GiGi Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 14 minutes ago, Ric said: Now I think that is a better topic, which famous people have abused you. You can start it but the authorities will be phoning div for a chat. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Blethered to a few musicians at gigs actually now I think about it actually. Roddy Woomble while seeing The Icarus Line, Stuart Braithwaite at The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, that stroppy one who stormed off NMTB from The Ordinary Boys at a Kaiser Chiefs gig, a couple of lads from The Rapture while watching Au Revoir Simone at a festival. Was backstage at that and was asked by a lass from Au Revoir Simone what band I was in, never felt cooler! Also in the 'musicians not at gigs' category I seen Dougie Vipond paying for some petrol in Straiton on my way to IKEA once Edited September 3, 2021 by Christophe 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: It's a good joke. I can see why you wanted to post it. I can pretend I've met Evan Dando from The Lemonheads and you can post it again. Funnily enough I have actually met Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, GiGi said: You can start it but the authorities will be phoning div for a chat. I believe so long as those famous people are not Cowan and Cosgrove, you are free to post it... 1 minute ago, Christophe said: Stuart Braithwaite He is surprisingly chatty, I've spoken to him a few times (as a punter, of course) after gigs in the Arches - which it has to be said was THE place to watch Mogwai. I've met Goldie once, he's not overly famous of course, after a gig of his in Aberdeen. He was either dating or had just finished dating Bjork (so this was late 90s?) and while drinking champagne and chatting to him while off my tits on E, the thought did occur to me that when I shook his hand I had "kevin bacon'ed" my way to 2 degree of separation between me and Bjork's 'front bottom'. Edited September 3, 2021 by Ric 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunfermline Don Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I worked on a well known ocean liner back in the 90s. The wifey it was named after came on with her husband a couple of times.Jimmy Savile was also a regular traveler. But one of my claims to fame is being in the same team photo as Kenny Dalgleish when he was onboard and met up with the ships football team. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Shandrix Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 14 minutes ago, Craig the Hunter said: Funnily enough I have actually met Evan Dando of The Lemonheads. Wow. He gets about doesn't he. I too have met Evan Dando. Served him in Fopp. Lots of other pop stars. Gil Scott Heron was great but utterly fucked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Ive met Simon Cowell, he was a nice guy, decent with people asking for a pic and stuff instead of the tv persona (that said i generally agreed with him when he called someone shite). Met Ernie Els at Saint Andrews nice guy, also had a chat with Huey Lewis who was a bit of a w**k. Met Princess Anne at the opening of some shite thing somewhere, had to hold back my pro republican sentiment, tbf shes the royal id probably spare from the Guillotine anyway. Sold mens underwear to Michelle Mone before her man left her, she was a stuck up bitch. She was a regular in the shop i worked in. Met Alan Carr in the same shop, nice enough guy, certainly is as he is on the tv. Met the guitarists of Eagles of Death metal working in the Apple Shop in Glasgow, invited me to the show that night after i told them a story about how the singer Jesse had invited me to a show after meeting him at HMV Buchanan Street then the fucker failed to put my name on the list, they laughed and invited me to the after party etc, tbh I couldnt be arsed and didnt want the embarrassment of going and getting a KB again. They’re both music producers so it was cool to have a chat with them about music and california etc. I did some voluntary work with Make a wish and accompanied some kids on celeb meets, so ive met the Wiggles (girl was a wid), some wwe wrestlers and a visit to the set of Still Game, the cast were decent with the kids, Sanjeev Kholi went out his way to miss his lunch to spend time with them and the boy who played that awful character with the teeth was genuinely lovely to them (which made me feel bad that i hated the character). I once got shouted at by a Blues Musician called John Mayall who basically discovered Eric Clapton, I was selling concert merchandise and he came out to give the guys the stock and I asked him what it was like playing with Clapton and he said with a fiery anger in his eyes ‘Clapton played with me’. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Dunfermline Don said: I worked on a well known ocean liner back in the 90s. The wifey it was named after came on with her husband a couple of times. Jimmy Savile was also a regular traveler. But one of my claims to fame is being in the same team photo as Kenny Dalgleish when he was onboard and met up with the ships football team. ^^^ Doorman for the Herald of Free Enterprise 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesher Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 I was staying at the same hotel as the Spain team when we played them in Alicante. Got my picture taken with Iker Casillas. He looked fuming. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Got Terry Wogan's autograph in Gleneagles. Shook Jon Pertwee's mitt on Bath Street. Ate sushi sitting next to Colin Macrae at Schiphol Airport. I appear to be some kind of curse 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, thistledo said: I've had a chat with Tony Blair in the past. Can't really divulge much more... ^ ^ ^ George Dubya. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Sam Torrance at the Dunhill Cup years ago when it was a good tournament. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distant Doonhamer Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 hour ago, scottsdad said: In my (almost) 42 years, I have hardly met any famous people. I once had a long-ish conversation with Fred McAuley at a charity do and that is about it. What about P&Bers? Have you done naked sword fighting with Derek Ferguson in a gym changing room? Sank a few pints with Harrison Ford? High-fived Gary Lineker at a bukkake party? What is your story? By an amazing co-incidence I've done all of these. Other than that shook hands with Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) in 1972 when he received the Freedom Of the Town of Langholm. Langholm being the traditional seat of the Clan Armstrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Does Alan Rough count? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meldrew Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) Sir Alex Ferguson Edited September 3, 2021 by Meldrew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 1 minute ago, Melanius Mullarkey said: Does Alan Rough count? Only up to 10. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 (edited) I blagged my way into "The End" club in London pretending to be Stuart Murdoch of Belle &Sebastian. It was Brit Award night in 99/2000. Mr C (from The Shamen) came into the VIP bogs and correctly said "You ain't that geezer from that band" but laughed, told me it was "top blagging" and patted me on the back and had a chat. Sister Bliss was the DJ. Never met her but got free drinks which didn't really mix well with the pingers. The absurdity of youth! Edit- Mr C owned the club. He was sound. Edited September 3, 2021 by speckled tangerine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 3 minutes ago, speckled tangerine said: patted me on the back and had a chat. Pre or post pish? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 Just now, Melanius Mullarkey said: Pre or post pish? Post pish. After a dod of Paco Rabanne proffered by a midget, along with a chupa chup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFTD Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 John Major was driven past me in some kind of limo late at night in a notoriously downmarket area of Kent. He was trying to hide behind a paper while some of the local kids tried to steal a wee flag from the back of the car. I forget what, but something politically momentous had happened earlier in the day, and all I could think was, "what are you doing here? Get back to work!" Back when he was popular, I ended up stalking Alec Salmond through the streets of Stirling, onto the train to Alloa, then saw him again in the town centre. Not on purpose, his Forth Valley gladhanding mission just always seemed to be going where I was. He did give me a worried look when I said "hello again" as we both stepped off the train together. Understandable. Met a handful of MPs and MSPs through work, and they've all been quite dull folk who just wanted to get the photo opportunity out of the way and get back to whatever they spend their days doing. I started trying to avoid their visits after a while; politicians love hanging about charities that they've f**k all to do with. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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