Will the Pumpkins play any UK dates, other than Reading?

Their schedule doesnt look too rammed so perhaps a London show might happen - anyone heard anything?

Ta,

hmm, maybe between Paris and brussels?

stranger things have happened- and there are industry rumours that they are playing a london show

God I hope not

I doubt it would be between Paris and Brussels...I think they will play the UK in August..leading up to the 2 festival dates at the end.

Im guessing July is reserved for the US.

hopefully they will avoid London. worst crowds ever.

hopefully they will avoid London. worst crowds ever.

I went to see Placebo at Wembley Arena, i think it was the day of the first london meetup...i have never ever ever ever seen a worse crowd. Placebo were hardly awesome but the crowd was fucking appaling. The smaller venues in London are quite good and the crowd can be ok but the larger ones the crowd invariably sucks.

I have bene to two gigs and camden in small venues, and they where ok..but Brixton academy which I have seen 5 or so gigs at for example has always had the most dull crowds....

I might be moving to london in a few months, and i'm not looking forward to the shitty gig situation

worst crowds ever.
how so?

The crowds were pretty great for the last two Pumpkins shows in London, and they were at Wembley (an awful venue!)

The same however, can not be said for the crowd at the Forum for Billy's solo endeavour

The same however, can not be said for the crowd at the Forum for Billy's solo endeavour


i wa sin the front row and there was no atmosphere from the crows really for both nights..was odd!!

I saw a gig in france last year at the Chatelet Theatre in Paris... that was a wild wild crowd. Brilliant.

Guys, you should experience a German crowd, you`d feel like being on a funeral...I really liked the crowd of the Pumpkins show in London 98

it did look fun.

thats the second time in two days you have brought up that gig

I hate you!!

not really =)

Guys, you should experience a German crowd, you`d feel like being on a funeral

I went to an open air concert in Hannover once. Everyone was loud and drunk. very annoying.

Speaking of German crowds, there are unconfirmed rumours that the Pumpkins play the Columbiahalle Berlin on June 6

Everyone is right about london crowds , they are truely awful.

Hopefully they make a quick stop in glasgow, the barrowlands perhaps .

That would be class , you cant beat a gig there with a big stick.

Everyone is right about london crowds , they are truely awful.

Hopefully they make a quick stop in glasgow, the barrowlands perhaps .

That would be class , you cant beat a gig there with a big stick.


that is correct. the barrowlands is the best venue in the world. no doubt if they don't play the shitty SECC it will be the Carling Academy though!

that is correct. the barrowlands is the best venue in the world. no doubt if they don't play the shitty SECC it will be the Carling Academy though!

Aye

no doubt tho they'll be on to the big venues by the time they hit here. It will be the awful SECC & a flock of 12 year old MCR fans with their mums waiting for them outside :noway:

The Carling almost seems quite good compared to that , even if it is the most sanitised non-atmospheric shithole in town .
Coupled with the fact they are trying to screw the barras out of buisness at the moment by telling bands if they play there they cant play the other carling venues in the UK

cunts

the carling academy can suck my balls, id probably rather be at the sec and it's shite

barralands 4life

in saying that though, there's no chance they'll really play the barralands, probably as much chance of them playing the 13th note

*drool*

mmmm we should convince Billy. Failing that there is always Tuts, or my bedroom

so speaking of Reading, when can we expect tickets to be dispatched? I got my confirmation email, my credit card was charged, but approximately when do the tickets get shipped?

Anyone else here going...or familiar with how this works?

so speaking of Reading, when can we expect tickets to be dispatched? I got my confirmation email, my credit card was charged, but approximately when do the tickets get shipped?

Anyone else here going...or familiar with how this works?

I got an email a few days ago saying my reading Sunday ticket had been delayed, but my Leeds Friday ticket I guess will be coming soon. You live in the US though yes? I would assume they dispatch them to the US at the same time but i cant be sure...I doubt they will be too long.

i'm hoping they play a date anywhere in the northwest, midlands or yorkshire so i don't have to travel to london.

davin: i have a one-day ticket for leeds on friday and haven't heard anything yet about when it will be dispatched. by brother's gf bought it for me as i couldn't get through, so hopefully they won't split up until i get hold of it!

thanks for the info guys. everything looks kosher when i check my ticket status on seetickets.com, so i guess i'll just have to be patient. i just want to make sure i have them before i go too crazy with all my travel planning.

They won't send tickets out for a good while yet Davin. A month before the festival is the earliest you can expect them.

good to know. so i guess i should move ahead with my planning...i mean, the charge to my card means i definitely have them right?

i just don't like the way the status page says "We are waiting for these tickets to come into stock, when they arrive we will send to..." :Skeptical :Skeptical :Skeptical It makes me think of the phrase "out of stock"....though i hope/assume it is just semantics, and what they really mean is "they will be sent later after they are printed".

It'll be fine. From their end the later they send them the better, as it means fewer problems with lost tickets, etc. I'll be working the festival this year but have been several times before in the past, you def. have your tickets :)

Hope you enjoy it!

sweet, thanks for giving me some piece of mind NAR. I will go ahead with my travel plans...

i'm really looking forward to it!

sweet, thanks for giving me some piece of mind NAR. I will go ahead with my travel plans...

i'm really looking forward to it!

