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Went into Uni an hour early today so I could go and buy the album but it wasn't in the shop. :( I guess it was only just becoming the 29th in the UK at the time I was there so maybe they'll have it on the shelves tomorrow. There isn't a different release date for New Zealand is there? I just assumed it would be the same.

Ok, so the guy has a bit of an ego (and please name me just one performer who doesn't btw). He says what he thinks rather than be PC about everything and he has perhaps said some not very nice things about 1 or 2 other singers/bands you like. But he deserves to violently assaulted from behind? Come on mate, you're better than that aren't you? As for the album leak, I really don't know whether to download it. For anyone else I would, but for my favourites I usually feel I should avoid the illegal versions and buy the thing the day it comes out. But the sample clips I've heard are so good that it's so tempting knowing I could be minutes from hearing it.

Yeah just my opinion about The Boy With No Name. I think up to 'My Eyes' it's some of their best stuff ever but the songs that come after don't really do it for me. Really looking forward to the new album. :)

^Disagree completely. I think 'Something Anything' is brilliant. Goes back to their roots and the 'Good Feeling' days. As for 'Song to Self,' I love it too and I think it could become a Travis classic. Bit different to the live acoustic version though which I though was really beautiful, like 'Closer' from last year which I think for me is 2nd only to 'Why Does it Always Rain On Me?' They are back and in top form IMO. The first half of last year's album was some of their very best stuff but unfortunately, at least for me, a fairly mediocre 2nd half let it down overall. If the rest of the new one is anything like the 2 album versions we have heard so far (can't really tell too much from youtube live versions) then this album will easily be up there with their best IMO. :)

Fair enough. Have to question the appalling security. How can someone get behind the stage and then up onto it unchallenged like that? Heads will surely roll.

I'm sorry, but to find something like that funny says a lot about your character tbh. But as you say, what goes around comes around.

And what if he had been standing at the front of the stage, or the guy had been carrying a knife? We'd be talking about a funeral then. Would you still be laughing?

They are indeed there at the bottom.

'Friends' sounds awesome in that video. :)

I agree that it went down a bit in the 2nd half of the album. Down to My Eyes (track 7) it was some of their best stuff IMO. Closer in particular is such an amazing beautiful song. 2nd only to Why Does it Always Rain on Me? for me. But the songs after My Eyes are not much good unfortunately, which brings the album down as a whole. Probably have it an equal 2nd with The Invisible Band though. Really can't wait for the new album now, and then a trip down under hopefully sometime in the not too distant future!

Well I have found a version of "Imtoo DVD to Ipod converter" that works pefectly. :)

Have just bought a new 160gb Classic Ipod. :) Does anyone know a good program, compatible with this ipod, to rip/convert DVDs etc? Been trying to do it tonight without much success so far.

Wow! Glad you got to meet them, great pics. :) Really hoping they will come to this part of the world sometime in the near future.

Absolutely brilliant pics Sarah!

Just downloaded it. Not much of a fan of Radiohead, only really like 'High and Dry.' I find most of the other stuff a bit weird and not really in my taste, but gotta be worth a listen for free. I'll listen to it on the bus tomorrow. :)

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Uploaded most of my videos now. Here's what is up so far, will add the last few links when they are done. Gary missed the 2nd line. :lol: You can hear those annoying women I posted about telling everyone to get up at the start of this. "Get up get up get up get up." Gary getting everyone to sing along, then making fun of 2 people down at the front. You can hear me laugh a couple of times too. :lol: Bit of talk then whole song. You can possibly hear me singing at the end. :lol: More to come when uploaded.

I can't remember exactly how much it cost, $90NZ I think. That's about 35 pounds which may help you convert into you own currency. We didn't expect to be front row. Our original seat was Row U, but then we got allocated new seats due to moving the stage and we got moved to row K which interestinly was the front row. I knew we would have good seats though as I bought the tickets in the "Fan Club" Online Pre-Sale (fan club being just the online mailing list) as soon as this sale opened and I asked for the "best available" seats. :) I'm not entirely sure who the lady singer was. I know her name is Miriam, and apparently she is Iain Archer's wife/partner. She came on to sing 'Set The Fire To The Third Bar' with Gary, while Iain Archer also played acoustic guitar during the song (you can see him half hidden behind Gary in that pic). She also performed during Archer's opening set. I got her to sign my ticket afterwards too. The gig I posted about was in Auckland, New Zealand last Friday. :)

