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While working for a major broadcaster on the production of Live 8 in Hyde Park in July 2005, I spent the entire day setting up, testing, and fixing various things, ready for the live event the next day.
It was around 6 p.m., and I made my way across the park to get to the tube station for my journey home. This led me past the main stage. If it had been Saturday, there would have been thousands of people watching the artists, but the day before, only engineers, media people, and security were on site.
Right at the moment I came within 30 meters of the stage, Annie walked on stage and started to sing, doing a sound check. As someone accustomed to backstage work, I know the deal: you don't stop and gawp; you treat it as a regular day at the office. Unfortunately for Annie, I became transfixed and stood front and left, unable to move. That voiceāit's something I recall with unusual clarity to this day. She fixed me with a long stare, then smiled and sang to me for a very long period; it was almost like she was performing just for me. I recall waving and mimicking someone embarrassed, she waved back and continued the sound check. I've worked with all kinds of artists in the past, often having a drink with them at the end of a gig, so this was entirely out of character and very confusing. I'd had a long chat with Dave Gilmore from Pink Floyd and Robbie Williams a few hours earlier, I don't usually get star-struck.
I'm embarrassed to recall just how unprofessional I was, and if anybody in her media team reads this, please pass on my apologies. That 'just for me' performance is something that lives in my memory as vividly as the day it happened.
Needless to say, after about fifteen minutes, a big bloke from security moved me on. but It's still one of the most endearing memories of my time working in broadcasting.
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@damirspahic7275
5 months ago
A wise man once said...when you are happy, you enjoy the melody but when you are broken, you understand the lyrics...amazing song.
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