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Went to Leeds Rocks at the weekend (one day event on Saturday) OMD, Soft Cell, Midge Ure, Toney Hadley, Roland Gift, Heatwave, The Real Thing, The Farm, Hue & Cry, Dr And The Medics, Slim Jim (Stray Cats) and Livin Joy along with Junior were the main bands.1
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heading to jamie t next friday at finsbury park -have a spare ticket happy to sell for face value and can transfer via the ticketing app.
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At a Mod all dayer in Colchester tomorrow. Small World are headlining, along with Chris Pope from The Chords and 3 other bands.1
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Wright6679 said:Covered End said:Arctic Monkeys tomorrow at The Emirates.0
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PopIcon said:Wright6679 said:Covered End said:Arctic Monkeys tomorrow at The Emirates.0
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Covered End said:PopIcon said:Wright6679 said:Covered End said:Arctic Monkeys tomorrow at The Emirates.
Going to see Pulp in Finsbury Park next month, hoping for a smoother journey home...0 -
If you moved north of the river it will cut down your travelling time to gigs 🤓1
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PopIcon said:Covered End said:PopIcon said:Wright6679 said:Covered End said:Arctic Monkeys tomorrow at The Emirates.
Going to see Pulp in Finsbury Park next month, hoping for a smoother journey home...
Train to Bromley South. I was home by 23.30.
I don't think I've ever got on a bus "up town".0 -
sold my spare for jamie t for fv which im happy with.
really looking forward to it now, have also nabbed tickets to tom clarke of the enemy live in september, and am now going to blur in july due to a spare ticket being offered2 -
Saw a band on Saturday from Folkstone called the Phenomenal Cat.....very good.0
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palarsehater said:sold my spare for jamie t for fv which im happy with.
really looking forward to it now, have also nabbed tickets to tom clarke of the enemy live in september, and am now going to blur in july due to a spare ticket being offered2 -
There's a pop quiz programme called Popmaster TV on More 4 at 8pm every day this week.
I wouldn't call it entertaining, but it is a quite hard quiz & if you like to pause and have a think it's more than decent.2 -
palarsehater said:sold my spare for jamie t for fv which im happy with.
really looking forward to it now, have also nabbed tickets to tom clarke of the enemy live in september, and am now going to blur in july due to a spare ticket being offered0 -
I know that this has been brought up before but people talking at gigs.I go to a lot of gigs but was at a “big” gig for the first time for many years, The Chicks at Glasgow Hydro. Remember now why I hate big gigs. Soulless, concrete shell, miles away from stage.But the worst thing was the 2 women sat beside me talking very loudly throughout. I eventually asked them to shut up and was told that if I wanted to listen to music I should stay at home and listen to a CD “ya tit”.But it did make me reflect. I’ve always considered myself on being in the right when challenging particularly noisy people at gigs (hell, I’ve even called out my mates on more than one occasion). But, at the end of each song I sat politely clapping, whereas the 2 talkers would scream and whoop and help make an atmosphere, so perhaps they are right?3
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Guns N Roses at Hyde park. Thought it was awesome. Three solid hours, no late start, Axl's voice was better than last couple of times I've heard him... Good atmosphere, but so many pissed people with obviously poor diets... Got frequent air biscuits.
They don't like having tube stations within a 20 minute walk open either. Had to get on at picadilly for the way home, guess it disburses everyone.
Bruce Springsteen next week!1 -
Looking forward to Blur/Weller/Selector at Wembley next Sunday.1
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Pulp at Finsbury Park - terrific show, but weird crowd with lots chatting away through half the set. Used to it at a lot of London gigs (Pozi at the 100 Club was pretty much ruined by it the other week) but not at a big outdoor show.1
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InspectorSands said:Pulp at Finsbury Park - terrific show, but weird crowd with lots chatting away through half the set. Used to it at a lot of London gigs (Pozi at the 100 Club was pretty much ruined by it the other week) but not at a big outdoor show.
Shame the set wasn't longer.
I didn't have any issues with the crowd, my main grievances were the queue for the bar and the gushing toilets.
I don't really like the setup at Finsbury Park, the footprint is a weird shape and it's always chaotic, with lots of bottlenecks.2 -
PopIcon said:InspectorSands said:Pulp at Finsbury Park - terrific show, but weird crowd with lots chatting away through half the set. Used to it at a lot of London gigs (Pozi at the 100 Club was pretty much ruined by it the other week) but not at a big outdoor show.
Shame the set wasn't longer.
I didn't have any issues with the crowd, my main grievances were the queue for the bar and the gushing toilets.
I don't really like the setup at Finsbury Park, the footprint is a weird shape and it's always chaotic, with lots of bottlenecks.
Friday : Jamie T, Idles. Seemed to be only 3/4 full, bars and food easy access, toilets fine, easy exit, home in an hour
Saturday : Pulp. Too rammed (dangerously so at some points), bars were 30 min queue, food sometimes worse, took 2 hours to get home
Finsbury is not setup for 40k+ gigs, but seemed to handle 30k-ish OK.
What I don't get is the food and bars. The event organiser could easily generate 20%+ extra revenue by adding more bars / food. Unless there is a licencing restriction preventing more, I just don't get why they would not want to make more ££1 - Sponsored links:
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Pulp were fantastic but the infrastructure just wasn't there at Finsbury park, then had a nightmare getting home and had to shell out for a taxi from St Pancras.
