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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 23, 2015 6:13:10 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 27, 2015 11:53:16 GMT
  Top Gear Live: Sachins restaurant owner came within a whisker of presenting Top Gear13:18, 23 February 2015 By Keiran Southern Sachins restaurant owner, Gosforth's Bob Arora, got down to the Top Gear final four in 2003 but was narrowly beaten to the job by Richard Hammond  Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May with Sachins owner Bob AroraMeet the man who nearly landed a role on Top Gear - but was just beaten by Richard Hammond. Bob Arora, who owns Sachins Indian Restaurant, came within a whisker of landing a presenting role on the show. He narrowly missed out on playing a part in what has become a worldwide phenomenon. The near-miss 12 years ago is still fresh in the 45-year-old’s mind, and Bob can still remember the details. He said: “I was reading the Top Gear magazine one day when I saw this little advert asking for people to apply to be the next presenter of the show. “I’ve always liked cars so I jumped at the chance. They asked me to send in a three minute video to see how I was on camera. “My friend filmed me driving a Mini Cooper S and we sent it off. I got a call back from a producer saying I’d just missed out because I had no journalistic experience.”  Sachins Indian restaurant owner Bob Arora with James MayInstead, the role went to Hammond, who had experience working in motoring journalism. The rest is history, as the trio of Jeremy Clarkson,Hammond and James May have taken the world by storm and become multi-millionaires. The presenters paid Bob’s restaurant a visit on the weekend, after their three nights performing Top Gear Live at the Metro Radio Arena. He said: “I told Jeremy I had a Top Gear story for him but he rolled his eyes and said he’d heard them all. “Then when I told him he was absolutely gobsmacked, which is unusual for him. They were all talking around the table and then Jeremy asked them all to be quiet so they could listen to my story. “He said it was the best Top Gear-related story he had ever heard! He tweeted about it straight away.”  Sachins, Forth Banks, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE1 3SGBob, a successful businessman, owns Sachins Indian restaurant on Forth Banks in Newcastle alongside wife Neeta. Though he has no regrets about what happened, he still thinks about what might have been whenever he sees the show on TV. He said: “Every time the show is on, I think ‘what might have been?’ But I suppose some things just aren’t meant to be. “Customers who know about it always come in and tell me how good I’d have been on the show. “I have always loved cars, I think it’s because my dad used to work at the Ford factory in Dagenham. It runs in the family.” "Fake Geordie" Sachins Indian restaurant owner Bob Arora with Jeremy ClarksonBob moved to Newcastle with his parents 30 years ago and now lives in Gosforth, though that didn’t stop Clarkson calling him a “fake Geordie.” He still reviews car for the regions’ glossy magazines and also appears regularly on the radio discussing anything car-related. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/top-gear-live-sachins-restaurant-8701450 |
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 27, 2015 12:01:15 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 27, 2015 12:08:32 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Feb 27, 2015 12:21:59 GMT
Review: Top Gear Live at the Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle12:01, 21 February 2015 BY ANGELA UPEXAutomotive antics come to the Metro Radio Arena courtesy of Top Gear Live 2015. Angela Upex was amongst the petrolheadsThe last gig I took my son to was Jason Derulo when he was about nine at the 02 Academy. He died of shame when Derulo did a near strip and his mates still talk about it ( I imagine not in a good sense). So Friday night was my chance for maternal forgiveness as we had front row seats for Top Gear Live 2015. Thankfully there was no stripping from Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. Instead the trio brought to life their massively popular television programme with supercars, amazing stunts, pyrotechnics and some good old tyre smoke. The floor seats were removed in the arena to create an impressive driving area so the lads, their stuntmen and of course the Stig, could whizz round in their incredible cars.  Top Gear Live The boys arrived in the arena on a contraption which echoed their studio complete with sofas. They mentioned Geordie hero, AC/DC's Brian Johnson who scored highly in one of their challenges and gave Nissan a mention saying it produced more cars than the whole of Italy - I'm still yet to verify this. And so began 90 minutes of car antics for the appreciative audience - mainly men and teenage boys. To the backdrop of Iggy Pop, four stuntmen drove on to the arena and dazzled with amazing driving feats in their tiny reverse Fiestas. After the thrills came a challenge between the boys and the Stig. Last year Jeremy Clarkson showed off his personally-designed robotic car, named the P45, on a episode of Top Gear. Well it made an appearance again and was entered into a challenge. James May fashioned a vehicle which resembled a suitcase and Richard Hammond appeared to be driving a tiny chair seat. The Stig won the challenge in his P50. It was all good, knockabout stuff. And so the show continued with daft challenges, fireworks, loud bangs, edited highlights from the television programme and of course what Hammond referred to as 'automotive pornography.'  