Jenjie

'fraid not :( for cricket matches its £8 per car to park at MUFC http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=2832 but if you're parking at the cricket ground for MUFC matches its £10 per car http://www.lccc.co.uk/index.php?p=news&id=3152 I did find an email address which might help [email protected]

seems like the most sensible thing is to ring Wembley when they open tomorrow & ask them :)

just saw your PM about trains, Pete :) cheapest single currently is £22 coming up here on fri, and you could go home first class on Sun for £34 :D have put more info in PM. Travelodge has some reasonable priced rooms. Didsbury - £48.00 Sportcity - £47.00 Airport - £44.00 Manchester Central - £54.00 All per night http://www.travelodge.co.uk/search_and_book/index.php?action=search&check_from=&locationCode=h155&quickform=Y&location=Manchester+Didsbury+Travelodge&checkInDate=11%2F09%2F2009&checkOutDate=13%2F09%2F2009&no_of_rooms=1&adults_1=1&children_1=0&adults_2=1&children_2=0&adults_3=1&children_3=0&adults_4=1&children_4=0

being a bit late, and have had to skip a few pages, so soory if anyone commented already. looks like Prospekt to me :D

watching sky sports news yesterday & they gave us a helpful tip - the Chelsea v Tottenham derby game is at Stamford Bridge on the sun afternoon. so some tube lines may be v busy

Time is being called on the traditional beer glass as the Home Office calls in experts to develop a safer pint pot. The move follows growing concern at the number and extent of injuries caused in violent incidents involving glassware each year. Over the next four months a team of designers will produce a range of drinking vessels that are not only a safer pint glass but, crucially, find favour with the public. Although there is confidence that the designers can produce a safer glass, the key problem is overcoming the drinkers’ attachment to the traditional pint glass. Sebastian Conran, who heads the Home Office’s Design and Technology Alliance Against Crime, said: “There are existing plastic glasses and if you go to a baseball game in the United States you can buy beer in a paper cup. “People are quite used to drinking beer out of plastic and paper things but there is a feeling that in public, it is a traditional thing to drink beer out of a glass.” The dimpled pint glass with a handle has been in long-term decline for decades, replaced since the 1960s with a lighter, straighter pint glass. The new glass, with a bulge about an inch from the top, is easier for staff to collect and solves the problem of straight glasses chipping at the rims. Mr Conran said that reducing the estimated 87,000 injuries caused every year by glassware is the key behind the initiative. “We want to find something that will end the situation where shards of glass can inflict quite horrible injuries,” he added. The ambition is to design a more attractive pint glass with a material that will not shard on breaking, he said. Designers have been asked to look at four specific areas as they develop the next generation of pint glasses. They will look at: adding a new feature to the glass material that provides safety when it is broken; developing a composite or alternative material; ensuring that plastic and polycarbonate is at the core of any new vessel; and making sure that the new material makes no difference to the consumer’s enjoyment of the drink. In addition to concerns about the injuries caused by violent incidents involving glassware, the designers say that safe vessels will reduce the number of staff in pubs and clubs who suffer cuts from broken glass while serving, clearing up, carrying or washing. In a number of local initiatives across the country polycarbonate glasses have been introduced in pubs and clubs in an attempt to reduce injuries caused by alcohol-fuelled violence.The “unbreakable” polycarbonate glasses and bottles bounce off floors rather than smash and are strong enough for a car to park on them. Alan Campbell, a junior Home Office minister, said: “Innovative design has played an important role in driving down overall crime. This project will see those same skills applied to the dangerous and costly issue of alcohol-related crime and I am confident it will lead to similar success.” There remains consumer resistance to anything other than traditional glass and outright hostility to plastic. The British Beer and Pub Association, which represents 98 per cent of beer brewers in Britain and more than half of the 58,000 pubs, said that people did not like drinking from plastic containers. It also said that they did not last as long as the average three-month lifespan of a pint glass and were susceptible to scratching. Mark Hastings, director of communications at the association, said: “A glass is better container for the quality of the beer. You can pick up a taint of plastic from a plastic container.” Mr Hastings added that in real terms plastic containers were expensive. They had a limited shelf life, scratch and were damaged in dishwashers. Pulling points — 126 million pints of beer are served each week in Britain — The average British man will drink 11,600 pints in his lifetime Beer was drunk from pewter, pictured below, or earthenware mugs from the 1400s, with lids added after the plague to keep out flies. These lidded “steins” were used until the 20th century — Clear glasses were first used in the 1700s to show the beer’s colour, but were not popular until after the First World War — The classic British glass pint jug was originally ten-sided but changed to a dimpled design in the middle of the last century. Their popularity waned because the handles prevented stacking — The most common shape of glass in pubs is the “nonic”, derived from it’s “no nick” design — a bulge below the rim that prevents them from chipping — Pint glasses have a number on them from the Weights and Measures Authority, used to identify which office inspects them. — Most British pints are drunk out of French glasses made in Calais Sources: Design Council, Northumbria police http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article6807153.ece

