0:00:02 > 0:00:05Pete Doherty is by far the most important man of our generation,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08the most talented writer and poet, because he can teach us that,
0:00:08 > 0:00:11you know, life can be a mess, but you have to appreciate those times,
0:00:11 > 0:00:15because if you don't appreciate those times, how are you going to appreciate it when something's
0:00:15 > 0:00:17glorious or something magical's happening?
0:00:17 > 0:00:18MUSIC: Song 2 by Blur
0:00:20 > 0:00:23Pop music has chronicled our lives and brought us closer together.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28This is its story, told by those who love it the most.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30The fans.
0:00:31 > 0:00:33SCREAMING
0:00:33 > 0:00:34Over the last year,
0:00:34 > 0:00:37fans from all over the country have been digging out and sharing with us
0:00:37 > 0:00:41some of their most treasured, rare and personal memorabilia.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43A home-made tribute.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44A special snapshot.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46A cheeky biro.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50All precious and all with a wonderful story.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54We've underlined all the words
0:00:54 > 0:00:56that really meant something to us at the time!
0:00:56 > 0:00:59They probably don't mean anything now, do they, though?
0:00:59 > 0:01:03The rave scene brought people together and gave us smiley culture!
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This is my first album, Catch A Fire.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Sister took me down to Woolworths to buy this one.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17So, whether you're a fan of grime or indie, synthpop or jazz,
0:01:17 > 0:01:21girl bands, prog, or if, like me, you're fond of a bit of dance and hip-hop,
0:01:21 > 0:01:26this is about us, the people at the very heart of this thing called pop.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29SCREAMING
0:01:30 > 0:01:32Tonight we begin in 1997.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38As we crossed into the next century, eclecticism ruled and the lines
0:01:38 > 0:01:41between all the different musical tribes began to blur.
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Technology was ripping up the rule book for us fans, cos the way
0:01:45 > 0:01:49we began to interact with our favourite bands changed forever.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50SCREAMING
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Up until now, us fans have loved bands from afar,
0:01:56 > 0:02:00but in this era the gap between fan and band began to close.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04It felt like everyone in the same gang.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08They just welcomed everyone in and let them all be part of their world, really.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Amy, you could have moaned to her about your boyfriend or
0:02:11 > 0:02:14about the guy that you'd got off with that hadn't called you and
0:02:14 > 0:02:16she'd be there with you.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18We were all really just in awe of her.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22- She's incredible.- I mean, as a live musician, I haven't seen anyone better, to be honest.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- She puts out her hands for a hug. It's like, "God, I'm hugging Adele!" - HE LAUGHS
0:02:27 > 0:02:30It's the time I went from music fan to spreading the word about
0:02:30 > 0:02:34the latest new bands on Radio 1 and Top Of The Pops.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35So, let's talk about...
0:02:36 > 0:02:39..how the internet shook up our record collections.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43How we called the shots.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48How we got closer to our heroes.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03In the late '90s, the internet has truly arrived,
0:03:03 > 0:03:07opening up extraordinary horizons of information.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11I think we're actually on the cusp of something exhilarating and terrifying.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18But this new world was threatened by a calamitous computer
0:03:18 > 0:03:21apocalypse that loomed at the end of the century.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25Call 0845 601 2000 for your free action pack.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29MUSIC: Paranoid Android by Radiohead
0:03:29 > 0:03:34The digital age had us thrilled, scared and overloaded in equal measure.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39But one band and its devoted fans seemed more attuned to the millennial anxiety,
0:03:39 > 0:03:43and one record would capture our deepest fears and feelings.
0:03:46 > 0:03:51In 1997, 15-year-old Emily couldn't wait for the UK release of
0:03:51 > 0:03:53Radiohead's OK Computer.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Literally couldn't wait.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Really unglamorous peas box.
0:03:59 > 0:04:03I've got a CD from Japan.
0:04:03 > 0:04:04That's the Japanese one.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07I pre-ordered it from HMV and it was, like, something ridiculous
0:04:07 > 0:04:10like 30 quid, cos Japanese imports back then were so expensive.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12But it just meant I got it a bit earlier.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15It hit you. You know, Airbag smacked you in the face.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17It was like, "Wow, what's that?"
0:04:24 > 0:04:27- Exit Music is, "Oh, my God." - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:27 > 0:04:32# You can laugh... #
0:04:32 > 0:04:34I can remember exactly where I was when I first heard it.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I was in a shopping arcade in the middle of Nottingham and I just,
0:04:37 > 0:04:40like, had to just lean on the wall.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42It sounds really over the top, but it's true!
0:04:42 > 0:04:45The crescendo where it builds and his voice just comes up,
0:04:45 > 0:04:47it's incredible.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53# Now we are one... #
0:04:55 > 0:04:58I was a very messed-up teenager.
0:04:58 > 0:04:59I stopped going to school.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Then my dad died, which just made everything worse.
0:05:02 > 0:05:08And Thom had...you know, there was a depressive slant to his lyrics, without being too overt.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11And it was just Thom's portrayal of being an outsider as well
0:05:11 > 0:05:13which appealed to me.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17With bands like Radiohead, they sort of...you know,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19they bring you in and accept you.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22# They don't
0:05:22 > 0:05:26# They don't speak for us... #
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Student Lucy also wanted to be in Radiohead's gang and got her
0:05:32 > 0:05:35copy of OK Computer early from Japan too.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38But Lucy wanted to pick the right moment to hear it,
0:05:38 > 0:05:41which was just after computing class.
0:05:41 > 0:05:44I remember sitting listening to it on a sunny day,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48having just come out of HTML class at uni, which was ironic,
0:05:48 > 0:05:51and it just opening out and there being
0:05:51 > 0:05:55a lot of songs I'd heard already that now sounded finished.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57And things like Let Down that I'd never heard before,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59and The Tourist, and just...
0:05:59 > 0:06:03It just opening out and being, "This is their sound now.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05"They don't sound like anybody else."
0:06:05 > 0:06:09# Let down and hanging around... #
0:06:12 > 0:06:15OK Computer in its final glory.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Then of course it starts getting all these amazing reviews, like,
0:06:20 > 0:06:22out-of-sight crazy reviews everywhere.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Ten out of ten in the NME,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Uncut, five-star in Q.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Only four in the Guardian, but...
0:06:32 > 0:06:37She later says, "In 2017 your grandchildren will still be analysing this,"
0:06:37 > 0:06:39or something like that, which is scary.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43'Scarily accurate, I would say.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46'After OK Computer blew our minds,
0:06:46 > 0:06:50'Radiohead were announced as Glastonbury headliners.'
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Glastonbury was when they kind of go supernova,
0:06:52 > 0:06:55and it's never quite the same after that.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59Lucy didn't get tickets to Glastonbury, but young Emily did.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Glastonbury.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02It's just the little guide that you got.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05Got in. Pretty overwhelmed from the start, like,
0:07:05 > 0:07:08"Whoa, there's so many people," and, "This is really terrifying."
0:07:10 > 0:07:15# I know a place where the sun hits the sky... #
0:07:15 > 0:07:19We just went down on the Saturday morning first thing,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21to go and stand on the barrier.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23And that's where we stayed all day.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Andy, can you turn on the lights so we can see the people,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28- cos we haven't seen them yet. - CHEERING
0:07:30 > 0:07:31Thank you.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Hello.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I was so glad they were finally on,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36and Thom was there and he looked beautiful.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39And the lighting was really intense and very orange.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46# Karma police, arrest this girl... #
0:07:47 > 0:07:49I was literally yelling, "Thom!"
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Which is on the footage.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:07:58 > 0:08:00But I remember we were quite dehydrated.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02We hadn't eaten, we hadn't moved.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05I just went. I just fainted.
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Gone, you know.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Obviously they dragged me out.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Then the next thing I remember is waking up lying on a haystack,
0:08:11 > 0:08:16with a nurse offering me a Kit Kat, and I could hear Street Spirit
0:08:16 > 0:08:17but I couldn't see it.
0:08:17 > 0:08:25# Fade out again... #
0:08:29 > 0:08:34After Glastonbury, I decided I wanted to see them more.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43It was a fantastic experience doing all that.
