Taylor Swift was left speechless by the largest crowd she’s fronted on her record-breaking tour when she took to the stage in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday evening.
Almost 100,000 fans were in the crowd at the city’s famous cricket ground (the McG) for her biggest concert so far – and they did not go unnoticed by Swift.
She told them: “If I seem a little bit like I’m losing my mind over the fact that there are 96,000 people here tonight … it’s because it’s true. This is the biggest show that we’ve ever done. I’m fully starstruck by the fact so many people wanted to hang out with us on a Friday night in Melbourne!”
Fun fact: The Cricket Club’s CEO Stuart Fox said in an interview last week replacing the turf after Swift’s three concerts will cost $1.5 Aus million.
One concert-goer described...
Almost 100,000 fans were in the crowd at the city’s famous cricket ground (the McG) for her biggest concert so far – and they did not go unnoticed by Swift.
She told them: “If I seem a little bit like I’m losing my mind over the fact that there are 96,000 people here tonight … it’s because it’s true. This is the biggest show that we’ve ever done. I’m fully starstruck by the fact so many people wanted to hang out with us on a Friday night in Melbourne!”
Fun fact: The Cricket Club’s CEO Stuart Fox said in an interview last week replacing the turf after Swift’s three concerts will cost $1.5 Aus million.
One concert-goer described...
- 2/17/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
Melbourne, Dec 29 (Ians) On seeing the unprecedented success of the India-Pakistan Super 12 match in the T20 World Cup, the Melbourne Cricket Club (McC) chief Stuart Fox revealed that he has initiated conversations about hosting a Test match between the two nations at the McG.
India and Pakistan have not played a Test match against each other since 2007 when the former won by 1-0 at home. The two countries have not played against each other in bilateral international cricket outside of the Odi, T20 World Cups, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup since 2013.
Speaking to the Sen Test cricket show during day four of the Australia-South Africa Test at the McG, Fox expressed interest in hosting a Test match between India and Pakistan after 90,293 fans packed the McG on October 23 and got their money’s worth as the match was decided in a last-ball thriller in India’s favour, with Virat Kohli...
India and Pakistan have not played a Test match against each other since 2007 when the former won by 1-0 at home. The two countries have not played against each other in bilateral international cricket outside of the Odi, T20 World Cups, Champions Trophy and Asia Cup since 2013.
Speaking to the Sen Test cricket show during day four of the Australia-South Africa Test at the McG, Fox expressed interest in hosting a Test match between India and Pakistan after 90,293 fans packed the McG on October 23 and got their money’s worth as the match was decided in a last-ball thriller in India’s favour, with Virat Kohli...
- 12/29/2022
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Nov 19 (Ians) The drop-in pitches at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (McG) may not be as well-prepared for next month's second Test between India and Australia due to a lack of trial on the pitch, Melbourne Cricket Club (McC) chief executive Stuart Fox has said.
"It is a concern for me because I would like to give them every opportunity to trial the pitches but we [were to have had] a test event the other day and Cricket Victoria were supporting us, we were meant to have players and a two-day game and we had the pitch ready to go but the game got cancelled the night before and that was really, ultimately, the result of the situation in South Australia," Fox was quoted as saying by the Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Plans for a two-day trial match at the McG this week to test the drop-in pitches were abandoned. "I think it...
"It is a concern for me because I would like to give them every opportunity to trial the pitches but we [were to have had] a test event the other day and Cricket Victoria were supporting us, we were meant to have players and a two-day game and we had the pitch ready to go but the game got cancelled the night before and that was really, ultimately, the result of the situation in South Australia," Fox was quoted as saying by the Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
Plans for a two-day trial match at the McG this week to test the drop-in pitches were abandoned. "I think it...
- 11/19/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Nov 17 (Ians) Melbourne Cricket Ground (McG) chief Stuart Fox has offered to host the first Test if Adelaide fails to do so due to the coronavirus outbreak in South Australia, the state where the match venue is located. Thematch starts on December 17.
"If the game had to be moved, the McC would be ready to mobilise and the McG would be available," Fox told The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
McG is scheduled to host the Boxing Day second Test from December 26.
Sydney Cricket Ground had also offered to help, although Scg chairman Tony Shepherd did not expect the need to arise.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said he is hopeful the first Test will take place at the Adelaide Oval, but he did not guarantee it.
"We are still hopeful that the cricket will go ahead. What we are doing in South Australia is putting all those people...
"If the game had to be moved, the McC would be ready to mobilise and the McG would be available," Fox told The Age and Sydney Morning Herald.
McG is scheduled to host the Boxing Day second Test from December 26.
Sydney Cricket Ground had also offered to help, although Scg chairman Tony Shepherd did not expect the need to arise.
South Australian Premier Steven Marshall said he is hopeful the first Test will take place at the Adelaide Oval, but he did not guarantee it.
"We are still hopeful that the cricket will go ahead. What we are doing in South Australia is putting all those people...
- 11/17/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Melbourne, Oct 28 (Ians) A cap of 25,000 -- which is one-fourth of the total capacity of the Melbourne Cricket Ground -- has been kept for the Boxing Day Test to be played between Australia and India this year amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
India will be touring Australia for three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests, scheduled to be played between November 27 and January 19. Virat Kohli-led Team India will begin the title defence of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17. It will be followed by Tests at the McG (December 26), the Sydney Cricket Ground (January 7) and the Gabba (January 15).
The Victorian government, Melbourne Cricket Club and Cricket Australia will develop a "COVIDSafe plan" to enable members and fans to safely attend the Test.
"Under our new COVIDSafe protocols, we're working closely with the Victorian government and Cricket Australia to host this year's Boxing Day Test at the McG,...
India will be touring Australia for three ODIs, three T20Is and four Tests, scheduled to be played between November 27 and January 19. Virat Kohli-led Team India will begin the title defence of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with the pink-ball Test in Adelaide from December 17. It will be followed by Tests at the McG (December 26), the Sydney Cricket Ground (January 7) and the Gabba (January 15).
The Victorian government, Melbourne Cricket Club and Cricket Australia will develop a "COVIDSafe plan" to enable members and fans to safely attend the Test.
"Under our new COVIDSafe protocols, we're working closely with the Victorian government and Cricket Australia to host this year's Boxing Day Test at the McG,...
- 10/28/2020
- by IANS
- GlamSham
Phoebe Fox was born in to an acting family, the daughter of actors Stuart Fox and Prue Clarke. When she was a young girl, she got to see her mother play Cinderella. “I was seven or eight and couldn’t get over the fact my mom was Cinderella,” she says with a laugh. “To me, it just seemed like the best job, playing make-believe.”
After attending the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada), Fox soon made a name for herself onstage in plays like “A View from the Bridge” opposite Mark Strong and films like “Eye in the Sky” and “The Aeronauts.”
This week, she can be seen in two very different roles: now available on digital and streaming is “Intrigo: Samaria,” a mystery from Swedish director Daniel Alfredson; the film is the third in a trilogy of films based on stories from acclaimed Swedish writer Håkan Nesser. Fox plays Paula,...
After attending the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada), Fox soon made a name for herself onstage in plays like “A View from the Bridge” opposite Mark Strong and films like “Eye in the Sky” and “The Aeronauts.”
This week, she can be seen in two very different roles: now available on digital and streaming is “Intrigo: Samaria,” a mystery from Swedish director Daniel Alfredson; the film is the third in a trilogy of films based on stories from acclaimed Swedish writer Håkan Nesser. Fox plays Paula,...
- 5/11/2020
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
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