Top Gear Live presenters James May, Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond We liked the Robin Reliant challenge and the range of supercars was amazing including cars from Bentley, Nissan, Alfa Romeo, Porche and BMW. My teenage son loved the largest cage of death where seven motorcyclists rode inside a giant globe. The 'Inferno' act was also great fun with two Porches 911 in battle with a female performer and her flamethrowers, not for the faint-hearted. There was an excellent section, a bit like the film Tron, when two BMW M3s covered in more than 600 metres of LEDs arrived in the arena as part of a collaboration with LED performance company, Feeding the Fish. The cast finished the night off with six Suzukis Swifts in a game of car football, England versus Argentina. As you might have predicted Jeremy Clarkson scored the final and winning goal with a hand of God. Top Gear Live show has become a global phenomenon having played to almost two million fans in 22 countries, and I can see why. The boys have been in my living room for 12 years and they are part of the furniture. It was an evening of great fun, visually dazzling, with a backdrop of gutsy music. And I finally have a bit of credibility with the son, which believe me, is quite rare these days. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/review-top-gear-live-metro-8690731
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 2, 2015 13:38:54 GMT
From Empty Seats to SelloutsWhen the live shows began 12 years ago, they struggled to attract interest; now they fill stadiums
Joseph Dunn Published: 8 February 2015  Lewis Hamilton and Clarkson play car football in Barbados (Splash News)IF YOU think that a Top Gear Live tour of Britain sounds like a novelty, then you’re right. The last time it happened was in 2012 and it’s not lack of demand that’s been keeping the presenters away until now: it’s quite the opposite. The show has turned Clarkson, Hammond and May into international superstars, as capable as the Rolling Stones and Katy Perry of filling stadiums. With an estimated global television audience of 350m on which to draw, the trio have been taking their brand of high-octane action and tomfoolery around the world from Finland to New Zealand. Over the years, the live show has landed in 28 cities in 22 countries across five continents, notching up 334 performances and 1.9m ticket sales. Not that you’d have predicted as much back in 2003, when the ancestor of Top Gear Live (called the MPH show) was launched. Clarkson recalls playing to empty stands. “In the first year we didn’t do a very good job of letting people know there was a show on,” he says. “I remember going out on stage and thinking, ‘That’s incredible — 90% of the audience have come dressed as seats.’” Five years later, the trio were driving an armoured personnel carrier across Tower Bridge to mark the start of a £20m world tour with shows in Johannesburg, Sydney and Hong Kong. Demand for tickets continues to rise and Top Gear Live must now book stadiums or racing circuits. In 2013 the show played to 58,000 at the Warsaw National Stadium. Last year the presenters were joined by Lewis Hamilton at the Top Gear Festival Barbados.  The TV show remains as popular as ever, and even the show’s critics have been forced to acknowledge its appeal. Last week a Guardian review said: “Jeremy Clarkson embodies everything that’s wrong with straight, white, old men, pampered but inexplicably vengeful, running the country. “Top Gear is still on, still there, still hoovering up viewers in 50 countries. That requires us to admit that as a piece of television, it’s rather good.” In fact, Top Gear episodes are simulcast in 50 countries, and broadcast in more than 100 countries overall. With audiences still growing, this year’s UK tour may be the last until the Top Gear road show has worked its way round the world and back again — perhaps in another three years. www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/ingear/cars/article1515064.ece
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 20, 2015 10:08:20 GMT
