šŸ—£ Gigs

Less than 30 tickets left if youā€™re thinking of goingā€¦

Bit of a trek for me, being based in that London n all.

Plus, Iā€™m off to LCD this Friday.

Sure itā€™ll be a blast though.

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Toying with the idea of heading to Paris for a gig next year. Making a weekend of it. Anyone booked tickets for gigs abroad? Little bit exciting.

Went to the O2 last night for the Foo Fighters. This is first Arena gig since the Manchester bombing. The security is rachetted up with 2 metal detectors (if you have a large ish bag) before getting into the arena. I usually remember when Iā€™ve been told to take ID and donā€™t remember that for this gig so didnā€™t take it. Itā€™s been in the news today that lots of people were turned away as they didnā€™t have photo ID. When we arrived about 8pm there were massive queues still but got in before the band played. With no ID check either. My partner would have been mega annoyed if we hadnā€™t go in. So now I must take my passport to gigs just in case.

They played just under 3 hours with no breaks. You definately get your monies worth! A few new songs and plenty of all the ones youā€™ve heard of. I have no idea of their titles or half the words but my partner enjoyed it so thatā€™s what counts.

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Yeah.

All the ones we go to are "abroad to you lot

:sunglasses:

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Ah Phil thought youā€™d probably say that!

I purchased two tickets for a gig in Paris in March and we will have a little weekend away. Quite excited about it. Eurostar is just down the road from us so hoping it will be an easy trip. My GSCE french helped me navigate the site. It was worth getting that D for it.

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Yeah know what you mean. Iā€™ve got a year to get my primary school French polished!

I am meant to be bilingual, I was in the top set for French at school. But had an appalling teacher ( @pap can confirm) who although French didnā€™t really help much. My GCSE French oral compromised of me saying ā€˜jā€™nai comprend pasā€™ to every question. Nailed it.

If Friday night was anything like Saturday then you had a fucking great time.

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correct

Another week, another trip to Ally Pally.

Off to see Lorde tomorrow. Obviously, I make no secret about my love for her music.

But krGF is also a big fan, and was pretty gutted we missed her at Glasto (clashing with xx/Radiohead was always gonna be tricky). What she (still) doesnā€™t know is that about the time the Glasto line up came up, Lorde announced a tour, or that her super-awesome-thoughtful-caring-handsome partner snagged her tickets.

That should get me some brownie points, right?

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Absolutely. I am the one who gets all the tickets in our house. I also point out gigs he will love and I donā€™t want to go to. Heā€™s seen some Bowie collaborators recently which heā€™s pretty chuffed with but I just donā€™t want to see. I should have a zillion brownie points by now.

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Donā€™t know if this belongs here but currently at The Nuffield Theatre on the Uni campus watching a play set to the music of Ian Dury.

Itā€™s called Reasons to be Cheerful and if you like Dury give it a go.

Itā€™s a really quirky production featuring apparently abled bodied performers alongside performers with various disabilities.

A bit like Mamma Mia (ABBA musical*) the songs are awkwardly shoehorned into the narrative but when they managed to fit Plaistow Patricia in context I forgave them everything.

Well worth a shout.

* @rallyboy told me.

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I bet ā€˜spasticus autisticusā€™ had everyone up on their feet :wink:

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That Led Zeppelin cover band were on in town tonight.

Actually got a lot of coverage on the radio & social media - hell it even came up on the screen in the elevator at our office.

Hope it went well, unfortunately I had Damascus Saints round for a planning session for our upcoming ā€œWorld Tourā€ and we couldnā€™t reschedule for another night as heā€™s ooff on his 1st leg this weekend.

Iā€™ve just booked tickets to see Mac Demarco in November! Itā€™s in that fucking London place but I am literally shitting myself with excitement.

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Try and not shit yourself in the queue to get in. The smell may be offputting for others, preferably shit yourself at the train station and change your trousers there.

Sooo, the real question here isā€¦has Brizzy got a new laptop or just getting better at avoiding the letter ā€œdā€?

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D

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