Keep it Peel at Maida Vale

[djhc2@...]

I went to a few of the live sets at Maida Vale. Security consists of 
checking at the door (by Hermeet or one of the crew) who is on their 
list - there was certainly no touching and nothing intimidating about 
it. I took a camera each time and so did plenty of others; the 
DJs/bands didn't object and Peel himself ensured he got some good 
positions to take some pics. There was obviously an official BBC 
photographer taking pics to load stuff onto the web but no-one seemed 
to mind that the rest of us were snapping away.

All I'd say now is that there's no knowing whether the absence of 
Peel's benign influence may have changed things - perhaps take your 
camera phone and wait and see if anyone else starts taking pics, then 
if no alarms go off, go for it. I'd be astonished if that ever 
extended to frisking though, or confiscating your phone. Have a great 
evening.

David Clifford

>
>Message: 2         
>   Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:03:01 -0000 (GMT)
>   From: festive50@...
>Subject: Keep it Peel at Maida Vale
>
>Has anyone on list been to any of the sessions at Maida Vale?
>Somehow, by sheer fluke, I've got an invite to the Keep it Peel gig 
and in
>invite it says "Security have asked us to remind you that cameras are 
not
>allowed inside the venue".
>Is this a strict rule and are camera phones allowed, or do they frisk 
you
>for them?
>Also, only just discovered, it's being shown on BBC4 live.
>Phil