I've got tickets to see ....................

[citoyen]

My sister is having a significant birthday next year (one with a 0 on the end of it) so she has organised a family trip to Abba Voyage. Excellent! Not my kind of thing at all, as a rule, but I'm really looking forward to it.

[Hot Flatus]

A Grime Supreme, with Moses Boyd

[Hot Flatus]

^ was a bit pants.

Was a showcase of young local talent, but the output was a bit...err...generic.

Moses Boyd did a set with a saxophonist which was really just a 40 minute improvised jam.

Anyway, upwards and onwards, have just got tickets to Womad.

[Ian H]

John Crace, then Dr Phil Hammond a few days later.  Some music promised with the latter.

Actually the other way round.  Crace is next weekend.  Dr Phil was brilliant, moving seamlessly between humour serious health & political stuff.  And there was food.

[Jaded]

Billy Bragg. Feb next year.

a 3 minute walk away, which will be handy. Sold out, 150 capacity venue. 

[IanDG]

Billy Bragg. Feb next year.

a 3 minute walk away, which will be handy. Sold out, 150 capacity venue. 

After 14th Feb? 

[Jaded]

 

4 days before, unfortunately.

[Hot Flatus]

Onipa. In just over a week. Riotous afro-fusion.

[IanDG]

 

4 days before, unfortunately.

Valentine's Day's not over then 

[Redlight]

My sister is having a significant birthday next year (one with a 0 on the end of it) so she has organised a family trip to Abba Voyage. Excellent! Not my kind of thing at all, as a rule, but I'm really looking forward to it.

I've just bought tickets for my wife and three of her friends to go for her birthday next summer. I can't believe how much it costs to watch some machinery in action, but there you go. Like you, it's not my kind of thing but I know they will enjoy it. (Separately, Mrs Redlight went to a hen night at the Mamma Mia restaurant experience last Friday night and they found themselves sitting two tables away from Adele and a bunch of her mates.  Fortunately, she didn't get up to sing.

[jsabine]

My sister is having a significant birthday next year (one with a 0 on the end of it) so she has organised a family trip to Abba Voyage. Excellent! Not my kind of thing at all, as a rule, but I'm really looking forward to it.

I've just bought tickets for my wife and three of her friends to go for her birthday next summer. I can't believe how much it costs to watch some machinery in action, but there you go. Like you, it's not my kind of thing but I know they will enjoy it.

In fairness, it's not just machinery - there's a live band as well, who are more than competent - and even the bits that are machinery and electrotrickery are quite amazingly well done.

We enjoyed it, but you do know you're at a show not a gig - and no matter how realistically the avatars seem to perform, they still look dead behind the eyes ...

[citoyen]

Yeah, I'm going to enjoy it for what it is. I like the songs anyway.

At the other end of the spectrum, next week I've got a double-header of Jockstrap at the Barbican on Wednesday and Warmduscher at the 100 Club on Thursday. Both of which should be the polar opposite of mechanical.

Unfortunately, I missed out on seeing Jockstrap when they played at the tiny Olby's in Margate earlier this year and then they blew up with the whole Mercury nomination thing and I doubt I'll get the opportunity to see them in that size of venue again but the Barbican will still be good.

I saw Warmduscher at Rough Trade in June and they were amazing, but that was just a short set. The full gig experience promises to be something else. They are incredible live performers.

Annoyingly, the Warmduscher gig clashes with Panda Bear and Sonic Boom at Heaven, which I'd also very much love to see. Dammit.

[ElyDave]

Just bought tickets to the live version of WOTW at the O2, with Jeff Wayne conducting, Liam Neeson as the narrator, and hopefully Justin Hayward back as the Journalist

in April 2025

[Jaded]

In the year 2025
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find…

[IanDG]

Oysterband and June Tabor @ Sunderland in October - their last tour together and probably my last chance to see the band  :'(

[jsabine]

Rhiannon Giddens at the Barbican on Wed 22nd.

And, we've got two spares owing i) to the folk we though we'd go with inconveniently moving across the world, and ii) to me not making any effort to move them on.

Middle of the front stalls, £40 or so I think, and I can return them to the box office until Tuesday. I know there's some RG love around here - let me know if interested

[Pingu]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor in October.

[Mr Larrington]

Sadly Miss von Brandenburg has a prior engagement on the day they’re playing in London’s famous London 

[Snakehips]

Tosca tonight. I haven't actually got the tickets myself but I'm hoping the person with the tickets will turn up or I won't get in.

[IanDG]

Something different Garden of Cosmic Speculation

[Deano]

Something different Garden of Cosmic Speculation

I've been fascinated by that for years, but only open two days per year - think I'll nominate them to Right to Roam as the location of their next mass trespass.

[Deano]

Think BC Camplight at the Crescent in York is next.

Excitingly, the Magnetic Fields are touring 69 Love Songs, the whole album over two nights. In order. No encores. Got tickets for both nights in Manchester and in London.

[IanDG]

Something different Garden of Cosmic Speculation

I've been fascinated by that for years, but only open two days per year - think I'll nominate them to Right to Roam as the location of their next mass trespass.

 

May 4th/5th this year 

[PeterM]

Godspeed You! Black Emperor in October.

Snap, except we're going in Sep

[Duckfoot1606]

AC/DC at Wembley in July

One of my life’s ambitions

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