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10 minutes ago, sh1t_ref_again said:

my misses sent me this earlier, seems to be a pitch invasion and not a steward in sight getting them off

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I don’t think it’s the Stewards they want to be getting them off to be fair.

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1 hour ago, Bar BS3 said:

Rick Astley, performing all his greatest hits. On stage 5 mins before “take that” then..?! 

I took my wife and 2 of her bridesmaids as a present for our 20th wedding anniversary. I did fear the worst, but to be fair to Rick, whilst his music is not my cup of tea, he still has an impressive voice, and as far as support acts go, he at least knew how to get the crowd going. 

For me, the highlight of Take That's set was their Evel Kinevel tribute act:

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35 minutes ago, Coppello said:

There appears to be a lot of posters 'wives' sending them photos of Ashton Gate tonight ?

I can guarantee that I was sat at home with the cat watching Peaky Blinders, again, as there was **** all else to watch!

By all accounts the P and R system worked really well with multiple buses waiting on Winterstoke rd, pity we don't get that for home football matches eh!

Picked the old mare up from Bris P and R and now I've got to hear all about it! :bored:

Oh yeah, the bitches flooded one of the ladies toilets in the South stand, supposedly 

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Thank you to everybody on here who gave advice and information about attending the Take That concert.  We parked in one of the side streets off Duckmoor Road, quite near the stadium.  Slight hiccup, as we then discovered that each of us had assumed the other one had printed the tickets off the e-mail - so no tickets!  Stewards and the ticket office were very helpful in getting us in, and the people doing the bag searches were very friendly.  We then somehow managed to be sitting in the wrong block, and were led out by two stewards and escorted to our correct seats - which were actually a slightly better view as they were in the press box area.  We probably shouldn't be let out in a public place without our care in the community support!

Catering had run out of burgers, but the slice of pizza was very nice, and I thought that prices were average for a concert.

I thought Rick Astley did well as a warm up act, good strong voice, and interaction with the crowd.  Take That - spectacular as always, and Lulu can still belt out a song considering she's about 70 these days.

Have to be honest and say that's a decent stadium you've got there - no complaints whatsoever.  They even had blocks of portaloos in the car park to make sure we felt at home.

 

 

 

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20 hours ago, TMWANG50 said:

Saw big Jess and the Spice Girls last night in Cardiff as couldn't get tickets for AG. Jess Glyne very good vocally, Spice Girls not so much but it was raining tbf (surprisingly for Wales)! The show for the main act was pretty incredible though I'm new to stadium concerts but the effort that has gone into it was mind blowing I think it will go down very well at the Gate with the Spice fans.

They'll be so out of it they won't even know it's happening

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First of all what a great night, Ashton Gate done Bristol proud and certainly hosted a great show with very little critism from me. I have been to many gigs at many venues and I have tried to think about my experience without any bias. 

I got to AG around 4.30pm so plenty early. There were already lots of people arriving. The stadium was busy serving drinks of all kinds and lots of food, they certainly seemed to have put the effort in to cater for most. I didn’t buy anything as we had gone to Wetherspoons in Clifton and had food and drink, love a Steak Day me!

On arrival for pitch standing Winterstoke Road end you were directed to either a bag search area or a no bag lane. You had to hold your arms out whilst someone did a quick metal scan with a handheld scanner of your body. I had a bag with the permitted bottle of water in, infact  I had gone to Iceland and got 6 for 89p ( cheapskate me!) There were 3 of us so I totally expected the steward to take 3 bottles away from me. I had 4 in my drawstring bag and the two people with me carried one each. They were all still sealed as is the usual instruction. The steward asked us all to open our bottles and take a sip, we had to stand there in front of him and drink the contents, I have NEVER been asked to do this before, very odd. He totally ignored my extra bottles (result!).

I didn’t mind drinking the contents but I was interested to ask him why. He said he didn’t know and when I asked him what he was hoping to find as it was a sealed bottle he couldn’t answer that either. I’m not sure if it will be the same for other concerts but it seemed as long as you were prepared to take a sip it could have been anything. As I said I have never experienced this anywhere, ever. One of the persons I was with had no bag so went with their bottle through the no bag lane, he was asked to open and sip too, and his steward even took a sniff of his water. Very weird. If that had been me I probably would have complained, I don’t want any random persons nose near something I am drinking.

Once past the bag searches it really was chill. You showed your ticket and it was scanned with a handheld scanner by a girl that usually works in the shop, recognised her. Just after that you got given a wristband ( pitch standing only people). Inside this area were the food and drink outlets, you could wander in and out off the concourse and down Marina Dolman way. There were several merchandise places. Programmes £20 ( ouch). Daughter purchased a TShirt but it was made especially for Bristol which was a nice touch.

After we joined the queues that were forming inside the concourse to gain access to the pitch. Doors opened just after 5.30 and it was calm and well organised with lots of entery points. There were loads of Stewards and helpers everywhere inside and out. All toilets were open in the concourse and loads more portaloos were outside. As I said the concessions in the concourse catered for everyone, cocktails, Jamaican food etc. They were ‘themed up’ and had a totally different feel to a football or rugby match and a lot of effort had been made with the decor. Everything was done properly and screamed quality, eg there were no handwritten signs stuck up with tape.

We sat on the pitch from just after half five to around 7.10 when Rick Astley came on. A long wait but not unusual at a gig. We chatted to the people around us and had some laughs, they were City fans too which was good. The time soon passed. 

