No indoor shows this year...

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

No indoor shows this year...

Mark L · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
No indoor shows until after November when a target date will be set, so pretty certain the Rats 2020 tour won't take place
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/29/theatre-reopening-oliver-dowden
https://britishtheatre.com/no-date-for-full-theatre-reopening-before-november-says-dowden/
The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, says it is likely to be November at the earliest before theatres are given a target date for reopening without social distancing.

No surprise there

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
No indoor shows until after November when a target date will be set, so pretty certain the Rats 2020 tour won't take place
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2020/jul/29/theatre-reopening-oliver-dowden
https://britishtheatre.com/no-date-for-full-theatre-reopening-before-november-says-dowden/
The culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, says it is likely to be November at the earliest before theatres are given a target date for reopening without social distancing.
No surprise there

The odd thing is that The Rats haven't been cancelled nor postponed (yet). Kim Wilde, Sting and Dionne Warwick who were all due to play at the same time have postponed.

If it does get postponed again, I will hang onto ticket. Looking back I should have gone to Minehead...

Incredibly Van Morrison on 23rd/24th September is still listed. He will be 75 when he plays those gigs. Seven years older than Geldof!

Listed by new performance date	Theatre	Status	Old Date	New Date
Van Morrison	The London Palladium	Postponed	Thu 26 March	23/09/2020
Zeppelin Symphonic The Music of Led Zeppelin a Rock Celebration	The London Palladium	Postponed	Sat 18 April	04/10/2020
The Boomtown Rats	The London Palladium	Postponed	Fri 1 May	06/10/2020
Welcome to Night Vale	The London Palladium	Postponed	Sat 2 May	28/10/2020
An Audience with Arsène Wenger OBE and David Dein MBE	The London Palladium	Postponed	Mon 27 April	09/11/2020
Clannad	The London Palladium	Postponed	Tue 17 March	10/11/2020
Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott	The London Palladium	Postponed	Thu 30 April	12/11/2020

https://lwtheatres.co.uk/theatres/the-london-palladium/whats-on/

diffbrook · House on Fire

Probably postpone until march - at the earliest. Plenty of time to re-release album with extra tracks - so some of us buy again.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I cannot see the tour happening before March next year. I will hold on to my tickets but I would like to know soon as I have flights to book

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Van Morrison and The Rats still not cancelled.
Sparks have rescheduled a date in October to next May.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

London Palladium opening with 36% capacity. Possible Rats could play in October. Looking at ticket sales, could split audience over 2 nights.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

I asked Pete Briquette if I should book my flights to London for the concert in London, he replied no.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Derek The Dane wrote:
I asked Pete Briquette if I should book my flights to London for the concert in London, he replied no.

What does he know? smile I would not book a flight until a week before at the earliest.

Amazingly still not cancelled.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

London still selling tickets...

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Derek The Dane wrote:
London still selling tickets...

Yes and still not postponed/cancelled. If there is one venue that may go ahead it is the London Palladium. https://lwtheatres.co.uk/latest-information-coronavirus/

Also football clubs are planning to let people in from 1st October.

Brighton Dome is also still selling tickets and possibly other venues.

Mark L · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
Derek The Dane wrote:
London still selling tickets...
Yes and still not postponed/cancelled. If there is one venue that may go ahead it is the London Palladium. https://lwtheatres.co.uk/latest-information-coronavirus/
Also football clubs are planning to let people in from 1st October.
Brighton Dome is also still selling tickets and possibly other venues.

There is about as much chance of any meaningful gigs this year as me flying through the air.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Now BoJo has decided no more than 6 people can gather together, no chance of anyone seeing The Rats unless they sack Darren and Alan so a couple of us can attend!

Dont understand how pubs and restaurants can stay open and have who knows how many inside, but I cant invite my sister and family around for drinks in the garden. Maybe we can baptise the kids. Again!

Any gathering of more than six people in England will be illegal from Monday Sep 14th, unless it meets one of a limited list of exemptions
This applies to gatherings both indoors and outdoors
The new rule does not apply to households or bubbles of more than six, or gatherings for work or education
Weddings, funerals, and organised team sports carried out in a Covid-secure way are also exempt
People will at first be fined £100, but this will double on each further repeat offence up to £3,200
No longer voluntary, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses must now legally collect customers' details to aid with contact tracing.
Covid-secure 'marshalls' will be hired to monitor rules are being followed
Provisional plan to reopen stadiums and conference halls on Oct 1 will now be reviewed

Mark L · Loudmouth

ArrGee wrote:
Now BoJo has decided no more than 6 people can gather together, no chance of anyone seeing The Rats unless they sack Darren and Alan so a couple of us can attend!
Dont understand how pubs and restaurants can stay open and have who knows how many inside, but I cant invite my sister and family around for drinks in the garden. Maybe we can baptise the kids. Again!

Any gathering of more than six people in England will be illegal from Monday Sep 14th, unless it meets one of a limited list of exemptions
This applies to gatherings both indoors and outdoors
The new rule does not apply to households or bubbles of more than six, or gatherings for work or education
Weddings, funerals, and organised team sports carried out in a Covid-secure way are also exempt
People will at first be fined £100, but this will double on each further repeat offence up to £3,200
No longer voluntary, pubs, restaurants and other hospitality businesses must now legally collect customers' details to aid with contact tracing.
Covid-secure 'marshalls' will be hired to monitor rules are being followed
Provisional plan to reopen stadiums and conference halls on Oct 1 will now be reviewed

Wait till the sanctimonious, jobs-worth 'marshals' abuse their roles, which happens every time you give someone a high viz jacket and a bit of authority.....

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
The odd thing is that The Rats haven't been cancelled nor postponed (yet).
Incredibly Van Morrison on 23rd/24th September is still listed. He will be 75 when he plays those gigs. Seven years older than Geldof!
Listed by new performance date Theatre Status Old Date New Date
Van Morrison The London Palladium Postponed Thu 26 March 2020 23/09/2020 OFF SALE
Zeppelin Symphonic The Music of Led Zeppelin a Rock Celebration The London Palladium Postponed Sat 18 April 2020
~~04/10/2020~~
13/02/2021

The Boomtown Rats The London Palladium Postponed Fri 1 May 2020 06/10/2020
https://lwtheatres.co.uk/theatres/the-london-palladium/whats-on/

Rats appear to be the next show available ignoring a couple of evenings with Graham Norton and Elizabeth Day which are book selling events.

Van Morrison gig not cancelled, just not on sale.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Friday 11th of September 2020 12:29:45 PM

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

All over now.

I have tickets for Squeeze at The O2 on 5th December, but suspect there is near zero chance of that happening now.

Glad I saw The Divine Comedy last month, could be last gig for a while.