Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Ian on May 27, 2011, 21:36:03 PM
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Taking Gill to Sunderland tomorrow to see Take That - cost me a fortune with an overnight stay - never seen them so fingers crossed!
But the really good news I only found out this week is that the support group is The Pet Shop Boys - my favourite group - seen them 4 times :D
Ian
Ps I actually like Take That but don't like RW
Pps Can't go next week in Manchester as we will be in Fethiye :D :D
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1 in 60 of the UK population have bought tickets Ian. Can they all be wrong[?]
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Wow, Take That & Pet Shop Boys!
Very jealous, sure it will be amazing.
As for RW, I saw him at Knebworth, one of the most amazing performances and just the best day ever.
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Originally posted by Highlander
1 in 60 of the UK population have bought tickets Ian. Can they all be wrong[?]
But H they are not as careul with their money as I am : :)
Kaya - I really hope you are right - I will update you
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I haven't bought ticket to see Take That this time coz I saw them last year on their "Circus" Tour and nothing will match that show.
It was truly amazing, spectacular and soooooooooo professional. they couldn't possibly improve on that performance.
:D
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Ian
The Pet Shop Boys can put on an amzing show IF the organiers let them,in my opinion, worth going to see them alone.
Such a shame Take That let RW back, big headed over rated upstart, just my thoughts of course. Enjoy.
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Originally posted by Ian
Taking Gill to Sunderland tomorrow to see Take That - cost me a fortune with an overnight stay - never seen them so fingers crossed!
But the really good news I only found out this week is that the support group is The Pet Shop Boys - my favourite group - seen them 4 times :D
Ian
Ps I actually like Take That but don't like RW
Pps Can't go next week in Manchester as we will be in Fethiye :D :D
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Col - don't pull any punches - I felt the same but didn't want to say so :D :D
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Thanks Ian, and I choose my words with care.
had I put down what I really think, it would have been blocked :)
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Originally posted by Ian
Col - don't pull any punches - I felt the same but didn't want to say so :D :D
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Saw RW in the Millennium stadium in Cardiff and it was the best live show I have ever seen. He's a real entertainer and the 72,000 people there did not sit down from start to finish.
I would love to see Take That live perhaps we can persuade them to do a gig in Istanbul...lol
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I am, admittedly and unashamedly a big Robbie fan but I can also be objective. I dragged my other half along to see Robbie no less than 3 times and he was very quickly converted, likening him to Freddie Mercury performance wise ....
RW may not be the best singer around but he is most definately the best performer! Having seen him live 3 times, I agree with Kaya that his Knebworth performance was truly awesome. There aren't many artists who can work a crowd that size! Rob always gets bad press but even the press had to admit that the Live 8 concert was nothing until Rob came on stage - he literally bought it to life ...
Yes he is egotistical and has a lot of demons but a lot of people who don't look beyond the surface just don't 'get him' ...
Now he's got a Turkish wife I'm hoping that he will do a concert in Turkey. how fabulous would that be!
I'm very jealous of anyone who's got a ticket for the Progress tour, which I'm sure will be amazing ....
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Funny how the women love him and men hate him.... wonder why ? ; )
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Maybe you ladies will be right - just read this before leaving for the trip to the North East:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1391604/Take-That-kick-Progress-tour-stunning-backdrop-60ft-man-acrobatics-towering-wall-water.html
Ian
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We ladies are always right. Trust us Ian, he is an amazing performer, enjoy it for what he does, not for perceptions of his personality. His exterior image covers up a very mixed up guy who has had to battle with lots of problems.
He even stopped and had a few tears in amazement at so many adoring fans at Knebworth.
Big headed, no, insecure definitely.
Just enjoy it Ian.
Yours jealously, Linda
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I think you may be right :)
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Linda, good-yes, amazing performer-yes,performs as good as Freddie Mercury sorry the answer got to be no, but yes he is good SheWMBO says so.:D:D
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I have seen Take That and Queen in concert and it is Queen for me any day. Queen were outstanding and Freddie was the ultimate showman. The important thing for me s value for money and I must say they both gave 110%. Another star performer is Elton John. Went to see him and his support act was Lulu. It was a great night.It is really personal preference.
Many years ago I went to see Neil Diamond at Earls Court. Charles and Diana were at the same concert and Neil Diamond performed for two and a half hours. Some friends from work were going the following night and were asking me about it. I told them how long he performed for. The following day they came into work and said my timings were wrong and he only did an hour and a half. They were cheated and what was really annoying was that they paid for their tickets where Charles and Diana probably got them for nothing.
The price of tickets is a disgrace.
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Well - here we go. The concert was good but at £90 per ticket it needed to be. :D
Not as good for me as Rod Stewart or Phil Collins or some others I could mention for me but overall it was still good.
The Pet Shop Boys were a bit of a disappointment for me (seen them before in much smaller venues and the rule seems to be "the smaller the venue the better the experience - or maybe I am just old!")
This venue seemed too big for them, they appeared to be miming almost like a poor karaoke system and the sound was not synchronised with the screens which was surprising as the sound was spot on for Take That.
When Take That came on the special effects were really very good.
The 4 of them were very very good and even I could see they were doing a good job, singing and dancing and enjoying themselves.
Then Robbie came on and I just don't like him. Without a doubt he made the place go up another notch with lots of young (15 - 25) people in the audience going wild - that age group surprised me.
When he sang he was good - you could see in his face how much he was putting into it - but sadly there was this continual yobbishness - lewd gestures - that made me want to see the other 4 back on stage which duly happened. Gary Barlow is undoubtedly the "rock" that holds it all together and he was class from start to finish as were the other three.
So all in all - Gill thought it was great - it lasted from 7.15pm to 10.45pm with no breaks - driving back to the hotel when talking about RW I said "what is it about him?" and she came up with the word Yob - that summed up his downside in my humble opinion perfectly.
Ian
Ps The stadium arrangements were first class - people were allowed to take their own food and drink in which surprised me and the stewarding and access and free parking were a plus!