Traveling to Birmingham
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| Beautiful day to travel |
It took about 2.5 hours to get to Birmingham and it is not exactly a place I would recommend going to. To be completely honest I found it to be rather intimidating as an industrial city. I got quite lost coming out of the station despite having directions because I could not find a street sign when I came out of the station. I asked various people for directions and eventually got to the hotel, but not before going through back alleys and streets that were off the beaten track. Meeting the Boys
I always enjoy meeting British fans. This time I met two lovely girls who were very curios about my time here in England and my life in America. We talked about the boys coming to LA in September. Eventually the boys came out late and we began our journey around the room trying to meet all four of them.
I cannot hide my disgust at how the Meet and Greet was run. The British love to queue yet there wasn't one in sight! I could not believe there were no lines and it was just a free for all to meet the lads. It was frankly embarrassing in my opinion (which is one of someone who has run meet and greets and organized signings). I almost went into street team mode to get everyone in lines but it would be of no use because people were too pushy and parents were shoving their children to the front. I think what got me the most was that you have to pay in order to go to these meet and greets and the fact that most girls only met 3 of the boys despite paying for membership appalls me. If it is a paid event you better make sure that everyone gets their chance. RANT OVER. Haha.
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| Tom Fletcher |
The first person I met was Tom. It was nice to be recognized by him as I started to make my way through the crowd. He remembered that I was a Pioneer Presenter at Bournemouth last Spring and was very happy to see that I had traveled again to see them. He said that it was quite lucky I got tickets to the show as they sold out and he was excited to come back to California. I gave him a congratulations card for his wedding.
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| Danny Jones |
The next person I made my way to was Danny. As usual he was being extremely loud from his corner of the room and causing chaos. It was odd to see that he now has clear braces. He was walking around with no shoes on because he was having an operation on his toe. This led to quite a challenge for over eager girls because they had to avoid stepping on his feet. His security didn't look to pleased having to deal with this added danger. As he signed my picture he commented that he remembered taking that picture but couldn't remember where the interview had happened. I reminded him it was at Bournemouth and he said he remembered that interview. I always take the worst pictures with Danny. Such a bummer! I feel like such a fan girl reporting this meeting, but oh well!
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| Harry Judd |
I made my way to Harry who's crowd was finally getting smaller. As I approached he said, "I recognize you. Where have I met you before?" I told him I had interviewed them at Bournemouth and that I was the girl from California who still knew about them from last time they came Stateside. He said I should bring friends to the show in September. Hopefully I will be able to manage to get some of my friends who are going with me to meet them. Ideally they would be able to remember my face in the crowd of new fans and somehow I can pull off a nice meeting for my friends who have never had the chance to meet them. I had Harry sign something for Kaitlin for her birthday. But that is a story I cannot add here in case she reads it as she wants to be surprised by what it is and what it says. I gave Harry a card congratulating him on his engagement. What is it with these boys finally growing up? Makes me realize that I am growing up too.
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| Dougie Poynter |
The last person that I went to say hi to was Dougie. Sadly I was only able to get signatures from him because the time had run out and he could no longer take pictures. I had him sign a picture of him wearing the shirt I gave him last year on stage. He told me that he only wore it on that tour and then lost it but he loved that shirt. I handed him a shirt I bought him to replace it and hopefully he wears it again. I think him wearing my shirt on stage is one of my best memories from last year's trip to England. It's nice to see the more talkative Dougie that has emerged in recent years. I remember the first time I met him when he was very shy and would only make really odd faces in pictures. Now he won't stop talking!
Sadly I missed the train I wanted to go on by about 5 minutes and had to wait an hour to catch the next one to Cambridge, but all in all it was a great trip as usual to see McFLY.
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| Look how young they are! |
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