If they need some inspiration look at this http://www.thestranglers.net/

Weekly updates, not annual ones.  BGHQ confirmation - my ar$e.

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It's not on the Cork Opera House website listings yet, just the Jazzfest page.

BTRs website has nowt to do with me. .

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 It is on the Cork Opera House Facebook page. Tickets are on sale 22 September at 9am. The Opera House holds 1000 capacity. You can buy tickets directly from their website or via phone.

https://www.facebook.com/corkopera?v=timeline&filter=2&timecutoff=1407500025&sectionLoadingID=m

Not sure if I can go to this as I've got an up in the air new job situation, but will know in a few days.

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That is tomorrow morning, as I thought. Not sure I can be on at 9 am exactly, but should manage shortly after at some point. I've not checked their website again today, it may well be confirmed on there by now.

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 Rock band playing in opera house as part of jazz festival.Only in Ireland...

I was checking the Opera house and it seems bookings are via the phone as website is being upgraded. Looks a bit posher than Vicar Street. Just realized it will probably be an all seated gig? Those seats don't look like they're going anywhere.

noelindublin wrote:

Just realized it will probably be an all seated gig? Those seats don't look like they're going anywhere.

 

 Seats can be removed.  Gary Numan's gig a day or two later is standing downstairs.

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Just had a phone call from the Box Office. Since putting it out on the web, they have found that it is actually standing downstairs and seating upstairs!!! Oh I love that accent, nice to speak to a man with a Cork accent .

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 Still not sure if I will be going to this one. Will know in a few days. Very glad there will be room to stand as I hate sit down only gigs. Nice to have the option of both sitting and standing.

I am very interested in accents. Some I love and some I hate. Love the  English West Country accent, worst UK is probably really 'working class' Scouse.

You might like this video Jules:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrLkIWlv6mk

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Yes, it's hard to understand them, but it sounds beautifully soft. I love all Irish accents. I also love hearing English being spoken in foreign accents. Always sounds lovely.

The venue is still advertising seats, it's including the ones I have. Will they have to phone everyone to let them know? How costly will that be? It does state on the front page it's a standing gig. They need to sort out their website.

I hope you can sort things out so you can be there, Noel. Anyone else have tickets?

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 It's unlikely I'll be able to go to the Cork gig as I succeeded at  the interview and will be starting new job/training scheme in the next few weeks. It's not full time but about 25 hours per week,  so odds are stacked against a Leeside visit, though I'm not sure of exact starting date or hours yet.

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Yes, it's hard to understand them, but it sounds beautifully soft. I love all Irish accents. I also love hearing English being spoken in foreign accents. Always sounds lovely.

The venue is still advertising seats, it's including the ones I have. Will they have to phone everyone to let them know? How costly will that be? It does state on the front page it's a standing gig. They need to sort out their website.

I hope you can sort things out so you can be there, Noel. Anyone else have tickets?

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 It's unlikely I'll be able to go to the Cork gig as I succeeded at  the interview and will be starting new job/training scheme in the next few weeks. It's not full time but about 25 hours per week,  so odds are stacked against a Leeside visit, though I'm not sure of exact starting date or hours yet.

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 Congratulations on the new job!

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 Thanks Lisa. re Yoga I just learn it from the internet. There are hundreds of helpful videos for all levels. I have a really good book too, which outlines just what if for a beginner, intermediate etc. It can be a bit overwhelming to the novice, and sometimes all the meditation 'mumbo jumbo' gets in the way of the pure practice of the asanas/poses. 

Of all the videos on the net my favourite is Ekhart yoga by Ester Ekhart. Shes brilliant at explaining each pose and has a fantastic German accent to boot. I think yoga is well worth taking seriously and having a space at home to do it is probably a good idea, so that you can continue/advance when not attending class. I am pretty diligent on my own, but with most of the basics covered I think I will go to 'improvers class' in the next while as I really think it is quite beneficial, both physically and for the mind and  sense of wellbeing and calm. If everybody did yoga then the world might just be a better place.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFLSWCflcMg

Congrats from me also.

Re: Cork, anyone in need of digs? I've got a double with breakfast included (for 2 guests -same price as 1) a very short walk from gig, £65 at today's rates. I'm cancelling as I'm heading straight back to Dublin post gig for early flight. Will hold for a few days in case anyone wants.

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Bob of course started the gig by giving a rant about how awful jazz was, and that got a big cheer.

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Changed his fcukin' tune, hasn't he?  Wasn't Ratlife a bit jazzy? And what was Walking Downtown and this sh!te...

