Gig plans 2014

[havoc]

hoegaardenruls said:

TheExcession said:

jesusbuiltmycar said:

NIN O2 ACademy May 23rd

Wow - please let us know if he's still as angry as when they first toured.

I saw them play in Manchester on their second ever night playing in the UK. Seriously thought someone was going to die that night.

The drummer was in a cage for protection and the number of times he threw his guitarist off stage into the crowd and was throwing water over the keyboards - I'd never and haven't ever seen anything quite like it. Made a Macc Lads concert look like kindergarten outing to the sandpit.

One of my most memorable concerts, and that would include being on/jumping off the stage with Kurt Cobain in the Duchess of York in Leeds.

Hope it's as powerful now as it was back then. Reznor is a musical genious, have you seen how many movie sound tracks he's worked on?

Their show at the O2 Arena in May will be about the 8th or 9th NIN gig, which started with the support slot for G'n'R at Wembley Stadium in '91 up to the Scala in London last year. As intense as their shows can be, they've never quite hit the level of that UK club tour in '91 - saw them in King Tut's in Glasgow, and that was epic, and likewise thought someone was going to be seriously hurt that night. Funnily enough, I spoke to Trent Reznor in the bar before the show, and you wouldn't have thought it was the same guy on stage.

We're off to Nottingham to see them the day after. 4th or 5th time for me - first time was the Fragility tour (started getting properly into them in 1994, missed out on Self-Destruct tickets! ). Haven't seen that level of aggression from him though...am guessing his first 10 years of writing and touring mellowed him...

Last two times were the Wave Goodbye Tour (London, then Sonisphere - their "last European gig ever"). Glad I went to London as that was utterly sublime, whereas Sonisphere was pretty average and very self-indulgent. Hoping this tour is worth their return...

[hoegaardenruls]

havoc said:

We're off to Nottingham to see them the day after. 4th or 5th time for me - first time was the Fragility tour (started getting properly into them in 1994, missed out on Self-Destruct tickets! ). Haven't seen that level of aggression from him though...am guessing his first 10 years of writing and touring mellowed him...

Last two times were the Wave Goodbye Tour (London, then Sonisphere - their "last European gig ever"). Glad I went to London as that was utterly sublime, whereas Sonisphere was pretty average and very self-indulgent. Hoping this tour is worth their return...

The definite highlight of that London show was the two encores with Gary Numan..

[havoc]

And them playing "Down in it" - not a set regular, but one of my favourite NIN songs...still remember writing out the entire song lyrics from memory on the back of the exam paper during a particularly difficult Maths exam at Uni! Not sure if I passed the exam or not...

[hoegaardenruls]

hoegaardenruls said:

Their show at the O2 Arena in May will be about the 8th or 9th NIN gig, which started with the support slot for G'n'R at Wembley Stadium in '91 up to the Scala in London last year. As intense as their shows can be, they've never quite hit the level of that UK club tour in '91 - saw them in King Tut's in Glasgow, and that was epic, and likewise thought someone was going to be seriously hurt that night. Funnily enough, I spoke to Trent Reznor in the bar before the show, and you wouldn't have thought it was the same guy on stage. Macc Lads gigs were always pretty insane though!!

Aside from that, got tickets for D-A-D next month in London, and the last ever shows (supposedly) by Carter USM at Shepherd's Bush and Brixton Academy.

Otherwise, will probably pick up tickets for the Calling Festival gigs on Clapham Common.

As a bit of a contrast, just booked tickets for Tom Jones at Edinburgh Castle in July..

[offspring86]

Kris Roe (The Ataris) solo set at The Underworld - 18th April
Slam Dunk Festival - 25th May
Sonisphere Festival - 6th July
The Cat Empire at Somerset House - 13th July

[ehonda]

Try to do one a month:
January - Lamb of God (couldn't go as was ill)
February - Motorhead (cancelled as Lemmy was ill)
March - Editors, last week. Good gig.
April - Anti Nowhere League, looking forward to that.

Nothing else planned so far & no festivals this year as am planning a house move (except for camp bestival, but that doesn't count as I'm going under duress and it's pants).

[TheExcession]

ehonda said:

April - Anti Nowhere League

feck me sideways - are they still going?

Are we talking the 'So what so what you boring old c**t so what, so f*****g what?' band.

Bloody jealous if it is, where are they playing? Some care home for the terminally ill?

[ehonda]

TheExcession said:

feck me sideways - are they still going?

Are we talking the 'So what so what you boring old c**t so what, so f*****g what?' band.

Bloody jealous if it is, where are they playing? Some care home for the terminally ill?

It is indeed them. Saw them a couple of years ago at Download, they put on a good show. When your front man is called Animal you're kind of obliged to perform I guess.

Anyway, they are currently touring, I'm seeing them at the 100 club in that London. It's not an arena tour, that's for sure.

