Would it be too much to call this the best night of my life?

They didn't 'play' White Christmas, but Jarvis led a sing-along of it.

Oh no Calum! Sounds like it was a lucky escape. It took us bloody ages to get back to the city centre. What a silly place to put an arena!

Great show. I would easily have swapped 'Born To Cry' for 'She's A Lady' but nevermind! Now I have to put up with noisey folk in the Jury's in. They are setting off the fire extinguishers etcs. It's a bit annoying!

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That was amazing! I was right at the front! A Little Soul!! On the way back to the hostel some mental guys tried to mug/beat me up, but I outran them! A somehow fitting end to the evening (though fucking terrifying)

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 That would be the 'Being Followed Home' experience. Glad you're safe.

What an incredible show. For anyone wondering, Underwear, Monday Morning, This Is Hardcore, The Trees, Born To Cry, My Lighthouse, Countdown, Little Girl, Wickerman, S:SC and First Time were soundchecked.

I got hit square in the head by one of Mark's thrown toilet rolls. It was amazing to hear Help The Aged too, I've been wanting to hear it for ages. Me and Jazza were interviewed for the DVD (twice), and one of the cameras was focused on me during Born To Cry and Mis-Shapes (and probably more) so I'll probably be on the DVD (or a 'film', those who were interviewed had to sign release forms).

Bloody hell, my posts have gone wrong, sorry.

-- Edited by liltman on Sunday 9th of December 2012 04:40:20 PM

I forgot about those! My mistake.

What a great night. Must admit I only remembered bits when just reading it on here. I was going pretty wild too... apologies. Remember getting told to be quiet whilst Jarvis was chatting... sorry!! :(

I could hear the violin every so often but not very well. I noticed the vocals and bass were much louder than everything else at some points, especialy at the begining.

What actually happened during Party Hard? Was it a problem with Marks guitar? It sounded so different.

I think this christmas thing has to be a recording of the gig. I'm 100% convinced they'll be no new music. Obviously I'll happily take this back if I'm wrong! But at least with this line of thinking I'll never be disapointed.

-- Edited by Lauren on Sunday 9th of December 2012 07:33:15 PM

It was just a lovely, lovely evening, nice to bump into a few of you during the evening around the place. It all seems to go past so quickly even though it was ages. The Leadmill was fun too, a bit of a pilgrimage really if that's not too dramatic. The young receptionist on the counter in the hotel this morning when we were checking out looked rather shocked that such old people were engaging in youth culture.

The toilet roll was visions of Shooting Stars! Not sure they would get many points for throwing like girls last night though.

We saw Jarvis and Kim getting their tickets from the machine in Sheffield station this morning too while we staring at the board looking for our train. A group of girlies were very excitably getting their picture taken with him. I nearly missed him, a couple of minutes earlier I had been startled by seeing a chap go past who at first glance resembled him superficially and when I looked properly, wasn't.

I had a wonderful time :)
Would have loved to have heard Wickerman and Trees, and I agree the set list was a little Different Class heavy, but all in all it was a pretty special night. I was about 5 rows from the front, over to the right. Some people near me were clearly just there to hear the hits, ( two blokes I was standing by were glued to their phones most of the night and left after Common People ) but plenty of people were loving every song. Razzmatazz was probably the highlight for me, great to hear Little Girl with Blue Eyes too!