I was lucky enough to get into an aftershow for last year's Manchester gig - Shane wasn't there and although there were other band members there, they were all talking to friends and family and I felt it wasn't my place to approach if it was one of the few times of the year they get to see their nearest n dearest...if you get me. I may just mooch down to the venue early. Are we talking 3pm sort of time or more 10 in the morning?
And Patrice - although most venues tend to have a no camera/video recording policy it's pretty rare that anyone actually bothers taking cameras and the like off people. It'd have to be a very mean person to even think about wanting to confiscate stuff like that.

