bickster Posted November 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2023 I’m calling this a gig Im at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall There will be an orchestra playing music Spoiler They will be accompanying the film Love Actually. I’m going to close my eyes… no… it’s really a gig. Has anyone got a gun I can use? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2023 Oh hell, it’s 135 minutes long, help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 27, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 27, 2023 30 minutes ago, bickster said: Oh hell, it’s 135 minutes long, help! Send me your phone number, I'll fake some sort of emergency. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 1 hour ago, bickster said: Oh hell, it’s 135 minutes long, help! Help! ( 92 mins ) Would have been even more amusing for us 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 27, 2023 Moderator Share Posted November 27, 2023 1 hour ago, tonyh29 said: Help! ( 92 mins ) Would have been even more amusing for us I doubt the Liverpool Philharmonic could stand to play such simplistic shite But anyway, shockingly I never been subjected to the film before but I have to say the orchestra were brilliant. Some of the audience, however, uncultured dickheads. Yes you gave a round of applause at the end of the film but are you really leaving with the credits rolling, there’s 40 odd professional musicians playing the music to the credits, playing brilliantly I might add, you stay to the end and applaud them when they’ve finished. You've paid much more than a standard cinema ticket for this experience and there you are walking out and talking before they’ve finished playing. Dickheads 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 7 hours ago, bickster said: I doubt the Liverpool Philharmonic could stand to play such simplistic shite But anyway, shockingly I never been subjected to the film before but I have to say the orchestra were brilliant. Some of the audience, however, uncultured dickheads. Yes you gave a round of applause at the end of the film but are you really leaving with the credits rolling, there’s 40 odd professional musicians playing the music to the credits, playing brilliantly I might add, you stay to the end and applaud them when they’ve finished. You've paid much more than a standard cinema ticket for this experience and there you are walking out and talking before they’ve finished playing. Dickheads Unsurprisingly perhaps due to my shit taste in everything, Love Actually is one of my favourite films and as much as I would like to watch an orchestra play the music, due to uncultured dickheads I decided against it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 Narrator: it was not a gig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) Gold circle tickets for Pink at Tottenham stadium … yours for £266 £177 for general standing to see Pink , what the **** are these people smoking I should add for clarity , I’m not going nor would I ever think about going , I’d rather see Love Actually in concert than Pink ….Mrs H was looking with some other friends Edited November 28, 2023 by tonyh29 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Lorna Shore last night, second time I've seen them this year, they were my favourite set at Download, but having a sold out crowd packing out the Academy without the space of a festival field makes the circle pits somewhat more interesting, I was getting chucked around like a toy I won't say no to seeing them at a festival again, but their show definitely lends itself to being inside in the dark rather than outside in the summer. Really shows off how impressive Will Ramos' vocals are too, can't believe he can do that live and not drop a note. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 11 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Gold circle tickets for Pink at Tottenham stadium … yours for £266 £177 for general standing to see Pink , what the **** are these people smoking I should add for clarity , I’m not going nor would I ever think about going , I’d rather see Love Actually in concert than Pink ….Mrs H was looking with some other friends I would go and see Pink, and did, Wembley a mere £100 for General Standing 4 years ago. Thats a hell of an increase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyrusr Posted November 29, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: Lorna Shore last night, second time I've seen them this year, they were my favourite set at Download, but having a sold out crowd packing out the Academy without the space of a festival field makes the circle pits somewhat more interesting, I was getting chucked around like a toy I won't say no to seeing them at a festival again, but their show definitely lends itself to being inside in the dark rather than outside in the summer. Really shows off how impressive Will Ramos' vocals are too, can't believe he can do that live and not drop a note. Yeah they were really good last night, although it was more packed than I expected! Pit was smaller than I was expecting given the music (not that I partook though). Ramos and the band were excellent. Only gripe though, throughout the show there was always someone in front recording it on their phone, and at I had at least 10 phones all recording the exact same thing. I get photos and clips for memories etc. but can’t you just watch the gig instead of recording it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 8 minutes ago, cyrusr said: Yeah they were really good