Oxfam America Tour Blog: 19 November 2008

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Better make it quick.

Houston, Texas. Home of one very famous and powerful man. Home of the ‘Rockets’ NBA team. I have seen a few very tall people walking around today.. Yao Ming is not small. Here we are in a huge state. 13′000 people have come to see the Coldplay show. All 26′000-or-so eyes, are now firmly fixed on the stage, on 4 guys who formed a band thousands of miles away, and wrote a song, and it was called ‘Yellow’. Probably also another 100 or so transfixed eyes are from crew members, waiting to jump in if anything goes wrong. I was just about to try to work out how many eyes might belong to people who also signed up with Oxfam tonight.. but i’m not sure my brain can do that..

The crowd are making all sorts of noises. Some of them screaming so loud, they must be sore. I didn’t think one pair of lungs could make that much noise, before I came on this tour. It’s been a great night for our Oxfam group. Loads of people have shown an interest. Feet were flooding through the doors, and heading right over to our Oxfam tables. Listening carefully.. taking it in, and then taking the pen (don’t worry i’m not going to go on about pens again - even though they are amazing).

It’s a ’short’ trip to Dallas tonight. Once the band are done, and the cases have rolled. I’ve been impressed by Houston. I didn’t know what to expect. I wasn’t so impressed by the Bond movie last night.. but then, I guess I knew what to expect. It’s time for ‘Politik’. Marguerite (from production), knew what to expect..

“Ooopen up your eyeees”. Like I said. They are all open, and staring at the stage. This band has got everyone’s attention. The great news, is that they are also bringing attention to poverty and to Oxfam’s work to overcome it.

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