0:08:43 > 0:08:48Travelling the country, getting to see all these exciting cities, meeting all these cool people.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51Just to be around people who get it. It was amazing.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56CHEERING
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Thank you.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00After Radiohead,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04waves of indie bands appeared each week in the NME and Melody Maker.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08The likes of Stereophonics, Embrace and Travis.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11The music mags had always told us who and what to like,
0:09:11 > 0:09:13but some of us weren't having it any more.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17I've seen Travis play live a few times now,
0:09:17 > 0:09:19they are a fantastic festival band,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21but I was lucky to get to see them at all.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24Their second album was roundly trounced by the critics,
0:09:24 > 0:09:27and the lads took those harsh words to heart.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30They almost considered calling it a day.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33That was until 16-year-old superfan Moray Swan got involved.
0:09:35 > 0:09:41In 1999, 16-year-old Moray wrote to the music press to express his opinion.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45This is a remarkable tale of a fan saving his favourite band.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49- So, here we go. - Here we have the letter. - SARA GASPS
0:09:49 > 0:09:52"The review of the Travis gig, Melody Maker, March 6th
0:09:52 > 0:09:55- "pissed me off immensely." - Yes, Moray!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58"Its criticism was based around the fact that Travis write music
0:09:58 > 0:10:00"from the heart and express themselves in their music.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04- "But I'm sorry. What's so wrong with that?"- Oh, this is a killer line.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07"It's music that lasts, not the image.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10"Beethoven and Bach are not remembered for their funky hairstyles.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- "Moray Swan, Aberdeenshire." - Beautiful.- So...
0:10:13 > 0:10:14SARA CLAPS
0:10:14 > 0:10:15I get the message I was trying to write.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19I don't think I'd write it the same way just now.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22# My inside is outside... #
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Travis were now experimenting with a new-fangled website,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29a place where lead singer Fran Healy was occasionally available for
0:10:29 > 0:10:32a chat, which meant Moray found himself in more direct
0:10:32 > 0:10:34contact than you could ever imagine.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39Back in 1999, the band actually had a very basic message board.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I'd left a little note and Fran had responded to say,
0:10:42 > 0:10:46"Is that Moray that wrote the letter into Melody Maker?"
0:10:46 > 0:10:48I was like, "Oh, hi, Fran. Yeah, it is, it's me."
0:10:48 > 0:10:50So, he said...
0:10:50 > 0:10:52"As a way of saying thank you for what you've done,
0:10:52 > 0:10:55"for you taking the time to do that, we're playing Glasgow in October,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58"I'll put you down on the access-all-areas.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02"Please come along to the show. It would be lovely to meet you and say thanks in person."
0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Boom. OK. - And I just kind of hit the floor.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08MUSIC: U16 Girls by Travis
0:11:10 > 0:11:11When I went up and introduced myself,
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I couldn't get out my name before he went, "Moray!"
0:11:14 > 0:11:15And he jumped up.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I got a hug as if it was a long-lost friend.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20He was just saying, you know, what the letter had meant to him.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23And when he read that, he thought, "There's a chink of light.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25"Maybe it doesn't matter what the reviewers say.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28"If the people get it, then we'll be OK."
0:11:28 > 0:11:31And, yeah, by that point, the fans had got the music,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34the people had cottoned on and they just exploded over the summer.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37They played Glastonbury, the album had gone to number one.
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Yeah, it was huge.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40I mean, I was doing Radio 1 Breakfast at the time and we
0:11:40 > 0:11:42just played it nonstop.
0:11:42 > 0:11:44I mean, it was a massive album.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47# Why does it always rain on me?
0:11:48 > 0:11:52# Is it because I lied when I was 17? #
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- But that is not the end of the story, is it?- No.
0:11:55 > 0:11:5815 years on from when the letter was written in 1999, myself and
0:11:58 > 0:12:02my beautiful wife-to-be Paula were getting married in Edinburgh.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05Little did I know in the background, Paula,
0:12:05 > 0:12:09on very much a long shot, had sent an e-mail into the dark to
0:12:09 > 0:12:13the band's management company at the time, saying,
0:12:13 > 0:12:18"Hello, I'm Paula. I'm getting married to Moray Swan. Fran knows him.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21"It would be lovely if you could play the first dance for us."
0:12:21 > 0:12:23I've got goose bumps, that's so nice!
0:12:23 > 0:12:25So, she did that about six weeks before the wedding.
0:12:25 > 0:12:27So, I was going to ask you what your reaction was,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29but you can show me, can't you, cos you've got some footage of it?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Go on, let's see.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:12:41 > 0:12:42- And there's Fran!- There he goes.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Yeah.- With his marvellous beard.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47The only problem that I had,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50it was our own personal show from our musical hero and
0:12:50 > 0:12:53everybody else got to watch him,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57and for at least half the time I'm spinning and looking the wrong way.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02# Out in the crowd, you are one in a million
0:13:02 > 0:13:05# And I love you so
0:13:05 > 0:13:07# Let's watch the flowers grow... #
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Moray, it's been nice hearing the whole story.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- Will you let me know what the next instalment is, please?- Sure. Yeah.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:17 > 0:13:20A story that only happened thanks to Moray and Fran's love of music
0:13:20 > 0:13:24and the direct connection digital technology allowed.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:13:26 > 0:13:30For our kid brothers and sisters, indie was far too serious.
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Much more fun was the glitzy chart pop on, well, Radio 1,
0:13:34 > 0:13:37and our growing fascination with celebrities.
0:13:37 > 0:13:40We wanted to know more and more details about,
0:13:40 > 0:13:44and get unprecedented access to, our pop stars' lives.
0:13:44 > 0:13:4913-year-old Malcolm was captivated with the stars he saw in magazines.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54All this kind of obsession of, like, actually going to see pop stars
0:13:54 > 0:13:57and things in the flesh started, because I was a massive Eternal fan.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01# Stay, stay... #
0:14:04 > 0:14:07And, yeah, these are, like, concert banners.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11That was, like, a Kelle from Eternal one.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14'When Malcolm's home-made banners weren't getting the attention of
0:14:14 > 0:14:17'his favourite member of Eternal, he wrote to her.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19'And one day the phone rang.'
0:14:19 > 0:14:21I was upstairs and my sister called me and she said,
0:14:21 > 0:14:24"Oh, my God, I think Kelle from Eternal's on the phone."
0:14:24 > 0:14:26And I was like, "Oh, my God, she got my letter!"
0:14:26 > 0:14:29And, yeah, I went downstairs and... yeah, and it was her.
0:14:29 > 0:14:35# Ah-h-h-h, do you, do you, do you, do you feel the power? #
0:14:35 > 0:14:37I had a chat with her for about, I don't know,
0:14:37 > 0:14:3920, 25 minutes or something and it was just, like,
0:14:39 > 0:14:42the most bizarre thing, cos that was my first-ever interaction
0:14:42 > 0:14:46with any pop star and I was absolutely besotted with Eternal.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51This kick-started Malcolm's mission to get closer to the bands
0:14:51 > 0:14:54he loved, and there was one perfect place to go.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57The Brit Awards was just, like, the ultimate thing growing up.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Everyone watched it, whether they were kind of really into pop music
0:15:00 > 0:15:05or not, but no fans kind of at that time had access.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10So, Malcolm and his mates hatched an audacious plan - to go where
0:15:10 > 0:15:11no fan had gone before.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14One of my friends just starts sketching the pass that was,
0:15:14 > 0:15:16like, around this guy's neck.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20And we thought, "Why not just, like, give it a go and kind of
0:15:20 > 0:15:21"try and create one?"
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Went to my dad's office and we made these passes.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- So, it was like...it was so basic! - HE LAUGHS
0:15:28 > 0:15:31# I'm a burning effigy of everything I used to be... #
0:15:31 > 0:15:35And we went down to the arena and, yeah, we walked in.
0:15:36 > 0:15:41# Let me entertain you... #
0:15:41 > 0:15:45We watched the entire show and went to the aftershow party.
0:15:45 > 0:15:50Whitney Houston was there, the Eurythmics, Cher and, like,
0:15:50 > 0:15:53just all these enormous stars, and it was like, "What is going on?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56"This is... We're never, ever going to beat this."
0:15:56 > 0:15:59- And I was 15 at the time! - HE LAUGHS
0:15:59 > 0:16:01It was just absolutely ridiculous!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04I don't know how we got away with doing that.
