Gig plans - 2024

[S100HP]

MOBB said:

London 8/12 showing as tickets available £108.15 each though

By scummy resales already. Awful.

I reckon they might add another date, the 9th. Currently nothing planned that night.....

[V41LEY]

Saw James last night in Brum. Absolutely brilliant.

[S100HP]

V41LEY said:

Saw James last night in Brum. Absolutely brilliant.

Standing or sat down?

[toon10]

V41LEY said:

Saw James last night in Brum. Absolutely brilliant.

The bands I've seen live the most over the years is between James and Inspiral Carpets. Saw the Carpets recently and gong to see them again in August. James never disappoints.

[MOBB]

S100HP said:

V41LEY said:

Saw James last night in Brum. Absolutely brilliant.

Standing or sat down?

He probably wanted to stand but they were persuasive

[President Merkin]

Kind of feel for Tim Booth. Started out with burning movie star looks, now a Ming the merciless lookalike.

[egor110]

President Merkin said:

Kind of feel for Tim Booth. Started out with burning movie star looks, now a Ming the merciless lookalike.

Still looks good for 64 though .

[glennjamin]

Bryan Adams tomorrow night and Sting Sunday night on Plymouth Hoe, just hoping weather holds up

[w1bbles]

C4ME said:

This one is way less PH than most. North of the border this weekend for the cultural phenomenon that is Taylor Swift. Can see (and hear) Murryfield from where I am staying so a good warm up tonight before attending in person tomorrow. It certainly feels like I have entering a sequin covered parallel universe.

I did Edinburgh night 3 with my daughter - I wasn't a fan but having been I was converted to her showmanship. What a gig. She really knows how to light up a stadium. I hate to admit it, but that was the best performance I've ever been to. I have a Murrayfield debenture and the Swifties could teach us Scotland fans how to make noise like you can't believe. The noise after 'Champagne Problems' was like a jet engine at full chat only at teenage girl frequencies.

We were close enough to the stage to feel like we were in a small venue and our tickets were only £90 each. I see re-sale values for the cheap seats in Liverpool, Cardiff and London are about £600 for restricted view positions.

Just heading over to the 'your unpopular views' thread now!

[popeyewhite]

w1bbles said:

We were close enough to the stage to feel like we were in a small venue

"The other 20000 people just seemed to disappear..."

[Freakuk]

GloverMart said:

Gompo said:

GloverMart said:

Gompo said:

Paid £35 for a t-shirt at Pet Shop Boys last night. The most I've spent on a t-shirt, but decided I wanted to get some sort of memento, I regret not getting a few other tour/festival shirts in the past. Not always ticket stub to save these days.

What were PSB like, Gompo?

They were great, thanks. I knew not to expect anything energetic from them, but apart from that I went in quite blind. I was reminded how many tracks of theirs I like; and how much of an impact they'd had on me in the late 1980s. They're not a typical act for me, and it was the largest concert I've been too so a little out of my comfort zone.

..The worst thing is I'm not sure anything can top it now, particularly of those who are still active. We'll see. My wife is keen on booking something to look forward to and tick off, but there's nothing right now.

Excellent, glad you enjoyed them. Always fancied seeing them, grew up with their stuff in my twenties and saw them on TV with the Killers a few years back which was an odd match up but seemed to work.

Was at the gig on Sunday evening, I've been a fan since '86 and have seen them dozens of times over the years, they know how to put on a show which many may find hard to believe. For the casual fan the Dreamworld tour is definitely the one to go to as it's their greatest hits tour, but clearly they cannot get them all in given they have been together 40+ years now.

I've seen this tour something like 4 times now (over the last 2-3 years) and it has evolved in terms of setlist, saw them last month at Koko for the warm up for this years gigs and have the Royal Opera House next month also.

Someone mentioned parking at Co-op live, there are plenty of car parks close by, just drive in and you'll see parking attendants waving you in. We parked on a school car park £10 rather than the £25 Co-op wanted to charge, it was around 15 mins walk and some of the money will be going to the school I guess.

[Haddock82]

I also went to Weezer & Smapshing Pumpkins last Friday at the Utilita in Birmingham

I thought it was excellent.

Weezer were their usual bouncy rock, good fun! I've seen them before at Wembley Arena (With Ash!).

Smashing Pumpkins, one of those bands I've always wanted to see, but never thought I would get chance.

I thought they smashed it and were excellent.

It definitely felt like a Smashing Pumpkins gig with Weezer supporting, rather than the "Double Headliner" they are trying to sell it as.

Prices....

Tickets £60, not too bad in this day and age

T-Shirts - £40! (I did buy one for Mrs Haddock, who unfortunately couldnt make the gig)
The bloomin SP gig poster.... A3 bit of paper with the tour dates on it was £50!

And being a tight ars* watching a bar tender open a can of San Miguel and then request £7.00 was a bit of stinger!
Especially as we walked from the Shakespeare round the corner from the venue and it was £4.50 a pint...

Venue 5/10 - Seats were on a steep incline, good as you don't get an impeded view, but a bit wobbly after a few beers!
Sound was... meh - a bit echoey for us in the cheap seats, but we still had an enjoyable evening

Anyway! Couple of snaps from my potato phone camera.

Weezer:


Smashing Pumpkins:

[westberks]

glennjamin said:

Bryan Adams tomorrow night and Sting Sunday night on Plymouth Hoe, just hoping weather holds up

intrigued to hear what Sting is like; he's the curveball headliner at North Sea Jazz in a few weeks time. Wouldn't pay to see him, but as part of a festival doing 75 minutes, its a box ticked

[marcosgt]

Just added two more.

Rhoda Dakar (singing the Bodysnatchers) - Boiler Room, Guildford - 25th October
Reverend & The Makers - Concorde 2, Brighton - 25th November (bit of a shlep, but I didn't fancy taking chances with the trains into London!)

Hopefully nothing else I really fancy comes up again this year, gigs are getting dearer (these two aren't bad to be fair).

M

[CSNY]

Going to see Bernard Butler at Brewery Arts in Kendal tomorrow. He's just released a solo album, Good Grief, 25 years after the last one. Really looking forward to it, the new album is excellent.

[yellowbentines]

Haddock82 said:

It definitely felt like a Smashing Pumpkins gig with Weezer supporting, rather than the "Double Headliner" they are trying to sell it as.

Interesting you'd say that.

I was at the Glasgow Hydro gig earlier in the week at the back of the standing floor area and it was noticeably quieter for Smashing Pumpkins - quite a few people had clearly only went to see Weezer.

[tedmus]

Went to a Seasick Steve album launch at the new Rough Trade store in Liverpool this week. Just him and a drummer, was really good but only did a half hour set which was disappointing.

Nile Rodgers at Delamere tomorrow, looking forward to that.

[Brinyan]

V41LEY said:

Saw James last night in Brum. Absolutely brilliant.

Just back from seeing them at London O2 tonight. Also absolutely brilliant. The energy & connection with the audience is another level.
Very, very memorable.

[TCEvo]

L7 @ Camden's Ballroom last night. Consumer report: £6.40 for a pint of Camden Pale & £30 for a t-shirt.

When I bought the ticket I thought "it must be about 30-years since I've seen L7..." checked their London gig history this morning & it was 30-years to the day - 16.06.94 @ Astoria 2

[RC1807]

Off to Foo Fighters at the London Stadium on Saturday with a mate from Luxembourg.

Tickets were pricey enough for pitch standing, add to that flights from Luxembourg to LCY and a Premier Inn for the weekend...yeah. Ouch.