Last Night of the Proms Tonight.

Will you be bobbing up and down as well merlot ?

Think happy thoughts.

Just go for it Merlotgran and have a few glasses or even a bottle of and raise a toast to your Mum as I watch I will think of you

Did you watch last night merlot? It was wonderful.

I love it,enjoy merlot may God Bless your Mum x

Merlot . I have not had a wifi connection for some time. So sorry to hear about your Mum

Thank goodness we don't have neighbours. Nothing like a full on rendition of Land Of Hope and Glory.

Shame they dropped 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. It was only included in recent years but I was looking forward to it.

Loved the Finnish conductor. Quite a character!!

No fun singing it when there's nobody to tell me to shut up. Although I did sing Jerusalem, just to remind myself of the words.

Roderick Williams has a lovely voice, too Merlot.

I thought he was more than a bit easy on the eye as well, durhamjen

Which one, the singer or the conductor? Both?

Oh definitely the singer. Never thought I'd find braces (not the dental kind) sexy.

I read an interview with him in the Guardian. I think it was Aquascutum he got the braces from, in case you want any for your husband.

Apparently he was a music teacher until his wife asked him what his ambitions were when he was 28. He said he'd quite like to be a singer, so he gave up the day job, went to the Guildhall School of Music to train, and now he's been on our televisions, singing just for us.

My DP loves the last night of the proms and I have often wondered how the tickets are allocated. Is it a ballot or do they just go on sale on a certain day like pop concerts?

My DP loves the last night of the proms. I have often wondered how the tickets are allocated. Is it a ballot or do they just go on sale on a certain day like pop concerts?

Oh merlotgran - I watched Last Night of the Proms with my mum after my little sisters were put to bed. I've such special, happy memories, we'd sing along, Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory with particular gusto.

merlot I'm sorry for your loss- occasions like the proms and for me British Legion ceremony in the Albert Hall are poignant but also give us the opportunity to remember the good times.

Not sure how much I enjoyed last night -somehow I was thinking about breaking up the United Kingdom (referendum on Friday) and it made me feel very sad that we've come to this debate. Sad to see large events in Wales and Ireland, and London but no Scotland.

I read somewhere that to get tickets for the last night, you need to have attended a set number of the other promenade concerts, not sure how many.

Yes I went to the Last night a few years back. We were super organised that year as one of my sons was in one, so we bought tickets for a few of the proms, can't remember how many, maybe 4 or 5, and applied for the last night and got 2 tickets in a box, and it was my birthday!. Not all the proms are super expensive, you can get cheap tickets especially for the late night ones, and if you want to stand. Same son was in the choir at one of the proms this year and we enjoyed it so much we couldn't remember why we hadn't gone to more this year. You've just got to apply early in the year when the programme comes out.

I'm half way through watching my recording of the last night and so far it is ll a bit odd - a very strange choice of music for the first half - bitty and unappealing, apart from the Chausson violin Poeme. The R Strauss (who I usually love) is obscure and the tenor is truly appalling - I had my fingers in my ears at one point - it was that bad!! Such a shame as Roderick Williams, the baritone, is pure magic.

I am hoping that things will improve in the second half!

Well would you believe it? - OH only recorded the first half, so I have missed the good bits! Darn!

Mishap Get it on i Player. X

It was always a ballot for first and last night tickets and I don't think it has changed. Tickets for the rest of the season can be bought in the usual way.

We watched it on a large screen as part of a Rotary knees up! Meant that we only saw the jolly second part, but it was fun to sing along and wave flags in a group. I agree about the referendum making it extra poignant SueBailey1. In fact, shamefully there were a few boos every time Scotland was shown