0:16:06 > 0:16:10Malcolm's escapades got him closer to, and later friendly with,
0:16:10 > 0:16:12the stars he idolised.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I grew up in, like, real suburbia in Surrey and it was
0:16:15 > 0:16:21kind of escaping this world which I found really boring
0:16:21 > 0:16:22and plain and stuff,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27and just getting on the train and being part of this glitzy world
0:16:27 > 0:16:33of, like, showbiz and pop stars and we just wanted to be part of that.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35It was just my world, it was just our world.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38MUSIC: C'est La Vie by B*Witched.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44It wasn't just teenagers trying to escape.
0:16:44 > 0:16:50Those of us working nine to five also wanted to lose ourselves in another world.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52# God is a DJ... #
0:16:56 > 0:17:00Hordes of us were devouring music in the hours when pop fans were
0:17:00 > 0:17:02safely tucked up in bed.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And the club nights had to get bigger to cater for us all.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11I had an absolute ball at some of these huge nights,
0:17:11 > 0:17:13from Bugged Out to Back To Basics.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16And as the clubs got bigger and bigger, they got branded.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18This is the era of the superclub.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23# This is my church... #
0:17:23 > 0:17:26Now these clubbing brands were our idols, it was the club nights we now
0:17:26 > 0:17:30worshipped, from Cream in Liverpool to Ministry of Sound in London.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36And to ensure we got in, we wore our best designer togs - Diesel,
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Red or Dead, Patrick Cox loafers - no relation.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Leeds-born Rob was a devoted fan of Gatecrasher,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46a club night based in Sheffield.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49So much so he created his own Gatecrasher uniforms,
0:17:49 > 0:17:52adorned with the club's lion logo.
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Less designer store, more pet emporium.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01Signature look was the top that I was most renowned for.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05As you can see, it's had a bit of wear and tear over the years.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08But this is kind of sort of my trademark top that, you know,
0:18:08 > 0:18:09I custom-made.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13With a "risk of electric shock" warning sign that I pinched off
0:18:13 > 0:18:15the back of a drinks machine...
0:18:15 > 0:18:19This is the flashing collar that I used to wear with my outfit.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21It's actually a dog collar that I bought from a pet shop.
0:18:23 > 0:18:28Rob was devoted to Gatecrasher. It became his spiritual home.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32I'd gone through a few issues with regards to family moving away,
0:18:32 > 0:18:35sort of leaving me, persuading me not to move back to Leeds
0:18:35 > 0:18:37with them because I had a job.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39I was working in a factory.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41I was basically sofa-surfing.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Sometimes I even... I ended up,
0:18:43 > 0:18:46you know, having to live out of my car for, you know, a week,
0:18:46 > 0:18:47two weeks at a time.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Erm...
0:18:49 > 0:18:52But, yeah, you know, it was all about living for the weekend and Gatecrasher.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54# You're not alone... #
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Rob loved Gatecrasher as much as any superfan loves their band,
0:18:58 > 0:19:01and any memento of a great night out was treasured.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07Here's a couple of lanyards from the Millennium.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12And also from the Summer Sound System events that Gatecrasher held.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13One of the projector slides.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17This is the front of the cigarette machine.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19MUSIC: Kernkraft 400 by Zombie Nation
0:19:20 > 0:19:22We were all kind of sort of travelling the length and
0:19:22 > 0:19:26breadth of Britain every Saturday, and going and supporting our club.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30You think about the tribalism and the culture with football fans,
0:19:30 > 0:19:31you know, and it was very much like that.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It was an identity, it was part of who we were.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41Without the DJs offering much to mimic fashion-wise,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Rob and his friends with their home-made outfits were starting
0:19:43 > 0:19:47a brand-new tribe on the dance floor - the Gatecrasher Kids.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51The Gatecrasher Kids were someone that had a unique style.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54If it was a lad that had spiked hair, colours in it,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57we'd all congregate around the front of the stage and on the railings.
0:19:57 > 0:20:02Really, it was kind of sort of the figurepoint of what almost became Gatecrasher's identity.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Rob and his friends noticed more and more clubbers joining their
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Crasher Kid tribe, and so did the press.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15For me the explosion really was myself and Lee appearing on
0:20:15 > 0:20:17the cover of DJ Magazine.
0:20:17 > 0:20:22At the time we were actually the first non-DJs to appear on
0:20:22 > 0:20:23the front cover of the magazine
0:20:23 > 0:20:25so it was an absolutely defining moment.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28People were stopping asking for your photos.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31We've had to sign front covers of DJ Magazines.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33It almost became like a celebrity status.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35It was just so weird.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37We were just a group of people that went to a nightclub.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40At the time, with regards to superclubs and things like that,
0:20:40 > 0:20:44people, the crowd, go to see the DJs or the line-up.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47People were coming to see us just as much as the DJs
0:20:47 > 0:20:50and to experience the venue.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56# I need a miracle, I need a miracle. #
0:20:56 > 0:20:59It was the biggest influence I've had on my life.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03When you look at the core group of friends that I've got,
0:21:03 > 0:21:05they've all come from Gatecrasher.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08I've got the tattoo on my arm - Gatecrasher's slogan in Spanish.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I definitely think it's defined me
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and it's made me the person that I am today.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16We played a lot of dance music on Radio 1 in the late '90s
0:21:16 > 0:21:17but to get onto the playlist
0:21:17 > 0:21:21songs usually had to have a mainstream record label behind them.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27Fans of music that hadn't yet been picked up by the record industry
0:21:27 > 0:21:30found it hard to hear new tracks.
0:21:30 > 0:21:35Carl from Ipswich loved a new, very British sound called UK garage
0:21:35 > 0:21:38that was struggling to be heard legally.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42The only option was to tune in to pirate radio in his car.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45At the time I was working as a chef.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47Every two weeks I'd go down to London.
0:21:47 > 0:21:50Coming straight in, you're fiddling with the stations.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Pirate radio was king.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56You've got stations set up just for UK garage.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58One of them would be London Underground.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01You'd have ICE FM, you'd have Magic FM.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02The music was something else.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04They'd be playing all the latest dubs.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06It got competitive as well.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10Sometimes London Underground's not on and then you'd hear later on in
0:22:10 > 0:22:15the week that someone from Deja Vu had gone over to London Underground
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and so they're on and they're not on.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21The pirates helped the music industry in this country.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Without that, we wouldn't have been where we are today.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28The UK garage the pirates were playing was
0:22:28 > 0:22:31a combination of the melodies of American house with the
0:22:31 > 0:22:34basslines and fast tempo of jungle,
0:22:34 > 0:22:39but the DJs would cherry-pick from any genre to keep everyone dancing.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42UK garage, it spoke to me.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44I loved the soulfulness.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47I loved the soulfulness, the R&B tracks.
0:22:47 > 0:22:51Some of the UK-garage DJs would listen to an R&B track and
0:22:51 > 0:22:58completely sweep it around and you'd think, "Wow, that is good, man!"
0:22:58 > 0:23:01# Be sincere
0:23:01 > 0:23:03# I'm crazy
0:23:03 > 0:23:05# Don't do it. #
0:23:05 > 0:23:07As pirate radio was spreading the sound,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11UK-garage club nights were popping up all over London
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and Carl was at the heart of this new club scene.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16This is the famous Twice As Nice.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18This was one of the big clubs.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Eight o'clock to 3am in the morning.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22I don't know how people got to work.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I don't know how I got to work.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Oh, my God, that was so good.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29# Do you really like it? #
0:23:29 > 0:23:33UK-garage clubbers dressed up. It was all about looking your best.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36Everyone's dressed to the nines.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39People wanted to feel good and look good and feel important.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Everything was up class.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43If you were wearing trainers you couldn't get it.
0:23:43 > 0:23:46Once you got in, you might see celebrities.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48But I was down there for the music.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52I was always looking at the tune, trying to get the latest tune.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54All those times, I wish they could come back.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57# Re-rewind, inter selecta. #
0:23:57 > 0:24:01Fan power drove UK garage over into the mainstream.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03With the sheer amount of people loving it,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06it was only a matter of time before it got into the charts
0:24:06 > 0:24:09and it was now debuting in the top ten.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Tracks like Artful Dodger's Re-Rewind...
0:24:12 > 0:24:14# Making waves, yeah. #
0:24:14 > 0:24:17..Shanks & Bigfoot's Sweet Like Chocolate...
0:24:17 > 0:24:20# Sweet like chocolate, boy. #
0:24:20 > 0:24:22..and Craig David's Fill Me In,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25which went straight in at number one.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27# All right. #
0:24:31 > 0:24:35Craig David was one of the biggest names in UK garage.
