Dylan Does Hammersmith

[Kinky]

Got an email tonight announcing that Dylan and Knopfler are doing 3 nights mid-November at the Hammy Odeon.

And I just got a ticket!

YAHOOOOOO

[davepoth]

Couldn't possibly PM me the pre-order code could you?

[Kinky]

Sent

[Kinky]

I'll be there on the Sunday

I can't do Saturday as it's BTaP night

[davepoth]

Cheers! Bloody ticketmaster "down for maintenance". Grr.

I saw Dylan at Shepherd's Bush a few years ago which was amazing - I think he tends to do a better gig when he can see the crowd.

[Kinky]

Feck

Hopefully you'll get a ticket before they go on 'general' sale at 09:00 tomorrow

[davepoth]

Kinky said:

Feck

Hopefully you'll get a ticket before they go on 'general' sale at 09:00 tomorrow

I have 8 hours and 35 minutes to keep pressing refresh.

[Kinky]

Good luck

I know what it's like ... I was F5'ing for about 24 hours trying to get one of the HP TouchPads

[Mojooo]

I got the email - but the tickets looked to be over 70 quid - no thanks.

[davepoth]

Missed the presale I think, looks like I'll have to do it at work in the morning.

[davepoth]

I went to the gig last night, and it was awesome. In ten years of watching Dylan I think that was one of the best shows I've seen him do. Very impressed with Mark Knopfler too, nice that he did a couple of Dire Straits numbers at the end.

[Kinky]

Dave - the perfect post at the perfect time

I'm ready to rock

[davepoth]

Kinky said:

Dave - the perfect post at the perfect time

I'm ready to rock

He always seems to raise his game at the smaller venues, which is great. And some of the re-worked reworkings of songs are great. You'll have a great time.

There's a bootleg of last night already up on http://www.dimeadozen.org.

[waffles]

I saw them in Cardiff.

I did enjoy. Both of them were fantastic performers however Mark didn't join Bob on stage in Cardiff and Mark's set could have done with more Dire Straits.

[davepoth]

We got "So Far Away" last night which my Dire Straits loving friend very much enjoyed.

[Kinky]

Dave,

Can you recall what time Dylan finished last night?

[davepoth]

Kinky said:

Dave,

Can you recall what time Dylan finished last night?

It was a bit later than usual - I sent a text message to someone just as I got on the Picadilly Line at Hammersmith at 11:05, so I reckon it finished somewhere around 10:45.

-edit-

Probably worth saying he's not done encores at all on this tour, so you will almost certainly be safe to leave as soon as the last song's done.

[Kinky]

Setlist from last night (Sunday 19th Nov):

Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
Things Have Changed
Tryin' To Get To Heaven
Honest With Me
Tangled Up In Blue
Summer Days
Blind Willie McTell
Highway 61 Revisited
Desolation Row
Thunder On The Mountain
Ballad Of A Thin Man
All Along The Watchtower
Like A Rolling Stone

[davepoth]

How was it?

[Kinky]

Absolutely AWESOME

Knopfler was brilliant too. The song that he did with the turquoise Les Paul was just jaw-dropping