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[Pinhead]

Hi,

Looking for any good pictures of Madness doing their set from this year, preferably one of the crowd and one of them on the Pyramid.

My mate and I were the ones holding up the 'Give Madness a ***king Brit Award' banner near the front, and I've just come to realise that I don't have any pictures of this! The BBC cut the mention Suggs made of it from their coverage (obviously too controversial for them), so can't pilfer a screenshot of there.

Thanks in advance.

[eFestivals]

http://www.efestival...ury09-KAW.shtml

[lee60]

Couldn't take any pictures, too many f*****g flags and banners in the way!!

[anx]

[Pinhead]

Thanks everyone - some good ones there. Keep them coming in though - would love it if there was one around showing the band on the stage but also taken further enough back and at an angle that shows the 'Brit' banner we were holding (was white and built from an Estate Agent's for sale sign).

Thanks.

[MikeyB37]

Any sign of the banner on the madtubeTV vids maybe?...

[anx]

are you sure the tom jones one isnt yours?

[rischbrit]

Got this one of Suggs (that is if you look closely at the screen on the left!) However it does show quite a few of the flags/banners that were there too!!

[Pinhead]

Excellent! Still missed us though - we were standing probably about 20 foot in front of the mixing desk - difficult to get in on a crowd shot from either side unfortunately. The banner was "Give Madness a ***king Brit Award" on one side (inspired by the fact that they have often moaned about never even being nominated for one yet after all these years). We also had "Give Madness the Mercury Prize" on the reverse, which we flipped around after Suggs made a comment between songs (in the first half - can't remember between which), saying he 'approved' of the sign  

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

Pinhead, on Nov 12 2009, 11:48 AM, said:

Excellent! Still missed us though - we were standing probably about 20 foot in front of the mixing desk - difficult to get in on a crowd shot from either side unfortunately. The banner was "Give Madness a ***king Brit Award" on one side (inspired by the fact that they have often moaned about never even being nominated for one yet after all these years). We also had "Give Madness the Mercury Prize" on the reverse, which we flipped around after Suggs made a comment between songs (in the first half - can't remember between which), saying he 'approved' of the sign  

I saw your banner/placard during the set.
I was with a large group of fellow eFesters to right side of mixing desk and back a bit. I don't have a photo myself but I have seen some pics on some of their FB pics. Will look again & try to dig out

[Pinhead]

Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!, on Nov 12 2009, 12:27 PM, said:

I saw your banner/placard during the set.
I was with a large group of fellow eFesters to right side of mixing desk and back a bit. I don't have a photo myself but I have seen some pics on some of their FB pics. Will look again & try to dig out

Nice one, thanks. eFesters to the rescue!

[MikeyB37]

Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!, on Nov 12 2009, 12:27 PM, said:

I was with a large group of fellow eFesters to right side of mixing desk and back a bit.

Yep me too  

These 2 pics show some of the area in front of the mixing desk, still can't spot the elusive banner though!...

[Zacko]

Forgot how big the Madness crowd was...

[Boosh]

Pinhead, on Nov 12 2009, 11:48 AM, said:

Still missed us though - we were standing probably about 20 foot in front of the mixing desk -

what?
really?
you sure you don't mean metres?
I'm fairly certain I remember seeing that sign in front of me, and i was about 10 metres inside the second barrier...
not trying to stir or anything but i'm you were further forward than you're giving yourself credit for. i might be wrong.

Edited by Boosh, 12 November 2009 - 06:52 PM.

[Harrow Strongbow Ciderman!]

What the f**k???  
Is this some kind of spamming at 3am cos if not I am following this thread and just don't get it??  
NEIL??

dearaila, on Nov 13 2009, 03:00 AM, said:

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[Pinhead]

Boosh, on Nov 12 2009, 06:51 PM, said:

what?
really?
you sure you don't mean metres?
I'm fairly certain I remember seeing that sign in front of me, and i was about 10 metres inside the second barrier...
not trying to stir or anything but i'm you were further forward than you're giving yourself credit for. i might be wrong.

Yeah, perhaps that distance is a little conservative.    Actually, we were certainly in front of the security banner, so that would make it more like maybe 60 meters or something from the mixing desk (?)