0:24:35 > 0:24:36He was the sort of figurehead.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38If you turned on Top Of The Pops or whatever,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40you saw Craig David doing a world tour.
0:24:40 > 0:24:43You went, "Oh, my God, he's from Southampton."
0:24:43 > 0:24:45# Can you fill me in?
0:24:45 > 0:24:47# I think I'll sing it again, I think I'll sing it again. #
0:24:47 > 0:24:52Carl felt UK garage was an important moment in black music history.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56UK garage was the first time that... we could say that was ours.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58Garage was multicultural.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01It was a black movement but you had a lot of white players
0:25:01 > 0:25:04in there as well, but the main thing was it was British.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08# I said, can you fill me in? #
0:25:09 > 0:25:13UK garage was a grassroots sound that had snuck up on
0:25:13 > 0:25:17the music industry thanks to the sheer enthusiasm of the fans.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Slowly the industry was cottoning on to the power of what we could do
0:25:21 > 0:25:24to spread the word about a sound or band.
0:25:24 > 0:25:27In the glossy world of music videos, however,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29fans were never seen on screen.
0:25:29 > 0:25:33But that didn't stop our new-found fascination with filming ourselves,
0:25:33 > 0:25:37inspired by Video Nation and our increased access to video cameras.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45So, in this sideboard here is where I keep my original
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Feeder Just A Day videotape.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54TRACK BEGINS
0:25:56 > 0:26:00And there I am just standing around in the middle of the video.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08Welsh rock band Feeder understood the power of fans and for
0:26:08 > 0:26:12the first time ever asked them to be in the video for their 2001 track
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Just A Day.
0:26:14 > 0:26:1714-year-old Feeder fan Mark heard about the video
0:26:17 > 0:26:19in a band newsletter.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21So they said, "We want you to put the song on in your bedroom
0:26:21 > 0:26:26"and just film yourself just doing whatever."
0:26:26 > 0:26:28# Waking up at 12 in my clothes again
0:26:28 > 0:26:32# Feel my head explode from a night of gin. #
0:26:32 > 0:26:35So one Saturday afternoon I took myself up to my bedroom,
0:26:35 > 0:26:39set the video camera up in the corner, got the guitar out,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42bounced around the room, sang into the camera.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Put all my details on the cassette, stuck it in a bag,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47sent it in the post and didn't really think more of it.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51I was off on my paper round one morning and then came back to
0:26:51 > 0:26:54my phone and there was a text on there that said,
0:26:54 > 0:26:56"I've just seen you on TV."
0:26:58 > 0:26:59HE LAUGHS
0:26:59 > 0:27:03That just makes me laugh when I see that one.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05Just those moves are like...
0:27:05 > 0:27:08I can see myself moving like that when I was that age.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Looking back I just think why didn't you move a bit more?
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Why didn't you do this, that or the other?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20The strange thing is, by watching it I feel like I know all these people,
0:27:20 > 0:27:23having never met any of them.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26# Your friend, I blame myself. #
0:27:26 > 0:27:29When this came out I don't think anyone had done anything
0:27:29 > 0:27:32quite like it, which seems like such a simple idea for a video.
0:27:32 > 0:27:362001, pre-YouTube, pre-Myspace, pre any of that.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38That didn't exist.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41I still feel something, you know, when I see it,
0:27:41 > 0:27:45like I saw it for the first time, because it is a part of my history.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48'Don't know where that came from.'
0:27:48 > 0:27:51Appearing in pop stars' videos wasn't enough.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54We now wanted to be part of their lives, their struggle for success,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56even to judge who would make it,
0:27:56 > 0:28:00and Saturday-night telly was feeding this desire.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04For the first time in ages,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07whole families were coming together to watch the same music on
0:28:07 > 0:28:11a Saturday night, old-fashioned entertainment with a twist,
0:28:11 > 0:28:14letting us decide who would win or lose.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17It was huge. We all had an emotional stake in the outcome
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and it mattered for all sorts of reasons.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25Mother and daughter Zoe and Jane had never liked the same singer before
0:28:25 > 0:28:29until they both found themselves glued to the screen.
0:28:29 > 0:28:34Pop Idol was a new show and it came really for us at the right time,
0:28:34 > 0:28:37because my husband had just recently passed away
0:28:37 > 0:28:40and I wasn't in a good place at all.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43Pop Idol gave me a purpose
0:28:43 > 0:28:47whereby it was something to look forward to.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:50 > 0:28:54Will was their favourite from the beginning.
0:28:54 > 0:28:56There was just something about him.
0:28:56 > 0:29:00He didn't take any rubbish from anybody
0:29:00 > 0:29:03and I knew that he had a good voice.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08It made me want to pick up the phone to vote because I wanted him to win.
0:29:08 > 0:29:11I'd never done anything like that before ever.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17Will v Gareth was the ultimate talent contest, all decided by us,
0:29:17 > 0:29:21so they campaigned election-style to secure our vote.
0:29:23 > 0:29:25- NEWSREADER:- They've got the screaming girls.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27They've got their own merchandising.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29They've even got their own buses.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Yes, it's Will versus Gareth in the final of Pop Idol,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34and with the big day less than a week away,
0:29:34 > 0:29:36the attention being focused on these wannabe superstars
0:29:36 > 0:29:39is getting more and more intense.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42Gareth Gates was initially the favourite to win but no-one
0:29:42 > 0:29:45knew the result until nearly 13 million of us
0:29:45 > 0:29:49were sat in front of our TVs for the live final.
0:29:49 > 0:29:53The winner of Pop Idol...
0:29:53 > 0:29:54I remember sitting there thinking,
0:29:54 > 0:29:57"Oh, just get on with it. I can't stand this. Just get on!"
0:29:57 > 0:30:00Then I just said, "Oh, Gareth's won. He's won. Gareth's won.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01"Will's got no chance."
0:30:01 > 0:30:03..Will!
0:30:03 > 0:30:05SCREAMING AND APPLAUSE
0:30:05 > 0:30:07- Really? Pardon? - Will!
0:30:07 > 0:30:13I remember actually shouting up, jumping up, "Yes, yes, yes!"
0:30:17 > 0:30:20# I'm going to take this moment. #
0:30:20 > 0:30:24After helping him win Pop Idol and buying his single Evergreen
0:30:24 > 0:30:26to get him a Christmas number one,
0:30:26 > 0:30:30Zoe and Jane then bought tickets to every Will Young gig they could.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34We've been all over the place.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38He's such a fantastic live vocalist.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41It seems to us like he's singing to us.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44That's how it makes you feel.
0:30:44 > 0:30:47# I think I'd better leave right now
0:30:47 > 0:30:49# Before I fall any deeper. #
0:30:49 > 0:30:51After helping to create their star,
0:30:51 > 0:30:55Zoe and Jane continue to support Will by buying all his merchandise.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59Everywhere we've been to, we just buy everything.
0:30:59 > 0:31:02T-shirts, programmes, mugs.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05- Drink your tea with Will.- Yeah.
0:31:05 > 0:31:09Filling walls and shelves was not enough to sate their appetite,
0:31:09 > 0:31:12so they signed up for the Will Weekenders,
0:31:12 > 0:31:14mini-breaks with other Will fans.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17These are the badges that we used to have.
0:31:17 > 0:31:19- Reading was the first one... - The first one.
0:31:19 > 0:31:22..and that was just a mad weekend from beginning to end.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24It was everything Will.
0:31:24 > 0:31:27The music, quizzes.
0:31:27 > 0:31:29- Karaoke.- Karaoke.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32- You name it.- Raffles. - Raffles, everything.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35That's what we had to eat, look.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38Melon, chicken, cheese and coffee with mints.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40We have had some wonderful times.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43We go everywhere. We really do.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Do everything together, within reason.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Will-wise.
0:31:49 > 0:31:50Yes.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53# I think I'd better leave right now... #
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Without Will, personally, I don't know where I would have been.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00I can't say. I just don't know.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03I know that it was the best thing that happened to me...
0:32:04 > 0:32:10..and I wish Will knew how much he enriches people's lives.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14# I think I'd better leave right now. #
0:32:19 > 0:32:22Whilst we pushed Will and the other pop idols up the charts in
0:32:22 > 0:32:26the early 2000s, not everything at this point was so neatly packaged.
