“If we do need the toilet we’ll go in a relay,” she said.
“We’ve both taken an Imodium so we don’t need to go to the toilet,” said Kerry Robinson, 53, who had planted her camping chairs and cool bag at the front of the stage by 11am – 10 hours before Elton was due on stage. Thousands had staked a place at the front of the stage by midday, armed with sun cream, sequins and, crucially, tablets to suppress any bowel movements that might cost them their prime spot. I’ve grown up with his music because my parents always had him on and I’ve never seen him before,” he said. By 10am, he had secured a prime spot at the front barriers, a position he was determined to keep for the rest of the day. Thomas Lewis, 22, had bought a replica of Elton’s famous silver sequined 1970s baseball jumpsuit from Amazon for the occasion.
Photograph: Enric Fontcuberta/EPAįans had camped out for 17 hours in scorching heat for a front-row view of the history-making concert, which was expected to draw a near-record crowd of more than 100,000 people to the Pyramid stage.