 I turned on the radio and everyone was listening to chicken jazz...

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Bob of course started the gig by giving a rant about how awful jazz was, and that got a big cheer.

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Changed his fcukin' tune, hasn't he?  Wasn't Ratlife a bit jazzy? And what was Walking Downtown and this sh!te...

 I turned on the radio and everyone was listening to chicken jazz...

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 He always says this about jazz. For once he's sticking to the same tune, despite making these tunes. 

The support act were dire. Was very happy when they said their next gig is on 6th Dec.... In Cork. 

It would be great if we have no support in Dublin, unless it is The Mighty Stef! Only person that liked the support on Thursday was Suss. I thought they were diabolical. We tried counting down their songs but they all sounded the same so we lost count. 
Rats were great of course. I would have preferred a longer set from them though! Here is a link to my photos, not as good as I'd like due to bad lighting and me being out of camera in concert situation practice! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10153370100058401.1073742019.708703400&type=1&l=02d5bf4526

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Not with anyone in front of me. Just get heads and arms. .

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 True  Someone else may test that theory for us in Dublin!

Good to see a proper gig rather than festival set, with pretty much the last tour set being played. Good venue too. Bit like being on the terraces with all the crush bars. Will post a pic sometime to show.

Great to see a few familiar faces there, and meet a couple of local devotees too, despite one insisting I was Duncan Bannatyne.

Noel makes it sound like I decided on the spot to travel to Lodz - not quite that bonkers...yet. Glad I did though, might have to venture into the unknown territory of BG page on forum and post something there too. And talking of feeling better soon, I don't know how bands do what they do. 3-4 days of moving around constantly, not sleeping regularly, going from hot to cold etc etc has left me full of it (no funny comments!). And finally, on subject of medicine, got a taste of my own when a Polish giant (was probably 6' 8" before puberty) picked on little ol' me to eclipse the stage in Lodz. Was like trying to watch peering round a block of flats.

Oh, and support band in Cork, very good

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Good to see a proper gig rather than festival set, with pretty much the last tour set being played. 

Did they play Joey?  Does Geldof still play it in the solo set?

As Jules says, no Joey, but that was what I meant by saying last tour set. Wasn't playing it then either.

Set was Eva Braun, Like Clockwork, Neon Heart, Do You in, Someone's Looking, Banana Republic, She's So Modern, Mondays, Close as You'll Ever Be, Mary, No 1, Rat Trap - Diamond Smiles, Boomtown Rats. Think Jules nabbed a setlist she can post just in case I got that wrong.

Incidentally, Joey was omitted (crossed out) on solo setlist on Sat.

Be realy interesting to see what gets played on 6/12. For now I'd put money on the above but would gladly lose that £1......

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As Jules says, no Joey, but that was what I meant by saying last tour set. Wasn't playing it then either.

Set was Eva Braun, Like Clockwork, Neon Heart, Do You in, Someone's Looking, Banana Republic, She's So Modern, Mondays, Close as You'll Ever Be, Mary, No 1, Rat Trap - Diamond Smiles, Boomtown Rats. Think Jules nabbed a setlist she can post just in case I got that wrong.

Incidentally, Joey was omitted (crossed out) on solo setlist on Sat.

Be realy interesting to see what gets played on 6/12. For now I'd put money on the above but would gladly lose that £1......

 

 

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I do have a set list. It's at the bottom of my case. At the airport. Will take a photo tonight or tomorrow for confirmatio. See how good your memory is .  

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There have been some alterations along the way. Usually dropping songs.

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 If you compare Hurtwood and Cork 2015, bar the eponymous song, the set is the same apart from the five dropped songs.

The set list. 

Great photos, thanks Duncan  

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Only 73 since regrouping Will post dates etc for posterity and quick ref when I get chance.

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Seenland Festival wasn't on my trainspotters list.  Forgot about that.

How many if you include the Barton/Bradbury Rats?  And how many times pre-1986?

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So that makes 27 for me. Not even half .

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27 is going some.  I only have seven on that list, and one was the radio show.

Is the Imelda May appearance the only performance missing from the list of 73?  Can't believe that hasn't turfed up on You Tube or similar.

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How many if you include the Barton/Bradbury Rats?  And how many times pre-1986?

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 Saw the Barton/Bradbury Rats 34 times from May 2010 (i.e. some 2 years after they started) through to demise. From the Whyteleafe gig Nov 2010 I tried to go to all but ended up missing one due to a clash.