google news search might help http://news.google.co.uk/news?hl=en&source=hp&q=human%20cloning&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

I'll need an extra large chair please :D don't want it collapsing after I've eaten my gorgeous dinner

I imagine 60+ drunk Coldplay fans to be a lot scarier :p :laugh3:

if the doors open at 3pm & the curfew is 10:30pm, then its trainers all the way :lol:

I think I'd rather find you all in the queue for Wembley when I reach London on the 18th, than in a police cell for being drunk & disorderly in a graveyard!!!! :p

well they were on sale for most of July :thinking: we have to give both designs a chance. the only way for us to have more than one design up is for us to pay for a shop, instead of having a free one. we switched over back to the butterfly because no-one was buying the other shirt.

anyone interested in one standing ticket for Wembley on 18th?

I know :D

what Alison said below :) I'm working til 6pm & will need to get home, get changed, collect Ian & head back out again.

it def has ramps either side too :D you can just make them out

they have a 22:30 curfew if I remember rightly. so Coldplay will be on about 20:00/20:30 ish?

did you get a good view from there? I know its a bit different coz they've got the 360 stage.

Twittery things :D gregmcqueen: Have downed some headache pills to get me through the evening. We are on our way to see Coldplay in Horning. danielord: In line for #Coldplay in Herning. http://twitpic.com/e4hsb Cumbayah: is reading Programming #Scala in a hostel in Silkeborg, waiting for the Coldplay concert in Herning tonight. covinther: Gonna see Coldplay tonight!!! danielord: Are we going to be stuck behind this traffic all the way to the #Coldplay concert in Herning? http://twitpic.com/e4a83 jvarnham: is starting the roadtrip from Copenhagen to Herning, Denmark. Countdown to COLDPLAY concert - 6 hours to go!! anders_pj: Om our way to Herning to see Coldplay tonight! pablohc: Camping at Herning tonight - Coldplay tonight!!! Majabuhl: Its sunday <3 - yaaay! It's a nice sunday morning .. can't wait for tonight. Roadtrip to Herning with Doktor, Maria & Kath. Coldplay tonight goerlitz: Looking forward to experiencing #Coldplay tonight in #Herning! My first concert with them - I hope they're in good shape!

don't think so, but must be imminent because the tickets for the 12/9 arrived in the post last week. the tickets for the 12th are very nice card tickets, not the usual plain ones, but with Coldplay images.

Not sure if things have changed or if I just didn't realise, but was just checking seetickets for something and doors open at LCCC is now showing as 15:00, with the show starting at 15:00 (Wembley still 16:00)

Anyone missing from the current list on the first page? Who's Going? (27 so far) airieslady asia atomgrill bello-lo Beximus betix busybeeburns butadream bta5857 CookyMnstr crazyduckette Fraetes gasheaduk HorrificAttack jr! Jack jenjie JoJo JSalyers KissesBirds LittleMissMessy (Kirsten) Mimixxx miumiu melanieau Pezza Professa95 rush Stefan C-8 Texasluvsjonny And does anyone need 1 ticket?

