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[quiet-cats]

So... has anyone been there?  I never have.  Does anyone know if there are standing tickets or if they're all seats which are the best seats (given that you can't always judge these things by the most expensive being the best)
OK, so info, anyone?

[Maybelline Eyes]

Think it's all seating! Did you realize it's Easter Monday? You can probably drive there, not sure how it'll be for us to travel from out in the sticks:rolleyes:

[Rella]

Maybelline Eyes said:

Think it's all seating! Did you realize it's Easter Monday? You can probably drive there, not sure how it'll be for us to travel from out in the sticks:rolleyes:

that's a true pain the butt! flights are sooooooo expensive these dates...

[quiet-cats]

Maybelline Eyes said:

Think it's all seating! Did you realize it's Easter Monday? You can probably drive there, not sure how it'll be for us to travel from out in the sticks:rolleyes:

Oh - I really didn't notice the Easter Monday bit lol. Good job for me though as I'm all out of annual leave until 1st April :rolleyes:

[Tiger]

is it a nice venue though? ist it huge?

[Tortoise]

Oh no! That's going to make everything so much more ££££££sssssss.

Accomodation will be so much more too:(

[Lois]

Yes, I've been there. It's usually seated, other than at the proms. The best seats will be bloody expensive (side boxes and front stalls), I bet. Looks like the UK will get the beginning of August - when I'm away!!! Hey ho. Got to say, I'm disappointed. If the best seats are stupidly priced (anything above the normal £35-45, then I'll give the albert hall a miss and catch them later in the year. If I do a 7 or 10 day cruise at the beginning of August, I should have a 2 week slot in the middle before I go away again.

Have to say, I hope they do Wales and Scotland in that time . I want to climb Snowdon this year and take my baby to Perthshire to show him some conservation work I did 20 years ago! It would be most accommodating is I could tack these trips on to a show. (I must be going to die soon!!!)

Where the hell did Spain go?  Are there no R.E.M. fans in Spain?  I'm in Spain the last week in August, from the 22nd in fact!  (of course they may well be the UK dates!!!)

[Maybelline Eyes]

Lois said:

If the best seats are stupidly priced (anything above the normal £35-45, then I'll give the albert hall a miss and catch them later in the year.  If I do a 7 or 10 day cruise at the

The most pricey listed on HQ are £55!

[Lois]

Maybelline Eyes said:

The most pricey listed on HQ are £55!

That's not much above is it!  And it's only 6 weeks away!  And I'm not doing anything over Easter!

[Maybelline Eyes]

Lois said:

That's not much above is it!  And it's only 6 weeks away!  And I'm not doing anything over Easter!

hehe..you talked yourself into it already!:) Bankruptcy here we come...:rolleyes:

[michaels_muppet]

I have to say that i'm very tempted by this date... but i really don't know if i could afford it.. especially if they do announce Irish dates because then i'd be seriously skint for money!

[rickinblack]

I cant help being slightly disappointed. Three years ago it was Hammersmith Odeon and managed to get VIP tickets and get right to the front.

Five years ago it was three nights at Brixton Academy which was out of this world!!

Albert Hall....poor acoustics and bloody seats.....yuk!!

[rickinblack]

On a possitive note, just heard supernatural superserious on Radio 2 and thank god we are going uptempo again!!!

[wagtail]

rickinblack said:

I cant help being slightly disappointed. Three years ago it was Hammersmith Odeon and managed to get VIP tickets and get right to the front.

Five years ago it was three nights at Brixton Academy which was out of this world!!

Albert Hall....poor acoustics and bloody seats.....yuk!!

mate, they haven't even announced the UK dates yet.  don't worry you'll get more than the Rah show.

[Lois]

rickinblack said:

Albert Hall....poor acoustics and bloody seats.....yuk!!

full orchestra's, choirs and the like, seem to manage with the 'poor acoustics', and as sampled in the US - all seater venues actually promote getting up and dancing, rather than clinging for dear life to a barrier at the front.

[rickinblack]

Believe me the acoustics are crap unless you are sitting up in the gods which is hardly fun. Any venue with a roof that high...where do you think the sound goes??

As for the seats....last time I went there was to see The Stranglers and most of the seats ended up in a big pile at the side....now that would be fun again!

[Amanita]

I'm actually postponing my flight to Germany to see them in the RAH. I think it's a beautiful venue, not sure about the sound. Don't mind being seated, at least you don't have to queue for hours.

Will try to get the best tickets available thru the pre-sale tomorrow. Very excited! I mean we waited so long, so I don't want to miss it now,

And then they're playing Loreley in Germany in August, which is not far from where I'm actually from. Love their choice of venues! Now just hoping for Madison Square Garden in N.Y.!! :rolleyes:

[timmys]

Admittedly I haven't been to a gig at the Albert Hall in a long time, but the three times I have been there for gigs (Gene, Belle and Sebastian and the Manics) the floor was standing rather than seats.  So there might be some hope for standing tickets unless they have completely stopped doing that in recent years.