CLARKSON, HAMMOND AND MAY TO HEADLINE SHOWS IN STAVANGER, Norway  Top Gear Live, in association with Atomic Soul, today, 19 December 2014, announced it will be staging two turbo-charged shows at the Sømarka Arena in March 2015. Fronted by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, together with mystery racing driver The Stig, Top Gear Live brings to life the award winning BBC TV programme. The show features breath-taking stunts, ridiculous challenges, some of the world’s most incredible cars, and the usual calamitous mucking about synonymous with the Top Gear trio. Two action-packed performances have been announced for Friday 27 March at 8pm and Saturday 28 March at 4pm. The show returns to Norway after a successful run of dates at the Telenor Arena, Oslo last month. The performance in Stavanger will feature all-new sequences together with highlights from the Olso show. Peer Osmundsvaag, Head Promoter at Atomic Soul said: “After a successful string of events in Oslo, we’re beyond excited to bring the stars and stunts from the world biggest motoring television show back to Norway. You can expect to see a pick of the best Top Gear Live moments with a selection of new, super-charged challenges and competitive racing to spur the long-running rivalry between the presenters.” Adult ticket prices for both shows start from 495 NOK. www.topgearlive.com/norway/en/information/latest-news/item/clarkson-hammond-and-may-to-headline-shows-in-stavanger
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 20, 2015 10:45:25 GMT
Jeremy Clarkson could make his Top Gear comeback next week - in NorwayJeremy Clarkson suspended: BBC Worldwide says Top Gear Live event in Norway on Friday, March 27 is still scheduled to go ahead and tickets are still for sale Jeremy Clarkson arriving home on Thursday Photo: Warren Allott/The TelegraphBy Gordon Rayner, and Hannah Furness 5:56PM GMT 19 Mar 2015The BBC has said a Top Gear Live event in Norway next week is "still scheduled to go ahead" with Jeremy Clarkson as its star. Despite postponing the three remaining episodes of this series of Top Gear, BBC Worldwide, the corporation's commercial arm, is still selling tickets for four live shows in Stavanger on Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. Insiders have said they are confident Clarkson's fate will have been decided before then, and with 20,000 tickets already sold for the Norwegian shows, BBC Worldwide does not want to have to cancel unless it has no choice. It means that if Clarkson is cleared of wrongdoing over his "fracas" with a producer, he will make his comeback alongside James May and Richard Hammond at the Sømarka Arena in Stavanger on the afternoon of March 27.  Jeremy Clarkson leaving his home in LondonBBC sources insisted the decision not to cancel the live shows should not be interpreted as a sign that they expect the BBC inquiry, led by Ken MacQuarrie, the head of BBC Scotland, to find in Clarkson's favour. A BBC Worldwide source said: "At the moment we are taking things on a day by day basis and as things stand the shows are scheduled to run as billed. It is not happening tomorrow, it is happening in eight days' time, so we are waiting to see what the investigation delivers. "No-one is really sure about the timing of the investigation's decision, so before we disappoint 20,000 fans in Norway, at the moment we are going ahead with the show." If Clarkson is sacked by the BBC, his contract with BBC Worldwide would also be terminated. Clarkson was suspended by the BBC on March 10 after reporting himself over an incident involving producer Oisin Tymon. Clarkson is alleged to have punched his collegue after being told he could not have steak and chips for dinner because the hotel where they were staying had stopped serving hot food. The ticketmaster website is still advertising tickets for the Norway shows for sale at between £42 and £99. Clarkson, who is paid a seven-figure salary to present Top Gear, has a separate seven-figure contract with BBC Worldwide to host the Top Gear Live events around the world. And while his contract with the BBC is due to expire at the end of this month, his BBC Worldwide contract runs until September, with live shows booked for Australia and South Africa as well as the UK. It means that if Clarkson is sacked BBC Worldwide would potentially face a much bigger compensation bill for the cancellation of the live shows than it would for the cancellation of the remaining three episodes of the current series of Top Gear. The Top Gear live shows employ dozens of people, including stunt drivers, motorcyclists and roadies, and involve complex stunts with flame-throwers, ramps, chariots and acrobats. Most of the equipment and vehicles have to be shipped from the UK for each show, making them hugely expensive to stage. The Top Gear team is contracted to host live shows in Sydney in April, Belfast in May, South Africa in June and the O2 Arena in London in November. Meanwhile, the BBC reported that the Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans had said a friend had texted his show after eight days of silence. "It's like a weight's lifted off his shoulders," the DJ said, without elaborating. James May spent the day visiting his talent agency, which joked that it was looking for work for its new office boy. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11482706/Jeremy-Clarkson-could-make-his-Top-Gear-comeback-next-week-in-Norway.html
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 22, 2015 21:14:09 GMT
