Jack Taylor wrote:

Elsewhere there were no problems AFAIK in dispersing the crowds.

Perhaps slightly off-topic: Going from the stadium to Wembley Park
station after the concert, one had to pass through a gauntlet of
police--one line on horses and two lines on foot. They were obviously
placed to be able to block all traffic if necessary, but why would this
have been necessary?
--
Michael Hoffman

Michael Hoffman ) gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying :

On Saturday Muse were scheduled on stage from 20:30 to 22:30,
according to the running order - the gig may well have overrun,

It rained earlier in the day so the stage was wet. There was a delay
while a bunch of people came out with pushbrooms and towels to clean
it off.

Correct me if I'm mistaken here, but isn't one of the features of the new
Wembley Stadium the ability to *close the roof* within a couple of
minutes...?

On Jun 19, 12:50 pm, Michael Hoffman wrote:
Jack Taylor wrote:
Elsewhere there were no problems AFAIK in dispersing the crowds.

Perhaps slightly off-topic: Going from the stadium to Wembley Park
station after the concert, one had to pass through a gauntlet of
police--one line on horses and two lines on foot. They were obviously
placed to be able to block all traffic if necessary, but why would this
have been necessary?
--
Michael Hoffman


To stop a sudden crowd surge towards the station. I gather that this
is going to be a standard policing method there. There was also an
additional police presence at Wembley Central because of the Met
problems

Adrian wrote:
Michael Hoffman ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

On Saturday Muse were scheduled on stage from 20:30 to 22:30,
according to the running order - the gig may well have overrun,

It rained earlier in the day so the stage was wet. There was a delay
while a bunch of people came out with pushbrooms and towels to clean
it off.

Correct me if I'm mistaken here, but isn't one of the features of the
new Wembley Stadium the ability to *close the roof* within a couple of
minutes...?

You're right. And one of the other features is that leaks.

I was impressed by the sight of the massive crowds walking down the sloping
walkways which circle the building. It was like something from a science
fiction film.

I was unimpressed with the traffic jam leaving this brand new facility. It
was like something from a science fiction film.

When the concert was over, did a voice come on the Tannoy and sayt "The Muse
has left us"?

John Rowland ) gurgled happily,
sounding much like they were saying :

It rained earlier in the day so the stage was wet. There was a delay
while a bunch of people came out with pushbrooms and towels to clean
it off.

Correct me if I'm mistaken here, but isn't one of the features of the
new Wembley Stadium the ability to *close the roof* within a couple
of minutes...?

You're right. And one of the other features is that leaks.

Bwahahahahahahahahah....

I was unimpressed with the traffic jam leaving this brand new
facility. It was like something from a science fiction film.

Mmm. We were at the Sunday George Michael gig, and it was certainly...
slow... leaving - but I don't think there's a lot more can be done about
that without flattening the entire area.

But TWENTY QUID for the "official" car park? No wonder everybody's parking
in the industrial estates for a tenner!