0:32:26 > 0:32:30Some of it recalled the raw energy of punk.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33# I saw two shadow men on the Vallance Road
0:32:35 > 0:32:37# Said they'd pay me for your address
0:32:37 > 0:32:40# Oh, I was so bold. #
0:32:40 > 0:32:44It's 2002 and a brand-new band explodes onto the scene
0:32:44 > 0:32:48that makes everyone at Radio 1 sit up and pay attention.
0:32:48 > 0:32:52The buzz around The Libertines reverberated through us all.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55They were raw, they were loud, they were sexy, they were cool.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01And they prided themselves on being close to their fans
0:33:01 > 0:33:03from the very beginning.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06Lead singer Pete attracted an especially devoted following.
0:33:06 > 0:33:08Yeah, his lyrics are like poetry,
0:33:08 > 0:33:11like how he releases music on the internet. No-one else does that.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13That's, like, a direct link between me and him,
0:33:13 > 0:33:15that he's releasing his music on the internet.
0:33:15 > 0:33:18That means so much to me and all the fans,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21cos it's as if he's talking to you, straight to you.
0:33:21 > 0:33:23No-one else has got that.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26I'm on my way now to meet a fan who was there from the very beginning
0:33:26 > 0:33:29and quickly found himself at the heart of the Libertines world.
0:33:31 > 0:33:33This is their fanzine,
0:33:33 > 0:33:37- the one and only fanzine that they released for the fan club...- OK.
0:33:37 > 0:33:40..a newsletter and my membership card as well.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43What advantages were there to having this card?
0:33:43 > 0:33:47Well, it was supposed to get us into a special fan-club gig, that
0:33:47 > 0:33:50didn't happen cos they split up.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- So they managed to get out one fanzine before splitting up?- Yeah.
0:33:53 > 0:33:56So here we go, we've got the Chronicle, the magazine.
0:33:56 > 0:33:57"Albion is our vessel.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00"Arcadia is our destination and our starting point.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03"We needn't have a Classical education or a British passport.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05"Only an imagination."
0:34:05 > 0:34:08This, when you're 18, it's really cool, isn't it?
0:34:08 > 0:34:12- Were you just totally on that ship with them?- Definitely, yeah.
0:34:20 > 0:34:22We're here now in Camden.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25It's now called The Assembly Rooms but it used to be The Barfly.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26You saw them here, didn't you?
0:34:26 > 0:34:30To hear The Libertines live was completely different to
0:34:30 > 0:34:32pretty much any other gig I'd been to.
0:34:32 > 0:34:34I'd read about gigs by The Clash,
0:34:34 > 0:34:38so to see The Libertines live was almost like that.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40It was just the four of them on stage,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42just kind of banging through the songs.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49- You got to know Pete pretty well, didn't you?- Yeah.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52The first time I met him we were sat in the pub and then
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Pete Doherty just walks in.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58There's literally us and no-one else and my friend went up to him.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01She just said to him, "Are you and Carl going to fight tonight?"
0:35:01 > 0:35:02What did he say?
0:35:02 > 0:35:04He just turned around and said, like,
0:35:04 > 0:35:07- "No, I'm going to fight him," and pointed at me.- Beautiful.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10- And this is where the relationship began, a beautiful friendship.- Yeah.
0:35:10 > 0:35:14Do you feel like he just felt like one of the guys, really?
0:35:14 > 0:35:15Yeah, definitely.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18I mean, that's the way I think he seemed to come across
0:35:18 > 0:35:20all throughout. It was almost as if he felt
0:35:20 > 0:35:22like one of the fans himself.
0:35:22 > 0:35:25- He was a fan of the band...- Yeah. - ..as much as everyone else.
0:35:25 > 0:35:30# They'll never forgive you but they won't let you go... #
0:35:30 > 0:35:32You went on to see The Libertines play at quite a...
0:35:32 > 0:35:35- well, a more unusual venue, didn't you?- Yeah.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37Let's have a look.
0:35:37 > 0:35:38OK, so...
0:35:38 > 0:35:43- Oh, where's this?- This is in Pete's flat in Whitechapel.
0:35:43 > 0:35:44OK. Gosh.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49GUITAR PLAYS
0:35:50 > 0:35:52# I'll never say never
0:35:52 > 0:35:54# I'll never say never again... #
0:35:54 > 0:35:57Pete would go online and go on the message board and say,
0:35:57 > 0:35:59"I'm playing a gig in my flat tonight."
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Up until now really, I mean, most bands and artists,
0:36:02 > 0:36:06they want to keep their home address completely private so there's
0:36:06 > 0:36:08no fans hanging around, nobody knows where they are,
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- but here he is, inviting people into his actual home.- Yeah.
0:36:14 > 0:36:18# Bare necessities of mother nature's recipes... #
0:36:18 > 0:36:20That's you, isn't it?!
0:36:20 > 0:36:23I spotted you. HE LAUGHS
0:36:23 > 0:36:25INDISTINCT SPEECH AND LAUGHTER
0:36:29 > 0:36:30They just welcomed everyone in,
0:36:30 > 0:36:32let them all be part of their world, really.
0:36:32 > 0:36:36- It felt like you'd kind of had a look behind the scenes, or...- Yeah.
0:36:36 > 0:36:39They just got everyone involved, got everyone in the same gang.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Don't forget your membership card,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43because it might come in handy again, you never know!
0:36:43 > 0:36:46You might be able to collect some points on it.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- I'll take it right now. - HE LAUGHS
0:36:51 > 0:36:52MUSIC FADES OUT
0:36:56 > 0:36:59Out of that same north-London cool came a star with the voice
0:36:59 > 0:37:03of a jazz siren and a connection to her fans that was closer
0:37:03 > 0:37:06and deeper than any pop diva.
0:37:06 > 0:37:10# You should be stronger than me... #
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Uni student Sarah was the same age as Amy
0:37:13 > 0:37:16and was smitten from the start.
0:37:17 > 0:37:22These are some posters that I was really...I was really thrilled...
0:37:22 > 0:37:25And it's double-sided, which I found very exciting.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27That... I knew all the numbers!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30I knew all the numbers, cos I'd looked at it so much.
0:37:30 > 0:37:35# When you walk in the bar and you're dressed like a star... #
0:37:35 > 0:37:39Desperate to see her live, Sarah dragged her friends to Amy's
0:37:39 > 0:37:43next gig, a jazz festival in Wales.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46So, this is...this is a set list, obviously,
0:37:46 > 0:37:51from the first gig that I saw her at.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54It was a very well-behaved crowd and they were all sat down and
0:37:54 > 0:37:58they were all in very neat rows and my friend and I were at the front
0:37:58 > 0:38:00and we were singing along,
0:38:00 > 0:38:03really dancing, and so she was like, "I love these girls!
0:38:03 > 0:38:07"I love these girls!" And everybody else was kind of...
0:38:07 > 0:38:10Which must have been, like, really difficult for her, cos she just...
0:38:10 > 0:38:13she was like, "Oh, come on! Come on, let's go."
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Finally, on the last song, they got dancing and she was like,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18"It's too late now, look, we've finished!"
0:38:18 > 0:38:20# You don't like players
0:38:20 > 0:38:22# That's what you said... #
0:38:22 > 0:38:25She was brilliant, she was exactly as you wanted her to be.
0:38:25 > 0:38:30She was friendly and she was funny, and then I was like,
0:38:30 > 0:38:31"Can I have a picture?"
0:38:31 > 0:38:34And then I had two people taking pictures, so I was like,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37"I need a picture here and I need a picture here,"
0:38:37 > 0:38:38and she was like, "All right!"
0:38:38 > 0:38:42And looking back now, I'm like, "Oh, my God, why wasn't I cool?"
0:38:42 > 0:38:44I was hysterical, like...
0:38:44 > 0:38:46SHE MUMBLES
0:38:50 > 0:38:53Sarah connected deeply with Amy's lyrics.
0:38:53 > 0:38:56There's that lovely moment on Frank where she talks about going
0:38:56 > 0:39:00to this guy's house and she presses all the buzzers and the neighbours
0:39:00 > 0:39:03are really cross with her and she just wants to see him, she just wants...
0:39:03 > 0:39:05And she knows it's wrong, she knows it's embarrassing,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07she knows it's not playing it cool.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10And, you know, I did things like that.