AnnouncementTop Gear Live regret to inform ticket holders for next week’s shows in Stavanger, Norway that we will be postponing all 4 performances, with rescheduled dates for later this year to be confirmed within the next fortnight. We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this will cause fans and we will endeavour to contact all ticket holders directly to inform them of the change of dates. - See more at: www.topgearlive.com/norway/en/#sthash.c0aUAUf7.dpuf
Top Gear Live shows cancelled as Jeremy Clarkson's future thrown into further doubtOnly last week the BBC insisted the events would go ahead as planned, despite Clarkson’s suspension for allegedly punching a producer in a row over hot food  Jeremy ClarksonBy Bill Gardner 6:12PM GMT 22 Mar 2015 The BBC has cancelled a Top Gear Live event that was set to go ahead in Norway next week with Jeremy Clarkson as its star. In another indication that the corporation may be about to sack the controversial presenter, a spokesman apologised to fans and said the four shows would need to be rescheduled. Only last week, the BBC insisted the events would go ahead as planned, despite Clarkson’s suspension for allegedly punching a producer in a row over hot food. Insiders said Top Gear Live's producers did not want to disappoint the 20,000 fans who had booked tickets. But the last minute cancellation suggests a change of heart behind the scenes, and that Clarkson’s days at the BBC may be numbered. His fate is expected to be announced this week after he gave evidence to an inquiry headed by Ken MacQuarrie, head of BBC Scotland. Clarkson, who is paid a seven-figure salary to present Top Gear, has a separate seven-figure contract with BBC Worldwide to host the Top Gear Live events around the world. And while his contract with the BBC is due to expire at the end of this month, his BBC Worldwide contract runs until September, with live shows booked for Australia and South Africa as well as the UK. The Top Gear live shows employ dozens of people, including stunt drivers, motorcyclists and roadies, and involve complex stunts with flame-throwers, ramps, chariots and acrobats. Most of the equipment and vehicles have to be shipped from the UK for each show, making them hugely expensive to stage. A BBC spokesman said the other shows would go ahead as planned, despite the uncertainty over Clarkson's future. The presenter was suspended by the BBC on March 10 after reporting himself over an incident involving producer Oisin Tymon. Clarkson is alleged to have punched his collegue after being told he could not have steak and chips for dinner because the hotel where they were staying had stopped serving hot food. The BBC spokesman said: “Top Gear Live regrets to inform ticket holders for next week’s shows in Stavanger, Norway that we will be postponing all 4 performances, with rescheduled dates for later this year to be confirmed within the next fortnight.
“We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this will cause fans and we will endeavour to contact all ticket holders directly to inform them of the change of dates. At present, all other Top Gear Live dates will run as scheduled.”
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11488735/Top-Gear-Live-shows-cancelled-as-Jeremy-Clarksons-future-thrown-into-further-doubt.html
BBC postpones Top Gear Live show due to uncertainty over fate of Clarkson
Fans are likely to be able to claim for a refund if they cannot make new dates for motoring show organised by BBC Worldwide
 
BBC Worldwide told Top Gear Live ticket holders that an event scheduled to take place in Norway has been postponed. Photograph: Koen van Weel/EPA
Mark Sweney
Sunday 22 March 2015 13.30 EDT 17.30 GMT Last modified on Sunday 22 March 2015 13.47 EDT
The BBC has been forced to postpone a live Top Gear show due to be attended by almost 20,000 people due to ongoing uncertainty over the fate of presenter Jeremy Clarkson’s amid allegations he punched a producer.
BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, runs an annual global tour called Top Gear Live, with the next event scheduled to take place in Stavanger, Norway, with four shows on 27 and 28 March.
Clarkson is critical to the shows, having appeared at every Top Gear Live event run by the BBC. But he remains suspended while the corporation concludes its inquiry into the star’s “fracas” with a producer while filming the show.
Top Gear Live regrets to inform ticket holders for next week’s shows in Stavanger, Norway, that we will be postponing all four performances, with rescheduled dates for later this year to be confirmed within the next fortnight,” said a spokesman for the event. “We sincerely apologise for the inconvenience this will cause fans and we will endeavour to contact all ticket holders directly to inform them of the change of date.”
It is understood that about 18,000 fans had bought tickets to the event, paying from £45 to £100 each. Fans are likely to be able to claim for a refund if they cannot make the new dates. However, it is not standard practice in the event industry to refund travel and accommodation costs fans may have already paid for.
The corporation’s inquiry into the incident is expected to report back next week.
