When the lights came back up, the crowd went to a party at Henri Bendel, the department store a couple of blocks away, on Fifth Avenue near 56th Street.
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He played the video twice, and when the lights were back up, the crowd once again pivoted toward the Kardashians, with the rapper by their side.
Then there was the massive crowd rearing back up the hill, a crowd rivalling that of any in recent years, and the gaggle at the side of the stage: Jack White, Amy Winehouse, Beyonce (who was dressed in performance finery, but never made it on stage!).
"If they get back up, with the crowds and the finance, Rangers can get the type of player that can compete with Celtic," he told BBC Scotland.
When I got back up, there was this crowd, and I prayed to the good Lord that Yannis was safe and sound.
The semi-final draw - conducted by Paul Sculthorpe and, for some strange reason, Chris Kamara - pitting Leeds and St Helens together, may have been a disappointment for the RFL, as those two gave them the strongest opportunity of getting the cup final crowd back up to 80,000, but would have poured doubt on the supposed parity of the #NewEra.
The nightmare appeared to have calmed under the somewhat unlikely ownership of the Bahrain-based investment bankers Gulf Finance House, who bought the club from Ken Bates in 2012, appointed Brian McDermott as manager and nursed crowds back up to 30,000.
The applause, when it comes, is muted and, after a final curtain call, the crowds troop back up the tiered seating to catch their shuttle buses.
The 4th Chasseurs battalion, 800 strong, now came up on the flank of the British guardsmen and the two battalions of British Foot Guards lost all cohesion and dashed back up the slope as a disorganized crowd with the Chasseurs in pursuit.
As it swished, he kept his hand up, then glanced into the crowd and finally skipped back up the court.