Yes so am i but i cant say im thrilled with the rest of the line-up. NIN are insane but apart from that...its like ok Lost Prophets and +44...similar to karioke night at a gay bar.

Everyone is right about london crowds , they are truely awful.

Hopefully they make a quick stop in glasgow, the barrowlands perhaps .

That would be class , you cant beat a gig there with a big stick.
Is that the cheap looking bingo hall place? Last time i was up at glasgow i caught a gig there.

Spit and sawdust, arent we all so rock and roll.

Yes so am i but i cant say im thrilled with the rest of the line-up. NIN are insane but apart from that...its like ok Lost Prophets and +44...similar to karioke night at a gay bar.

yea, i will probably only attend for NIN & SP. I dont; mind LCD SoundSystem, they are especially fun live, but I will have seen them at Lolla and Banaroo by that time, so time will probably be better spent doing other "vacation stuff". Reading will be my 2nd-to-last night of a 12-day trip to the UK.

yea, i will probably only attend for NIN & SP. I dont; mind LCD SoundSystem, they are especially fun live, but I will have seen them at Lolla and Banaroo by that time, so time will probably be better spent doing other "vacation stuff". Reading will be my 2nd-to-last night of a 12-day trip to the UK.

how do you intend to fill the other 11 days?

and good luck getting to the front if you dont arrive before 6.

good point about getting a good spot, though "the front" wouldn't be my goal...we will definitely show up early enough to get a good spot.

As far as the rest of the trip goes, we will either be in Ireland (Dublin, Dingle Penninsula, Cliffs of Moher, Aran Islands)....or Scotland (Edinbugh, Loch Ness, Inverness, Highlands) for the first half of the trip.....and definitely in England for the 2nd.

Still alot of details to plan, which is why I wanted to get started asap. we want to take-in some touristy as well as non-touristy stuff. The plan for England is a little more tought-out -- in addition to Reading, we're planning on going to Bath, Birmingham, Stone Henge, and of course London.

Need to decide on Scotland vs. Ireland soon. I feel there's like more we want to see in Ireland, but travel accommodations are slightly easier/cheaper if we choose Scotland. Afterall, Scotland doesn't involve additional ferry or air travel like coming from Ireland would.

Shinobi VS Dragon Ninja wasn't bad by LP, but then again I heard only one other track, and it sucked. That'll be a bummer once Trent and Billy are done.

Shinobi VS Dragon Ninja wasn't bad by LP, but then again I heard only one other track, and it sucked. That'll be a bummer once Trent and Billy are done.

Yeh LP got the crowd going a bit during last train home a few years ago...but i hear they've gone downhill since.

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good point about getting a good spot, though "the front" wouldn't be my goal...we will definitely show up early enough to get a good spot.

As far as the rest of the trip goes, we will either be in Ireland (Dublin, Dingle Penninsula, Cliffs of Moher, Aran Islands)....or Scotland (Edinbugh, Loch Ness, Inverness, Highlands) for the first half of the trip.....and definitely in England for the 2nd.

Still alot of details to plan, which is why I wanted to get started asap. we want to take-in some touristy as well as non-touristy stuff. The plan for England is a little more tought-out -- in addition to Reading, we're planning on going to Bath, Birmingham, Stone Henge, and of course London.

Need to decide on Scotland vs. Ireland soon. I feel there's like more we want to see in Ireland, but travel accommodations are slightly easier/cheaper if we choose Scotland. Afterall, Scotland doesn't involve additional ferry or air travel like coming from Ireland would.


Sounds like its gonna take plenty of $$$ overall.

Guys, you should experience a German crowd, you`d feel like being on a funeral...
I am not sure about your usual domestic German crowd, but the idiots you export to the shows in Prague and CZE are the worst thing, ever. Loud, drunk, pushing, acting as if everything belonged to them - sometimes it looked like they mistook the concert with a football match.

Sounds like its gonna take plenty of $$$ overall.

no worries, i got it covered. :mrpimp:

like i said, we were already planning for a holiday to Europe...so the only real additional expenses so far are the Reading Tickets (which i have already paid for).

The decision on ireland vs. scotland will ultimately come down to where we would rather visit anyhow....rather than price.

If you go to scotland can you kick the shit out of that kahlo prat for me.

aye.

fucking cunt.

definitely scotland over ireland

loads of places to visit like easterhouse, blackhill, the gorbals, castlemilk

Castlemilk is the most awesome tourist attraction iv ever been to. Have you seen the weapons they've got down in the armoury? And the views from the ramparts? Iv got to make another trip to scotland. That castle is drenched in history.

yep it played an important role in the wars of independence. It son that 5 quid note with robert The bruce, or is it wallace?

Oh, and you need to visit the Raploch if you get to Stirling. beautiful views of the castle from there, and pretty pleasant for a picnic.

woah thanks for the info guys! :cheers:

I think maybe we are leaning towards scotland afterall!! like i said, it makes the inter-UK travel so much simpler being able to travel to England by rail and not have to take a ferry or inter-UK flight because of crossing the Isle of Man.

any other places you guys reccommend? preferably stuff that is different than stuff we would see in England. For example, how is Castlemilk comapred to the Tower of London?