Bit of a review then. Got there with my mate as the doors had just opened at 6.30. I decided to splash out on the tour t-shirt with the dates on the back etc. $45NZ so it was pretty steep but it's a one time thing and a good memory. Last time I got the "tour program" which was just a book of pictures so a real rip off. So we join the queue to get in and our tickets scanned up with some error message and we were told to go to the ticket office as we couldn't get in with these tickets. So this was slightly worrying, until the lady at the ticket desk told us "oh it's because the stage has been moved forward from where it was supposed to be so your seats have been changed." She gave us new tickets and we ended up in the front row. We were pretty much the closest seated people to the stage as we were right on the end. Was cool to check out the new stadium for the first time too. First on was Iain Archer. Hadn't heard any of his stuff before and he was pretty good. He was followed by Opshop, a New Zealand band. I only knew one of their songs, 'Maybe' which is quite big here at the moment. They were also pretty good. Finally Snow Patrol came on at about 9.15. They opened up with Hands Open, and it followed the same setlist as the Australian shows. There were 2 really annoying women sitting next to me. In their 50's and they kept telling everyone to stand up. And the one next to me kept swearing, calling everyone bast**ds and saying it was "f**king bulls**t" noone was standing up. I feel that if you want to stand, you should buy a standing ticket. Fair enough if everyone in your seated area is standing, but when you are in the front row and noone behind you wants to stand, then you should not stand and ruin it for others. Fortunately about 3 songs in they got fed up and left. Maybe went to stand at the top of the stairs or something. I was glad they didn't come back anyway. Signal Fire was really amazing to hear live. And Gary was so funny and entertaining in between songs. Just before Grazed Knees someone shouted something and he asked the guy's name and dedicated the song to him. Then he said his name in the song a few times. :lol: Chasing Cars was of course a highlight. I filmed the whole thing so will upload sometime soon. Shut Your Eyes which is not usually one of my favourites was also a real highlight. At the end Gary was getting everyone to sing along, first the ladies then the men, then he was making fun of 2 people down in the front row. I filmed that bit too. The main highlight for me though was of course Run. Probably my equal favourite song of all time (alongside 'Why Does It Always Rain On Me?' and 'Don't Look Back In Anger'). I filmed the whole song too. They went off after that and came back for an encore. You're All I have was a great way to finish. The whole show was absolutely amazing. 2nd time I've seen them live this year and I'll never forget either. Luckily this time there was no camera ban so I could get as many photos and videos as I wanted. Afterwards we saw Iain Archer outside in the merchandise truck, as I've already posted. Got some pics with him and he signed our tickets and we chatted to a couple of his support band for quite a while too. Was great to see them out amongst the fans. Some of my pics: Me with Iain Archer: Will youtube some videos in due course. :) Setlist: 1. Hands Open 2. Chocolate 3. It's Beginning to Get To Me 4. Headlights On Dark Roads 5. Signal Fire 6. Grazed Knees 7. How To Be Dead 8. Tiny Little Fractures 9. Spitting Games 10. Chasing Cars 11. Shut Your Eyes 12. Make This Go On Forever 13. Set Fire To The Third Bar 14. Run Encore 1. The Finish Line 2. Open Your Eyes 3. Your All I Have

Went to the Auckland show last night. That was so absolutely amazing! And we had awesome front row seats! Will post more of a review and loads of photos sometime shortly. Got to meet Iain Archer and his support band afterwards too. :)

Saw it this evening. Luckily it was clear anough here for it to be perfectly visible. It was quite cool, the moon went blood red. Good to be able to see it. You have to check out these things when they happen, won't get too many chances in your lifetime.

Thanks for posting that article busybeebums. I'll be at the Auckland show on 14th September. :)

Yep, if your laptop gets very overheated it will just shut down, and you have to leave it a little while to cool down before it will boot up again.

For CNN and most streaming videos, possibly Fraps which is a video capturing program.

They have been playing Signal Fire. Loads of videos of it on youtube. Such an amazing song, I can't stop listening to it at the moment. :)