Is Geldof playing Utrecht on 17 October?

Scottie · Loudmouth

Is Geldof playing Utrecht on 17 October?

Joke · The Dutch One

Well, I'm going to find this out for you, Irene.
I'm heading there and I will let you know on October 18th biggrin

Seriously, I believe this gig is on, why would it not be? It's on the venue's site.

Scottie · Loudmouth

Tickets holders have just received emails saying Utrecht is cancelled, due to the delay in Bob's new album. If the Belgian gigs are cancelled, a few of us here will go f.....g mental! As lots of arrangements have been made, at considerable expense.
To be fair, though, it was never advertised on info.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Well if it does and if it is any consolation just remind yourself you didn't payout and travel to the venue for nothing!

Scottie · Loudmouth

Well, they are all still on info, so fingers crossed!

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Good luck but don't hold your breath!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Scottie wrote:
If the Belgian gigs are cancelled, a few of us here will go f.....g mental! As lots of arrangements have been made, at considerable expense.

I don't think you can be considered a true Geldof fan until you book tickets for a gig abroad that is cancelled.

Hope he does play as it would be a shame to have made all those arrangements for nothing.

I couldn't even be bothered when he played at the end of my road at the Paradiso in Amsterdam back in 1990. And he turned up.

Doubtless the management will be sending me a snotty message. Ho-hum.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

translated the description using google ....

Bob Geldof mag dan misschien vooral bekend zijn door zijn humanitaire werk, bovenal blijft hij een straffe muzikant.

Bob Geldof may perhaps be best known for his humanitarian work , he remains above all a failing musician .

Oh dear! straf really means strong not failing, those google gremlins! (my Dutch isn't that great; Joke can clarify)

http://www.ticket4u.org/default.aspx?action=info&EventID=958

Joke · The Dutch One

ArrGee wrote:

Oh dear! straf really means strong not failing, those google gremlins!

To be more precise, "straf" is a Flemish word meaning "strong".
As in: I'm going to have a "straf" pint of beer now, to drown my sorrows about the Utrecht gig cancellation.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Joke wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
Oh dear! straf really means strong not failing, those google gremlins!
To be more precise, "straf" is a Flemish word meaning "strong".
As in: I'm going to have a "straf" pint of beer now, to drown my sorrows about the Utrecht gig cancellation.

I hate these cancellations.

There's the odd deluded soul out there who still thinks I have something to do with geldof.info and know why the gigs were cancelled (never had much to do with them in the first place bar the odd review and never will again) and if I express how I feel the folks at geldof.info get all upset and tell me I'll have nothing to do with them again (like I care).

I would like to comment but it does little good for me, so refer to my past posts. I'll just stay on my nostalgia trip with noelindublin. Nice to have a proper Rats fan turn up.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Indeed, ArrGee good to hear from another Rats fan around biggrin

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Derek The Dane · In the Long Grass

I feel sorry for Joke about the concert.Having concerts cancelled really hurts.It is not just the concert,its all the planing that goes with the concert(travel arrangments,hotels etc.When the last concert was cancelled in London I nearly called it a day with Bob.I had family in London but it still hurt to travel from Denmark for nothing.

Joke · The Dutch One

Derek The Dane wrote:

I feel sorry for Joke about the concert.

Thanks Derek. OK, you can argue "it wasn't on .info, so this gig was never happening in the first place", but the tickets, the ad in the main Dutch music paper and the website of the venue looked pretty real to me.
And, I simply refuse to accept that .info is the only truth. 9 out of 10 gigs, I find out about from some other source. And they hardly get cancelled, believe me.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Joke wrote:
Thanks Derek. OK, you can argue "it wasn't on .info, so this gig was never happening in the first place", but the tickets, the ad in the main Dutch music paper and the website of the venue looked pretty real to me.
And, I simply refuse to accept that .info is the only truth. 9 out of 10 gigs, I find out about from some other source. And they hardly get cancelled, believe me.

There was a gig in Wimbledon a few years ago that was advertised without the say-so of .info which was duly cancelled. It was advertised in press like Time Out which more people would look at than say .info and I'm sure there were people who bought tickets who never knew of the existance of .info.