[Gaffer]

Done the Rolling Stones - awesome awesome awesome
Next up is Justin Timberlake in May, hope its not too humid
Then just waiting to see what the F1 line up is in November

Thats it for now.

[S7Paul]

Just got tickets for Black Stone Cherry, supported by Airbourne and Theory of a Deadman - Wembley Arena - 1st November. BSCs biggest headlining tour to date, and thoroughly well-deserved too; they always put on a great show, and really should be bigger and better-known than they are.

[PurpleTurtle]

11/4 - Manic Street Preachers @ Brixton
16/4 - Elbow @ The O2
17/4 - British Sea Power @Sub89 Reading
01/5 - Billy Bragg @ Hammersmith Apollo
02/5 - Bob Log III @ The Lexington
21/5 - Embrace @ Shep Bush Empire
12/7 - Neil Young & The National in Hyde Park

+ Glastonbury, Latitude, Reading and End of the Road Festivals.

A tidy little haul for a paying punter. Still not as good as the 49 gigs and 8 festivals I managed in the year before I met Mrs PurpleTurtle, alas those days are long gone! Car & bikes aside, live music is my main hobby.

[PurpleTurtle]

trig9k said:

28th March (Interpol) love this band and can not waite for this , support by Royal Blood should be good !!

I was gagging to go to this, but am on a boy's weekend away from the early hours of the next day, alas divorce would be imminent on my return if I'd tried to swing that one too. Hope it's good, I do like them.

[rdhawkins]

Didn't think they'd be many gigs this year but:

elbow warm up gig
elbow @ O2
elbow @ LG Arena
(I like elbow!)
Broken Bells
Damon Albarn
Eels
V Festival (just for the Saturday @ Chelmsford)

[MarshPhantom]

MarshPhantom said:

I'm going to see Metronomy in Brixton at the end of March.

Anyone else going on Friday?

[PurpleTurtle]

rdhawkins said:

Damon Albarn

He's headlining Latitude, and although I was/am a big fan of Blur, I couldn't stand Gorillaz and wonder what his solo stuff will be like? I'm hoping for greatness but expecting off-the-wall mediocrity.

[wal 45]

PurpleTurtle said:

He's headlining Latitude, and although I was/am a big fan of Blur, I couldn't stand Gorillaz and wonder what his solo stuff will be like? I'm hoping for greatness but expecting off-the-wall mediocrity.

New stuff sounded really good the other week from Radio 6 festival, much more The Good, The Bad and The Queen rather than Gorillaz.

[AnimalMkIV]

A few more added to the list

Coming up:

5 April - Demoness
12 April - Full Thrash Assault (D.A.M., Virus and others)
17 April - Evil Scarecrow & Colibus
26 April - Damaged Stock (Evil Scarecrow, Pandemik, Obzidian, Hellrazor and others)
2-4 May - 'kin Hell Fest (Onslaught, Crepitation, Desecration, Napalm Death, Wodensthrone and others)
17-18 May - Mosh Against Cancer (Lawnmower Deth, Pandemik and others)
22 May - Bonded By Blood, Flayed Disciple & Seprivation
17 June - Evil Scarecrow
26 June - M.O.D. (!)
8-11 Aug - Bloodstock (Obituary, Megadeth, Flotsam & Jetsam, Carcass, Amon Amarth and more)
1 Nov - Damnation Festival (Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse and others)

Edited by AnimalMkIV on Monday 31st March 18:43

[xe mini]

New Model Army

02/10 Heerlen - Neuwe Nor
03/10 Lindau - Club Vaudeville
04/10 Augsburg - Kantine
05/10 Freiburg - Jazzhaus
07/10 Karlsruhe - Substage
08/10 Saarbrücken - Garage
09/10 Jena - F-Haus
10/10 Coesfeld - Fabrik
11/10 Kiel - Max
12/10 Beverungen - Stadthalle
18/10 Bremen - Aladin
19/10 Celle - CD Kaserne
20/10 Frankfurt - Batschkapp

Oh and 20/12 Koln- Palladium and no doubt Amsterdam too.

[Gompo]

xe mini said:

New Model Army

02/10 Heerlen - Neuwe Nor
03/10 Lindau - Club Vaudeville
04/10 Augsburg - Kantine
05/10 Freiburg - Jazzhaus
07/10 Karlsruhe - Substage
08/10 Saarbrücken - Garage
09/10 Jena - F-Haus
10/10 Coesfeld - Fabrik
11/10 Kiel - Max
12/10 Beverungen - Stadthalle
18/10 Bremen - Aladin
19/10 Celle - CD Kaserne
20/10 Frankfurt - Batschkapp

Oh and 20/12 Koln- Palladium and no doubt Amsterdam too.

Blimey, and I thought my work mate was a devoted NMA follower..

[TheExcession]

xe mini said:

New Model Army

Ahhh... Memories.

(Ex scuttles of to his MP3 back catalogue.
That's my afternoon sorted!)