h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Back to the Reading thing: They're currently showing franz Ferdinand who i haven't seen and would love to see, but I know that i'd be a fair way from the stage or close to the stage and having my view blocked by a 6'13 chap, and it would be a frustrating nightjmare. Probably best off watching at home...

a 6ft 3" chap? Who's he then? can you introduce me

6' 13". Probably with his girlfriend on his shoulders to make sure your view is *completely* obscured.

This is mnore of an issue for some of us than others!

tickle him and wtach the girlfriend fall....

Nah darlin, use the zendevil technique. Eye up a Security Guard, wheedle right up to the front, stick there like glue till the end. Then wait till the rest of the crowd toddle off & wander backstage as if you own the place.

Make sure you wear your h2g2 Tshirt & carry (prominently) a flipover reporters type notebook. Obviously, you say to your tame gorilla "phew, thank gawd that's over, where the hell has John got to? I need a drink don't you?"


There will always be someone called John, if challenged, look baffled & say "The guy off the lighting! Oh gawd, i bet he's in the bar! Mike then?"

Then you just slither around looking happy, try & remember the (real) names of the group & make your way to the Hospitality tent.

Real expert liggers of course have already got in for free & are at the side of the stage throughout the gig.

zdt

I'm always too twatted at festivals to think that far ahead.

Franz Ferdinand's set proves that albums are works in progress. Tyhe songs in this set are so much better than they are on CD.

Ooh, now I DID manage to see the Ferds at last year's Belfast do - and they were superb! Best slot of the night IMHO.

I haven't seen FF live, but going by this footage thy be rather good!

Uploading their eponymous album to my iTunes as we speak...type...internetchat...er

I've not been to a concert/gig in yonks actually... for someone who supposidly likes music I've only ever been to very few...

LS - I could've emailed it to ya!

Blimey, twas years ago i did Reading, i think the headline band was Gillian

Gillian? Whe they den?

Roy - check yer email

Whe meaning Who, i guess.

Ian Gillian, Deep Purple singer, during his solo stint

Gillan, surely! (bit of a Purple fan meself)


Sorry if I'm picking you up solely on spelling - you never can tell with these modern new bands...

Rainbow/Purps/Sabbath/Dio... same diff.

Yep thats him Gillan, slip of the finger

Cool gig! What was he like live then?

Damn super live, if i remember rightly, kinda drunk and stoned at the time, but i remember their version of Smoke on the Water, with Bernie Torme opening it was whacking solo and with that unforgettable riff during it, teasing us poor souls until it kicked into life, i can still smell the armpits of thousands around me.

Those were the days

I really should be watching, my gf is on stewarding duty at Reading this year