How early to arrive at Hyde Park..?

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by SorcererJP

Just came home from Londen (spent a few extra days).

The initial question was: how early to arrive at Hyde Park?

Well ... EARLY

i had a Gold-circle ticket with early entry. I showed up at the gates shortly after noon and i received an upgrade-bracelet to Diamond and ended up upfront (row 2 or something) and it was stunning! Waited 28 years for another solo-concert on my side of the pond and it was magic. I cried!

Her true fans seemed to be gathered upfront, the atmosphere was just there! I can not speak for the 60k people behind us, but is was fabulous. Surprised by her setlist and she apologised for not telling her stories :-)

Of course there was her cameo in Tom's set and we expected her to return for American Girl, but she didn't.

Made some great pics though ... (maybe you might have seen them on FB :-)

EDIT: Well, it's a bit cropped. Will work out a better version tomorrow :-)

Oh my goodness - you have no idea how much I am trying not to kick myself right now

I arrived at 1.30 and the first security man told me there were probably a few wristbands left to get to the front of the stage, and to go the man on the left after the security check. I must have headed to the wrong man giving out wristbands, as I when I mentioned this to him, he looked like he didn't know what I was talking about and said - yes here you go a Gold wristband. To be honest I didn't think anymore about it (until now!!!) but I think I remember another man further to the left of the entry. Why I was not more on the ball about this, I'll never know.

I was just so happy to be at the festival I didn't give it another thought, but I was looking in envy at the diamond section as I was squashed up in at the front of the gold section for Stevie's set..

Never mind, I still had a great time. But wow, it sounds like you had a magical time indeed