’s location of filming and song under wraps, until the release on 1st December). The fan side of it was a job well done: I think Coldplay’s fan liaison officer deserves some extra tangerines in her Christmas stocking from the band this Christmas! Nevertheless there was a leak, and for once, not from WikiLeaks! The paparazzi did turn up at the Coldplay set, and with long lenses, managed to get pictures of both the set and the boat. I wondered who may have leaked their location – it can’t have been a fan – given we were on a boat and were incommunicado. Was it someone out to make a fast buck from a leak? Then I saw the following tweet from Simon Pegg – also an extra in the video: http://excelgate.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/simonpeggtweet2.jpg?w=450&h=294 So what next for Coldplay? Well Chris Martin said recently in an interview that their next album – due next year – could be their “last big shot”. Chris loves saying something like this prior to every album launch, but if ever he feels likes laying down the guitar and closing the piano for good, he can always mastermind information security in the music industry. You heard it here first: Chris Martin is music’s answer to James Bond. http://excelgate.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/coldplays-secret-santa/

thanks :)

its a week today :D the excited vibes are kicking in!

The former Leeds, Everton, Newcastle and Bolton midfielder was found hanged at his home in Chester this morning. Police say there are no supsicious circumstances surrounding the 42-year-old's death. The Football Association of Wales confirmed the news, saying that Speed's family had authorised the release of the information. A spokesman for Cheshire Police said: "At 7.08am this morning, sunday 27 November, police were informed of an incident at Aldford Road, Huntington. Officers went to the scene where a 42-year-old man was found dead. There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and next of kind have been informed." The spokesman added that man was found hanged. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8918628/Wales-boss-Gary-Speed-found-dead.html

s'alright, answered my own question Wales manager Gary Speed confirmed deadWales football manager Gary Speed died. His death was confirmed in a statement by the Football Association of Wales. The statement said: "We extend our sympathies and condolences to the family. We ask that everyone respects the family's privacy at this very sad time." Speed took over the Wales job in February, and earlier this month, said the side's rapid improvement had exceeded all expectations. More to follow... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-15909277

as in the footballer who is not very old?

I think we need to see this! :D

may not be an issue now anyway if they were supposed to be duetting with Janet! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2066651/X-Factor-2011-Janet-Devlin-forgets-lyrics-blaming-I-ate.html