..EVERYTHING A CELEB KNEADS; EXCLUSIVE Massage rooms, plasma TVs, private catering service, a personal butler, backstage at the 02 arena has...Byline: BY PAUL MARTIN SHOWBIZ REPORTER CELEBS partying back stage at the new O2 arena will enjoy a EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 2million diva heaven packed full of luxuries. The stars will live it up in real style at the glitzy glitz Informal n. Ostentatious showiness; flashiness: "a garish barrage of show-biz glitz" Peter G. Davis. tr.v. Dublin venue, set to open next month. The new dressing room and VIP zone is 10 times bigger than the old cramped celebrity hangout at the Point. And bosses have spared no expense in creating the ultimate indulgence for the hoard of big acts flocking to the venue in its first year. Names including Girls Aloud Girls Aloud are Smash Hits Poll Winners, TMF Award winning and BRIT Award nominated British girl group who found fame after winning the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 on which they were created. , Tina Turner and Coldplay will chill out before the show in special massage and relaxation rooms that have been created behind the scenes. Huge HD plasma screen TVs have also been placed in every dressing room complete with hundreds of satellite TV channels so acts can watch their favourite shows. But they will be most impressed with a personal butler service being provided which will be at their beck and call. They will have any kind of food they desire delivered to their private room and they can even book hotels, restaurants or shopping sprees at the venue before they go on stage. A source involved in VIP bookings at the venue revealed: "It is going to be the most stylish, upmarket up·mar·ket adj. Appealing to or designed for high-income consumers; upscale: "He turned up in well-cut clothes . . . and upmarket felt hats" New Yorker. backstage area at any venue in the world. "When a celebrity arrives for a gig it will be like checking into the penthouse suite of the Four Seasons. "They will have absolutely everything they could desire and there will be no shortage of space, unlike the old Point. "If a star wants a meal delivered from the finest restaurant or a bottle of the best champagne they can get it all delivered right to their dressing-room door. "There are also special rooms being created for stars to entertain their guests with luxury furnishings, computer game consoles and private catering. "It's going to be like Disneyland for celebrities. They won't want to leave once they get here." Guests at the old Point had to cram into a makeshift backstage hospitality area during shows. There were only four dressing rooms, one small hospitality room for VIP guests and a canteen. It is going to be like Disneyland for celebrities, they won't want to leave once they get here CAPTION(S): REFURBISHED Modern venue where the Point once stood; LAP OF LUXURY Noun 1. lap of luxury - in conditions of wealth and comfort; "he was raised in the lap of luxury" ease, comfort - a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state; "a life of luxury and ease"; "he had all the material comforts of this world" Massage service and, left, plasma screen TV; IMPRESSIVE Inside of the new O2 arena in Dublin |
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