They're now touring all over the world and gathering fans from all over the place.
The Government Digital Service (GDS), a unit of the Cabinet Office tasked with the job of transforming the way central government runs services online, has been gathering fans from across the UK and beyond for the work of its team of digital disruptors.
The summer rock festival, gathering fans of diverse bands into one giant crowd for a day or a weekend of musical overload, was becoming a relic in the United States -- unlike Europe, where events like the Reading Festival in England are annual institutions.
One thing was made clear by the family's latest publicists: despite gathering fans and a swirl of news media reports, there would be no memorial for Mr. Jackson at Neverland, the ranch he once owned in Santa Barbara County, near Los Angeles.
Over the first two days of this four-day gathering, fans instead seemed to be demanding more close-up-and-personal experiences, like the "Godzilla Encounter," a lavish walk-through experience that Legendary Entertainment had built in a nearby warehouse.
As a platform, Victorious represents a way for its clients to build their own communities, rather than simply gathering fans on YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks and apps.
It's an unusually stripped-down concert film, with a few establishing shots of gathering fans and empty stages and then nothing but music — no introductions, no interviews, no back story.
("He's the most honest, direct person I've ever met," Plunkett said). The most powerful scenes, however, are on the periphery, in the gatherings of fans who hang on every crossing pass.
We mentioned yesterday the Sharks had their annual "State of the Franchise" gathering with fans at the Shark Tank.
The Star Trek convention, held in London last week, broke the World Record for the largest gathering of fans dressed as characters from the series, including alien characters.
