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by SloshedAndVexed @ 2008-05-07 - 20:00:37

I decided to 'go for it' and get  a ticket for Nelson Mandela's Birthday Concert at Hyde Park , London , on June 27th ;
Because of peculiarities of AOL the link to the page to print my ticket from did'nt work , until I eventually had the idea of signing into aol.co.uk on internet explorer , which worked fine , except I then could'nt get off of that site : This poor  ageing computer 'freezes up' on the internet at least every other day .
Anyway I think that U2 will play  though that's uncomfirmed , as is Paul McCartney , and much of the already announced musical line up is impressive enough , not to mention Will Smith , Bill Clinton , Robert de Niro , Gordon Brown and Mandela himself likely to be there for some of the long duration  ;  It'll start at 2pm but I plan to be there from around six-ish .
It's entirely not imposssible that there could be other audience members there who I know .
I would'nt be surprised to see Tony and Cherie  luxuriating in the Ultra-VIP section .
You may have seen a tv documentary a couple of years ago about a lady called Chris who has early-onset Alzheimers disease .
In it she was in a painting class with a group of fellow Alzheimers victims , painting , I think it was , Cambridge Cathedral .
On her painting she added the words 'I hate Tony ' and 'I hate Cherie'.
Which seems a very good indicator  of mental well-being to me !
Co-incidentally the programme also featured her having a holiday in Southwold with her daughter , and , having packed everything I was bringing here , on a little black and white tv I watched a repeat of that programme , in bed the night before I moved here , in December '06 .

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2008-05-07 @ 21:23

I heard an interview with one of Queen's group and an organiser of the concert, he said it wasn't going to last too long...around three or so hours, so be careful you don't miss it if you arrive at six...LOL...hate to see you get all the way and it's over...he says Mandala couldn't sit through a long concert...big hugs...

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SloshedAndVexedSloshedAndVexed pro
2008-05-07 @ 23:01

Hi , Thanks Jenny , I'll look into that , and if necessary change my travel arrangements as at present I should be arriving in London at around 2.20pm that day , but , what with all the acts announced , and rumoured to be performing , I can't believe that it'll only last three hours ; It's on a friday so many will miss the afternoon and I'm sure that many would be extremely disappointed if it did'nt continue into the evening , and no one can expect 90 y.o NM to be there for the entire duration ,
Big Hugs Returned , ~ Martin . -x-

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