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找到评论了我们可爱的STEPHENFANS的站长LAURA写的Well I’ve now had time to gather my thoughts so I can write a bit more down about what I thought of the show!I still can’t quite believe that it’s happened and I’ve seen the lads together in concert again…it just seems so surreal and I’m struggling to take it all in at the moment. I don’t think it had properly sunk in yet….it probably will in about a week or so lol!It was my first time at the arena in Manchester so I didn’t know what to expect from it, but the arena’s really good and easy to get to as well….the only thing was that you have to walk down from the back of the lower tier to the front of the lower tier in order to get to your seats on the floor and I really hate heights! Luckily we didn’t have to go back up the stairs to get out though!Before we took to our seats, I bought a programme and a gorgeous poster of the lads - the poster is fab and a bargain at £3! The programme has some great interviews with the lads (and thank you’s from them too), and some nice photos, but I don’t think it was worth £15.…but I bought it anyway hahaha! :o There were some nice t shirts on sale but they were soooo expensive so I think it’ll be cheaper to create my own, which is what I’m going to do!!Also before we went to sit down, we noticed posters around the arena about a competition to go and meet the Boyz live on stage - you just had to text in the answer to a very easy question. But I decided not to bother with this cos I wouldn’t be brave enough to go up on stage! :oWe had quite good seats, 12 rows from the front in the right hand side front block on the aisle. We were really lucky cos we had Stephen on our side most of the time, so that was fab for a Stephen fan like me! Our seats were also opposite where some of the family and friend’s were sat. We spotted Chris Bisson, who used to play Vikram Desai in Coronation Street and also Ben from Phats and Small. Lisa and Jordan also walked past us, although they went and sat near the back somewhere, I think. We also saw Yvonne, Jack, Missy and Hannah, who came and sat on the row opposite us. (I almost hit Yvonne when she took Missy backstage during ADB - I was a bit ambitious doing the actions and threw my arm out just as she walked past lol!!!! :o ) Andrew also walked past with a couple of friends and went and sat down opposite us as well. I think he was just as excited and hyper as Stephen hehehe. He was singing along and dancing and cheering and even doing all the actions. He just looked so proud of Stephen, it was really lovely to see. And, at one point during the concert, Keith asked us all to point at our favourite member and so Andrew pointed at Stephen, of course!Anyway, there were two support acts - Laura Critchley and A.M.A.N.D.A. Laura was fantastic, I really really enjoyed her set. She’s got a great voice and some really fab songs. I didn’t like Amanda at all though, not my cup of tea lol! There were quite a lot of empty seats during the support acts but the arena soon began to fill up and by the time Boyzone came on, it was absolutely packed. It was so amazing to see, absolutely incredible. I can’t begin to imagine how it must have felt for the lads to walk on stage and see the arena all packed out. I think the only empty seats I saw were on the row where Andrew, Yvonne and the kids were sitting, but I presume that this particular row was for family and friends so the seats were probably held back for this purpose?
2008年06月17日 14点06分
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Before the lads came on stage, it was announced that the show was being filmed for Sky One and a DVD, so that was quite exciting - I’ve never been to a concert that has been filmed for a DVD before. I really hope I’m not on it though! The camera did come towards us quite a few times, but I’d be so embarrassed if I ended up on there lol!After they said about the DVD, The Boys Are Back In Town started to play and this was when I began to get really really excited and I think it started to dawn on me that I was only moments away from seeing the lads again! After The Boys Are Back In Town, they had a countdown start on the big screens - such a fab idea cos I think it really heightened everyone’s excitement and you could feel all the excitement building. I think I was hyperventilating at this point and I was too busy looking at the countdown to realise that the lads were starting to appear on stage on a platform - doh! As soon as they fully appeared, there was a loud bang and some pyrotechnics and they launched into POY - and the place just erupted, we were all going absolutely mental, it was just such an incredible atmosphere and must have been amazing for the lads to see and hear from the stage. During their first couple of songs, I noticed that there seemed to be quite long pauses inbetween as they all just stood there looking out into the audience with their arms around each other - I think they were probably quite overwhelmed by it all. It must have been some sight to see though from the stage!One thing I noticed about the audience though was how