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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Wastedlife wrote:
    Are you going to Astoria?
    Yep. Although I will be going home (im a student) this weekend so i'll be travelling from Basingstoke.
    2006 ░▒▓ Astoria, Dublin, Leeds, Reading, Lisbon, Paris, Verona, Athens
    2007 ░▒▓ London, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Nijmegen
    2009 ░▒▓ Manchester, London
    2010 ░▒▓ Hyde Park

    *§* Music is all the juice i'll need *§*
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Hmm... accommodation reserved - a nice cheap 'hotel' in earls court :rolleyes:

    why is hotel in quotes missus ????
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Wastedlife wrote:
    Are you going to Astoria?
    I think we're all going :)

    Welcome to the board :)

    If you read through this thread we're sorting out a pub and you're more than welcome along - the more the merrier.
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    why is hotel in quotes missus ????

    Ok well I'm sure OFFICIALLY it's a hotel but hotel rooms don't usually have their own kitchenette, do they? :rolleyes:

    And frankly, I'm quite surprised at the lack of ensuite rooms in London :eek: well we managed to get some but you have to be careful apparently or you could be sharing a toilet with the whole floor :eek:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    you have to be careful apparently or you could be sharing a toilet with the whole floor :eek:

    the same happened to me at this hotel...
    http://www.theregentpalacehotel.co.uk/

    but that was many years ago...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    psycosmic wrote:
    the same happened to me at this hotel...
    http://www.theregentpalacehotel.co.uk/

    but that was many years ago...
    That was one I NEARLY booked cos I can remember a night or two in Callaghans and I think it was a pretty good pub but then I read some of the customer comments and thought 'nah'. Although I was scared off nearly every place I went to book by the comments. We found the Exhibition Court Hotel in Earls court - ever hear of it?
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    well it wasnt til yesterday afternoon while on the auld internet in college
    that i first heard of this astoria gig!!!

    i aint got internet access outside of college for the last while or so as
    ive moved house so ive been kickin myself that i didnt know bout this
    til it was too late.......

    anyway of all the weeks im goin to be in the uk that week with family
    and am now determined to try and find a ticket....so im pleadin with
    anyone here to help a desperate wee irish boy in finfdin a ticket??!!

    no chance im guessing but one can always hope??!!

    also hoping that they play ireland noe that theyve been confirmed for
    reading/leeds fests in aug!!!!

    its benn june 2000 since i saw em last so please help me!!!!!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    We also nearly booked this place:

    http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g186338-d192150-Reviews-Kensington_Edwardian_Hotel-London_England.html

    cos it was cheap but after reading some of the comments :eek:

    They were pretty entertaining and all but seriously... I got more and more annoyed by people saying this place needs to be reported to the police/fire authorities/tourist bureau/etc. and thinking why don't YOU report it? Cos they were ALL saying it. They make you pay upfront for whatever amount of nights you're staying and they refuse refunds if you won't stay there cos of the standards. There were reports of semen on the walls, blood stains on the beds, people having to call the police cos the manager would not refund them the locksmith THEY had to call to get into their room, etc :eek: It almost turned me off going to London at all :o
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    any spare tix in cavan/dublin helen??!!!!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • shmikeshmike Posts: 216
    I was lucky enough to win free tickets for the gig....I got an email today from the 10c. This is an extract from it....

    "The box office at the venue will open at 6:30pm. Pearl Jam will play
    around
    8:00pm. There is no support act for this show and there will be tight
    security, so please allow enough time for your arrival"

    So I guess PJ will play around 2 hours, as there is a club night after the gig (unless they have arranged a late start - hopefully).

    how long do PJ normally play for - anyone?

    I think it would be a good idea for us to arrange some way of sharing our photos/videos from this gig (come on, you GOTTA take a camera!)

    Looking forward to meeting you all soon

    Mike (another PJ virgin)
    Living the dream in 2006 - Astoria, Reading & Prague
    And 2007 - Wembley

    With alchohol in leaf and tree it must be natures plan, for there to be to some degree...alchohol in man
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    now im even more jealous...........

    it'll be 10 years in october for my 1st ever gig, and it was the
    untouchable pj in dublin's point depot...i was a month or so short
    of my 15th bday........what a nite, still have it on bootleg tape!!

    then june 1st 2000 came along and they once again kicked frickin
    ass in the point........

    so im in a desperate search for a ticket for london as im in the uk
    for that week anyway....go on college holidays!!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nutmeg81 wrote:
    any spare tix in cavan/dublin helen??!!!!
    Lol, no :o sorry!
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    Lol, no :o sorry!


    OH WELL IF U HEAR OF ANY???!!!! I TOO A MID 20 YR OLD PJ NUT
    WHO NEEDS TO GO TO THIS.......

    AM THINKIN OF CHANCIN MY ARM WITH POXY TOUTS THO......GRRRRRR!!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    cos it was cheap but after reading some of the comments :eek:

    i only know about the hotel i mentioned above... i stayed there once (in 1998 i think?) and they had fire alarms EVERY DAY and made everyone leave the building... nothing ever happed though...
    then i was walking past the hotel some time last year and - guess what? - there were some pissed off firemen around because they apparently aren't able to sort out their broken smoke detectors...

    uhh, and i remember that you had to call the reception before you could use the one shower for the entire floor...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nutmeg81 wrote:
    OH WELL IF U HEAR OF ANY???!!!! I TOO A MID 20 YR OLD PJ NUT
    WHO NEEDS TO GO TO THIS.......

    AM THINKIN OF CHANCIN MY ARM WITH POXY TOUTS THO......GRRRRRR!!

    Well it's worth a try going on the day to see if someone genuine has a spare ticket to get rid of.

