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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: my rather strange plan... Mon 14 May 2012, 12:45 | |
| Hello everyone! I have a rather strange plan in my head...my girlfriend and I are getting married in september 2012 (which is NOT the strange plan ). We are both huge Belgian Elbow-fans and we know they are playing at Rock Werchter (Belgium) on the 28th june. Unfortunately we can't be there...that's what my girlfriend thinks! My strange plan was : getting a very short video-message of Guy Garvey or - even better - the whole group congratulating my wife, taped before, during or after Rock Werchter. It would be so nice if I could show my future wife this video-message at the wedding party on a big screen... So to be short : is there anyone who could help me getting in contact with the Elbow-management? You would make my wedding even more perfect!!! Thanks a lot for every reaction whatsoever!! | |
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MagicalTrevor administrator
Number of posts : 1822 Age : 53 Location : 5 years ago and 3000 miles away Registration date : 2008-04-01
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 14 May 2012, 13:08 | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 14 May 2012, 13:17 | |
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ElbowFreak leader of the free world
Number of posts : 1101 Age : 40 Location : On the other side of the world! Registration date : 2008-09-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 14 May 2012, 15:00 | |
| I always tell friends of mine they should organize an Elbow gig for my birthday. NEVER happened. I wish you luck. Keep us informed! | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Tue 15 May 2012, 17:31 | |
| Elbowfreak, thanks for wishing me luck ;-) I will keep you informed, whatever happens!!! | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 06:33 | |
| I'm about to fail... I tried every possible way I could think of, but...no success You Elbow-friends are my last hope!! Is there anyone who could help me out? Every tiny little bit of help is so welcome!!! thanks!! flippie | |
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Molly fallen angel
Number of posts : 38 Age : 28 Location : Newcastle Registration date : 2012-05-25
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 15:08 | |
| I don't know if you have already tried this but you could try contacting members of the band on twitter ... Good Luck | |
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ElbowFreak leader of the free world
Number of posts : 1101 Age : 40 Location : On the other side of the world! Registration date : 2008-09-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 15:22 | |
| Well, that's the difference. We are Elbow fans, not friends... Only chance I see is getting in touch with them after a concert. Wait for them with a camera and ask... | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 18:00 | |
| ok! Thanks to the both of you :-) I'll try Twitter, but the concert is a bit of a problem...they only visit Belgium on the 28th of june, at the very well organised Rock Werchter... I tried that way too, but no way of getting in or even close... So maybe, if I can find out their hotel ... but anyway, thanks a lot!!!
grtz, Flippie | |
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NeonChoir friend of ours
Number of posts : 426 Age : 34 Location : Texas, USA Registration date : 2011-02-03
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 19:22 | |
| No offense, but finding their hotel would come off as stalkerish. I think we as fans need to give the Elboys the respect of personal space. It's really sweet that you wanted to do this for your girl, though. More men should be like that. Good luck with everything! | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 04 Jun 2012, 20:41 | |
| yeah, you're right...I shouldn't do that...It's just that I want to give it to her so much I'll keep trying in a decent way though thx for wishing me luck!! | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Thu 28 Jun 2012, 14:02 | |
| I promised to keep you informed... It didn't work out :-( I really tried every possible way, and only last monday I got my first reaction. The Belgian radio station Studio Brussel answered my tweet, and the very nice dj Kirsten Lemaire contacted the recordlabel of Elbow. The answer from the label : sorry, but no...Elbow is honoured that we use "One day like this" as our first dance and they wish us a great day :-) Thanks to you all for helping me out, the wedding still will be beautiful!!
grtz, Flippie | |
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ElbowFreak leader of the free world
Number of posts : 1101 Age : 40 Location : On the other side of the world! Registration date : 2008-09-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Thu 28 Jun 2012, 19:11 | |
| Hey Flippie... Hmmmm, although the news aren't great, you got an answer. I know that's not a huge help but there are fans who wait for ages for an answer or reply of our Elboys... Btw. Are you at Rock Werchter? Watching Elbow? | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Fri 29 Jun 2012, 13:32 | |
| I did "watch" them yesterday, from the outside we didn't have tickets, because Werchter was the place were I intended to shoot the video...and when I had tickets, my girlfriend would be with me and there would be no chance to meet them It was a short gig, but amazing as ever !! The crowd was amazed as well, I could hear that maybe tomorrow, when they are playing at Rock in Park in Holland, we go there with our kids | |
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ElbowFreak leader of the free world
Number of posts : 1101 Age : 40 Location : On the other side of the world! Registration date : 2008-09-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Fri 29 Jun 2012, 15:20 | |
| Sounds like fun to me. Keep your eyes open. Guy likes to wander around... Maybe you're lucky. Fingers crossed! And have fun! | |
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Carl0sAlbert0 fallen angel
Number of posts : 22 Age : 44 Location : Prestwich, Manchester. Registration date : 2012-07-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Sun 08 Jul 2012, 18:42 | |
| It's good that you managed to get a reply from the record label, even if it was via a DJ! Their gig at Vorst National in Brussels coincided with my girlfriend and I'd 1st anniversary, so we booked a trip and caught them live. I was debating trying to get Guy to dedicate Mirrorball to her, but I decided to leave it as I didn't think I'd have much chance getting a reply! | |
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flippie newborn
Number of posts : 9 Age : 54 Location : Belgium Registration date : 2012-05-14
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 09 Jul 2012, 17:43 | |
| It was indeed nice to get a reply. I do understand that the Elboys refused, I'm probably not the only one with that kind of question. On the other hand, you can only win if you try I've told my girlfriend about my plan and she was delighted! Anyway, we are going to have a great wedding party and we will always love Elbow!! Btw, I can see you live near Manchester, so who knows, one day, in a pub, on the corner of the street, Guy will be sitting next to the both of you I don't think he will visit my pub soon | |
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MagicalTrevor administrator
Number of posts : 1822 Age : 53 Location : 5 years ago and 3000 miles away Registration date : 2008-04-01
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 09 Jul 2012, 17:58 | |
| If at any point he's near a pub that you are in, I think there's a good chance he'd go in there. | |
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Carl0sAlbert0 fallen angel
Number of posts : 22 Age : 44 Location : Prestwich, Manchester. Registration date : 2012-07-08
| Subject: Re: my rather strange plan... Mon 09 Jul 2012, 18:02 | |
| I had a chance to meet Guy briefly last year at the Everything Everything Man Alive Ensemble in Manchester. Annoyingly I didn't ask for a photo, just had a quick chat. What a lovely guy (pun fully intended!). | |
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