Intimate club gig at O2 Shepherds Bush, London - 11th August

InHiding19

I'm glad I booked my flight early I will be in London that day!

Fender_Man

Hinn wrote:

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

I'm gonna go ahead and say that I hope whatever allotment of tickets 10C ends up with (if any) go to local fans, as they did with, I believe it was tickets for the Letterman aftershow gig for New Yorkers. If they can do it for them, no reason why it couldn't be done for us.

Agreed. By local, gotta start with those within a 2 mile radius. Then move out.

I was born in Goldhawk Road, a hop, skip and a jump from the Empire. So I am claiming my tickets through a little known, ancient birth rite

BeerBaron

Hinn wrote:

Makes sense to me. Cos I'm exactly 2 miles from there. Was about 1.5 until I moved house 3 weeks ago. So I get first dibs.

lol. Your comment makes sense now that you put it in to context

Hinn

Jennytree wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Oxxys wrote:

Localizing shows is unfair in my opinion. What if you live in Alaska a place where PJ doesn't even play arena shows, but you can't go to a small gig in London. Totally unfair in my opinion.

Unfair has nothing to do with it. I demand to have dibs to a show that I can crawl to my knees on, and if that's what it takes, I'll do it! :P

You're not FROM London though, you won't count!

Let's face it, how many people with a London post code are actually London born and bred?

SoonForgotten2

Hinn wrote:

Let's face it, how many people with a London post code are actually London born and bred?

Very true. So how about locals and London seniority? I've got six years to my name!

Calum

Born & Raised in south/west London, 23 yrs...

SoonForgotten2

Calum wrote:

Born & Raised in south/west London, 23 yrs...

Well...

that's our parade rained on then.

redrock

Calum wrote:

Born & Raised in south/west London, 23 yrs...

That could really be anywhere..... I say I'm West London. My daughter was born a stone's throw from Shepherd's Bush... that counts.

chime

But what about those of us who currently don't have a London postcode (live just outside) but have lived/worked for the last 13 years in London??? This could get complicated

Calum

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

Calum wrote:

Born & Raised in south/west London, 23 yrs...

Well...

that's our parade rained on then.

sorry! I leave a very short train ride from Shepherds Bush Empire, its one of my favourite venues too. Anyone who hasn't been there will be shocked when they see it & think, PJ playing here!

dunkman

Hinn wrote:

Jennytree wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Unfair has nothing to do with it. I demand to have dibs to a show that I can crawl to my knees on, and if that's what it takes, I'll do it! :P

You're not FROM London though, you won't count!

Let's face it, how many people with a London post code are actually London born and bred?

8... maybe 9

SoonForgotten2

Calum wrote:

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

Calum wrote:

Born & Raised in south/west London, 23 yrs...

Well...

that's our parade rained on then.

sorry! I leave a very short train ride from Shepherds Bush Empire, its one of my favourite venues too. Anyone who hasn't been there will be shocked when they see it & think, PJ playing here!

I have to say, I cannot stand that venue. I mean it's great if you're at the very front, but the stage is seriously low and the floor is flat (unlike Brixton Academy where it slopes upward towards the back) making for a poor view if you're on the floor.

Calum

I see what you mean... I have stood at brixton, but never at SBE. But the view from above is beautiful

dunkman

Hinn wrote:

Jennytree wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Unfair has nothing to do with it. I demand to have dibs to a show that I can crawl to my knees on, and if that's what it takes, I'll do it! :P

You're not FROM London though, you won't count!

Let's face it, how many people with a London post code are actually London born and bred?

i checked... its 9... all of them are utter shite at suggesting decent pubs n stuff as well...

Pegasus

ML wrote:

Pegasus wrote:

actually it doesn't utterly stop it and considering the price those kind of shows command, the tout is still money in if they buy 2 and resell the one (then go out again).
But it limits it a bit sure.

Well, at Bob Dylan when you picked up the ticket they immediately wristbanded you and your guest. Only with a wristband and the ticket were you allowed in.
And at The Who you had to had to enter the venue the minute you picked up the ticket at the venue. The same with Tom Waits (his shows actually required you name your guest within a week of buying the tickets too).
So it did stop most of the touting. I remember checking eBay for those gigs and there were none on sale, highly unusual for bands with hardcore fan bases who can normally sell out arenas, don't you think?

it does severely limit it yes, but that was the same system for the vic and there was still some touting apparently.
on the flip side, it can really fuck you up if for whatever reason out of your control you can't make the show anymore.. (not something that'd happen to me at She Bu though.. I'd have to be dead or in a coma not to make it!)

Pegasus

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

pdalowsky wrote:

How many of us are desperate enough to cave into the touts if the need arises? because that in itself makes sure the twats will be at the the gig the next time and the time after. Its a difficult one to combat as because we all want to be there we give them business

Not me. I never have and I never will. Even if I didn't need the money for other things, I wouldn't resort to that.

my feelings exactly, if you feed the rats you can't complain about the plague.

as for the general sale (the presale is through HMV site, it says so in the details on their site), I'd think the usual places: TM, Seetickets, Stargreen and Ticketweb.

SpinTheBlackCircle74 wrote:

Any cheap hotels near Sheperds Bush?

Shepherds Bush is where all the non-asylum seekers/druggies hostels of London are now. plenty of cheap places if you don't mind hostels.

Hinn wrote:

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

I'm gonna go ahead and say that I hope whatever allotment of tickets 10C ends up with (if any) go to local fans, as they did with, I believe it was tickets for the Letterman aftershow gig for New Yorkers. If they can do it for them, no reason why it couldn't be done for us.

Agreed. By local, gotta start with those within a 2 mile radius. Then move out.

3 dammit! (I'm 2.6 miles as the crows flies! http://www.freemaptools.com/distance-be ... tcodes.htm)

SoonForgotten2 wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Let's face it, how many people with a London post code are actually London born and bred?

Very true. So how about locals and London seniority? I've got six years to my name!

11.5 years :P

redrock wrote:

BeerBaron wrote:

....(likely all of London) .....

Ah! But what IS London? Which postcodes? Central London, London, Greater London???? Too many possibilities....

See, I'm considered Greater London but I am actually closer to Shepherd's Bush than what is called City of London....

This could be fun.....

yeah, you'd get screwed if they go by postcode 'cos yours is not 'London' but you are way closer than someone in N or E or SE ones!
so the miles radius works better .. I figure you'd need 4, maybe 5 to get included.

pdalowsky

6 days to go,

I'm still holding out for ten cloub tickets.

Maybe an email from kat along these lines: -

'because we love you and appreciate your dedication to all things PJ, and your continued unwavering support, please check inside your cart, because we slipped a pair of gratis tickets in there for the club show, peace kat x'.....

dimitrispearljam

Irish Al wrote:

Fuck, shit, balls, cunt, mutherfucker, dick, slut, whore...... :evil:

Maybe one day the lads will do something like this in Ireland :x :x :x :x

..put it out my friend..

eldarion75

so hang on..its being allocated by proximity? really??

dimitrispearljam

FW46778 wrote:

Did you ever think they just want to play to a local crowd there. Why is always about plane rides and vacation time. The band plays where they want to.

they play for hmv costumers,,,,