Choice rather than demand I’m guessing. Last tour but one he played Shepherds Bush (about 2000), then added the Barbican (about 1000) due to demand. Last time he went straight for the Royal Festival Hall (about 3000, where I took the shot abvove) and it was pretty much sold out so far as I could tell.
This time he’s going to the Barbican, on a Monday (or is it Tuesday?) with dates either side so he can’t tack a second London date onto the first. It looks like odd scheduling to me, but there may be method in it. It looks like seats won’t be cheap though, and that could put a damper on sales.
Quite a large tour considering he is also here in August for a number of dates.
Personally think Town Hall is better than Symphony Hall for his Electric band.
I’m not that familiar with the midlands, but from what I can see they’re both highly photogenic venues. I’m in mid-Essex so Southend on a Saturday will be less bother than London on a Tuesday, even walking distance from Liverpool Street, but if I’m feeling flush I might go to both.
I like to think that last time I saw the trio some people who hadn’t been keeping up had gone along thinking that an evening with an ex-Fairporter in his 60s guaranteed and evening of nmellow acoustic folksiness. Those people are probably still wandering the South Bank to this day, with glazed expressions and whistling ears, after the howling, savage squall of noise the band made that night.
And relax – Southend booked, but not without panic.
I was counting down the minutes till tickets went on sale at 10 am. I had an idea of the perfect seats. The front of the stalls at The Cliffs is a level area, often used for standing gigs, and as the stage isn’t very high they are not necessarily the best seats, certainly not for The Light who is about 5′ 2″ and wouldn’t see much if she was sitting behind someone tall. Better by far is the front of the balcony, or even better the front of the boxes down the sides of the auditorium above the stalls.
At 10 am prompt, bang on cue, the office internet cut out, so I dashed to the nearest wifi (I’m on a cheap, pay-as-you-go phone), only to find that Southend’s server had crashed. Back in the office we had internet back and I grabbed the perfect seats at the front of a box on Richard’s side of the stage, but I had to set up a new account because I hadn’t used my new email address with The Cliffs before, at which point their website refused to accept my address even though it was right there on the screen and had been found automatically with the number and postcode, so I got on the phone to the box office where a very pleasant chap calmly talked me through clearing my online basket and completing the sale over the phone.
As ever I pat myself on the back for my annual membership of THSH (Town Hall & Symphony Hall, Brum) £25 a year gets me tix a day early and discounts all across the cities eateries and drinkeries. Well, some of ’em. I logged in at 1pm yesterday, 3 hours after opening for members, and already a 100+ odd tickets gone.
Town Hall rather than Symphony Hall in Brum, I note. Just sayin’
Choice rather than demand I’m guessing. Last tour but one he played Shepherds Bush (about 2000), then added the Barbican (about 1000) due to demand. Last time he went straight for the Royal Festival Hall (about 3000, where I took the shot abvove) and it was pretty much sold out so far as I could tell.
This time he’s going to the Barbican, on a Monday (or is it Tuesday?) with dates either side so he can’t tack a second London date onto the first. It looks like odd scheduling to me, but there may be method in it. It looks like seats won’t be cheap though, and that could put a damper on sales.
Ah, my mistake – he’s probably at the 2000 seater Barbican Hall, not the smaller theatre.
Quite a large tour considering he is also here in August for a number of dates.
Personally think Town Hall is better than Symphony Hall for his Electric band.
I’m not that familiar with the midlands, but from what I can see they’re both highly photogenic venues. I’m in mid-Essex so Southend on a Saturday will be less bother than London on a Tuesday, even walking distance from Liverpool Street, but if I’m feeling flush I might go to both.
I like Town Hall. (OK, I like Symphony when it’s full, but Lucinda was better with the demotion, I thought.)
Electric trio, hmm, should stop me falling asleep if I go.
I like to think that last time I saw the trio some people who hadn’t been keeping up had gone along thinking that an evening with an ex-Fairporter in his 60s guaranteed and evening of nmellow acoustic folksiness. Those people are probably still wandering the South Bank to this day, with glazed expressions and whistling ears, after the howling, savage squall of noise the band made that night.
And relax – Southend booked, but not without panic.
I was counting down the minutes till tickets went on sale at 10 am. I had an idea of the perfect seats. The front of the stalls at The Cliffs is a level area, often used for standing gigs, and as the stage isn’t very high they are not necessarily the best seats, certainly not for The Light who is about 5′ 2″ and wouldn’t see much if she was sitting behind someone tall. Better by far is the front of the balcony, or even better the front of the boxes down the sides of the auditorium above the stalls.
At 10 am prompt, bang on cue, the office internet cut out, so I dashed to the nearest wifi (I’m on a cheap, pay-as-you-go phone), only to find that Southend’s server had crashed. Back in the office we had internet back and I grabbed the perfect seats at the front of a box on Richard’s side of the stage, but I had to set up a new account because I hadn’t used my new email address with The Cliffs before, at which point their website refused to accept my address even though it was right there on the screen and had been found automatically with the number and postcode, so I got on the phone to the box office where a very pleasant chap calmly talked me through clearing my online basket and completing the sale over the phone.
As I say … and … relax!
As ever I pat myself on the back for my annual membership of THSH (Town Hall & Symphony Hall, Brum) £25 a year gets me tix a day early and discounts all across the cities eateries and drinkeries. Well, some of ’em. I logged in at 1pm yesterday, 3 hours after opening for members, and already a 100+ odd tickets gone.
10 comments – that’s more like it – come on, lets get these oldies a hamper