anyone seen them out and about?

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by jack_duckworth

bumped into james last Saturday by my home.
I think he'd had a few.
he 'thinks' the new album is sounding good!
very keen to point out that the track played on radio wales had absolutely no connection to the album & was just a one off.

looked very cool wandering about with his glasses on & jacket over shoulder.

such a sweet guy - effortless cool

Originally Posted by jack_duckworth

also, something from a few weeks back I thought was really sweet;

when the new bowie album came out we had a big display of catalogue/merch/t-shirts etc going on.
nicky was in buying stuff and had my pal reserve him a bowie berlin shirt for the next day as he didn't have enough cash on him.
reserved under 'mr wire'
he popped in the next day for it.

*edit; 'mr wire' was not stated by him - my colleague knew him!*

Cool!

[jambo_stud]

I once saw Sean in the St James Centre in Edinburgh, the day they were playing the Corn Exchange. He had a baseball hat on down over his eyes, i said "Hi Sean" and he looked surprised that he had been recognised!

[relic]

Originally Posted by jambo_stud

I once saw Sean in the St James Centre in Edinburgh, the day they were playing the Corn Exchange. He had a baseball hat on down over his eyes, i said "Hi Sean" and he looked surprised that he had been recognised!

He thinks he's invisible. Sometimes he is. I've watched him walk through a crowd of fans leaving a Manics gig. He keeps his head down, and makes it all the way through without anyone recognising him.

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by jambo_stud

I once saw Sean in the St James Centre in Edinburgh, the day they were playing the Corn Exchange. He had a baseball hat on down over his eyes, i said "Hi Sean" and he looked surprised that he had been recognised!

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by jack_duckworth

bumped into james last Saturday by my home.
I think he'd had a few.
he 'thinks' the new album is sounding good!
very keen to point out that the track played on radio wales had absolutely no connection to the album & was just a one off.

looked very cool wandering about with his glasses on & jacket over shoulder.

such a sweet guy - effortless cool

Originally Posted by relic

He thinks he's invisible. Sometimes he is. I've watched him walk through a crowd of fans leaving a Manics gig. He keeps his head down, and makes it all the way through without anyone recognising him.

Wasn't James seen before a gig once? Once the crowd had been let in I think

[mothers_are_saints]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

Wasn't James seen before a gig once? Once the crowd had been let in I think

He was regularly in the crowd at his solo gigs whilst the support were on. Hardly anyone approached him at the gigs I was at.

[onqpr]

My (very well trained) mum saw all three of them in Monmouth last week. The town is near Rockfield recording studios, they said they weren't really recording anything, but there's pretty much nothing else in Monmouth. How exciting!!

[Futurologist]

Originally Posted by relic

He thinks he's invisible. Sometimes he is. I've watched him walk through a crowd of fans leaving a Manics gig. He keeps his head down, and makes it all the way through without anyone recognising him.

If Sean doesn't want to be noticed, Sean is not noticed.

[MSPKYE]

Originally Posted by mothers_are_saints

He was regularly in the crowd at his solo gigs whilst the support were on. Hardly anyone approached him at the gigs I was at.

Yeah he was doing the rounds at the Newbridge gig but probably had loads of friends and family there

[mothers_are_saints]

Originally Posted by MSPKYE

Yeah he was doing the rounds at the Newbridge gig but probably had loads of friends and family there

I saw him hanging around at Newbridge, Birmingham (With setlist in hand) and Sheffield. I was up on the balcony at Stoke and didn't notice him at that one

[The Gutless Wonder]

Originally Posted by mothers_are_saints

I saw him hanging around at Newbridge, Birmingham (With setlist in hand) and Sheffield. I was up on the balcony at Stoke and didn't notice him at that one

Were you at Stoke as well? You might have said before but I've probably forgotten! I was up on the balcony as well with my mate!

[mothers_are_saints]

Originally Posted by The Gutless Wonder

Were you at Stoke as well? You might have said before but I've probably forgotten! I was up on the balcony as well with my mate!

Yep, myself and my lady at the time were on the upper right hand side as you look at the stage, right at the front.

All I can remember was James dancing during ADFL whilst the audience sung parts. Cute!

[wireobsessed]

Originally Posted by hummingbird

Wasn't James seen before a gig once? Once the crowd had been let in I think

Nicky walked through the crowd at The Blackpool gig in '97, past the bar and then off towards the back of the main room. He had a huge parka on and no one noticed. My fella noticed him but didn't know who he was and asked me, he was off down the hall by then...

Cool as usual.

[hummingbird]

Originally Posted by wireobsessed

Nicky walked through the crowd at The Blackpool gig in '97, past the bar and then off towards the back of the main room. He had a huge parka on and no one noticed. My fella noticed him but didn't know who he was and asked me, he was off down the hall by then...

Cool as usual.

i'm sure someone mentioned seeing James briefly at one of the 2009 gigs around the bar.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by onqpr

My (very well trained) mum saw all three of them in Monmouth last week. The town is near Rockfield recording studios, they said they weren't really recording anything, but there's pretty much nothing else in Monmouth. How exciting!!

I went to Monmouth today and didn't see the Manics, but I did see a man walking down the high street with an owl on his shoulder. Fairly bizarre.