Keith Houchen Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 2 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: A tenth of the UK population tried to get tickets for Oasis at Knebworth in 1996 The population of the UK in 96 was 58 million. So a tenth would’ve been 5.8 million. 2.5 million applied so it’s nearer to 5%. Then again maths was never my strongpoint so I might have that wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 5 hours ago, wordsfromlee said: A tenth of the UK population tried to get tickets for Oasis at Knebworth in 1996. To put it into perspective, 3% tried to get tickets for Taylor Swifts Eras tour. I think that might include the Loch Lomond gigs as well, which was IIRC the previous week. 4 gigs in 2 weeks to approximately 500,000 people all told. I was one of them - I was at Knebworth Night Two, which was very much the worse lineup, as instead of The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy, we got Cast and Kula Shaker (the latter tbs were the best band on the night in terms of performance). There were about 10 loos for 125,000 people so everyone was pissing into plastic bottles and when Oasis came on the crowd surged forward about 50 metres, all the bottles went into the air and everyone got soaked in piss. Ah, the 90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 24 minutes ago, Loki said: I think that might include the Loch Lomond gigs as well, which was IIRC the previous week. 4 gigs in 2 weeks to approximately 500,000 people all told. I was one of them - I was at Knebworth Night Two, which was very much the worse lineup, as instead of The Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy, we got Cast and Kula Shaker (the latter tbs were the best band on the night in terms of performance). There were about 10 loos for 125,000 people so everyone was pissing into plastic bottles and when Oasis came on the crowd surged forward about 50 metres, all the bottles went into the air and everyone got soaked in piss. Ah, the 90s. We’re of a similar age, so you know it’s difficult to explain to younger people exactly how huge an impact Oasis had culturally at the time. I mean, they’re shite and all that but the effect they had hasn’t been matched since. Probably for the best because the whole time was absolutely awful and pretty racist and xenophobic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted December 27, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 Daryl Hannah is married to Neil Young! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abe_Knuckleball_Schwartz Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said: Daryl Hannah is married to Neil Young! I remember at the time Neil Young came in for a fair bit of criticism for divorcing Pegi and then marrying Daryl Hannah not so long after the divorce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chili Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Devon Malcolm said: Daryl Hannah is married to Neil Young! Daryl Hannah is also the female backing vocalist on Clarence Clemons 1985 single 'You're a Friend of Mine.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted December 27, 2023 Paid Members Share Posted December 27, 2023 Neil Arthur, the lead singer from off of out of Blancmange, was born in Darwen like what I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIDDUM_N_STYLE Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 That the two leading ladies in Chesney Hawkes video for ‘The One and Only’ were Saffron from Republica (the girl he pulls into the screen) and TV presenter Lucy Alexander (his date) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members BigJag Posted January 1 Paid Members Share Posted January 1 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/maps-of-uk-freeports There's a few of these around the country. Does anyone have any firsthand experience of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Bellenda Carlisle Posted January 4 Paid Members Share Posted January 4 Klaus Kinski has like 25 spoken word albums and they're on spotify. I listened to some to go to sleep to but they aren't very relaxing and I can't speak German. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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SuperBacon Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 The great-grandparents of actresses Kate and Rooney Mara founded the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CavemanLynn Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 26 minutes ago, Dead Mike said: TIL that Stanley Tucci has got merch?!?! The Midas Tucc has a couple of pretty decent cookbooks too, including this one which has pride of place in my (admittedly limited) kitchen library: The Tucci Cookbook https://a.co/d/71DSaJC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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