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

[Wowbagger]

We have been offered tickets for Fascinating Aida tomorrow at the Palace Theatre, Westcliff. I see that they have an accompanist other than Dillie Keane. She produced a few videos during the pandemic and she was looking old and frail.

Example from May 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRWYanceCe4&ab_channel=DillieKeane

[jsabine]

Sisters of Mercy tomorrow. My hopes for the music aren’t super high, but I’m looking forward to being there all the same.

We're going to the Roundhouse too

Bloody hell - the queue to get in!

[perpetual dan]

Sisters of Mercy tomorrow. My hopes for the music aren’t super high, but I’m looking forward to being there all the same.

We're going to the Roundhouse too

Bloody hell - the queue to get in!

Haha yes. I'm having a bite to eat while it goes down!

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[perpetual dan]

Sisters of Mercy tomorrow. My hopes for the music aren’t super high, but I’m looking forward to being there all the same.

We're going to the Roundhouse too

I missed this earlier. If you want to say hello, I've got a stripey top - though black and grey - so mostly blending in!

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[jsabine]

Not sure that description would have narrowed it down much ... and we were sitting on the balcony in any case

Enjoyed it, but by god they were playing for themselves not for the crowd! I mean, they quite liked us being there, but I don't think they needed us!

[Jaded]

The Times didn't like it... ★★☆☆☆

With his jet-black mane of hair now a distant memory, Eldritch prowled the stage in a black hoodie, growled his way through old favourites such as Dominion and More, and singularly failed to connect with a cheerful, mostly middle-aged crowd of faithful fans.

Part of the problem was the sound. Whether by accident or design, it was so muddy that it was extremely hard to make out what Eldritch was singing about. There was little variety in the funereal metallic rock dirge, and with the band members in silhouette — although the guitarists Ben Christo and Dylan Smith did their best to strike some classic rock poses — not much in the way of character emanating from the stage. You had to admire Eldritch for finding his style and sticking to it for over 40 years, but the audience were not getting a great deal here.

[L CC]

I'm going to see Jesus Christ Superstar tomorrow evening and my plans have just been upended as that Newcastle United are at home to Man City.
Bugger. Town Centre will be this: drunken chaos.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Ranulph Feinnes 23 October, down the road after work. HK is a bit of a fan. I don't know how good a musician he is though...

[Nuncio]

If a guitarist I'd imagine he'd be a better strummer than a fingerpicker.

[sg37409]

Ranulph Feinnes 23 October, down the road after work. HK is a bit of a fan. I don't know how good a musician he is though...

Let us know what he’s like.   I’m tempted: Scottish dates (2 of) are next year

[rafletcher]

Rich Hall, trialling his new offering “Shot from Canons” at the Court Theatre, Tring. Not until December tho.

[toontra]

Honeymoan - an up-n-coming indie rock combo whose tracks I've heard I quite like.  Was sold out but got a return thanks to a gig-booking app which I was forced to register with.

They're at the Lexington, my local small venue.  One of those where you play twice in your career - once on the way up and once on the way down.  "Nice to see you back" are the words you don't want to hear.

[Tim Hall]

My Young Lady has got tickets for us to see the Brain of Britain Final.  Excite!

[perpetual dan]

The Mission, tomorrow night.

[LittleWheelsandBig]

Ranulph Feinnes 23 October, down the road after work. HK is a bit of a fan. I don't know how good a musician he is though...

Let us know what he’s like.   I’m tempted: Scottish dates (2 of) are next year

Interesting evening, done without obvious notes but obviously following a script at times. There is a fair chunk on his time as a mercenary in Oman without quite mentioning that he was a mercenary. Obviously mad as a box of frogs and unsurprisingly a product of his time, it was a bit of a shock to glimpse the toll that the life he chose has taken on him.

[sg37409]

Thanks lwab
And sooner than his Scottish dates, explosions in the sky again, this time in manchester

[Pingu]

...explosions in the sky again, this time in manchester

Git! 

[Mr Larrington]

...explosions in the sky again, this time in manchester

Git! 

Ag, they’re playing the poxy Troxy.  Saw GY!BE there a few years ago and the crick in my neck lasted for weeks.

[citoyen]

...explosions in the sky again, this time in manchester

Git! 

Ag, they’re playing the poxy Troxy.  Saw GY!BE there a few years ago and the crick in my neck lasted for weeks.

Hmmm. I'm going to a gig at the Troxy tomorrow night. Never been there before but this doesn't sound promising.

The band what I am seeing is Squid. This will be the sixth time I've seen them. I quite like them. The eagle-eyed among you will spot me at the 1m30 mark of this video, in the front row of their Printworks performance in Sept 2021.

[Mr Larrington]

Depends where you are in the Troxy.  If you’re at one of the tables in the circle like wot I was last time then you’re sideways on in relation to the stage.  Miss von Brandenburg and I saw $BAND there from the regular seats further back and that was fine.  Might have been GY!BE too.  All a blur these days…

[citoyen]

Depends where you are in the Troxy.  If you’re at one of the tables in the circle like wot I was last time then you’re sideways on in relation to the stage.  Miss von Brandenburg and I saw $BAND there from the regular seats further back and that was fine.  Might have been GY!BE too.  All a blur these days…

Sitting down at a gig? Nothing so refined as that for the likes of me* and my companion - we were down in the pit with the hordes. Managed to bag a good spot right by the sound desk so had a decent view and didn't get bashed around - it was looking a bit lively down towards the front though.


(*Actually, I've got tickets for the sitting down bit at the Shepherd's Bush Empire for BC Camplight later this month. Haven't been to the SBE for many years, wonder if it's still a massive shithole...)

[IanDG]

Anyone want to buy a ticket and accompany me to see King Gizzard........ Edinburgh May 27th 2024? My son made a mistake when buying tickets and ended up with 2 standing and 2 seated tickets. I'm taking one of the seated ticket and the other one is on offer.

[Tim Hall]

ISIHAC at Dorking Halls 04/12/2023. Hurrah.

[Jaded]

Kosheen

Never seen them before...

[Ian H]

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