Rick Astley wasn’t actually too bad. He could laugh at himself and did get the crowd going. Take That were everything I expected. This show compared to the one I saw in Swansea was quite different, less theatre more light based but non the less stunning. I will do a separate post for some photos in a while.

Afterwards the crowd did disperse quite well I thought. There were messages on the screens saying exit for town centre on pitch toward the park. We had to go into town but decided to go into concourse to find the loo. We found that the ladies had taken over the men’s toilets, such were the queues much to the confusion of the men, we had turned them unisex. But there were still big queues. We decided to go to the Sports Bar figuring not many non footie/rugby fans would know about them, we walked in and found no queue, perfect. So there’s a little heads up for you.

We then walked out into the car park, plenty of food and drink places still open. Queues to buy so I don’t know what time they finished but by this time it was 10.50pm and we decided to walk to the centre for our bus. Raynes Road Gate was open after the concert but NOT before, another heads up. 

In the end we walked to Bristol Bridge for our bus, plenty of people walking along Coronation Road and cutting over to the harbour side. Traffic was moving along the road but was stop start and walking fast we were keeping pace with the cars. It took us 40 mins to walk, 5 mins wait for bus, quick bus ride and I was back at home drinking coffee exactly an hour after leaving AG, 11.50pm

The biggest ‘failure’ of the evening, and nothing to do with the football club, was the lack of 4G to be able to look on internet or upload any photos. Many people found similar, sheer volume of people. 

Otherwise as I said an excellent, positive experience and real proof that we can hold such events and Bristol wants them. Well done Ashton Gate and well done Take That for trusting us. Thank you

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I wouldn't say it was the best ever concert at Ashton Gate (that would depend on your own musical taste) but it was definitely the biggest ever show.

Huge staging, great sound & special effects, loads of backing dancers and singers.

Fair play, it kept thousands of ladies (and a few blokes!) amused for a couple of hours.

9 out of 10

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13 hours ago, Toffee dog said:

Was due to pick the good lady up tonight but rings me at work to say she is staying with friends in Southville ?, then rings me to tell me how great Ashton Gate looks & she will have to start coming to watch the football with me ?

Just got back & have poured my first beer ?

Woke up this morning with a sore  head 10 minutes later she rings me with a list of jobs to do today,! Reality returns to normal ?

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8 hours ago, In the Net said:

Thank you to everybody on here who gave advice and information about attending the Take That concert.  We parked in one of the side streets off Duckmoor Road, quite near the stadium.  Slight hiccup, as we then discovered that each of us had assumed the other one had printed the tickets off the e-mail - so no tickets!  Stewards and the ticket office were very helpful in getting us in, and the people doing the bag searches were very friendly.  We then somehow managed to be sitting in the wrong block, and were led out by two stewards and escorted to our correct seats - which were actually a slightly better view as they were in the press box area.  We probably shouldn't be let out in a public place without our care in the community support!

Catering had run out of burgers, but the slice of pizza was very nice, and I thought that prices were average for a concert.

I thought Rick Astley did well as a warm up act, good strong voice, and interaction with the crowd.  Take That - spectacular as always, and Lulu can still belt out a song considering she's about 70 these days.

Have to be honest and say that's a decent stadium you've got there - no complaints whatsoever.  They even had blocks of portaloos in the car park to make sure we felt at home.

 

 

 

No Santas Grotto ,though?

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4 minutes ago, myol'man said:

I wouldn't say it was the best ever concert at Ashton Gate (that would depend on your own musical taste) but it was definitely the biggest ever show.

Huge staging, great sound & special effects, loads of backing dancers and singers.

Fair play, it kept thousands of ladies (and a few blokes!) amused for a couple of hours.

9 out of 10

I just hope no lady wee'd on MY seat !   :shocking:

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8 minutes ago, RedM said:

 

On arrival for pitch standing Winterstoke Road end you were directed to either a bag search area or a no bag lane. You had to hold your arms out whilst someone did a quick metal scan with a handheld scanner of your body. I had a bag with the permitted bottle of water in, infact  I had gone to Iceland and got 6 for 89p ( cheapskate me!) There were 3 of us so I totally expected the steward to take 3 bottles away from me. I had 4 in my drawstring bag and the two people with me carried one each. They were all still sealed as is the usual instruction. The steward asked us all to open our bottles and take a sip, we had to stand there in front of him and drink the contents, I have NEVER been asked to do this before, very odd. He totally ignored my extra bottles (result!).

I didn’t mind drinking the contents but I was interested to ask him why. He said he didn’t know and when I asked him what he was hoping to find as it was a sealed bottle he couldn’t answer that either. I’m not sure if it will be the same for other concerts but it seemed as long as you were prepared to take a sip it could have been anything. As I said I have never experienced this anywhere, ever. One of the persons I was with had no bag so went with their bottle through the no bag lane, he was asked to open and sip too, and his steward even took a sniff of his water. Very weird. If that had been me I probably would have complained, I don’t want any random persons nose near something I am drinking.

 

Hi RedM

The 'sip' test is now a standard part of many search patterns. It's to avoid anyone bringing in toxic fluids such as acid, or anything flammable.

(it's not to stop you sneaking in a cheeky vodka!)

It is routinely carried out in courts for visitors and even members of the jury.

Glad it all went off well

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