Pre-86 is a good question. I always thought it felt like a lot but can only readily recall 7 venues, majority from ITLG tour. Lightweight!

A truly amazing feat by Suss. Not just in terms of the Boomtown Rats but by any fan dedicated to a band. Must have cost a pretty penny too.You have my(and many others) undying admiration.Also love your spirit of adventure and interest in seeing places away from your own doorstep. That includes large parts of the Uk as well as Europe and the US.

I know one or two Rats fans in Dublin who baulked at the idea of travelling to Cork for the gig.I'm more like Suss in that I like  travelling and that's part of the adventure-seeing towns and  landscapes that get you away from the over familiar.

Appreciate the comments I really do but the intention wasn't to draw attention, more to capture a ready list of all the gigs to date for others to utilise or reminisce. I know if I hadn't written them down I'd quickly have forgotten, as is evidenced by the vagueness about pre-86.

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That is one hell of an impressive list Suss! Hope you are feeling better soon. Know that feeling of crazy travel and then the come down and feeling like death after!
Poland does seem to produce giants! A friend had one in front of him for one of Leonard's gigs there!

Noel, thanks for the info about the support band. That young lad sounded like he was chewing on wasps!

Jules I've checked our tickets and MCD are promoters so just maybe we will have no camera police in The Olympia. Fingers crossed. You got some nice closeups. I need Bob to stay still for longer than a second to even attempt them!

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 Lewandowski always seems to be standing in the wrong place, ie infront of the Irish defenders and blocking their view.

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I know one or two Rats fans in Dublin who baulked at the idea of travelling to Cork for the gig.

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That's me!

I did go to Cambridge a couple of times, but I did so knowing the suss mobile would get me home.    Also The Cambridge Junction (clue in the name I guess), was pretty close to the train station and the trains ran late.  I suspect the reservations are more around getting home afterwards.  I hired a car to get to/from Hurtwood.

Dublin and Cork are a lot easier for me than most of the UK venues.  All I have to do is catch the bus from my local tube station to the airport and I can be in the town centre of each in less than three hours.  

Have to confess that when I found out where Whyteleafe was, I had second thoughts   Being on the platform at East Croydon around midnight on an exceptionally cold night did make me question my sanity.

Anyway, after my next trip to Dublin, I am going back to my M25 rule.   Well until the 50th anniversary gig that is.

 

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 I think if U2 were playing in Cork they would be putting on extra trains.

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I am one underground stop away from seeing them next Monday, but will give it a miss if I get a pair of Adele tickets.

I can see The O2 outside the window right now.   Shame there isn't a rip line to get me across the water.

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 Prefer the West side!

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Mmm, lots of traffic, lack of parking, noise, low flying aircraft etc.  Mrs. ArrGee is currently stuck in a traffic jam over that side of town whereas I am home.  All the interesting stuff happens out east these days.  Better rock venues (Troxy), stadiums (Olympic Stadium), nightlife (Shoreditch, Dalston), parks (Epping Forest).  Whenever I head west, I regret it cos half the time the trains are all out, as per our trip to Kew this summer.  

Take the Rugby World Cup.  Everyone has a great day out in Stratford and gets home. Quickly.  In Twickenham, half the crowd are stuck out there after the last London bound train leaves Richmond after an hour's hike from the stadium.  Little better at Wembley, with the half hour wait for the underground.

Camden is west enough for me.

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 If we get the HS2 hub, there is talk up here of Crewe becoming a suburb of London but without the stupid house prices! Or maybe that would herald them?

Even now, the capital is only an hour and a half away which is adequate for me and how often I visit.

The idea you could get there in 55 minutes by 2027 is a bit bizarre. Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the release of Looking After No 1 

I live in a street of 19 houses and in 2 of them,  the guys commute every single day,  no working from home allowed. That's over 10% of the street commuting to the capital. House prices rising in London faster than anywhere else  (apart from maybe Oxford,  I read) mean this will become more common I suppose? 

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I live in a street of 19 houses and in 2 of them,  the guys commute every single day,  no working from home allowed. That's over 10% of the street commuting to the capital. House prices rising in London faster than anywhere else  (apart from maybe Oxford,  I read) mean this will become more common I suppose? 

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I did consider long distance commuting from Cambridge area (another boom town) but it would have cost over £350/month for the train. Currently, I only spend about £80/month on fares as I don't have to enter zone 1 which can more or less double the fares.  Seems crazy to spend 3-4 hours of every day on a train, but many people do it.