Spain Festimad

jamie uk

Rocks wrote:

The only thing I see as usual POR CONFIRMAR. It takes them a long time...

The site is now updated. Slayer will officially headline day 1-Now I can bore all you lot with a tale about how I once met Slayer after a gig in Newport, Wales in 1988-nah I won't bother. May be a totally different audience on Friday to Saturday, not many Slayer fans into Pearl Jam or vice versa-or am I wrong? JUK

Syl

jamie uk wrote:

The site is now updated. Slayer will officially headline day 1-Now I can bore all you lot with a tale about how I once met Slayer after a gig in Newport, Wales in 1988-nah I won't bother. May be a totally different audience on Friday to Saturday, not many Slayer fans into Pearl Jam or vice versa-or am I wrong? JUK

Thanks, this morning when I checked it wasn't!
Well, you can always tell a nice story, but I'll go for saturday! I personally don't like Slayer...

jamie uk

Rocks wrote:

Thanks, this morning when I checked it wasn't!
Well, you can always tell a nice story, but I'll go for saturday! I personally don't like Slayer...

Yes, I have to say I'm slightly dissapointed as I bought a 2 day ticket already. I quite liked slayer when I was a teenager, they're not my bag at all nowadays but I do respect them massively-and once in a while the 'reign in blood' cd can get a spin in my car, as a real thrash metal record it really was ahead of the pack. I saw them in Newport 2 years later('88), when they toured 'south of heaven'. To be fair they can be a lot of fun, but some of the lunks that go to their gigs can be a little 'over enthusiastic'. Saying that, the most revved up I ever saw a crowd was the Pearl Jam gig in Cardiff 2000, the roof almost came off the arena and it will live long in the memory. JUK

Syl

Ha! My first encounter with Pearl Jam in '93 was the crowd, not the band. Shoes and knees were flying down my neck, pushing pulling, almost falling, going backwards to save my *, that was scary. I wondered if those people were there to enjoy the concert or just hurting as many as they could with their drunk bodies. This wasn't enthousiasm, this was violence.

jamie uk

Rocks wrote:

Ha! My first encounter with Pearl Jam in '93 was the crowd, not the band. Shoes and knees were flying down my neck, pushing pulling, almost falling, going backwards to save my *, that was scary. I wondered if those people were there to enjoy the concert or just hurting as many as they could with their drunk bodies. This wasn't enthousiasm, this was violence.

Yes, around the late 80's/early 90's there was deffo a culture of misbehaving along those lines whilst at a concert. The Cardiff 2000 PJ crowd was simply over excited, it was quite a crush at the front. Thankfully most large concerts now have the second barrier, which cuts that out to an extent. Without sounding like a grouch tho', there is really something about fans of Slayer and their like that comes across as misplaced machismo. Anyhow, maybe my analyzing is just showing my age-so I'll give up. I may well just give that Friday a miss now, explore Madrids nighlife instead-I don't think Slayer can 'reach out' to me the way they could when I was 17!
All together now..."Strangulation, mutilation, cancer of the brain-Limb dissection, amputation, from a mind deranged....Asphyxiation, suffocation, gasping for air, explain to me the feeling after sitting in the chair." Ah, the memories of my teens come flooding back! Love to all, JUK

Syl

Maybe old times will relive when you decide to see Slayer!
We're flying to Madrid on saturday and we can discover Madrid the day after. Been there once, also a looong time ago (1986!).
Time will be important on saturday cause we have to get the tickets 2 hours before entrance...hoping we won't have a delay or something. Don't want to think about that...then we have to discover Madrid on saturday too and that would be very harsh. Hell no, I have to be there. Anyone knows how it works when you can't be in time at Butarque to pick up the tickets?

Pegasus

jamie uk wrote:

Yes, around the late 80's/early 90's there was deffo a culture of misbehaving along those lines whilst at a concert. The Cardiff 2000 PJ crowd was simply over excited, it was quite a crush at the front. Thankfully most large concerts now have the second barrier, which cuts that out to an extent. Without sounding like a grouch tho', there is really something about fans of Slayer and their like that comes across as misplaced machismo. Anyhow, maybe my analyzing is just showing my age-so I'll give up. I may well just give that Friday a miss now, explore Madrids nighlife instead-I don't think Slayer can 'reach out' to me the way they could when I was 17!
All together now..."Strangulation, mutilation, cancer of the brain-Limb dissection, amputation, from a mind deranged....Asphyxiation, suffocation, gasping for air, explain to me the feeling after sitting in the chair." Ah, the memories of my teens come flooding back! Love to all, JUK

change you flight, come to Lisbon on the Friday to see PJ, then to Madrid on Saturday.
Lisbon rocks!

jamie uk

Pegasus wrote:

change you flight, come to Lisbon on the Friday to see PJ, then to Madrid on Saturday.
Lisbon rocks!

that would be nice, thanks for the invite. I don't know if my funds will stretch that far tho. Maybe buy you a pint in Madrid, you can tell us how Lisbon went. JUK

Ricsard

Rocks wrote:

Time will be important on saturday cause we have to get the tickets 2 hours before entrance...
Anyone knows how it works when you can't be in time at Butarque to pick up the tickets?

