I was going to drive in too, surely there is an NCP or something near?
I don't drive so don't know how reliable this is but you could try Westfield shopping centre ... parking apparently open 8am-1am ... it's less than 10 minutes walk from the venue
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I was going to drive in too, surely there is an NCP or something near?
I don't drive so don't know how reliable this is but you could try Westfield shopping centre ... parking apparently open 8am-1am ... it's less than 10 minutes walk from the venue
Right we need a plan in place people...O'Neills it will be. Meself, Theirry Henry and Jennytree will defo be in there from about 3/3.30...lets have the craic baby.....SBE BABY!!! Fuck me I'm giddy...oh and good morning
Right we need a plan in place people...O'Neills it will be. Meself, Theirry Henry and Jennytree will defo be in there from about 3/3.30...lets have the craic baby.....SBE BABY!!! Fuck me I'm giddy...oh and good morning
I will?! Who is gonna keep our place in the queue?!
Thanks Chime for the parking info.....thats stellar stuff. and quite reasonable too.
oh getting excited again.
This may be a dumb question, but this congestion charge they rob you for down there, will it apply in this area? I'm supposed to be a clever chap, but i've been down to london a few times and always get a penalty in the post.....
i mean making you pay on the way out of the city on a monday morning is plain wrong (after the aerosmith sunday gig)
Thanks Chime for the parking info.....thats stellar stuff. and quite reasonable too.
oh getting excited again.
This may be a dumb question, but this congestion charge they rob you for down there, will it apply in this area? I'm supposed to be a clever chap, but i've been down to london a few times and always get a penalty in the post.....
i mean making you pay on the way out of the city on a monday morning is plain wrong (after the aerosmith sunday gig)
Well, according to the AA route planner I did, you can avoid the congestion charge and it doesn't make the route that longer. That is of course if the AA is right
Right we need a plan in place people...O'Neills it will be. Meself, Theirry Henry and Jennytree will defo be in there from about 3/3.30...lets have the craic baby.....SBE BABY!!! Fuck me I'm giddy...oh and good morning
I think O'Neills was chosen as those with standing tickets will literally be queuing around it.
I prefer The Defector's Weld or even The Green for pre Shepherd's Bush drinkies
If it's a nice day people could just hit the offie and drink on the Green
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
If it's a nice day people could just hit the offie and drink on the Green
see the Met office has today retracted it's "August will be a scorcher" statement and replaced it with "more of the same unsettled conditions like July"
Oh yeah? Well, I've had about enough of morons and halfwits, dolts, dunces, dullards and dumbbells - and you chowderhead yokel, you blithering hayseed, you - you've had enough of me?
Right we need a plan in place people...O'Neills it will be. Meself, Theirry Henry and Jennytree will defo be in there from about 3/3.30...lets have the craic baby.....SBE BABY!!! Fuck me I'm giddy...oh and good morning
I will?! Who is gonna keep our place in the queue?!
What time will queueing begin? I've not been there before and I just wonder when 10C ix will be available to be picked up at the box office and when the queue for getting in will start up. Or do you pick up tickets and go in directly with them?
I think you can grab the tickets and return later, thats what tenclub have confirmed to someone on here
The queuing will start at the crack of dawn and build throughout the day, but from my experience most dont bother until middayish....and then it gets busy around 4-5pm.....
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
People are allowed to leave the queue for food/drink/toilet break and come back. Queuers aren't total barbarians!!! Rules of common sense apply, unless they have really strict security (which is pretty rare). The 2 hours inside the venue without a toilet break aren't that bad. The adrenaline takes over.
I think the queue will be quite busy since it's an especially small gig + seats are unreserved (afaik) so a lot of sitting people will be queueing for good seats as well. If some ways the sitters have an easier time of queueing too, at least they can sit down and relax once they're inside
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'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
People are allowed to leave the queue for food/drink/toilet break and come back. Queuers aren't total barbarians!!! Rules of common sense apply, unless they have really strict security (which is pretty rare).
I think the queue will be quite busy since it's an especially small gig + seats are unreserved (afaik) so a lot of sitting people will be queueing for good seats as well. If some ways the sitters have an easier time of queueing too, at least they can sit down and relax once they're inside
Yeah I know that but once inside and hugging the barrier you cannot leave your spot, so lets say your in for 6.30....you cannot get a drink or take a pee or anything until the lights come up. so if youve been on the beers beforehand, its impossible.
