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Meeting point - Morrisons - more or less facing the ulster hall



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Nice wee pub more or less facing the ulster hall also does nice food.Just nice to settle you for a great night with the rats



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Any chance of naming pub, for the avoidance of any doubt? Cheers

I'd hope to be there by late afternoon, probably in some Rats t-shirt (so I don't need a red carnation and copy of a particular newspaper title)



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Yeah pub is called Morrisons  other side of the road between ulster hall and the bbc offices Great wee pub



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So you're meeting up in the supermarket and loading up with cans?


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ArrGee wrote:

Meeting point - Morrisons - more or less facing the ulster hall



-- Edited by ArrGee on Friday 11th of October 2013 08:08:47 AM

Anyone know how the tickets for Belfast are selling?



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Ha ha good one Lisa You will find that (Morrisons supermarket) Is not in Ireland Just across the water. Alos like to point out the Lime Light is just around that corner



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I'm sure you will have a far better time in the pub than you would in the supermarket! Enjoy the gig anyway.

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As far as i know they have sold well, Come next Friday this should be a sell out



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It's Alan's birthday on 19th. How about all those of you lucky enough to be there song Happy Birthday?

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manatthetop wrote:

As far as i know they have sold well, Come next Friday this should be a sell out

 Brilliant, hope you enjoy the gig. Both Dublin gigs were great, particularly Sundays one. Fantastic audience response, and near enough to two sell outs in Dublin.



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Thanks Noel,

 

Glad to hear it turned out two great nights Dublin done them proud And about time too



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I decided after how good the 2 concerts were at the weekend were I just couldn't miss this. Doing a course at the minute so rang and asked for Friday off and got it, my tutors know music is my priority wink! All booked now. Will definitely have to sing happy birthday to Alan smile 



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See bob in the paper shouting his gob off again, Stick to what your good at bob and leave the rest of the sh?t to the so called leaders in the north



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Here we go. Boomtown day for good old Belfast. After last playing here in feb of 1985 the rats are back. Never in a million years would I think this would ever happen again Happy days. To all who will be at the gig enjoy. And to the one's that have never seen them play live B4. You are in for one hell of a night.



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At the train station in Dublin waiting to get train to Belfast. That journey will be spent finishing review of ahem last weeks gigs, time was of the essence this week! Looking forward to tonight smile



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Hi All,

Looks like our wee part of the word has once again made the head lines for all the wrong reason's. poor Bob not even aloud an opinionP1100621.JPG

 



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manatthetop wrote:

Hi All,

Looks like our wee part of the word has once again made the head lines for all the wrong reason's. poor Bob not even aloud an opinionP1100621.JPG

 

 All Geldof is saying is 'give peace a chance'. Not sure if these 'loyalists' are just targeting Bob because he is from the South.

Funny thing is Geldof was always a big critic of the IRA when the were on their murder campaigns in the seventies and eighties.Doubtless he would be against the loyalist paramilitaries too. Banana Republic is partly against the glorification of political violence.

What has Geldof got to do with the Loyalist flag issue? A lot of Geldof's media money was invested in companies in Northern Ireland - he is not out to get loyalism, as he has never expressed any strong or otherwise Irish republican views.



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At the train station in Dublin waiting to get train to Belfast. That journey will be spent finishing review of ahem last weeks gigs, time was of the essence this week! Looking forward to tonight smile

 At this rate you'll be off to London next Saturday for the Roundhouse gig!smile



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At the train station in Dublin waiting to get train to Belfast. That journey will be spent finishing review of ahem last weeks gigs, time was of the essence this week! Looking forward to tonight smile

 At this rate you'll be off to London next Saturday for the Roundhouse gig!smile

 I wish. No this is definitely the last of my gallivanting around. Unless of course I get that lotto win wink 



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100% Noel Could not agree with you more. But you know what the Di?kheads up this way are like. There way or no way



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100% Noel Could not agree with you more. But you know what the Di?kheads up this way are like. There way or no way

 Yes well said Noel. Missed that post til now. Some people just need to be giving out and sometimes they don't even know what they are giving out about. I read all that interview online earlier and he didn't say anything that bad to justify this reaction, in my opinion.



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100% Noel Could not agree with you more. But you know what the Di?kheads up this way are like. There way or no way

 There's a great song by Magazine called Shot By Both Sides. Seems in the North of Ireland that happens to a lot of people.

Anyway enjoy the gig and we'll leave the politics aside. smile



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Totally agree with you mate.



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Went to Morrisons and no Rats fans there that I could see or empty tables so came back to Park Inn for a feed and will call in again after. 



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It started on twitter, had some thrown in my direction. I think he will get a huge welcome tonight, Hope so. Anyone who read "Is That it"  knows he detests the IRA too. It got them publicity which is what they want. One of the pages has been taken down. Still some idiots sympathising though. But he has got a lot of support too on twitter.



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Concert was amazing last night and they got a great reception. The crowd reaction especially during Mondays was brilliant. The set list was shorter by two songs, no Having My Picture Taken or Howard Huges, other than that identical to the Sunday Vicar Street show set list wise. 



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Saw a tweet saying how amazing they were, someone hopes to be in as good as shape as Bob is when they are in their 60s. I wish I was now, in my late 40s lol.

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Rats played to a full house last night And I have to say Bob is much better at being a rat than a solo Bang on form and not with mary. regarding Morrisons lots of rat fans in here just that they do not have any rats teeshirts on all headed over to the hall around 7.30P1100626.JPG



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Hi manatthetop saw you in the pub but wasn't sure if it was you and I was only there for one drink before heading over to the Hall to be guaranteed my front row centre position. 
The Belfast Telegraph has a review of the concert which is ok, better than last weeks and then a page long article "analysing" Bob. Hard to decide whether I think it is positive or negative. They seem to be suggesting he has double standards. That paper was here in the hotel so will take a trip to a shop and see if there are any other reviews. 



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Hi Musicmania,

 

Sorry I missed you. Where you sitting with that tall guy from England I went over and was talking with him (Suss) Was with my two son's Lot of people in that bar were going to the gig as well. Through it was a great nite Got the live cd and my son's got me one of the Tshirts.

 

Mybe meet up another time Hopefully when the rats go on the road with an new album



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The Belfast Telegraph has a review of the concert which is ok

 Couldn't readily find a link to this so in old fashioned stylee....still can't spell Geldof though no

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Hi Musicmania,

 

Sorry I missed you. Where you sitting with that tall guy from England I went over and was talking with him (Suss) Was with my two son's Lot of people in that bar were going to the gig as well. Through it was a great nite Got the live cd and my son's got me one of the Tshirts.

 

Mybe meet up another time Hopefully when the rats go on the road with an new album

 Yes that was me with Suss, that tall guy from England biggrin I left early as I like to be at the front for the concerts. Yes fingers crossed for a new album and another tour smile



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Venue - for the scrapbook

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