    I'd love to help you but I'm already going on my own and have 5 or 6 people watching me carefully hoping I drop dead or something so they can have mine :rolleyes:
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    Well Im Thinkin I May Indeed Chance It And Head Intop London!!

    Cant Miss This I Tell Ya!!u Buy Urs Over The Net??

    Can U Pm People On This Site??!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    psycosmic wrote:
    i only know about the hotel i mentioned above... i stayed there once (in 1998 i think?) and they had fire alarms EVERY DAY and made everyone leave the building... nothing ever happed though...
    then i was walking past the hotel some time last year and - guess what? - there were some pissed off firemen around because they apparently aren't able to sort out their broken smoke detectors...

    uhh, and i remember that you had to call the reception before you could use the one shower for the entire floor...
    :o oh my god, how do they get away with such shite? In that example I posted - they were giving people the SAME excuse for 5 years as to why there was no tv in the rooms (there was a power surge the night previously) - every night for 5 years? I doubt it! Also, the elevator was permenantly 'temporarily' out of order :rolleyes:

    But it reminds me of an Irish comedian who takes the piss out of English people cos they actually evacuate when there's a fire alarm - Irish people just get slightly annoyed at the noise :D
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • shmikeshmike Posts: 216
    I'd love to help you but I'm already going on my own and have 5 or 6 people watching me carefully hoping I drop dead or something so they can have mine :rolleyes:

    lol
    that sounds familiar !!
    Living the dream in 2006 - Astoria, Reading & Prague
    And 2007 - Wembley

    With alchohol in leaf and tree it must be natures plan, for there to be to some degree...alchohol in man
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    nutmeg81 wrote:
    Well Im Thinkin I May Indeed Chance It And Head Intop London!!

    Cant Miss This I Tell Ya!!u Buy Urs Over The Net??

    Can U Pm People On This Site??!
    Yeh on the top right of the screen, it says 'private messages', click on that and 'send new message'
    The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
    Verona??? it's all surmountable
    Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
    Wembley? We all believe!
    Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
    Chicago 07? And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    Just Thinkin If I Can I May Email Ya, If Im Headin To London?!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    But it reminds me of an Irish comedian who takes the piss out of English people cos they actually evacuate when there's a fire alarm - Irish people just get slightly annoyed at the noise :D

    AH THE LEGEND THAT IS TOMMY TIERNAN!!!

    "..............fanta filled fuckers..."!!!!!!!!!!!
    26/10/96 dublin
    01/06/00 dublin
    23/08/06 dublin
    11/09/06 paris
    18/06/07 london
    17/08/09 manchester
    18/08/09 london
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    shmike wrote:
    "The box office at the venue will open at 6:30pm. Pearl Jam will play
    around
    8:00pm. There is no support act for this show and there will be tight
    security, so please allow enough time for your arrival"

    i wonder why they stress tight security?
    it might be difficult to get in our cameras...

    but it's also the perfect show for them to shoot another live DVD...

    we might "only" get a 2h gig as there's G.A.Y. nightclub afterwards... or they might just play the entire new album start to finish and then leave... but i doubt it ;)

    anyway, i say ed pre-set at the royal george :D
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Hey,
    Just want to let you know I'm still alive, if you can call my studies right now living...
    thanks to scotinamsterdam and pinon for all their efforts and the great material they've collected!
    I'll see you all again after tomorrow... when I'm back from the harsh reality which is academic life :)
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    einatshaul wrote:
    I'm still alive

    that's good to know :)

    "ohhh i... i'm still alive
    i... i'm still alive
    i... i'm still alive... yeaahhhh"

    *cough*
    sorry, i'm a bit hoarse...
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
  • niknik Posts: 262
    shmike wrote:
    I was lucky enough to win free tickets for the gig....I got an email today from the 10c. This is an extract from it....

    "The box office at the venue will open at 6:30pm. Pearl Jam will play
    around
    8:00pm. There is no support act for this show and there will be tight
    security, so please allow enough time for your arrival"

    So I guess PJ will play around 2 hours, as there is a club night after the gig (unless they have arranged a late start - hopefully).

    how long do PJ normally play for - anyone?

    I think it would be a good idea for us to arrange some way of sharing our photos/videos from this gig (come on, you GOTTA take a camera!)

    Looking forward to meeting you all soon

    Mike (another PJ virgin)
    I'm also a PJ virgin and managed to win tickets....so excited I can't function too well at moment....but still only 16 morer days and then I can sleep again...
    "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life...I know you'll be a star"
    Astoria 20-4-06 (when pj rocked)

    Dublin 2006....Alive,Black,RVM,Leash...awesome)

    *Astoria Crew*

    www.pearljam70.piczo.com- for some delicious pics of Eddie
    http://www.myspace.com/pjrocks4ever

    Nik = Nicki (female)
  • psycosmic wrote:
    i wonder why they stress tight security?
    it might be difficult to get in our cameras...
    i hope not. i assume sound recorders will still be ok.
    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
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    i hope not. i assume sound recorders will still be ok.

    IF the astoria staff is informed that taping for personal use is ok with the band...
    and i have my serious doubts...

    but here's a trick i used before...
    if you carry a bag they will double check everything in there but almost never check your pockets... leave the bag at the cloak room and take your recorder out of your pants :D
    ~~~
    Some days you wake up and sit on a park bench next to an eighty year old Russian architect, and some days you don't. I think this is my new life philosophy.

    http://epplehausradio.blogspot.com/

    pearl jam @ the astoria, london, 20/04/06
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    PM Me, Blue_rain, dunk, chumfatty, I Scot ID, psycosmic or einatshaul for access details......
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    i hope not. i assume sound recorders will still be ok.
    I was told they were strict on cameras.. Some said you can always try to smuggle one under a KILT or something. Come on scotsmen.... you know what you have to do!
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