Anyway, your probably right on the queuing, I'll get myself settled early doors i think. Oh and I heard some horror stories before on PJ queuing ruiles, some people take this stuff real serious
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
People are allowed to leave the queue for food/drink/toilet break and come back. Queuers aren't total barbarians!!! Rules of common sense apply, unless they have really strict security (which is pretty rare).
I think the queue will be quite busy since it's an especially small gig + seats are unreserved (afaik) so a lot of sitting people will be queueing for good seats as well. If some ways the sitters have an easier time of queueing too, at least they can sit down and relax once they're inside
Yeah I know that but once inside and hugging the barrier you cannot leave your spot, so lets say your in for 6.30....you cannot get a drink or take a pee or anything until the lights come up. so if youve been on the beers beforehand, its impossible.
Anyway, your probably right on the queuing, I'll get myself settled early doors i think. Oh and I heard some horror stories before on PJ queuing ruiles, some people take this stuff real serious
Beers beforehand?! That'd be a rookie error.
haha I think it'll be okay. Out of the euro PJ gigs I've seen PJ fans are the most polite queuers. In some cases, the other half of 10c ticket pairs came late and no one complained at all at them pushing in. They were lovely queues
Can someone confirm that seating is unreserved? My friend's the one who got the tickets so I don't have the conf email to look at or anything. I just remember it said unreserved in the panic for getting tickets into the shopping basket Don't want to queue all day if it's going to be in vain.
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'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
yes i believe so....I can only go on past expereince, but the norm is for a seperate queue
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
I'm seating! No barrier for me :(
No idea how it'll be with everyone being unreserved. I guess on the whole, seating people won't queue nearly as early as standing people. The earliest I can get to the venue is 7.30ish, so hopefully that'll be fine for front row.
It'll be interesting to see how the empire copes with queues. Usually the BO queue only gets longer after business hours when the shops are all shut. There's not much room for a long all-day queue around the empire...
Plus if there are 2 separate queues, it seems like 75-85% of people will be picking up at the box office. The tickets in hand queue will be tiny in comparison
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Paul
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'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
I'm seating! No barrier for me :(
No idea how it'll be with everyone being unreserved. I guess on the whole, seating people won't queue nearly as early as standing people. The earliest I can get to the venue is 7.30ish, so hopefully that'll be fine for front row.
Glad I'm not the only one rushing big time to get there for about that time!
The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
I'm seating! No barrier for me :(
No idea how it'll be with everyone being unreserved. I guess on the whole, seating people won't queue nearly as early as standing people. The earliest I can get to the venue is 7.30ish, so hopefully that'll be fine for front row.
Glad I'm not the only one rushing big time to get there for about that time!
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
Yeah, AM. It's not only so I can get front row. Will be seeing friends who I haven't seen in a year and general queue hanging out will be fun (as long as it isn't raining). As long as others are queueing and there are people to chat with, I don't really care.
I'll be up early that day regardless, and if I don't get down there early I'll only end up panicking about what if loads of people are getting there early. If it was standing, I wouldn't care so much, standing anywhere is grand. But with level 3 I imagine being in the front few rows or the back few rows make a big difference to the experience.
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Paul
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'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
Yeah, AM. It's not only so I can get front row. Will be seeing friends who I haven't seen in a year and general queue hanging out will be fun (as long as it isn't raining). As long as others are queueing and there are people to chat with, I don't really care.
I don't know where they'd hold a queue all day at SBE, from what I can recall the pavement round the corner into Goldhawk Road isn't that wide so I guess it'd have to be just outside the front of the venue. Could be interesting, how did it work when Smashing Pumpkins played there? I'm guessing that, second to this, that's the most in demand thing they've had for a while which would have people queuing!
The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
Yeah, AM. It's not only so I can get front row. Will be seeing friends who I haven't seen in a year and general queue hanging out will be fun (as long as it isn't raining). As long as others are queueing and there are people to chat with, I don't really care.
I don't know where they'd hold a queue all day at SBE, from what I can recall the pavement round the corner into Goldhawk Road isn't that wide so I guess it'd have to be just outside the front of the venue. Could be interesting, how did it work when Smashing Pumpkins played there? I'm guessing that, second to this, that's the most in demand thing they've had for a while which would have people queuing!
Queued from about 1-2pm till 7pm when the pumpkins played, there were already people in front of me, about 5-10 or so. I managed to get front row though. It just went round the edge, where all the gear comes out of.
