It was a very middle-aged audience and it seemed that every second person had their picnic in an M&S coolbag. We were one of the few who had not brought folding chairs - we doubt there are any left in the shops today after everyone rushed to buy one for Newhailes yesterday when they saw the rain.
We were all highly amused when a man abseiled down the roof of the stage to clear the rainwater - a massive sheet of which landed on and drenched two Anthony Costa groupies!!
Having got a taste for large houses we went to Gosford House today - I can see the upper floor from my house so it was interesting to see the whole thing close up! Amazing grounds too.
BTW when we had resolved a mix up re taking alcohol in [Saga Riot averted at the last minute] one of the security supervisors told me it was a very nice crowd on Friday - not very r'n'r, Ecm!!
Statistics: Posted by Poppy — 07 Aug 2005, 20:19
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The weather stayed dry and not too cold. The bar was selling Jack Daniels and I didn't need to use the chemical loos.
Result!
Mr. Macca and his Bunnymen were in fine form and the set included all the favourites. The sound was a little muddy though.
Macca did his usual - chain smoked and swaggered around and talked incoherently between numbers.
He slagged off Newhailes House as being a bit second rate and then ended the set by ranting at a member of the audience and ripping into Colin Henry ????????
Anyway a couple of pics of the beloved, loud-mouthed Liverpudlian.
And what to say about da Fun Lovin' Criminals?
They were superb. The sound for their set was sharp as a tack and they had the crowd jumping right from the start.
Huey is just soooo cool. He looked well sharp in his suit and tie and has a great way with audiences. He kept asking "How yus dooin'?" in his nasal Noo Yoik accent. He also asked God to bless us many, many times throughout the set.
Which was nice.
There was much dancing and audience participation and it was all over too quickly.
Here's Huey and his buddies
Everything seemed well organised for the event although sales of tickets had been disappointing. There had been 6,000 tickets for sale and only 2,000 or so were sold. I think lack of publicity was the reason behind this.
It would be a great venue for similar events but so much depends on the weather for these things.
I do hope they schedule more stuff like this.
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Statistics: Posted by Maria — 03 Aug 2005, 22:42
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