St James's Church - 30th April 2005

[PokerKitten]

Just getting ready for reports; but I know at least some of our gals have plans post-gig so they may not be as swift as last night. Tsk.

[Cyrus]

[Ditto]

Here we are PK, we came away early, 1ish. Think you've gone to bed now, but you'll be able to read when you get up, but there again they'll be rubbish so maybe read other peeps lol. Well mine'll be rubbish, not TeeBee's and NN's lol plus DeeDee is just chilling and will prolly comment at a later date. We're all feeling very mellow

[Teebee]

Hey ho from a rather high (in spirits) ME.. lol
Bloody brilliant night, although I was seated upstairs I actually managed to see more of James tonight than last, luckily I managed not to fall of the balcony while trying to get pics.. ;D
God can that man sing and put on a show ;D ;D much the same songs as last night but I got to hear 'Patricia' for the first time and really liked it although my favourite has to be 'Finer than Gold'...gets me every time I hear it.
It's a bit weird at the moment as myself, NN and Ditto are all sitting together trying to write something legible.....don't know if that's possible....lol

Will post more in depth after MK tomorrow.....OMG here we go again I'll be a gibbering idiot for sure, NN and Pix have threatened to shove me to make sure I meet/speak to him....
Don't know if I've got the gut's to be honest, but you'll all find out soon enough.
Night night from a knackered but happy fan.

but I know at least some of our gals have plans post-gig so they may not be as swift as last night. Tsk.

..........lol now we've got have our 'Guilty Pleasures' PK ;D ;D

[Cyrus]

"Also, I think you're drunk." - Buffy, "Life Serial" ;D

Looking forward to reading your (sober) reports.

[Cyrus]

Medusa at MtS has a little bit to say about this gig. Scroll down to 6th post on the page.

[Spike Addict]

Ok this time me and mate Emily left early and got to St. James’ at 4.30 but there was still a very long queue! So we waited and waited, this time I managed to meet Ditto, Pixie, NN, Teebee (and a few others sorry if I forgot your name!).

At about 7.10 we made our way in, I was seated upstairs front row to his right. Had the same support act as Islington.

James came on, songs were pretty much similar as last night, the atmosphere was weird coz it wasn’t your typical gig setting. I again took lots of pics but they kept on coming out dark coz he’s not lit up by spot lights etc…(but the pattern on his trainers came out very clear coz they are reflective!) he looked up at us a few times and smiled and I kept saying next time he looks up I’ll take a pic as it’ll be a nice front view shot, so next time he looks up and smiles I just go all gooey and smile like an idiot and get lost staring at him and forget to take the pic! I kept doing that (but he does have an amazingly sexy smile, made me think I died and went to heaven).

There was this weird German man who just stood on the stairs and blocked people’s way and when they told him to sit down he was like ‘no you can go and move some where else!’ then he moved when one of the women who worked there told him to move!

Here are a few of the pics I took, like I said they are dark, but they look good when I lighten them (but no time now!) ;D


uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/maha_x/album?.dir=/2188

also they said that he might be back in Oct ;D

[Cyrus]

thanks SpikeAddict ;D for the report and pics!

I've lightened one of your pics:

[Pixie]

Will report more in detail tomorrow, I'm doing the whole lot then on LJ... Just had to add, though, he got a standing ovation at the end, which I thought was really cool and I was so pleased for him!

[Pluto7077]

That's a really nice picture and he's still looking so happy, it must be lurve

[nightnurse]

Addict...many thanks for the gorgeous pics..and so quickly too Hope to see more of you at future events ;D

I'll ramble about gigs when I crawl out from my crypt tomorrow !

[Pixie]

little report!

We got up late-ish, and the 5 of us (me, NN, Ditto, DeeDee and TeeBee) went to have breakfast at Debenhams, did some shopping (including my "rock my world" belt, and a card for James). We stopped at Cafe Nero for a coffee on the way back to the hotel - the weather was so good, we sat outside. The we headed back to the hotel for a nap/rest, and to freshen up before the evening.

We had to queue for ages again, but met some lovely people in the queue, including Spike Addict and Usige_beatha and her roommate. Eventually they let us in.

"Stryngs"... again, I really don't rate them, and was glad when they made way for James.

James sounded a little tired to begin with, but got better and better as the evening went on. Unfortunately, I was quite a long way back, so couldn't really see much. I think the only song he didn't sing was "Katie". At the end - the very end, after the last encore, which was "Finer than gold", he got a standing ovation, which was pretty cool.

After the gig, the 5 of us headed back to Islington and went to "Guilty Pleasures". NN and I danced for a bit, but our feet were tired from queueing and gigging, and in the end we called it a night and went back to the hotel for snacks.

[PokerKitten]

Thanks gals So glad you managed to meet up with some of the DGs this time, Addict.

I've been looking at some of Teebee's pics on her camera and thought the church looked really cool. I quite like the stranger venues, as in the clubs there's all the bozos and chatter to contend with!

[Pixie]

Not to mention the people who aren't really there for James and his music

[PokerKitten]

I thought those of you who were at the London gigs might like to see this from Stryngs official website

A nice thank you and a link to the pics they took at the gigs

[vamp'Legirlie]

What can I say, I loved this gig. James was on top form, His voice sounded great much better then Islington. The sound quality through the speakers was not that great but I guess that was because of the venue. The set was longer then last night and James seemed a lot more relaxed.

I took along a non James fan (In the sense that she has never heard of him so she did not know what to expect) and she loved the gig, she got the album on her way out wanting to here more!

We sat upstairs so our view was slightly restricted but everyone was so nice. Everyone took turns to go to the front of the balcony so they good have a good look and take photos.
During the gig Stryngs (the support act) came upstairs to watch the gig. They were really cool posing for fans and giving autographs. Stryngs herself was really complimentary about James and said how good and cool he was and how great all the fans had been.

[PokerKitten]

That's cool about the sharing the view in the balcony, girlie

And Stryngs have posted about their experience with James, plus pics - I've given the link in the general James Music info thread.

[nightnurse]

LOL...and you can see me and Ditto lolling against a pillar in one of Mr Chris' pics ;D

Sorry we missed seeing you on Saturday girlie....we were ever the latecomers (!) and were at the back of the Q....again ;D

I'll do a proper report soon

[vamp'Legirlie]

hey nightnurse, I saw all you guys from the balcony , tried to get your attention to say hi but all your eyes were fixed on James and if I hung over the balcony any more then I was I without dought was ganna fall!!!!

I was late to the gig too, turned up at 7pm as everyone was going in. Only about 10 people behing me in the queue!!

[Teebee]

Hi 'legirlie, didn't see you at St James and I was upstairs too, you were obviously at a better end of the balcony than I was only managed to get near the front for pics once as one or two kept hogging the best views
Must bring stilts next time to see over folks heads....lol
Great gig though really enjoyed it. ;D