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
Yeah, AM. It's not only so I can get front row. Will be seeing friends who I haven't seen in a year and general queue hanging out will be fun (as long as it isn't raining). As long as others are queueing and there are people to chat with, I don't really care.
I don't know where they'd hold a queue all day at SBE, from what I can recall the pavement round the corner into Goldhawk Road isn't that wide so I guess it'd have to be just outside the front of the venue. Could be interesting, how did it work when Smashing Pumpkins played there? I'm guessing that, second to this, that's the most in demand thing they've had for a while which would have people queuing!
Fuck it, they should just give us the tickets then let us go straight in whatever time it is, even around midday. That way we can see the sound check, hang out with the band for a few hours, have a couple of beers in the venue and enjoy ourselves. Then see Ed's solo spot, then the gig... sound good to anyone else?
By the way, with all the talk of Ed maybe doing a solo spot, I'd personally like to see Ed and Stone both do very short solo spots. Some of Stone's solo stuff from last year was very nice and he's done a few small gigs, he could do 15 minutes, then Ed 25, then the concert.
Right, I'm a bit confused (as usual). Shall most people be queuing all day to pick up tickets from the box office? With my confirmation from HMV it says the tickets will be available half an hour before doors open, is it the same for 10C tix?
Right, I'm a bit confused (as usual). Shall most people be queuing all day to pick up tickets from the box office? With my confirmation from HMV it says the tickets will be available half an hour before doors open, is it the same for 10C tix?
Only time will tell. Undoubtedly, some people will queue all day, whether it's most people or not no one can guess. There are as many reasons for people not queueing as much as a usual gig as there are for the opposite argument. Even if the BO doesn't give out tickets til 30 minutes before, it won't stop people queueing though.
Hopefully we'll get more of an idea of what board people are doing nearer the time, and guess from that how big the queue will be early on.
Paul
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Right, I'm a bit confused (as usual). Shall most people be queuing all day to pick up tickets from the box office? With my confirmation from HMV it says the tickets will be available half an hour before doors open, is it the same for 10C tix?
For HMV tix, I would have thought they would be available as soon as the box office opens....
Have seen a couple of bands at SBE (We are Scientists, J Mascis, Stephen Malkmus), but this is my first PJ show. Even up on the top floor, I'm very, very excited about this.
Right, I'm a bit confused (as usual). Shall most people be queuing all day to pick up tickets from the box office? With my confirmation from HMV it says the tickets will be available half an hour before doors open, is it the same for 10C tix?
For HMV tix, I would have thought they would be available as soon as the box office opens....
Ah yeah, you're right, I just misread the emai :oops: l. They will be available when the box office opens. Cheers.
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
People are allowed to leave the queue for food/drink/toilet break and come back. Queuers aren't total barbarians!!! Rules of common sense apply, unless they have really strict security (which is pretty rare). The 2 hours inside the venue without a toilet break aren't that bad. The adrenaline takes over.
I think the queue will be quite busy since it's an especially small gig + seats are unreserved (afaik) so a lot of sitting people will be queueing for good seats as well. If some ways the sitters have an easier time of queueing too, at least they can sit down and relax once they're inside
there's different entrances at SheBu for upstairs and downstairs so different queues.
Although there'll probably be people very early for downstairs (but I won't for once.. midday will be enough and even then might just be at the pub), I doubt anyone will be daft enough to queue so early for upstairs. frankly, I'd think early afternoon would be way early enough for the front of whatever floor you're at.
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oh getting excited again.
This may be a dumb question, but this congestion charge they rob you for down there, will it apply in this area? I'm supposed to be a clever chap, but i've been down to london a few times and always get a penalty in the post.....
i mean making you pay on the way out of the city on a monday morning is plain wrong (after the aerosmith sunday gig)
Well, according to the AA route planner I did, you can avoid the congestion charge and it doesn't make the route that longer. That is of course if the AA is right
I think O'Neills was chosen as those with standing tickets will literally be queuing around it.
I prefer The Defector's Weld or even The Green for pre Shepherd's Bush drinkies
If it's a nice day people could just hit the offie and drink on the Green
see the Met office has today retracted it's "August will be a scorcher" statement and replaced it with "more of the same unsettled conditions like July"
What time will queueing begin? I've not been there before and I just wonder when 10C ix will be available to be picked up at the box office and when the queue for getting in will start up. Or do you pick up tickets and go in directly with them?