Such uncertainty over Clarkson’s participation has not left BBC Worldwide – which runs the live shows as a joint venture with partner Brand Events – with the confidence or the time to ensure it delivers the Top Gear Live event it has billed to fans.
Top Gear Live has a string of events lined up this year in Sydney in April, Belfast in May, Sheffield and Johannesburg in June and at London’s O2 in November.
“At present, all other Top Gear Live dates will run as scheduled,” said a spokesman.
In the event that Clarkson is fired it is not clear what will happen to the Top Gear Live world tour. Clarkson has appeared at every Top Gear Live event the BBC has run, while James May and Richard Hammond only appear at some shows.
www.theguardian.com/media/2015/mar/22/bbc-worldwide-postpones-top-gear-live-clarkson
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 27, 2015 19:32:32 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 31, 2015 16:15:08 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 31, 2015 16:29:24 GMT
Top Gear Live
ANNOUCEMENT:We are delighted to now be able to confirm categorically that all three presenters will take part in the forthcoming Live shows scheduled to take place in Belfast 22-24 May, Sheffield 5-7 June and London 27-29 November. Further to an announcement by BBC Worldwide the events will not feature any BBC branding or content but there will be plenty of the stunts, supercars, challenges and the irreverent humour you know and love from the trio - they’ll also go by the new name of ‘Clarkson, Hammond and May Live’.  www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=940072186032627
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 31, 2015 16:49:30 GMT
BBC Worldwide statement on Top Gear Live remaining datesCategory: BBC Worldwide BBC Worldwide statement on Top Gear Live remaining dates:BBC Worldwide statement on Top Gear Live remaining dates:
“So as not to disappoint the thousands of people around the world who have already purchased tickets, BBC Worldwide has agreed with our joint venture partner Brand Events that the remainder of the tour can continue. These events will not however feature any BBC Top Gear branding or content. We believe this is a sensible approach in the circumstances.”(A decision has also been made to reschedule the Festival planned for Sydney in April until July of this year and will instead become an indoor arena show staged in both Melbourne on 18-19 July and Sydney on 25 -26 July. The live shows that were due to have taken place in Stavanger, Norway last weekend have been re-scheduled to 20-21 June. We are confirming the full details directly to ticket holders in their local markets.) Brand Events statement: “This is a great solution for the fans. We’d like to thank our ticket holders for their continued patience. The fans are the most important people to Jeremy, Richard and James so we’re delighted to be able to say ‘we’re still coming’. We’re sure it’ll be something you won’t want to miss.”
www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/worldwide/2015/top-gear-live-statement
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 31, 2015 16:59:26 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Mar 31, 2015 17:03:13 GMT
Top Gear Live: Good News For Ticket-HoldersPosted by TopGear.com 5:22 pm on Tuesday March 31, 2015  Good news if you’re a ticket-holder for Top Gear Live: it has today been confirmed that the 2015 world tour will go ahead, renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live. BBC Worldwide has announced that, in the best interests of those who have already purchased tickets, the live arena show will go on with its original three presenters, but without the Top Gear name or BBC branding. “So as not to disappoint the thousands of people around the world who have already purchased tickets, BBC Worldwide has agreed with our joint venture partner Brand Events that the remainder of the tour can continue,” said a spokeman. “These events will not, however, feature any BBC Top Gear branding or content. We believe this is a sensible approach in the circumstances.” It has also been confirmed that the live shows due to take place in Stavanger, Norway last weekend have been rescheduled to 20-21 June. The Festival that had been planned to run in Sydney, Australia in April will become an indoor arena show, staged in Melbourne on 18-19 July, and Sydney on 25-26 July. Full details of the tour will be confirmed to ticket-holders in their local markets. The 2015 tour will end in November at London’s O2 Arena. “This is a great solution for the fans,” said a spokesman for Brand Events. “We’d like to thank our ticket-holders for their continued patience. The fans are the most important people to Jeremy, Richard and James, so we’re delighted to be able to say, ‘We’re still coming’…” transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2015/03/31/top-gear-live-good-news-for-ticket-holders/
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 1, 2015 0:08:07 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 2, 2015 16:47:24 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 11:54:04 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on Apr 24, 2015 13:00:37 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 1, 2015 5:05:24 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 1, 2015 5:39:52 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 1, 2015 6:10:15 GMT
