mafee
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Post by mafee on Oct 29, 2021 8:11:34 GMT -5
God I can't stand Fontaines and don't see the parallels to THS/CF. I will say that 'Dublin City Sky' is an incredible song.
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robs
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Post by robs on Oct 29, 2021 8:57:53 GMT -5
Sam is selling out Arenas in the UK, adding second nights most venues, I doubt a support slot at the Electric Ballroom would be something that would interest him? Craig Solo supporting Sam on an arena tour in the future is more plausible. He'd tune in a lot more people to his music like that I think. More than opening for Brian Fallon in clubs. Yeah, I know. not realistic, but it would be something...
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Post by sequesteredinuk on Oct 29, 2021 9:18:11 GMT -5
God I can't stand Fontaines and don't see the parallels to THS/CF. I will say that 'Dublin City Sky' is an incredible song. I think you should lock yourself in a basement for 24 hours and play the two Fontaines albums back to back until you can't live without them mate 😀....I love them. Thank God for them.
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mafee
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Post by mafee on Oct 29, 2021 9:50:15 GMT -5
Haha, I won't go to those extremes but I'm sure they'll eventually click for me. FWIW Craig is a fan of both them and The Murder Capital - another Irish band with Fontaines vibes.
One Irish album I can't get enough of is In Waiting by Pillow Queens - worth checking out.
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Post by sequesteredinuk on Oct 30, 2021 4:33:41 GMT -5
Haha, I won't go to those extremes but I'm sure they'll eventually click for me. FWIW Craig is a fan of both them and The Murder Capital - another Irish band with Fontaines vibes. One Irish album I can't get enough of is In Waiting by Pillow Queens - worth checking out. Haha, maybe you need a intervention by friends to do the trick with the Fontaines? A couple of mates of mine did that with the Pixies to me years ago. I was not fussed about them with the limited knowledge I had then was in a car and forced to listen hard for five hours on a road trip. I was converted by journeys end....happy to be proven wrong too. I've done the same with mates about THS and Lifter Puller. I know the Murder Capital and like them. I don't know Pillow Queens. I'll be sure to look into them. Thanks.👍
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alane
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Post by alane on Nov 14, 2021 3:50:51 GMT -5
Hi. I usually get to the Saturday and Sunday shows. I've booked accommodation but could only get tickets for Saturday. Has anyone a spare Sunday ticket for the Moth Club? Thanks.
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howard
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Post by howard on Nov 23, 2021 15:26:47 GMT -5
I know Fender is playing Crash records in Leeds before a gig at the brudenell in a couple of weeks time.
Say 500 people tops in an evening max. The Geordie Springsteen.
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tbob
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Post by tbob on Nov 24, 2021 18:34:53 GMT -5
I know Fender is playing Crash records in Leeds before a gig at the brudenell in a couple of weeks time. Say 500 people tops in an evening max. The Geordie Springsteen. He’s quickly becoming my new Frank Turner. I don’t really get either of them but their inspirations and contacts are stellar.
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robs
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Post by robs on Nov 25, 2021 4:50:28 GMT -5
I know Fender is playing Crash records in Leeds before a gig at the brudenell in a couple of weeks time. Say 500 people tops in an evening max. The Geordie Springsteen. He’s quickly becoming my new Frank Turner. I don’t really get either of them but their inspirations and contacts are stellar. Coincidentally a really interesting FT article in the Guardian today www.theguardian.com/music/2021/nov/25/frank-turner-on-reconciling-with-his-trans-parent-miranda-is-a-really-nice-person-my-dad-wasntI credit Sam Fender with a new phase of my relationship with my stroppy 15 year old daughter - who is also coming to see THS with me in March - the kids at the shows...