0:39:10 > 0:39:13# Your neighbours were screaming
0:39:13 > 0:39:17# I don't have a key for downstairs
0:39:18 > 0:39:22# So I pressed all the buzzers...
0:39:23 > 0:39:26# Hoping you wouldn't be there. #
0:39:26 > 0:39:31A lot of those pop stars at the time seemed very unobtainable.
0:39:31 > 0:39:34Amy, you feel like you could've gone up to her in the pub,
0:39:34 > 0:39:37you could've played pool with her, you could've moaned to her
0:39:37 > 0:39:40about your boyfriend, or about the guy that you'd got off with
0:39:40 > 0:39:43that hadn't called you and she'd be there with you.
0:39:43 > 0:39:47# You're so beautiful... #
0:39:47 > 0:39:52Artist Sally had been a fan of Amy Winehouse for six years when she
0:39:52 > 0:39:57went with her family to a classic Camden haunt for a quiet drink.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00This is the Hawley Arms pub and this is where my brother,
0:40:00 > 0:40:04my dad and I were sat when we were having a glass of wine,
0:40:04 > 0:40:07when Amy suddenly came around this corner.
0:40:07 > 0:40:09# Take the box... #
0:40:11 > 0:40:14It was one wet Wednesday afternoon and my brother and I had
0:40:14 > 0:40:17arranged to meet my dad, who was down from York.
0:40:17 > 0:40:20All of a sudden, the music went really loud and it was hurting
0:40:20 > 0:40:22my dad's hearing aid.
0:40:22 > 0:40:24So my brother went round to ask the bar staff,
0:40:24 > 0:40:26"If you could just turn it down."
0:40:26 > 0:40:28# I'm a-walkin' in the rain
0:40:28 > 0:40:30# Tears are fallin' and I feel a pain... #
0:40:30 > 0:40:33Matthew came back and he said, "Oh, my goodness,
0:40:33 > 0:40:36"you won't believe who's putting the music on the jukebox, it's Amy Winehouse."
0:40:36 > 0:40:38And then she just appeared and she just said,
0:40:38 > 0:40:41"Oh, I've been asked if I can turn the music down cos it's
0:40:41 > 0:40:44"hurting someone's hearing aid and I just wanted to apologise."
0:40:44 > 0:40:46And we were a bit starstruck and then it was like
0:40:46 > 0:40:49we'd known her for ages. She was just so friendly.
0:40:49 > 0:40:52# My little runaway... #
0:40:52 > 0:40:54You can see in the background here there's
0:40:54 > 0:40:57a Bowie image that is just behind me, still.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01I was explaining that I had a very good relationship with my dad,
0:41:01 > 0:41:03like she had with her father, Mitch.
0:41:03 > 0:41:06So she said, "Oh, come on, Dave, get up and have a dance with me,"
0:41:06 > 0:41:10so she got him up here and, you know, twirled him around
0:41:10 > 0:41:13a couple of times, or he twirled her around a couple of times,
0:41:13 > 0:41:16and yeah, she was just so personable and very friendly.
0:41:16 > 0:41:21# Because I've forgotten all of young love's joy... #
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Sally took the opportunity to show Amy photos of the mosaic
0:41:24 > 0:41:27portraits she'd been making.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32This is a mosaic that I created in 2007 and it was exhibited
0:41:32 > 0:41:34in a few different places.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37And then it was the one that Amy actually liked the best.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40I feel very, very lucky that I got to meet her.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43She was just a breath of fresh air.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50The Brit and Grammy award-winning singer Amy Winehouse
0:41:50 > 0:41:53has died at her home in North London.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57# For you I was a flame... #
0:41:57 > 0:42:00When she died, I just couldn't believe it.
0:42:00 > 0:42:02I just thought, no, actually,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05cos that's not the way it's going to go.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06She's going to get better.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09I just burst into tears. I was really, really upset.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12I phoned my dad up and he cried.
0:42:12 > 0:42:16It still feels really...
0:42:16 > 0:42:21unfair that she's not here.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25# We only said goodbye with words
0:42:25 > 0:42:28# I died 100 times... #
0:42:28 > 0:42:32We loved Amy, and had found out about her through the usual routes,
0:42:32 > 0:42:36hearing a song on the radio, promoted by a record label.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40But now some of us were bypassing the record industry and using
0:42:40 > 0:42:42the internet to hunt out new sounds.
0:42:42 > 0:42:45This is the era of accessible stars.
0:42:45 > 0:42:48They made themselves accessible to us and we made them
0:42:48 > 0:42:50accessible to the world.
0:42:50 > 0:42:55In 2005, fans changed how the music industry worked forever.
0:42:57 > 0:43:00A band from Sheffield, who first built a following on the internet,
0:43:00 > 0:43:03are set to have the fastest-selling debut album
0:43:03 > 0:43:05since chart records began.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07These fans and thousands more like them have been crucial to
0:43:07 > 0:43:09the success of the Arctic Monkeys.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12This band, more than any other in the last decade, enjoys
0:43:12 > 0:43:15a reputation based on word of mouth.
0:43:15 > 0:43:18MUSIC: I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor by Arctic Monkeys
0:43:21 > 0:43:25Sheffield Hallam Uni student Omar was one of those responsible
0:43:25 > 0:43:27for the change.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30This is the one that kicked off all the hype.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32First release, it's an unofficial EP,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36There's only 1,500 copies of the CD
0:43:36 > 0:43:39and vinyl, so they're pretty rare.
0:43:39 > 0:43:41I don't get them out very often.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43# I don't want to hear you
0:43:43 > 0:43:45# Fake tales of San Francisco
0:43:45 > 0:43:48# Echo through the air... #
0:43:48 > 0:43:50Listen to the songs.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53They were urgent, they were catchy, they were...they were fresh,
0:43:53 > 0:43:57they were punky and they were just exciting.
0:43:57 > 0:44:00You know, it was about just being a lad around that time,
0:44:00 > 0:44:04trying to pull girls and failing because of other boys
0:44:04 > 0:44:06who had cars and lots of money.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10They were songs that we knew about and could relate to.
0:44:10 > 0:44:11# All that's left
0:44:11 > 0:44:15# Is the proof that love's not only blind but deaf... #
0:44:15 > 0:44:19Unsigned band Arctic Monkeys had given out demos at gigs,
0:44:19 > 0:44:24but had no idea their songs were being shared online by their fans,
0:44:24 > 0:44:26via MySpace and a fan forum.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31I literally went online just to find out whatever I could,
0:44:31 > 0:44:35got lucky, found the forum, found the link for their website
0:44:35 > 0:44:38where all the downloads were and just downloaded them all,
0:44:38 > 0:44:41put them on my MP3 player and walked to a friend's house
0:44:41 > 0:44:43the next day and said, "You have to listen to this band."
0:44:43 > 0:44:46I don't think the band realised at the time, but...
0:44:46 > 0:44:50It was already too late, the songs were already out there.
0:44:50 > 0:44:52And the buzz started.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55There was a sense that there was something important happening,
0:44:55 > 0:44:57something exciting, and we were right in the middle of it.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00The gigs would sell out stupid quick.
0:45:00 > 0:45:02And people already knew the songs,
0:45:02 > 0:45:05even though they weren't being released.
0:45:05 > 0:45:08# And what a scummy man
0:45:08 > 0:45:10# Just give him half a chance
0:45:10 > 0:45:12# I bet he'll rob you if he can. #
0:45:12 > 0:45:15The only way they could was from the MP3s.
0:45:15 > 0:45:17And that was a bit weird.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20# I bet that you look good on the dance floor. #
0:45:20 > 0:45:23In a couple of months, the whole country knew the word.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26They're number one, welcome to the sensational Arctic Monkeys!
0:45:26 > 0:45:28CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:45:32 > 0:45:35After fans had spread the word for two years, the band were
0:45:35 > 0:45:38finally signed in June 2005,
0:45:38 > 0:45:41broke sales records with their debut album, and tickets
0:45:41 > 0:45:45to the tour off the back of it sold out in under an hour.
0:45:45 > 0:45:49I feel proud because they were still our boys, but...
0:45:49 > 0:45:52You know they're going to make it and you know they'll be
0:45:52 > 0:45:54around and everyone's going to really enjoy their songs.
0:45:54 > 0:45:58# I'm so glad they turned us all away, we'll put it down to fate!