We all desire to experience something greater than ourselves. I think that’s why we go to concerts. Last Friday, I took a trip down to Charlotte with my friend Jill Nance, to see what ended up being the last stop of Coldplay’s Viva La Vida tour in the U.S. The concert was amazing. Coldplay delivered an incredible experience, both musically and visually. But there was a little surprise that made the night all that more special. And it happened like this… When we first found our seats we were a little disappointed. We were off to the side and far from the stage. Not the seats we thought we had. And there was this huge box right in front of us. I made a comment about the box blocking our view, and the lady sitting next to us leaned over and said, “Don’t complain. You won’t be disappointed.” She spoke like someone who knew something we didn’t. She had this subdued excitement, but she wasn’t subduing it very well. Then I noticed there was a foot switch on the box. Rumors spread. Anticipation grew. There was chatter. Interrogations. Tweets. Then suddenly, life was in Technicolor… Halfway into the show, while we were all tweeting and losing ourselves in the Strawberry Swing, I stopped for a moment to contemplate the similarities between rock concerts and religion. Something about the way the guy next to me with the Bud Light was lifting his hands. Then there was commotion by the box. Some roadies next to us began to lift tarps, revealing a piano and guitars. The crowd around us started to stir, and suddenly the box in front of us lit up, and two roadies lifted the piano onto it. Coldplay finished playing Strawberry Swing, stepped off the main stage, and walked all the way over to our little box. The entire band performed two songs five feet in front of us! I don’t even remember what the first song was. The second was a piano-solo rendition of The Hardest Part. Standing next to a professional photographer, who at this point was finding it unbearable that all she could bring into the show was a cheap point and shoot, I tried my best to capture the moment via cell phone. It’s an interesting thing to me that Chris actually looked bigger on that little stage. It was the way the energy of the crowd surrounded him. In that moment, he was larger than life. I kept having to tell myself he’s just a guy. More talented and harder working is all. But the music has a way of tricking you. I am convinced that the music and spectacle we create are reflections of something greater, something we can’t quite put our finger on. It’s beyond any one person. We are drawn to it. That’s why, among other things, we go to concerts. I use to think those girls at The Beatles shows – the sobbing, screaming fans that maul each other for a closer look – were ridiculous. And they are. But in the same way we all are. We are all drawn to something greater than ourselves. I will not judge them again. http://www.justinsnyder.net/2009/08/14/coldplay-concert-in-charlotte/

Michael, Paul and I went to a Coldplay concert at Walnut Creek in Raleigh last night. It was awesome beyond words. They are just so amazing! We went with Michael's brother Ryan and his wife Christina. First we went out to eat at Red Robin. The opening act was supposed to start at 7:30, but we had never heard of them and weren't really interested in standing around and watching them, so we didn't get there until around 8:00. The walk from the parking area to the amphitheater is seriously about 1 mile. I had Paul in the Baby Bjorn and he fell asleep while we were walking. I made the comment that I felt a little like "white trash" taking a baby to a concert. I thought we would see other people with babies, but I didn't end up seeing any. We all had to use the restroom when we got there (free drink refills at Red Robin will get you every time!), but the line to the women's restroom was unbelievably long- I'm talking like a half hour wait to use the bathroom (the men's had almost no line at all... Michael and Ryan were in and out in about 4 minutes). We were thinking that were was no way it could be the only bathroom, so we walked around the amphitheater and there was one that was less busy on the other side. While we were standing in line, a girl asked if she could take my picture- she thought it was so cool that I had a baby strapped to me at a concert. I told her "ummm, sure". After our potty break, we went to find our "seats". We bought tickets for the lawn, which meant we didn't have any seats assigned, but could go where ever we could find room on a huge grassy area. When we first walked into the amphitheater, I was totally overwhelmed at the number of people. We walked for a while and found a space big enough for us not too far up the lawn. About 3 or 4 minutes after we got situated, Coldplay came out! It was the most perfect timing! We had brought camping chairs to sit on, but at the entrance they told us the chairs were too big and we couldn't take them in. They had a place where we could check them and then pick them up after the concert. We didn't think to bring a blanket to sit on, so we ended up having to stand up the entire time, which we probably would've done anyway, but it did make nursing the baby a little more difficult. They started the concert with Life In Technicolor, which is what the 4 of us thought they would start with. They played Speed of Sound not to long after that. The lighting and effects were just amazing. It is so fun to watch Chris Martin perform. He has so much energy. And he's funny too. It's impossible to remember what all they played. I know they played Yellow. They had a bunch of yellow lights on and they put huge yellow balloons out in the crowd for people to hit around. They played Strawberry Swing, which I just love. They played Viva La Vida, of course. Paul woke up when the concert started. He wanted out of the Baby Bjorn so he could see what was going on. He seemed to like the music. I took him out of the carrier and nursed him (standing up with my nursing cover over us) and then we passed him around between the 4 of us for a while. He was just looking all around at the lights and everything. He was cooing with the music a bunch while Aunt Christina was holding him. His arms and legs were going crazy and moving all around while Daddy was holding him so he could see the stage. They played my alltime favorite Coldplay song- Fix You. They had a cool mirror-effect thing on the big screen behind them. It was beautiful. After they performed Lost!, much to our delight, they came back to the lawn area and did some songs about 20 yards from where we were standing. Ryan and Christina ran up there to get as close as possible to them. They got within 10 feet or so and Ryan let Christina get on his shoulders, so she had a great view. Michael and I stayed where we were (for Paul's safety). They did a few silly little songs and goofed off and made jokes. It was great. Then they covered Michael Jackson's Billy Jean, which was unbelievable. They went back to the stage and played some more- I knew they played Lovers in Japan (they shot paper butterflies out over the crowd, it was really cool), they played Clocks, they played In My Place... and lots of other stuff. It's hard to remember. I put Paul back in the Baby Bjorn towards the end and he went back to sleep. Chris Martin came back out first and started performing The Scientist by himself on the piano. It was beautiful. Then the rest of the band came out too. After The Scientist, they ended with Life in Technicolor II. They thanked the fans up and down. I love how gracious they are to their fans. They said they'd be back in a few years, and that they had CD's for all of us that we could get on the way out. Chris Martin said "they cost zero dollars and zero cents. Don't waste your money" in his awesome British accent. It took forever to get out of there. But we finally made it to the exit and got our free CDs and then started the mile trek back to the car. I'm surprised how well my back and shoulders did with carrying our big fat baby so much. The worst part is my feet, actually. I was stupid and wore flip-flops, so now I have blisters between my big toe and my second toe. It was definitely worth it though!!!!! http://michaelnkimberly.blogspot.com/