The queuing will start at the crack of dawn and build throughout the day, but from my experience most dont bother until middayish....and then it gets busy around 4-5pm.....
those early on are looking to bag the barrier, but its a long time to wait and then hang around in the venue without a drink or a toilet break....I dont know how they do it
I think the queue will be quite busy since it's an especially small gig + seats are unreserved (afaik) so a lot of sitting people will be queueing for good seats as well. If some ways the sitters have an easier time of queueing too, at least they can sit down and relax once they're inside
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Yeah I know that but once inside and hugging the barrier you cannot leave your spot, so lets say your in for 6.30....you cannot get a drink or take a pee or anything until the lights come up. so if youve been on the beers beforehand, its impossible.
Anyway, your probably right on the queuing, I'll get myself settled early doors i think. Oh and I heard some horror stories before on PJ queuing ruiles, some people take this stuff real serious
haha I think it'll be okay. Out of the euro PJ gigs I've seen PJ fans are the most polite queuers. In some cases, the other half of 10c ticket pairs came late and no one complained at all at them pushing in. They were lovely queues
Can someone confirm that seating is unreserved? My friend's the one who got the tickets so I don't have the conf email to look at or anything. I just remember it said unreserved in the panic for getting tickets into the shopping basket
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
'06 - London, Dublin, Reading
'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Looks like the basic rule is: if you wanna be on the barrier, get here for 8am but any time before 4pm should get a reasonable place.
Personally, I'm in for the second option.
Pdalowsky said "you can get tickets and return to queue later" (sic). So the ticket queue and the entrance queue are different then? Any idea what time we can pick up tix?
yes i believe so....I can only go on past expereince, but the norm is for a seperate queue
No idea how it'll be with everyone being unreserved. I guess on the whole, seating people won't queue nearly as early as standing people. The earliest I can get to the venue is 7.30ish, so hopefully that'll be fine for front row.
It'll be interesting to see how the empire copes with queues. Usually the BO queue only gets longer after business hours when the shops are all shut. There's not much room for a long all-day queue around the empire...
Plus if there are 2 separate queues, it seems like 75-85% of people will be picking up at the box office. The tickets in hand queue will be tiny in comparison
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'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
Glad I'm not the only one rushing big time to get there for about that time!
I think he means 7.30am, which is mighty early for a balcony spot, in my opinion.
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I'll be up early that day regardless, and if I don't get down there early I'll only end up panicking about what if loads of people are getting there early. If it was standing, I wouldn't care so much, standing anywhere is grand. But with level 3 I imagine being in the front few rows or the back few rows make a big difference to the experience.
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'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
I don't know where they'd hold a queue all day at SBE, from what I can recall the pavement round the corner into Goldhawk Road isn't that wide so I guess it'd have to be just outside the front of the venue. Could be interesting, how did it work when Smashing Pumpkins played there? I'm guessing that, second to this, that's the most in demand thing they've had for a while which would have people queuing!
Queued from about 1-2pm till 7pm when the pumpkins played, there were already people in front of me, about 5-10 or so. I managed to get front row though. It just went round the edge, where all the gear comes out of.
Fuck it, they should just give us the tickets then let us go straight in whatever time it is, even around midday. That way we can see the sound check, hang out with the band for a few hours, have a couple of beers in the venue and enjoy ourselves. Then see Ed's solo spot, then the gig... sound good to anyone else?
By the way, with all the talk of Ed maybe doing a solo spot, I'd personally like to see Ed and Stone both do very short solo spots. Some of Stone's solo stuff from last year was very nice and he's done a few small gigs, he could do 15 minutes, then Ed 25, then the concert.
Hopefully we'll get more of an idea of what board people are doing nearer the time, and guess from that how big the queue will be early on.
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'07 - Katowice, Wembley, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
'09 - London, Manchester, London
'12 - Manchester, Manchester, Berlin, Stockholm, Copenhagen
For HMV tix, I would have thought they would be available as soon as the box office opens....
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Ah yeah, you're right, I just misread the emai :oops: l. They will be available when the box office opens. Cheers.
Although there'll probably be people very early for downstairs (but I won't for once.. midday will be enough and even then might just be at the pub), I doubt anyone will be daft enough to queue so early for upstairs. frankly, I'd think early afternoon would be way early enough for the front of whatever floor you're at.