A GLOBAL audience of between 200m and 300m is expected to tune in to watch Liverpool’s £2m opening weekend to the start of European Capital of Culture celebrations. Read
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A GLOBAL audience of between 200m and 300m is expected to tune in to watch Liverpool’s £2m opening weekend to the start of European Capital of Culture celebrations. Read
After the pre-show build up, the actual ceromony as such will only last 40 mins or so at the plateau but there's the Liverpool musical at the arena at the weekend - The greatest story ever told.
The idea being that both the oldest peoples meeting place (the plataeu) and the newest (the arena) will feature.
Is any of today's event going to be shown live on British TV ?
I think Granada will be showing something. I heard them mention it on Granada Reports - doubt if it will be live tho'
Does anyone know if its shown on any of the terrestial or Sat channels?
If not, is there a live feed I could get on the 'net?
There were a flood of calls to the Roger Phillips phone-in yesterday bemoaning that we'd missed the boat with this not going out live, something about artists rights etc.
However, Phil Redmond came on and gave a very detailed and satisfactory explaination as to why, by and large this wasn't happening though CBS are doing it, to do with the logistics and companies preferring an edited version with all the highlights and none of the waiting around bits. Apparently over 200 companies have applied for rights to screen parts of it which he said is for more than the likes of the world known F.A. Cup final.
So hopefully we will get to see 5 minutes of it on Granada reports and Northwest tonight ? Silly me it doesn't start till 8 o'clock so we will have to Wait till Monday
Granada TV are showing highlights at 1045pm on Sunday, as well part of the arena concert. Sky News and BBC 24 are expected to show large chunks of it tonight according to todays Daily Post
Could Granada have not put it on a bit later some of use might still be up
Callers to the phone-in today say that already the BBC are on site reporting it on the news, but sadly showed Shard Close, Crocky and mentioned the shootings again as the (dig in the ribs) as the caller called it.
Also ABC and CBS are giving us a good go with a Ringo interview live from Liverpool.
I may even be able to wangle my way into the student flats in the old hotel facing St. Georges - just waiting on a call
Party time...........
I Know, I hope it comes off. I remember seeing all the ponces up there when the xmas lights got switched on, I thought then, I must try and get in there (no jokes about another ponce joining them though please)
Every programme on BBC Radio 2 has mentioned the launch to-night, it has been very positive and there has been lots of Liverpool music. There has been mentions on the news as well.
Here we go, here we go, here we go....
http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0...name_page.html
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So who's going tonight? I for one. They want you to take a torch. And St Georges Hall, the Walker and World Museum will be open after the show - might be a good place to hang out whilst the crowds disperse.
I'll be there. Anybody got any good ideas where the best places might be to take pictures?
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The Culture Show which is on on Sunday night (BBC2) is all about this and tomorrows gig,it might be worth making a note of it.:PDT11
Dunno where to snap from for tonights either.
I hope that all those of you who get to go there tonight have a wonderful time.
Theres a lot of envious people who wish they could be there amongst you, I'm one of them.
So keep warm, hold your torches high and I hope to see you when the highlights are shown.
Cheers!
I definitely am there in Spirit.. LUCKY YOU who live there.. ENJOY...yeah yeah yeah:snf (41):
The event is live on BBC News 24
...and ringos new single:
http://www.cbsnews.com/common/vplaye...60&id=3699447n
It were splendid, I say it were splendid!
Hurrah!!
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Didn't get any photos. I know I should of went earlier but I didn't realise that until I got there, sometimes stuff In my mind doesn't kick In till It happens. Plus my aspergers Is a nightmare when having to speak. :PDT_Xtremez_42:
Went down but was so crowed and I have difficulties communicating so I just used my size to walk through when I was being squashed and stupid families using the baby excuse to swear at people to move was disgusting.
There was chavs just standing around being annoying to get through too.
I just got fed up and once walking through people felt better when some tripped when I bumped my way through.
They should of held It somewhere else, city centre streets get too crowed for moving around even when emergency services need to.
I feel like being a pushy annoying person, these kind of people seem more privileged or the non popular ones still get their way.
Ringo's song Is **** too. He's only popular and liked because he's a Beatle. Liverpool won't acknowledge other musical talent for events or the capital of culture unless there a Beatle.
Not being funny here either but there was Insane amounts of overweight people too. It's becoming another America over here with that stuff.
The Capital Of Cultures bull****, there only looking after the popular places that are already looked after.
I went up St Johns carpark too for a bit but too many people there to get to the front to get shots.
