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lonelybritJust a quick initial reaction to the Rift today. Firstly, rather disorganised, there were delays and queues all over the place. But I still give it a firm thumbs up - all the guests were brilliant and the Q&A sessions great fun.
But the main highlight, as it were, came at the end of the day. We all settled in our seats for Marster's concert, only for his manager Steven to come onstage and announce that due to sickness the gig was cancelled. Refunds were offered for those that wanted, and for those willing to stay for a bit, Kai Owen had volunteered to try and entertain us for a few minutes since there was no-one else around. He was obviously, and quickly warned us that he was, very drunk.
What followed has got to have been the most cracktastic 40/50 minutes of my life. Kai swore like a trooper pretty much constantly but actually managed to hold the fort for nearly half an hour until the cavalry arrived. Or at least Gareth David-Lloyd joined the fray (he'd phoned to see how it was going and was told Kai was doing stand-up. His reaction: 'Oh f**k.') Highlights included Gareth and some audience member massacring Grease's 'Summer Nights', Kai singing in general (great voice), Kai singing a hymn (Bread of heaven, bread of heaven...) with Gareth providing the human beatbox backup, and Gareth singing some hard blues-y song with Steven providing the backup dancing.
They kept on apologising for cancelling the gig, saying James would really have been there if he could, and then thanking us repeatedly for sticking around anyway. One of these apologies/thanks leading to Gareth pointing to us as we cheered and applauded one of his and Kai's tuneful efforts and going 'Kai, that is fandom.' Whereupon we all felt rather proud and chuffed and cheered a bit more :)
But the main highlight, as it were, came at the end of the day. We all settled in our seats for Marster's concert, only for his manager Steven to come onstage and announce that due to sickness the gig was cancelled. Refunds were offered for those that wanted, and for those willing to stay for a bit, Kai Owen had volunteered to try and entertain us for a few minutes since there was no-one else around. He was obviously, and quickly warned us that he was, very drunk.
What followed has got to have been the most cracktastic 40/50 minutes of my life. Kai swore like a trooper pretty much constantly but actually managed to hold the fort for nearly half an hour until the cavalry arrived. Or at least Gareth David-Lloyd joined the fray (he'd phoned to see how it was going and was told Kai was doing stand-up. His reaction: 'Oh f**k.') Highlights included Gareth and some audience member massacring Grease's 'Summer Nights', Kai singing in general (great voice), Kai singing a hymn (Bread of heaven, bread of heaven...) with Gareth providing the human beatbox backup, and Gareth singing some hard blues-y song with Steven providing the backup dancing.
They kept on apologising for cancelling the gig, saying James would really have been there if he could, and then thanking us repeatedly for sticking around anyway. One of these apologies/thanks leading to Gareth pointing to us as we cheered and applauded one of his and Kai's tuneful efforts and going 'Kai, that is fandom.' Whereupon we all felt rather proud and chuffed and cheered a bit more :)