We’re big fans of Coldpay but neither of us have seen them in concert. So, we were pretty psyched to score lawn tickets to last night’s show at the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek. With taxes, surcharges and facility fees, they ran $55 a pop. We didn’t have much interest in the openers and Coldplay wasn’t scheduled to come on until 9 p.m., so we left at 7:15 p.m. thinking that should probably give us an hour or so to tailgate in the parking lot. Our plan was quickly foiled though when we spotted the never-ending line of cars backed up for several miles attempting to exit the highway. Some MacGyver-esque maneuvers on my part cut out some of the delay but it still wasn’t until 8:30 p.m. that we were able to park. After a couple of beers, we squeezed our way onto the crowded lawn; our view was partially obstructed by the pavilion but it was about the best we could do as the band exploded onto stage with “Violet Hill.” The show itself would soon prove to be a spectacle — with huge yellow balloons floating over the crowd during “Yellow,” confetti cannons exploding with the chorus of “Lovers in Japan,” and Martin leading the crowd in a cell phone “wave.” During “Lost,” a flurry of movement to our immediate right caught my attention. Five or six members of the crew were quickly building and setting up what looked like a platform. When a mic and guitar were placed on top of the makeshift stage, we quickly moved toward it as a crush of people followed behind us. As the lights dimmed, Chris Martin and the band hopped off the main stage and made their way to the lawn platform. And suddenly, we had front row seats to a Coldplay concert. Watching from just feet away, they jammed out an acoustic set of “Green Eyes” and “Death Will Never Conquer,” with drummer Will Champion taking the lead vocals. Amazingly, from where we stood, there was no need for amplification; we could actually hear them singing. It wasn’t over yet though as the band covered Michael Jackson’s “Billie Jean” and encouraged the ecstatic crowd to sing along. With that, Coldplay returned to the main stage and finished up their set. To be honest, the final three songs and encore were a bit anti-climactic. We left as the band closed with Martin promising to return to Raleigh in a couple of years. But whether or not last night’s performance could ever be topped seems pretty unlikely. http://marczawel.com/2009/08/07/front-row-seats-to-coldplay/