0:46:00 > 0:46:01# I said a thousand million things
0:46:01 > 0:46:04# That I could never say this morning... #
0:46:04 > 0:46:08Omar made some lifelong friends from the online forums,
0:46:08 > 0:46:11including Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt's mum.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13Matt's mum.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16She was on the forum, she was under a secret alias,
0:46:16 > 0:46:18but word quickly got out who she was.
0:46:18 > 0:46:23We'd see her at gigs, she was in the queue, handing out baked goods.
0:46:24 > 0:46:27This forum-forged friendship meant Omar got more than
0:46:27 > 0:46:30the usual band merchandise.
0:46:30 > 0:46:33My friend Lee had a charity auction and he asked me
0:46:33 > 0:46:37if I could get any items, so I sent Matt's mum, Jill,
0:46:37 > 0:46:40a message saying, "Have you got anything that could be of value?"
0:46:40 > 0:46:42She goes, "Yeah, I might have something."
0:46:42 > 0:46:45So she gave me Matt's first drum skin,
0:46:45 > 0:46:47and he obviously signed it on a bit of duct tape,
0:46:47 > 0:46:50and we gave it a nice frame and put it on the auction.
0:46:50 > 0:46:53My mum outbid everyone and then just gave it to me.
0:46:53 > 0:46:57# I'm so glad they turned us all away, we'll put it down to fate! #
0:46:57 > 0:47:00I joked to my mum that she was around when the Beatles
0:47:00 > 0:47:03quickly got up and I was around when Arctic Monkeys did.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05It was just right place, right time.
0:47:08 > 0:47:12Arctic Monkeys fans pioneered a new relationship with our music.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16Rather than artist and fan, it was a spectrum where artists
0:47:16 > 0:47:20blended with fans in a seamless relationship that can take music
0:47:20 > 0:47:24from the toughest of postcodes to the big wide world.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27Spawned on pirate radio and blossoming on the streets of
0:47:27 > 0:47:30East London, an edgy new sound was about to become the voice
0:47:30 > 0:47:33of a generation - grime.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36This was young MCs spitting fast and furious rhymes over beats
0:47:36 > 0:47:38they'd made in their own bedrooms.
0:47:38 > 0:47:39Oi!
0:47:39 > 0:47:42MUSIC: Fix Up, Look Sharp by Dizzee Rascal
0:47:42 > 0:47:44E3. It's real.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47This is, like, the estate I grew up on.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49This whole little area.
0:47:49 > 0:47:52Canary Wharf, it's kind of like in your face.
0:47:52 > 0:47:55On this side, everyone living like, sort of council estates and that.
0:47:55 > 0:47:57It's all grimy kind of round here, innit?
0:47:57 > 0:48:01Dizzee Rascal took grime from the streets of E3 and onto
0:48:01 > 0:48:04the Mercury Awards stage and into the mainstream,
0:48:04 > 0:48:07flooding the charts with a fresh crop of musical talent.
0:48:07 > 0:48:09# Fix up, look sharp... #
0:48:09 > 0:48:13Grime fan Jamal Edwards is a music entrepreneur whose website
0:48:13 > 0:48:19has had over 100 million views and is worth over £8 million.
0:48:19 > 0:48:22Grime's the reason I'm sitting here right now.
0:48:22 > 0:48:25I started off as a fan, as, like, a...looking in on it
0:48:25 > 0:48:27and just, like, peeping through the window
0:48:27 > 0:48:30to actually filming with the artists that are around today.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32# What do you call it, urban? #
0:48:32 > 0:48:36But it all started with a canny teenager and his Christmas present.
0:48:36 > 0:48:39I first started out filming with my mates and then I remember
0:48:39 > 0:48:42I used to go to clubs and try and find the artist.
0:48:42 > 0:48:45And when I went there, didn't know them, went up to them,
0:48:45 > 0:48:48got my cousin, "Can you ask them to get...? I want to do a little freestyle."
0:48:48 > 0:48:51And it's funny, cos when I look back at that, that was eight...
0:48:51 > 0:48:54eight, nine years ago, now I do videos with them on a regular basis,
0:48:54 > 0:48:56but at first it was just hustling.
0:48:56 > 0:48:59SHOUTING AND INDISTINCT LYRICS
0:49:01 > 0:49:04The sound that drew him to the clubs talked directly to him.
0:49:04 > 0:49:07The reason why I was a fan of grime from the early days,
0:49:07 > 0:49:09cos I thought it was something that related to me.
0:49:09 > 0:49:12I never really related to, like, American rap, American hip-hop.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15I related to something that was in the UK, born in the UK,
0:49:15 > 0:49:18and it was just that raw sound and storytelling
0:49:18 > 0:49:21that sort of made me just love it.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24# Yo, yeah, Skepta!
0:49:24 > 0:49:27# Always ready, the black Nigerian's way too heavy
0:49:27 > 0:49:28# Every time I open my mouth, blud
0:49:28 > 0:49:31# I say a lyric and another MC gets buried. #
0:49:31 > 0:49:35It was just about real lyrics and it was also always about the beats
0:49:35 > 0:49:38and it was just, like, snappy, it was hard, it was raw.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42The moment that transformed Jamal and grime was the arrival of
0:49:42 > 0:49:46a new online platform, YouTube, in 2005.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49Jamal's videos now had a home accessible to millions,
0:49:49 > 0:49:52and his channel, SPTV, was born,
0:49:52 > 0:49:55and grime was given a shot in the arm.
0:49:55 > 0:49:58YouTube, how it's changed the relationship between artists and
0:49:58 > 0:50:00fans, it's made it closer.
0:50:00 > 0:50:03So where now you can see what your favourite artists are getting
0:50:03 > 0:50:06up to, you only used to hear of it on radio,
0:50:06 > 0:50:09see it in the paper and see it on TV
0:50:09 > 0:50:10and it was very controlled.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14Whereas YouTube is a free, roaming experience.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16It's, like, democratic, you can put whatever you want online.
0:50:16 > 0:50:19# Knock, knock, what's your answer?
0:50:19 > 0:50:21# You're top dog with a bark... #
0:50:21 > 0:50:25At his heart, Jamal is still a grime fan.
0:50:25 > 0:50:28I never thought I'd be sitting where I'm sitting now...never.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31It was just for the love, to be a part of it.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33That was my main aim.
0:50:33 > 0:50:35Um, and now I am a part of it.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38It's like, how do I take it to the next level?
0:50:38 > 0:50:40And carry on exporting grime around the world.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42# Stress on the brain, complain to the full
0:50:42 > 0:50:44# Stress on the brain, complain to the max... #
0:50:44 > 0:50:46Experiencing our fandom online
0:50:46 > 0:50:49has taken us way beyond what we thought might be possible.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51It's deepened the relationship with artists
0:50:51 > 0:50:54and taken the most basic of all fan instincts,
0:50:54 > 0:50:56to belt out the songs you love,
0:50:56 > 0:50:59and made that joy shareable with millions.
0:50:59 > 0:51:0418-year-old Katie often posts covers of her favourite pop stars' hits
0:51:04 > 0:51:06to show her adoration.
0:51:06 > 0:51:12# I wish nothing but the best for you, too... #
0:51:12 > 0:51:16She fell for her idol in primary school.
0:51:16 > 0:51:19I didn't actually originally know that it was Adele that I was
0:51:19 > 0:51:21listening to when I first heard her.
0:51:21 > 0:51:26It was in an emotional assembly and wondering who is this voice?
0:51:26 > 0:51:28And, I want to know more.
0:51:28 > 0:51:30# I heard
0:51:32 > 0:51:36# That you're settled down
0:51:36 > 0:51:38# That you... #
0:51:38 > 0:51:40Her Brit Award performance in 2011...
0:51:40 > 0:51:42hit me.
0:51:42 > 0:51:45Seeing Adele perform and for the whole room to be still,
0:51:45 > 0:51:47it just made me cry.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50I could understand her pain behind the words
0:51:50 > 0:51:52and I could see the emotion
0:51:52 > 0:51:55and hear it in her voice and I think it just touched me.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58# Sometimes it lasts in love
0:51:58 > 0:52:00# But sometimes it hurts instead. #
0:52:00 > 0:52:04Katie started collecting anything to do with her new-found hero
0:52:04 > 0:52:08and covered her side of the bedroom she shares with her little sister.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11This is my side of the room.
0:52:11 > 0:52:13And that's my little sister's side of the room.
