Going to the Brits
Just for fun, I’m going to blog my afternoon / evening at the brit awards. We’re on the train at the moment, just past Banbury, and I’m drinking a G&T. I’m going to post updates via comments, so you might want to subscribe to the thread or something if you want to keep updated. I’ve brought a Stupid CD and tonights mission, should I accept it, is to get that CD to someone important.
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tismey, Feb 15 06 at 4:37 pmStuck on the tube- severe delays, apparently due to some security alert at Earl’s Court, tonight’s venue. this fills me with confidence.
Ajax scott from music week is in the next door carriage, so I guess that means we’re going the right way
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 4:52 pmBollocks, just deleted all the comments by accident. Currebtly racing across town in a can to give important people their tickets
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 4:57 pmAnd dan, thanks for the comment. I’ll attempt to avoid the purple one’s door-knocking
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 5:15 pmOk, checked into the hotel now. I have my Punisher business card holder, my stupid hipflask and my new suit. Time for dinner.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 5:49 pmWaiting for dinner. I’m having liver + bacon.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 6:51 pmSo, all suited and booted and ready to go. Dinner was fairly horrible, but it’s lined the stomach at least.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 7:38 pmEarl’s Court 1 is huge – much bigger than the place it’ been in previously. We’re miles away up here in our balcony seats and the Kaiser Chiefs may have well been playin off a CD. Even Harry Hill can’t excuse James Bland winning the first award of the night- best pop.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 7:49 pmLemar monkey won something. No idea what- I was at the bar. But anyway, who cares? On a stage about half a mile away, a small man called prince is playing.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 7:55 pmPurple rain!!!
Prince’s lady guitarist looks like daniel bedingfield
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 8:01 pmPrince just killed everyone. Follow that, coldplay.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 8:04 pmJack johnson just won some award. He was up against the pussycat dolls, so I guess the award was “looks worst in a bikini” or somethin
Daniel, Feb 15 06 at 8:10 pmAn important discussion point has just arisen – who is taller; Kylie Minogue or Prince?
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 8:15 pmJoy- blagged it to the front just in time for coldplay
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 8:31 pmI can see trevor mcdonald from here. James bland is just starting his set. I have a cold occ beer.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 8:48 pmKelly clarkson is playing and I’m sitting on death row’s table- they haven’t turned up.
From here I can see myleene klass, alan carr and justin thing thing from the friday night project and. Rob thinks he saw billy piper
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 9:05 pmHow odd. KT tunstall has harlequin tap dancers, which seems a bit gratuitous given that she seems to be an OK live act without the gimmicks. Rob says she’s “basically suzi quattro”. I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or not.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 9:11 pmThey’re rolling out some big-ass LCD screens onstage. Might this be gorillaz?
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 9:12 pmOh, no. It looks likeit’s probably kanye west.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 9:33 pmAfter amassive stage-settinf break, It is kanye west, and he has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of bikini-clad laydeez. Seriously, there are hundreds of em.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 9:52 pmMadonna won something. I just saw that girl who used to be in hollyoaks (debby? Dark haired one). Gorillaz are definitely up next. I know this because there’s a big sign what says ‘GORILLAZ’.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 10:04 pmGorillaz aren’t a real band. We all know that. They’re cartoons. So how come they do the best live performance of the evening, including Prince’s? In fact, how come they’ve done the best 2 Brits performances I’ve seen in 6 years of coming? It shouldn’t be possible, should it?
Coldplay. Just won best british album. Woo.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 10:06 pmDaniel- no idea. If I get the chance later I will stand them back-to-back and tell you
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 10:12 pmChris martin says we won’t hear from them for “a long time” now. Don’t tease me like that, please…
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 10:25 pmSo, while paul weller plays town called malice, I accomplsh my mission by giving zane lowe a stupid, stupid stupid and steve CD.
tismey, Feb 15 06 at 10:32 pmI’m currently standing within 10ft of paris hilton. I hope I haven’t caught anything
tismey, Feb 16 06 at 12:34 amSo, end of the night. Bailed the aftershow because we couldn’t be bothered and rob had stolen a beer tray. We saw a few other celebs- some people from blue, fearne cotton, the magic numbers, jayne middlemiss, razorlight (apparently), someone from corrie, peter kaye but couldn’t be arsed with th party- this is the first brits I’ve actually enjoyed so why spoil it with the rubbish aftershow. So now I’m back at the hotel with rob & marc, being rubbish at pool.
tismey, Feb 16 06 at 1:21 amAnd so to bed. All in all, a more enjoyable evening than expected. Only the inevitable getting up and going back to work to contend with now. For the record, I swung by zane lowe’s table and he hadn’t left the CD behind- doesn’t mean he’ll listen to it, but I did the best I could…
Tom, Feb 16 06 at 9:05 amFantastic blog Tim, superb
fred, Feb 16 06 at 3:30 pmaye, good stuff.
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