Funny when people climbed up the posts that had the St Johns Carpark sign on, would of been fun to sit up there but would of been told to get down.
That event was too small for the city centre I reckon.
Couldn't they of used a huge park to launch 08 like Princess park since Ringo's from Toxteth?
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...8#post17642568
Some 08 shots by Kennyrouge are posted.
I definately applaud him for getting shots due to how hard It was to get any.
I'm sorry but tonight was a total nightmare, a dangerous nightmare, from start to finish.
Firstly, despite the fact that the 25,000+ people attending the concert have been told all week "let the train take the strain" - it seems the actual management of the City Line trains weren't listening.
I headed into town at about 6pm on a two coach train that, even by the time it'd reached the station I got on at (miles away from Lime Street) was dangerously overcrowded. So much so in fact that ours was the last station the crew allowed people onto the train.
We stopped at 6 or 7 totally packed out stations and didn't allow a single person onto the train. I spoke to the young lady guard on the train who told me that the trains had been packed since about 2pm, but that none were larger carriages/more coaches etc beacause the train company hadn't planned for the event.
Terrible.
Then we get to the actual event itself.
I'd like to write what I thought of the actual event but sadly I didn't see any of it.
We left Lime Street and walked around the front of the station, at road level and found a nice spot, along the wall below the shops, not too far along so as to avoid the main throng.
Slowly the crowd started to build which was exciting at first. Then things started getting a little more serious. People were getting pushed over and crushed by the sheer numbers of people trying to make their way towards centre stage. Then, about about 1940, everyone came to a total standstill - and no-one could move, even though more and more people were pouring into the crowd.
There wasn't a steward or a police officer in sight - anywhere - and absolutely no crowd control/safety.
The final straw was a bloke who basically pushed people over, and then stood on them as he marauded his way along the road, swearing about people with kids and generally being a total tool. He tried to maraud past me and met a rather solid fist of mine which accidentally seemed to hit his ribs to much applause from the people around me. He soon stopped.
However, the people were still being crammed onto Lime Street, kids around where I was were crying and panicing, and things started to get badly out of hand. So I made my move back towards Lime Street, as politely as possible, followed by about 3 women with their kids and a couple of pensioners, all of whom were upset and scared, and using me as a kind of battering ram - I was glad to help.
The crush extended to Skelhorne Street where our escape from it was blocked, amazingly, by an immovable metal fence erected for the evening. Still no stewards or any form of crowd control.
Now I realise a lot of people were expected for this event, but surely some sort of risk assesment, or even crowd control should have been in place, somewhere?
I also realise that people may say I'm being negative, and shallow, and moaning, that I'm a disgrace to Liverpool and I'm talking out of me bum.
But trust me, I know a little bit about event management and crowd control - the situation today was absolutely stupid.
And extremely dangerous.
Oh yeah I saw Lime Street locking certain entrances which seemed stupid and dangerous considering the size of the crowds, It would help to leave them open.
I;m pleased and jealous you got to smack some nutter mate. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:
There was more stewards guiding cars than looking after the crowds I agree with you.
Anyone who says your a disgrace is a sissy hippy anyway which means there thoughts are Invalid.:PDT_Aliboronz_24:
The manners on families were horrible and what was with them to bring prams? Some were swearing and shouting there babies where having panic attacks.
To let off some steam I made a thread on another forum I visit questioning Ringo Starr's morality.
I was lead to believe this, only to find that they would occasionally hop back to Liverpool in-between reports and interviews concerning all things politics. However interesting and enthralling current affairs are, If I am told that the opening event is to be shown on News 24, I expect it to be shown on news 24. Not small snippits! BBCi didnt have the event coverage either.
If anyone recalls correctly, the home comming of LFC saw practically uninterrupted coverage along most of the route of the tour.
Radio Merseyside had reasonably good commentary; obviously not as good as being there and seeing it for yourself.
Lol.
I know this sounds ego like but I was suprised how much I stood out in some of the crowd, I expected to see alot more taller people.
I'm still feeling the squashed feeling now.
People were drinking alcohol on the streets too which Is illegal and can't people do without a ciggy In big crowds?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuFgM...eature=related
He still can't escape talking like he Is still narrating Thomas The Tank Engine.
I hope many more forget about him like he pretends to say.:PDT_Piratz_26:
A quick video of the crowds -
Lime Street 11th January 2008.
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On the BBC1 lunchtime news yesterday they said at the half way point where they do a trailer for the local news that News 24 would not be carrying it for 'contractual reasons' but the story wasn't on when they did the local news proper at the end of the broadcast.
This might be something to do with the compromise