Blur at Wembley on Saturday, unfortunately seem to have ended up with worse support acts than the Sunday (for my taste) but do at least get to see snooker legend Steve Davis do a dj set..3 -
follett said:Pulp were fantastic but the infrastructure just wasn't there at Finsbury park, then had a nightmare getting home and had to shell out for a taxi from St Pancras.
Blur at Wembley on Saturday, unfortunately seem to have ended up with worse support acts than the Sunday (for my taste) but do at least get to see snooker legend Steve Davis do a dj set..2 -
Saw Roger Waters at the O2 2 weeks ago. 5th time ive seen him and whilst the set list was good it could have been improved by a few different choices as its his last hurrah. Also far too much talking and ranting about being cancelled, still better than most though.
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Also at Finsbury Park for Pulp on Saturday - they were brilliant, JC is a great showman.
Wet Leg were better than I'd thought they'd be.
Baxter Dury was a strange one for me. Started out thinking wtf but his music kind of grew on me. His lady backing singer had a great voice.
Exotic Gardens reminded me of relaxing on a foreign holiday with chilled music playing in the background.2 -
BalladMan said:PopIcon said:InspectorSands said:Pulp at Finsbury Park - terrific show, but weird crowd with lots chatting away through half the set. Used to it at a lot of London gigs (Pozi at the 100 Club was pretty much ruined by it the other week) but not at a big outdoor show.
Shame the set wasn't longer.
I didn't have any issues with the crowd, my main grievances were the queue for the bar and the gushing toilets.
I don't really like the setup at Finsbury Park, the footprint is a weird shape and it's always chaotic, with lots of bottlenecks.
Friday : Jamie T, Idles. Seemed to be only 3/4 full, bars and food easy access, toilets fine, easy exit, home in an hour
Saturday : Pulp. Too rammed (dangerously so at some points), bars were 30 min queue, food sometimes worse, took 2 hours to get home
Finsbury is not setup for 40k+ gigs, but seemed to handle 30k-ish OK.
What I don't get is the food and bars. The event organiser could easily generate 20%+ extra revenue by adding more bars / food. Unless there is a licencing restriction preventing more, I just don't get why they would not want to make more ££
There were LOADS of tickets listed for Jamie T on Thursday (before they were removed) they were discounted by up to 50%.
There was a fatality on the Thameslink so those heading southbound had to get off at Kings Cross.0 -
PopIcon said:InspectorSands said:Pulp at Finsbury Park - terrific show, but weird crowd with lots chatting away through half the set. Used to it at a lot of London gigs (Pozi at the 100 Club was pretty much ruined by it the other week) but not at a big outdoor show.
Shame the set wasn't longer.
I didn't have any issues with the crowd, my main grievances were the queue for the bar and the gushing toilets.
I don't really like the setup at Finsbury Park, the footprint is a weird shape and it's always chaotic, with lots of bottlenecks.
We had to pretty much do a full circuit of the arena to get out, without great lighting. We hoped to get a Thameslink back south but had to settle for a King's Cross mainline train - apparently people were being kettled in the queue for Tube and were stuck for ages, so we made the right choice.It'll be worse for people going to Wireless this week - no southbound trains because of the industrial action so even bigger queues for the Tube.0 -
Yes, it's dangerous getting out of Finsbury Park in a big crowd.
I had this with Liam Gallagher a few years back.
All funnelled through a small gap in the dark on uneven ground with many people tripping/falling.
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Covered End said:Yes, it's dangerous getting out of Finsbury Park in a big crowd.
I had this with Liam Gallagher a few years back.
All funnelled through a small gap in the dark on uneven ground with many people tripping/falling.
Bloody dangerous.1 -
addickson said:I know that this has been brought up before but people talking at gigs.I go to a lot of gigs but was at a “big” gig for the first time for many years, The Chicks at Glasgow Hydro. Remember now why I hate big gigs. Soulless, concrete shell, miles away from stage.But the worst thing was the 2 women sat beside me talking very loudly throughout. I eventually asked them to shut up and was told that if I wanted to listen to music I should stay at home and listen to a CD “ya tit”.But it did make me reflect. I’ve always considered myself on being in the right when challenging particularly noisy people at gigs (hell, I’ve even called out my mates on more than one occasion). But, at the end of each song I sat politely clapping, whereas the 2 talkers would scream and whoop and help make an atmosphere, so perhaps they are right?
They disrespect the artist and all those around them. It's their money they've wasted on tickets for a gig they're not listening to but they are bang out of order spoiling it for anybody else. If their conversation's important better for everyone they have it outside, they'll hear each other better and we won't hear them at all.
Selfish gig attendees are seemingly ever present. At an all seater or packed standing show you're buggered cos you can't move away from the nuisance.
I used to be involved in putting on a few shows, very smalltime. We had all sorts, from solo acoustic to deafeningly loud, even a very occasional spoken word.
For our nights we stuck up notices all around that policy was we were there to listen to the performers. Dancing and applause are encouraged - Conversations are for elsewhere and between performances.
It read as really preachy but it mattered to us. It was broadly respected. Crucially the bar wasn't in the performance space.
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Nile Rodgers last night at Rochester Castle. The gig was everything I'd hoped it would be. Incredible night. Nile Rodgers back catalogue of songs he's either written or produced is insane. If you ever get the chance to see him live...do it
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