last night, although it was more packed than I expected! Pit was smaller than I was expecting given the music (not that I partook though). Ramos and the band were excellent. Only gripe though, throughout the show there was always someone in front recording it on their phone, and at I had at least 10 phones all recording the exact same thing. I get photos and clips for memories etc. but can’t you just watch the gig instead of recording it? It was something I noticed of the demographic at last week’s Billy Bragg, the crowd was predominantly blokes in their 50’s and there was almost no phone use. There were a couple of studenty looking types across from me and they spent the gig either filming, or just head down playing with their phones. But I’d say that in a crowd of 2,000 there were 1,995 people just enjoying the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 I am going to Babymetal at Wolverhampton tonight, or should I say I am driving my daughter to it and picking her up. I have attended enough metal based gigs with her to now say no but act as taxi for her. I do regret it slightly as I wanted to see what The Civic looks like now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 26 minutes ago, cyrusr said: Only gripe though, throughout the show there was always someone in front recording it on their phone, and at I had at least 10 phones all recording the exact same thing. I get photos and clips for memories etc. but can’t you just watch the gig instead of recording it? This is one of the main reasons I lose myself in the pit even for bands I'm not massively feeling. Good **** luck holding your phones up in the circle pit ****! Agreed with you it was absolutely packed. The O2 Academy always seems to oversell, I think that's probably why the pit wasn't massive either, it was just so full it was hard to open the place out, felt dangerously packaged at times. There's always far less space per person than somewhere like Rock City, and the crap position of the bars, merch and the choke points to get to the gents behind the sound stage always make the place absolutely rammed and hard to get out to some space. It's far from my favourite venue and if a band doesn't come to Nottingham, I'd usually prefer to go a bit further to Manchester than bother with that place. I'm there again in a few months for Beartooth though. Billy Bragg next, that should be a bit more relaxed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 minute ago, Davkaus said: This is one of the main reasons I lose myself in the pit even for bands I'm not massively feeling. Good **** luck holding your phones up in the circle pit ****! Agreed with you it was absolutely packed. The O2 Academy always seems to oversell, I think that's probably why the pit wasn't massive either, it was just so full it was hard to open the place out, felt dangerously packaged at times. There's always far less space per person than somewhere like Rock City, and the crap position of the bars, merch and the choke points to get to the gents behind the sound stage always make the place absolutely rammed and hard to get out to some space. It's far from my favourite venue and if a band doesn't come to Nottingham, I'd usually prefer to go a bit further to Manchester than bother with that place. I'm there again in a few months for Beartooth though. Billy Bragg next, that should be a bit more relaxed My least favourite venue, possibly in the UK. Nothing good about it at all. A band has to be pretty special for me to venture there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Just grabbed a ticket to see While She Sleeps on the 22nd as well, close enough to Christmas I might need to get permission. Supported by Holding Absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 8 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I am going to Babymetal at Wolverhampton tonight, or should I say I am driving my daughter to it and picking her up. I have attended enough metal based gigs with her to now say no but act as taxi for her. I do regret it slightly as I wanted to see what The Civic looks like now. before I comment .. those girls in Babymetal are over the age of consent aren't they ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: before I comment .. those girls in Babymetal are over the age of consent aren't they ? I have had to google this as I thought they were 9 years old, between 20 and 25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 (edited) Order of service: Got guest listed by a the lovely bunch folks in the world and had a techno country ride. I will raise my sword up right To the bright and shining light, Stained crimson red with the blood of the unredeemed And as I cut them limb from limb, and dash their kith and kin, You know, their bodies I will bury in the deep Touch the screen brothers and sisters. Edited December 3, 2023 by chrisp65 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted December 3, 2023 Author Share Posted December 3, 2023 So the support band last night was a called Ol’ Times and they were not my usual cup of tea but for the couple of ‘rock’ aficionados I was with they were mighty impressed, it was a blistering non stop 45 minutes stuff like this, with all the blues breaks, guitar solos, screaming vocals, and drum solos that I would associate with this kind of stuff. So a first for me to hear it live and I thought it sounded like maybe it would be up the streets of @rjw63 and / or @Rugeley Villa 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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