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robs
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Post by robs on Nov 25, 2021 5:15:59 GMT -5
God I can't stand Fontaines and don't see the parallels to THS/CF. I will say that 'Dublin City Sky' is an incredible song. I think you should lock yourself in a basement for 24 hours and play the two Fontaines albums back to back until you can't live without them mate 😀....I love them. Thank God for them. I came across this recently: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUg4kdEoEQ&list=RDMM&index=3A House were a band that ran through my Uni years (early 90s). A fantastic (Irish) band who never quite got the credit they deserved, at least in the mainstream. Thrilling, life affirming live shows. I can see Fontaines DC in this, also where have we seen that "arms out" exhortation before? So that's the (tenuous) link between Fontaines DC and THS.. The original version caused some controversy the time as it was a list made entirely of men: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDo6LgylsjgSo they rerecorded it!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r19dF5r9xc
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Post by repoman on Nov 25, 2021 7:36:38 GMT -5
I think you should lock yourself in a basement for 24 hours and play the two Fontaines albums back to back until you can't live without them mate 😀....I love them. Thank God for them. I came across this recently: www.youtube.com/watch?v=llUg4kdEoEQ&list=RDMM&index=3A House were a band that ran through my Uni years (early 90s). A fantastic (Irish) band who never quite got the credit they deserved, at least in the mainstream. Thrilling, life affirming live shows. I can see Fontaines DC in this, also where have seen that "arms out" exhortation before? So that's the (tenuous) link between Fontaines DC and THS.. The original version caused some controversy the time as it was a list made entirely of men: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDo6LgylsjgSo they rerecorded it!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r19dF5r9xcWow, thanks for posting this. I love the original and I’ve never heard the remake. And of course, not to overlook: youtu.be/V3Rb_pJ5K38
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john k
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Post by john k on Nov 25, 2021 16:50:43 GMT -5
A House should have been huge. Saw them many times in the 80s/90s.
Everyone should have a copy of Heartworm by Whipping Boy. A classic
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mafee
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Post by mafee on Nov 26, 2021 4:39:41 GMT -5
Must give it a spin - Tom Dunne has been bigging it up this year - I think they rereleased it?
When We Were Young is a great tune.
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Post by nosferatu on Dec 3, 2021 21:34:53 GMT -5
A House should have been huge. They could have been legends in their own time; they could have sold a lot of records; they could have enjoyed it as well. They could have been a lot of things.
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Post by repoman on Dec 20, 2021 8:13:16 GMT -5
Anyone feeling jittery about the Weekender? Frank Turner has just cancelled his January and February dates
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Post by thehudsonsteady on Dec 20, 2021 11:42:48 GMT -5
I think it's probably 50/50. On the plus side booster vaccination rates in the UK should be pretty high by then, on the downside....well, just covid really. Buying a ticket felt like planting a flag in the sand, a way to say 'this will happen again sometime'. Somehow I'm sure I'm not the only one to pay extra for a flexible cancellation policy on the hotel room.
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Post by sequesteredinuk on Dec 20, 2021 14:13:58 GMT -5
I'm not jittery. I'm resigned. I was told in New York that it was 50/50 then. I think those percentages have turned negatively since then. I hope I'm wrong but I can't see it.
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robs
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Post by robs on Dec 22, 2021 5:27:53 GMT -5
I'm pretty resigned to it not going ahead too. I'm on the hook for a non-refundable hotel for the Sunday night so not not too bad.
I'm going to buy a frame for my unused tickets - currently standing at Doves (who sadly are taking an indefinite break due to Jimi's mental health), Frank Turner, the Charlatans. I think I'll be able to add Wolf Alice to that any day (5th January in Scotland ain't going to happen).
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tbob
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Post by tbob on Dec 22, 2021 13:18:15 GMT -5
Resigned too. I’d usually have booked most of the weekend by now but haven’t bothered with train tickets or accommodation for the Sunday. Have a provisional apartment booked for the Friday and Saturday in Camden but I can cancel that with a weeks notice and it’s pay on arrival. I imagine the tickets will roll over to March 2023 though so I’ll hang tight. Maybe they’ll rearrange it for later in the year but with the way they do their schedule I imagine it would be a years postponement.
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cre618
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Post by cre618 on Dec 22, 2021 17:28:44 GMT -5
I have no plans to attend (though I wish I was) but I'm holding out hope for you guys. These surges usually only last 2-3 months, so by March, cases should be going back down. Hopefully they don't make any rash decisions to postpone/cancel anytime soon.