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 1, 2015 7:20:41 GMT
For Top Gear fans still struggling to deal with Jeremy Clarkson's firing from the show, his reunion with former co-stars Richard Hammond and James May on Thursday will be greeted with delight. While the trio may not ever appear on the BBC programme together again, they were hard at work on their new arena tour, Clarkson, Hammond & May Live. They gathered together in the market town of Petersfield in Hampshire on Thursday to prepare for the tour, after enjoying a meal at the Earl Of March pub in Sussex the night before. Sources told MailOnline that there were eight people at the dinner, Didn’t get much but had a brief chat to one worker at the pub who said this: Clarkson, Hammond, May, a female friend of Clarkson’s, and four others, one of whom was thought to be an agent. The pub is just a 24 minute drive to Petersfield and about five minutes from Goodwood where the trio were said to be secretly filming after Chris Evans first sparked a rumour on on Radio 2. The source said staff had no idea the Top Gear crew were the table of eight that had booked but Clarkson and his friend arrived first, followed by the others. Everyone in the pub was quite relaxed, with no one asking for autographs although the group were placed in the private dining room, not in the main part of the pub or restaurant.  Look who's back; Jeremy Clarkson reunited with James May and Richard Hammond to work on their arena tour, Clarkson, Hammond and May, in Hampshire on Thursday  Same tour, different brand: The new arena tour is a rebranding of the trio's Top Gear Live   The boys are back: Clarkson, May and Hammond enjoyed a catch up as they got to work on preparations for their arena tour       Boys and their toys! They filmed a segment involving dirt bikes for Hammond and May and bizarrely, a wheelbarrow for Clarkson  Can't contain themselves: While Jeremy's experiment appeared to go wrong, his co-stars couldn't resist laughing at him                       Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3062948/The-boys-town-Jeremy-Clarkson-reunites-Gear-stars-Richard-Hammond-James-work-trio-time-firing-BBC.html#ixzz3YrTJt9CP |
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 3, 2015 6:17:53 GMT
EXCLUSIVE: THE REAL REASON CLARKSON, HAMMOND AND MAY HAVE BEEN FILMING AT GOODWOODIt wasn't what you thinkBy Sunday Times Driving Published 30 April 2015  JEREMY CLARKSON, Richard Hammond and James May have been spotted back together in front of the camera for the first time since the BBC suspended Clarkson over a so-called fracas with a Top Gear producer – but Driving can reveal that they were not hatching plans for a new motoring TV show. The trio were spotted at Goodwood, West Sussex, with a fleet of cars, which has prompted speculation that they have begun work on a successor to Top Gear. Clarkson was seen in a green Lamborghini Huracan, while May arrived in a yellow Ferrari 458, which is due to be replaced (as he discussed in Driving on Sunday). Associates tweeted pictures of a long line-up of supercars, including the new Mercedes-AMG GT S and the McLaren 650S , as well as Suzuki Swifts prepared for a game of car football. Chris Evans stoked the rumours by announcing, on his Radio 2 show, that the presenters were holding talks at Goodwood about “a very secret thing”. But Driving can reveal the real reason for the reunion: they are filming video footage for their upcoming live shows. The shows were previously branded Top Gear Live and were scheduled to run until the end of the year. However, with the presenters now out of contract with the BBC, the shows have been renamed Clarkson, Hammond and May Live and will no longer feature BBC content and properties, including the Stig and footage from the TV shows, which were part of the running order. “It’s left a big hole in the shows,” said a source close to the production. “They were going to show the audience some of the best bits from Top Gear, to fill the time while they set up the next stunt, so they’ve had to come up with some new ideas and film them before the first show starts.” Rowly French, creative director of Top Gear Live and now Clarkson, Hammond and May Live, posted several tweets, showing the cars that will appear in the shows. As well as supercars and Suzuki Swifts, they included a monster truck and a souped-up bus. The first Clarkson, Hammond and May Live show will be in Belfast on May 22. The tour continues to Sheffield and London and will also take in Stavanger, in Norway, Johannesburg in South Africa and the Australian cities of Melbourne and Sydney. For more information, visit the Clarkson, Hammond and May website. www.driving.co.uk/news/exclusive-the-real-reason-clarkson-hammond-and-may-have-been-filming-at-goodwood/
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Post by RedMoon11 on May 7, 2015 8:13:13 GMT
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