Shepherd's Bush - Am I out of my mind?!

wolfamongwolves
wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
edited July 2009 in Given To Fly (live)
I know this is the worst place to come for a reasoned and objective opinion on this, but anyway...

I'm flying to the UK from Dublin on August 15th (I think) for the Manchester & London shows, but there's no way I can get more time off work to go to Shepherd's Bush too...

BUT - I've looked into flights and it's possible (if pretty tight) to work on Tuesday, leave at 4pm for a 6pm flight. I won't get to the Empire before 8pm, & will then need to shift my spare ticket. Then I rock out, sleep on my brother's couch & up at 5am for a 7am flight back to Dublin in time for work.

& then 3 days later fly to Manchester to do it relaxedly.

So... Am I out of my mind to be considering this. Is it worth it??? (taking into consideration that nothing ever goes as smoothly as you expect it to...)
93: Slane
96: Cork, Dublin
00: Dublin
06: London, Dublin
07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
09: Manchester, London
10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
11: San José
12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
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  • RiffJam
    RiffJam Posts: 143
    Do it! I did pretty much the same thing for Copenhagen 2007. Very stressful but well worth it!
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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    Don't do it!

    The lower the number of people trying for tickets means the more chance I have of going! :D
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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    It will be an adventure and even if you only get to see half that show I think it would be worth it.

    Try and arrange your pick up times etc. to run as smooth as possible.

    And make sure you alert Ten Club. Sometimes if you don't show up in time there is a chance your tickets might be given away?

    Don't actually know if that is true, but I would alert them that you will be late just in case.
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    You are out of your mind...

    But I applaud you for it :D

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    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    Another thought hit me. You might be better off going straight to the airport after the show with a pillow.

    That might afford you more sleep than going to your bro's house, but I don't know how much time you would lose going to his house or straight to the airport. AND if they would even be open and allow you to doze off.

    I flew to New Orleans arriving on a Sunday (or Monday I can't remember) for a Football game between the Saints and Falcons. U2 and Greenday played the half time show and it was the first game after Katrina and meant a lot to the city.

    I had a free Southwest ticket that was expiring. So I flew in the morning/afternoon, just in time for the game.

    After the game I headed straight for the airport. I had a few hours to kill.

    The only buzz kill was the airport wouldn't open until 5am or so and I was there at 1 or 2 am.

    That made lying down difficult.
  • Jennytree
    Jennytree Posts: 5,340
    Can you not feel a bit of a migraine coming on at about 12 or 1 to catch at flight at about 3? :lol:
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  • Olivavu
    Olivavu England Posts: 1,683
    I'd do it. If it meant seeing Pearl Jam in a venue as small as this, I would so do it.
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  • rH259321
    rH259321 Posts: 13
    Seriously this is why phoning in sick was invented.
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Thanks for the advice guys.

    We'll see what happens...
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • ilockyer
    ilockyer Posts: 2,272
    It sounds like a very sane and reasonable thing to do... no-one wants to miss this one.
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    If you can make it work do it. I live about 8 hours from NYC. Left home at 6:30 am, drove to Syracuse, took a 5 hour bus to NYC, saw MSG 2 last year, left near the end of the show, RAN the 8 blocks back to the Port Authority, got on the midnight bus, put on an eyemask, earplugs, and had my inflatable pillow, slept in my seat for about 4 hours, got back to Syracuse at 4:30am, drove home in time to see my daughter's end of the year performance at 8am. You'll be exhausted but you won't regret seeing Pearl Jam. There's kind of a thrill in doing stuff like this!
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  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    JaneNY wrote:
    If you can make it work do it. I live about 8 hours from NYC. Left home at 6:30 am, drove to Syracuse, took a 5 hour bus to NYC, saw MSG 2 last year, left near the end of the show, RAN the 8 blocks back to the Port Authority, got on the midnight bus, put on an eyemask, earplugs, and had my inflatable pillow, slept in my seat for about 4 hours, got back to Syracuse at 4:30am, drove home in time to see my daughter's end of the year performance at 8am. You'll be exhausted but you won't regret seeing Pearl Jam. There's kind of a thrill in doing stuff like this!

    edit - oh yeah, and I drove back out 2 days later to Philly to see PJ in Camdenx2, put my daughter on the bus back home, and drove back to the NYC to see the Cure.
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    From my experience, it never goes to plan.
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    your plan relies on no delays whatsoever... which is almost impossible (you're landing when and where btw? and which airline? if it's easyjet or ryanair, forget it)
    And if you don't make it in time, your tickets are going to waste when someone that can attend 1000% could have had them.. just saying.
  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Pegasus wrote:
    your plan relies on no delays whatsoever... which is almost impossible (you're landing when and where btw? and which airline? if it's easyjet or ryanair, forget it)
    And if you don't make it in time, your tickets are going to waste when someone that can attend 1000% could have had them.. just saying.

    which is exactly why I asked "Am I out of my mind...?"
    93: Slane
    96: Cork, Dublin
    00: Dublin
    06: London, Dublin
    07: London, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    09: Manchester, London
    10: Dublin, Belfast, London & Berlin
    11: San José
    12: Isle of Wight, Copenhagen, Ed in Manchester & London x2
  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I BrisK I wrote:
    From my experience, it never goes to plan.

    As optimistic as ever there Edwardo... ;)
    Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...

    ... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
  • Pegasus
    Pegasus Posts: 3,754
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Pegasus wrote:
    your plan relies on no delays whatsoever... which is almost impossible (you're landing when and where btw? and which airline? if it's easyjet or ryanair, forget it)
    And if you don't make it in time, your tickets are going to waste when someone that can attend 1000% could have had them.. just saying.

    which is exactly why I asked "Am I out of my mind...?"
    yes you are.

    but then take that from the gal that decided on the Monday of that weekend to fly to LA to see Ed, booked a flight on the Tuesday, with no tickets for the show, leaving London 8am, landing LA 13:00 on the Saturday, flying back from LA 12:00 Monday landing 8am on Tuesday and straight into work... well.. I'm not very well placed for giving advice on not doing crazy stuff :mrgreen:
  • tenbob
    tenbob Posts: 67
    DO IT DUDE!!!!

    Think alot of us have been in previous similar situtions when it comes down to seeing PJ. In my cases looking back its always been worth it. Work to live not live to work, there will always be other jobs and days to catch up on sleep.

    Please decide before going ahead with the ticket order though, we don't want a pit thats minus 2 fans :lol:

    I'm sat here like a nervous wreck waiting till 5PM for chance of the lottery. (Fingers Crossed!)
  • jrd
    jrd Posts: 3,060
    TH137172 wrote:
    I'm sat here like a nervous wreck waiting till 5PM for chance of the lottery. (Fingers Crossed!)

    so the lottery starts in about 5 mins but is open until tomorrow evening... so who's NOT going to try and enter straight away...? :roll: ;)
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  • V V
    V V Posts: 5,191
    wolfie just do it, wouldn't be the same with out you ;)
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