0:52:13 > 0:52:16She doesn't really have much over there any more.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20There is just an agreement that I don't put anything over that side
0:52:20 > 0:52:22but I'm OK with that.
0:52:22 > 0:52:24I've got a lot of quotes on here.
0:52:24 > 0:52:28This one always has stuck out to me since I was about 14.
0:52:28 > 0:52:30That's just, like, my life story.
0:52:30 > 0:52:33I did this when I was about 15.
0:52:33 > 0:52:35I'm not a very good artist.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36I can't draw to save my life.
0:52:36 > 0:52:37But...
0:52:37 > 0:52:40I drew the outline of her Rolling In The Deep look,
0:52:40 > 0:52:42so this was, like, the honeycomb hair.
0:52:42 > 0:52:45# We could have had it all...
0:52:47 > 0:52:50# Rolling in the deep... #
0:52:50 > 0:52:53Adele may well be a world-famous pop star
0:52:53 > 0:52:56but it's not her celebrity status that Katie's drawn to.
0:52:56 > 0:53:03For my generation, to have an idol who is down-to-earth, normal,
0:53:03 > 0:53:05that is definitely what appeals to me.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08When you're an artist you need to actually be relatable,
0:53:08 > 0:53:11not just by your lyrics, not just by your music,
0:53:11 > 0:53:14by yourself, and I think she's hit it right on the nail
0:53:14 > 0:53:16with being relatable for everyone.
0:53:21 > 0:53:23Fellow Adele fans Glenn and Ronan
0:53:23 > 0:53:25also decided to post a video of themselves
0:53:25 > 0:53:29covering Adele a couple of days before seeing her in concert.
0:53:29 > 0:53:32# That you found the one
0:53:32 > 0:53:35# And you're married now... #
0:53:36 > 0:53:38We knew Adele was coming to Dublin, where we were both living.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40We knew she was coming that week
0:53:40 > 0:53:43so Glenn said, "Look, we both love Adele's music,
0:53:43 > 0:53:45"why don't we do something to mark the occasion?"
0:53:45 > 0:53:47And, we posted the video online.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49It just took off for whatever reason, it sparked,
0:53:49 > 0:53:51and I think overnight it had something like five million views,
0:53:51 > 0:53:52which was just insane.
0:53:52 > 0:53:56We posted it on the Thursday and the Saturday was when we went to the concert.
0:53:56 > 0:53:59OK, so you're at the concert, it's amazing.
0:53:59 > 0:54:01Tell us what happens next.
0:54:01 > 0:54:03So about three songs from the end of her concert,
0:54:03 > 0:54:04we were already just in awe of her.
0:54:04 > 0:54:08As a live musician, I haven't seen anyone better, to be honest.
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Adele said, "I saw this video during the week of two Irish guys."
0:54:11 > 0:54:14At this point I think Glenn grabbed my arm, or vice-versa,
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- I'm not sure which.- What?!
0:54:16 > 0:54:18She said, "Their names are Glenn and Ronan.
0:54:18 > 0:54:20"I believe they're here in the audience."
0:54:20 > 0:54:22We leapt out of our seats, flailing arms.
0:54:22 > 0:54:24Everyone looking at us like we're crazy.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27She said, "I'd like you guys to come down to the stage now."
0:54:27 > 0:54:29At which point Glenn got a tug on the shoulder.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31There's a security guard saying, "Follow me."
0:54:31 > 0:54:33- Are you ready to relive the magic? - Yes.- Sure.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35Let's have a look, it's so good.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38- ADELE:- Oh, here they are!
0:54:38 > 0:54:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:43 > 0:54:46Oh, come on. You can't put it online and meet me in Dublin
0:54:46 > 0:54:48and not think I'm going to tell you to come up.
0:54:48 > 0:54:50How are you feeling at this point?
0:54:50 > 0:54:53- She's one of your idols. - Absolutely shellshocked.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55And then she puts out her hands for a hug. I'm hugging Adele.
0:54:55 > 0:54:59Will you sing to them what you put online?
0:54:59 > 0:55:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:55:03 > 0:55:05I'm saying to Ronan, "Ronan, I don't remember it,
0:55:05 > 0:55:07"I don't remember it. Do you remember it?"
0:55:07 > 0:55:09What were you saying?
0:55:09 > 0:55:11He was very calm.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14She set it all up just in the hope that you guys happened to be in the crowd?
0:55:14 > 0:55:17Well, we had obviously tweeted out,
0:55:17 > 0:55:19but you never know that anyone's going to see that.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22We genuinely had no idea when we arrived that she knew we existed,
0:55:22 > 0:55:24let alone what she had planned.
0:55:29 > 0:55:34There she is just standing back, giving us her stage.
0:55:34 > 0:55:35# I've heard...
0:55:35 > 0:55:36CROWD SINGS ALONG
0:55:36 > 0:55:38# That your dreams came true... #
0:55:41 > 0:55:43She loves you guys.
0:55:43 > 0:55:49# This is my last night with you... #
0:55:49 > 0:55:52I don't think it'll matter how many times we watch it,
0:55:52 > 0:55:55there will always be part of us that goes, "That can't have happened."
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I mean, it did, and we are so grateful
0:55:57 > 0:55:59and it's definitely a highlight in our life so far.
0:55:59 > 0:56:03So you've sang for Adele - would you sing for us now, please?
0:56:03 > 0:56:05- We'd love to.- Absolutely.
0:56:09 > 0:56:13# I've heard that your dreams came true
0:56:13 > 0:56:17# Guess she gave you things
0:56:17 > 0:56:19# I didn't give to you
0:56:21 > 0:56:28# And I can't keep up with your turning tables
0:56:28 > 0:56:33# Under your thumb, I can't breathe
0:56:35 > 0:56:41- BOTH:- # Never mind, I'll find someone like you
0:56:41 > 0:56:47# I wish nothing but the best for you...too
0:56:49 > 0:56:55# I can't give you the heart you think you gave me
0:56:55 > 0:56:58# It's time to say goodbye... #
0:57:03 > 0:57:08Over six amazing decades we have loved our pop music,
0:57:08 > 0:57:10more than any kind of culture.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14We've gone from wide-eyed, star-struck devotees...
0:57:14 > 0:57:17John, Paul, George, Ringo. John, Paul, George, Ringo.
0:57:19 > 0:57:23..to believing our music was saying something important about the world.
0:57:23 > 0:57:28Reggae has done more for race relations in England
0:57:28 > 0:57:30than a lot of things.
0:57:30 > 0:57:33Being a fan has allowed us to express our identity...
0:57:33 > 0:57:36I sat and listened to it at the dining-room table
0:57:36 > 0:57:37with my headphones on
0:57:37 > 0:57:40and basically changed as a person.
0:57:40 > 0:57:42..escape our surroundings...
0:57:42 > 0:57:44Northern Soul was a way of life.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47I worked in a bacon factory.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49It was great to be able to think I've got
0:57:49 > 0:57:51a weekend to look forward to.
0:57:51 > 0:57:54..explode with unbridled happiness.
0:57:54 > 0:57:56Goose bumps...
0:57:56 > 0:57:58Still! How does that work?
0:58:00 > 0:58:02# Sometimes I feel like
0:58:02 > 0:58:04# Throwing my hands up in the air... #
0:58:04 > 0:58:07The digital revolution has also been a revolution in our
0:58:07 > 0:58:11relationship with our music and the artists who make it.
0:58:11 > 0:58:13It's no longer enough just to be a fan.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16Today we seem more like pop partners.
0:58:16 > 0:58:21By 2010 we had a bewildering but brilliant array of music to
0:58:21 > 0:58:22get passionate about.
0:58:22 > 0:58:26And we could keep our entire record collections in our pocket.
0:58:26 > 0:58:28Now with so much choice about there's a bit of
0:58:28 > 0:58:31a danger that true fandom could become a thing of the past.
0:58:31 > 0:58:33But the truth is,
0:58:33 > 0:58:37the internet brought us even closer to our musical heroes.
0:58:37 > 0:58:40The future is looking pretty fun for us fans.
0:58:41 > 0:58:45# You got the love You got the love
0:58:45 > 0:58:47# You got the love
0:58:49 > 0:58:53# You got the love You got the love
0:58:53 > 0:58:56# You got the love
0:59:07 > 0:59:11# Sometimes I feel like saying, "Lord, I just don't care"
0:59:11 > 0:59:14# But you've got the love I need to see me through. #