Why do you have to pick up tix 2 hours before entrance? Personally I chose pick up at the venue option at ticktackticket but still have no idea what time we should arrive at Butarque... Anyone have info on that?

Pegasus

Ricsard wrote:

Why do you have to pick up tix 2 hours before entrance? Personally I chose pick up at the venue option at ticktackticket but still have no idea what time we should arrive at Butarque... Anyone have info on that?

no, as I understand it (I've chosen the pick up as well considering how much they craged for shipping!), it's FROM 2 hours before...

Syl

I believe you're right about that, Pegasus. So it means from 14.00 hours. That's a big reassurance!
According to Tick tack tickets doors open at 16:00.

Ricsard

OK, understood, thanx!

GyöngyLekvár

Ricsard wrote:

OK, understood, thanx!

huhh, its good that at least u know what we'll have 2do ...

Ricsard

I am glad you have read the above comments as well - we needn't rely on my reading skills in English...;)

jamie uk

Sounds like there's going to be a few of us knocking around Madrid on the Sunday, anyone suggest a bar we could meet up at? JUK

Ricsard

We're leaving in the early Sunday hours for Berlin in order to catch our next flight from there to Budapest:) so... Friday night for us would be better (if we didn't meet at Festimad:D)

jamie uk

Well, there's every chance we will decide not to travel down to Leganes on Friday to see Slayer now-so if someone names a bar (and gives us directions) we'll see you all there, in fact I read somewhere there were a couple of Irish bars in the centre maybe we could choose one of them.JUK

GyöngyLekvár

jamie uk wrote:

Well, there's every chance we will decide not to travel down to Leganes on Friday to see Slayer now-so if someone names a bar (and gives us directions) we'll see you all there, in fact I read somewhere there were a couple of Irish bars in the centre maybe we could choose one of them.JUK

let's do that!!! im absolutely in! Ricsard...?

Ricsard

GyöngyLekvár wrote:

let's do that!!! im absolutely in! Ricsard...?

kellett nekem nagyszájúskodva tárgyalásokba fogni... (l. személyes üzenetek)

GyöngyLekvár

Ricsard wrote:

kellett nekem nagyszájúskodva tárgyalásokba fogni... (l. személyes üzenetek)

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snipes824

is there a metro that goes from madrid to leganes? and what about after the show? do they run that late? please say yes...

RiffJam

snipes824 wrote:

is there a metro that goes from madrid to leganes? and what about after the show? do they run that late? please say yes...

The metro station for the venue is San Nicasio, from what I can make out from the festival website, on line 12. Trains run until 1.30am

http://www.softguides.com/madrid_guide/maps/metro_map.html

My girlfriend and I are arriving early saturday morning in Madrid so would be good to meet up and travel down with anyone else who's in the city. We're picking our tickets up on the day

Lone Wolf

RiffJam wrote:

The metro station for the venue is San Nicasio, from what I can make out from the festival website, on line 12. Trains run until 1.30am

http://www.softguides.com/madrid_guide/maps/metro_map.html

My girlfriend and I are arriving early saturday morning in Madrid so would be good to meet up and travel down with anyone else who's in the city. We're picking our tickets up on the day

Thanks for that!

henchman

News !!!

Unearth and The Used will play on saturday 9 with Pearl Jam

http://www.festimad.es

Syl

2 bands added to 9th of june! They are Unearth and The Used. These bands...a bit too heavy for me

edit: Oke henchman you beat me...

josef81

Hi!

Im arriving to Madrid on the 7th. Is there another way of getting the tickets if you dont want to pay €40 for having them mailed to you?

jamie uk

josef81 wrote:

Hi!

Im arriving to Madrid on the 7th. Is there another way of getting the tickets if you dont want to pay €40 for having them mailed to you?

Yes, a lot of people are collecting on the day.

SpokenJeremy

jamie uk wrote:

Yes, a lot of people are collecting on the day.

Do you know where to collect them? I've asked ticktackticket, but I am still confused.

Pegasus

henchman wrote:

News !!!

Unearth and The Used will play on saturday 9 with Pearl Jam

http://www.festimad.es

the Used are playing Lisbon the day before with PJ right? hope they don't suck because Linkin Park 4 times is a stinker enough!

josef81

TacoJammer wrote:

Do you know where to collect them? I've asked ticktackticket, but I am still confused.

But if you book through ticktackticket you have to collect them 72h before.
or?