adult and grown-up it all was. Although there was screaming and cheering, it wasn't hysterical screaming or people standing on chairs or people rushing to the front etc….I remember the audiences being like this back in the 90s and so it was interesting to see how it’s a lot more adult this time around and I guess it shows how long 8 years really is.I must admit that I had been worried that the concert was going to be like The Ronan Show….which is great if you’re a Ronan fan and only there to see him, but not so great if you’re a Boyzone fan and there to see all of the guys! But I was pleased to see that it wasn’t like this at all. I never felt as if Ronan was being pushed more to the front than the other guys, they all had their chances to shine and it never felt as if it was “Ronan and his Boyz”, which is what I had been worried about. I was also pleased to see that most of the audience seemed to be there for the band as a whole rather than only being there specifically for an individual member of the band. Obviously everyone has their favourite but it just seemed like most were there for the band as a whole. It was so lovely to see Shane, Keith and Mikey get just as many cheers as Ronan and Stephen….in fact, I think Shane probably got even more!! Highlights of the show for me probably were Bright Eyes, the Jackson Medley, Life Is A Rollercoaster and A Different Beat. Bright Eyes really showed off Stephen’s strong and powerful voice - he sounded absolutely amazing! And I was actually doing really well by managing not to cry right up until that point - just seeing the lads up on stage again really overwhelmed me and I felt so emotional about it all but I managed to hold back the tears until Stephen sang his solo and then I was completely gone and collapsed into a blubbering emotional wreck - not pretty! The Jackson Medley was amazing, I think I loved Billie Jean and The Way You Make Me Feel the best!! I’m not much of a fan of Ronan’s solo stuff but LIAR worked really well with all the lads and you couldn’t help but be affected by the lads’ bouncing up and down and having the time of their lives up on stage - their joy and happiness was infectious! And, of course, no Boyzone concert would be complete without the BZ anthem, ADB! It was amazing to see that again and incredible to see all the thousands of fans still doing the action! I think they should have probably ended on ADB, although Melting Pot was a good choice too.
2008年06月17日 14点06分
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I don’t think I really had any lowlights (apart from Ronan nearly damaging my ear drums during his long note in WYSNAA! He sounded good - it’s just that it was too loud!). Some people have said that they have found the dancers to be really intrusive though, but I didn’t really find that at all. I think they worked better during some songs than others but, to be honest, I wasn’t really paying attention to them lol! :oIt was so lovely to see the lads having so much fun on stage too - Stephen was just so hyper, bouncing up and down like an excited kid! Lol, at one point, Keith did an impression of Stephen - he asked us who this is and then proceeded to jump up and down and run around the stage. Of course, we all shouted out Stephen hehehe! It was also great to see them having some little private jokes on stage, like Stephen went and said something to Ronan, who burst out laughing in hysterics, and Stephen and Shane were sharing little jokes with each other too. Although one of the funniest moments was during FAS when Ronan and Stephen sort of did an Irish jig in the middle - I hope that makes it onto the DVD!It was also funny during the bit when they got the winner of the competition up on stage - she had her mobile phone with her to have her pic taken with the lads and it rang so Ronan answered it pmsl! He was like, “it’s Ronan from Boyzone, she’ll have to call you back”!! Her fave member of the band was Stephen - not Ronan for once lol! It was such an amazing show and really fab to see the lads back together again although, for me personally, the star of the show was Stephen I might be biased but, for me, he’s the one with the most stage presence and the one you can’t take your eyes off on stage I know it’s not certain what the future holds for the lads as a band now but I think they’d be mad to walk away from it all now! I’ll support them 110% in whatever they decide to do though It was also lovely seeing Lizzie, Keety, Katha, Stef, Lisa and Becky too! I've uploaded some of my pics to my facebook btw, but they aren't very good cos my camera wasn't working properly: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3 ... =547416454Ooops, sorry this is sooooo long, I hope you haven’t fallen asleep by now!Laura xxP.S - I love the new song, although wish Stephen was sharing the lead vocals with Ronan!
2008年06月17日 14点06分
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这个,因为这个系列的演唱会都是这样的行头吧而这装扮是开场部分,一般来说开场部分拍的照片会比较容易出现在新闻上。。。我转的时候也偷懒只转前两张了
2008年06月17日 14点06分
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2008年06月23日 08点06分
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