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Post by sequesteredinuk on Jan 8, 2022 6:36:09 GMT -5
Yep weeks + have passed since anyone commented on this, this board never really has been a hive of activity so I don't regard it as a sign of no one caring but I'm wondering.
How do you all feel now in regard to Camden (and Hackney) happening now? No restrictions on England leaves me somewhat encouraged. Before Christmas I was resigned to 2022 London going the same way as London 2021 but now I just 'think' it won't happen, not sure in my own mind. I'm slightly hopeful.
How do the rest of y'all feel?
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Post by nosferatu on Jan 8, 2022 14:18:59 GMT -5
I think I’m ultimately cautiously optimistic, but would understand if there are one or two too many variables for them to commit to it.
There are bands cancelling U.K. wide tours they have had booked in for January and February in droves, and the basis for this appears to be the uncertainty of moving from place to place, with different audiences every night rather than the events themselves, insofar as they can’t guarantee they and their tech will get to the end of the tour, and maybe would have to cancel half way through.
This event is slightly different, in that it is primarily a single location show, and it should be relatively straightforward to maintain a THS bubble band-wise, and also theoretically the fans are entering into a moral contract that, in order to go, sadly some risk is attached and in my view it is up to the individual to decide how comfortable they are with that. Also, everyone attending currently has to provide proof of vaccination or a negative LFT, so in theory everyone attending should be negative or resistant enough which reduces the risk associated with the event somewhat.
I don’t profess to know how risk-taking the band are and how averse they need to be with this new variant, but I don’t really see how the actual event of itself is any different to the London March 2020, Brooklyn Bowl or Fifth Ave dates, where the Alpha and Delta variants were flying about. Without wanting to be controversial, if anything it may even be slightly safer, given the vaccine passport arrangements for entry. I think there’s an obvious issue with the band leaving, getting into the UK and getting back again which will have financial and health risks associated with it… so ultimately it’s as much a financial gamble as a health one in some ways.
It would be awful if they got here and someone in the band tested positive wouldn’t it. Perhaps it depends on the nature of their insurance policy? They would be in a terrible position if they flew out here and weren’t able to do it.
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Post by thatfuckinghipster on Jan 9, 2022 6:31:40 GMT -5
As much as I was excited about it, at this point I kinda hope the show gets pushed back.
It just doesn't sound like a good idea to go to a rock show these days.
Right now the UK has mandatory quarantine until a test on arrival comes back negative I believe. Not to mention if I were to pop positive, that's a whole lot of money to quarantine for that long.
Would love to see it rescheduled for the summer when Covid is typically more under control.
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mafee
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Post by mafee on Jan 10, 2022 5:06:45 GMT -5
I'd be comfortable attending all shows if they go ahead and I think Nosferatu hits the nail on the head more or less.
With vaccines and boosters, and a requirement to show proof of vaccine or a negative test, the actual shows themselves are no worse, and probably safer, to the New York ones as far as I can see. It just depends on how comfortable the whole THS group are with travelling across and any potential implications with getting home if they fail a test while in the UK.
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robs
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Post by robs on Jan 10, 2022 5:08:00 GMT -5
It's really difficult one. It's almost certainly safer health-wise now than in 2020; although it's pretty clear to me we should have been locked down by then in 2020, the lack of testing etc. meant it wasn't going to get cancelled. In 2022 it's pretty clear the UK (in this case English) government has spun the roulette wheel and is "letting it rip"; there will be no more restrictions so it will up to everyone to assess the risks.
I had planned to make a family trip from Aberdeen for the weekend, including bringing my 90-year-old mum with me to see family she hasn't seen since moving near to me just before the lockdown. I don't know, if I had no responsibilities beyond myself I would probably say "fuck it" and go, but it's not so easy.
If I were the band I'd be thinking it could easily go wrong, one positive test of a highly transmissible variant from disaster; I know of so many people who have caught it over the Christmas period...
On a broader matter my contempt for the UK government is boundless; being dictated to by a few right-wing libertarian headbangers just shows how rotten the political system is.
Rant over - stay safe all!
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