To feel the atmosphere of last GBBF see
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17 years ago
To feel the atmosphere of last GBBF see
Thanks. The interview itself is actually at - but beware, it's a 13 MB file. The commentary is in Italian, of course, but there are some very interesting pictures that give a good idea of what it's like to be at GBBF. (But when was the ABBA tribute band on?)
Friday night.
I saw the Italian TV crew going around on Wednesday afternoon (channel
5, IIRC).I've no idea how good the ABBA tribute band were, but Feast of Fiddles were brilliant!
Let's just say the tribute band were the least impressive on the list.
In message , Steven Pampling writes
I worked on BSF it was in the wrong place when the heavy metal band was on. I could not hear my self think
[Snip]
It moved when the band was on? :-) Seriously Martin, there was no right or wrong place in general, but I did note peaks and troughs in the sound level along the line past Taste Italia (I didn't actually go behind the BSF area when the festival was on)
I have no axe to grind either way, the simple existence of a stage with speakers presents certain advantages and certain problems. What ideas do people ever come up with apart from "get rid of the stage" and "have the stage in EC2/Olympia/Swansea/Mid-Atlantic ?
The volume within the stage area was carefully engineered, but the echoes in the side wings of Earls Court are a different matter. The background noise level from people speaking was quite a bit higher than at previous events (if memory serves the reading obtained was about 84dB)
M3 Classic Whitesnake.
They were pretty good though, messrs Moody & Marsden can still play. That was my evening off.
In message , Phil Clark writes
What's an evening off.! I saw the Stones tonight, they can still play !
I was there too!
Shame the pathetic transport arrangements for Twickenham meant I got back to London too late to get the Tube back to my hotel, and equally too late to find an open pub!
Grrr
forgot to change my sig!
BTW - if you come here, don't bother with the Twelve Apostles brewpub. It's definitely carrying on the Frankfurt tradition of brewing mediocre beer!
In message , Mike Roebuck writes
I got back to Waterloo early , having left after Brown Sugar, a couple on the train with me saw the finale. You must have dawdled, I got to waterloo at 11.00 PM .The trouble with new laws is That most pubs don't post their hours and many don't open late apart from Friday & Saturday
It's always better to walk back to Richmond on match/concert days than to try to use public transport.
You might even have had time for an excellent pint of TT Landlord in the Triple Crown on the way.
Angela
I left the concert at 2220, just after the encore. It took me until
2335 to get a train to Waterloo, sfter queueing with hundreds of others right through the town and around the station car park until I finally got to a platform.By the time I got to Victoria (via a fast change at Clapham Junction), I'd missed the last Westbound Circle Line, and ended up getting to High Street Kensington via Earls Court, on the last trains, and walking to Bayswater.
As far as the new laws are concerned, they are a waste of time for the drinker. They are being used solely by licensees/managers, etc to suit themselves and sod the drinking public.
I am not impressed and will be emigrating again as soon as possible!
You have emigrated before?
...and you came back???
John B
If you're self-employed, you go where the work is........
In message , John B writes
Be off with you Then.
:-)
John B
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