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Astoria anniversary!

ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
edited April 2007 in Given To Fly (live)
3 days away from the 1st anniversary of the legendary Astoria gig. Damn that's flown by! Does anyone who went remember how they felt this time last year?
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  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Hyper excited though, strangely enough, chilled as well (I had tickets!). Got even more excited at the Royal George... Couldn't wait for the doors to open... then.. ecstasy.... *swoons*

    Flow on friday? 9pm? Relive the moment. Can you make it Byrnzie?
  • surfanddestroysurfanddestroy Posts: 2,786
    I remember being so happy and exited when I got the tickets I couldn't stop telling people I was going to watch them. Come to think about it I was a right pain in the ass, all I could talk about was Pearl Jam :D
    Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
    Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.

    Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    redrock wrote:
    Flow on friday? 9pm? Relive the moment. Can you make it Byrnzie?

    It'll be 5am here I'm afraid. :(
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Byrnzie wrote:
    It'll be 5am here I'm afraid. :(
    well.. either you have an early-to-bed and an early-to-rise, or you go to bed at 7am.... :D
  • Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    I think it was this day last year when my tickets finally arrived in the post... so that was one less thing to worry about :D . I just couldn't stop looking at them. My first EVER Pearl Jam ticket :o It was beautiful!
    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
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    My first post on the 'Astorians with tickets' thread:

    Page 103 - I was a late starter!

    04-12-2006, 12:53 PM

    Join Date: Apr 2006

    "I'm soooo excited - got my ticket after advertising for it on Gum Tree this morning - my boss has to keep prying me off the office ceiling!!"
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  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    Very apprehensive (was it going to live up to the hype my friends had built?) and nervous (will I be able to get there early enough to be close? what time do I need to leave work? hope they don't open the doors before I get there..what if they cancel? :eek: )

    needed not have worried on any account :D
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Looks like I had a hangover this day last year:

    04-17-2006, 11:21 AM

    Join Date: Apr 2006

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chumfatty
    Chumfatty wrote:
    Ha, he's probably still in bed nursing a hangover, his posts last night were equivalent to mumbling to himself in the corner at the end of a party. Don't worry Byrnzie mate, we'll be the one to carry you home on the 20th. :)

    "Just gotten up....god my head hurts!!"
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Does anyone who went remember how they felt this time last year?

    probably horny.. or hungry
    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.
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    just found my post from last year as well!!

    Keithos wrote:
    See... that's the thing... in London you'll find a lot of pink fluffy man-bags!


    oh i bet you do... up here its called a "ballbag"


    I thought London charm went like this:-

    Me: A pint of lager please
    Barman: £9.50 Jocko!
    Me: Thats expensive
    Barman: Fuck off then!

    hopefully this was just a one-off
    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.
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    dunkman wrote:
    just found my post from last year as well!!

    good to see that you have not changed in the past year...
    2003 - Sydney x3,
    2006 - Reading Festival,
    2007 - Katowice, London, Nijmegen, Rock Werchter,
    2008 - MSG x2, Hartford, Mansfield x2, Beacon Theater,
    2009 - Melbourne, Sydney,
    2010 - I watched it go to fire!
    2011 - EV Brisbane x3, Newcastle, Sydney x3,
    2012 - Manchester x 2, Amsterdam x2, Prague, Berlin x2, Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
    2014 - Sydney, EV Sydney x3

    I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I ca't believe it's almost been a year. A year ago at this time, I was probably considering how to sneak my camera in for the show.
    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgphotos/sets/72157600802942672/">My Pearl Jam Photos</a>

    <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmgphotos/4731512142/&quot; title="PJ Banner2 by Mister J Photography, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1135/4731512142_258f2d6ab4_b.jpg&quot; width="630" height="112" alt="PJ Banner2" /></a>
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    ... i didn't have a ticket :( ... but was trying to get one ... and knew I'd be at The George whatever happened ...
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • Kermit O'LearyKermit O'Leary Posts: 240
    I remember how i felt, f$%&ng gutted!!!
    'Life comes from within your heart and desire'

    ~~Wembley 2000, Reading 2006, Paris 2006, Wembley 2007~~
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Man...a year ago it is was. And that thread is STILL going!!!!

    I think at this time I was supposed to be writing my dissertation, going to meetings with my project lecturer etc...but bailing on it all coz I was too excited to think about anything else and posting meaningless posts on here instead (bugger all has changed in a yr then!)

    What sort of celebrations is in store for Friday? Is everyone listening to the boot with a bottle of vino or something?
    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 *§*
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    wash_ wrote:
    Man...a year ago it is was. And that thread is STILL going!!!!

    I think at this time I was supposed to be writing my dissertation, going to meetings with my project lecturer etc...but bailing on it all coz I was too excited to think about anything else and posting meaningless posts on here instead (bugger all has changed in a yr then!)

    What sort of celebrations is in store for Friday? Is everyone listening to the boot with a bottle of vino or something?
    Pretty much.

    Sadly, I'm going out with my mates :p So I'm gonna miss everything.
  • PegasusPegasus Posts: 3,754
    and tonight I was back at the scene of the crime :)
    even saw a guy sporting a Binaural T-shirt (no, didn't get to talk to him).

    that was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club playing btw, very good....but obviously not on par with that moment!
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    wash_ wrote:
    What sort of celebrations is in store for Friday? Is everyone listening to the boot with a bottle of vino or something?
    You'll join the flow? From 9pm probably....
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    :eek: It was today last year that this happened:
    Byrnzie wrote:
    Whoops. I hope nobody was offended by my lack of enthusiasm for the sweat bands. Sounds like your quite into em. Just put it down to 70's child neuroses syndrome, or something : )
    ellie_vedder wrote:
    Quite into them? I wouldn't say that. I'm not a geek thanks.

    Byrnzie wrote:
    O.k, I'm digging myself into a hole. I'll keep quiet : {

    ellie_vedder wrote:
    I actually hadn't and still haven't even bothered to read what you're making reference to. So there's no need to even mention it. If i had read it and was bothered, i would've said something.
  • Scratchin a LetterScratchin a Letter Posts: 2,303
    Byrnzie wrote:
    :eek: It was today last year that this happened:
    Did you two meet in person?
  • Housing JimHousing Jim Posts: 644
    Pegasus wrote:

    that was Black Rebel Motorcycle Club playing btw, very good....but obviously not on par with that moment!

    I saw them a few weeks ago.....they kinda sounded like just played on long continuous, monotonous song for 45 minutes.

    At this time a year ago, if we're going by day rather than date, we were travelling towards London on the train from the 'diff. I remember going for a meal down the road beforehand and not being able to eat much as I was too excited!
    A democracy on paper, apparently well ordered, regularly subverted by irrational chaos.

    Manchester - 4/6/2000
    London - 20/4/2006
    Dublin - 23/8/2006
    London - 18/6/2007
    New York City - 24/6/2008
    New York City - 25/6/2008 - we will be "what is up" New York
    Manchester - 18/8/2009
    Manchester - 20/6/2012
    Leeds - 6/7/2014
    London - 18/6/2018
  • Alive 79Alive 79 Posts: 100
    This time last year I was checking Ebay and considering paying 500 quid for a ticket!
    Underneath this smile lies everything........... all my hopes, anger, pride and shame
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    Scratchin a Letter wrote:
    Did you two meet in person?

    Yeah. Don introduced us at the Royal George. A bit awkward it was, but no big deal. :)
  • Irish AlIrish Al Posts: 6,236
    Alive 79 wrote:
    This time last year I was checking Ebay and considering paying 500 quid for a ticket!

    I too was doing the same. I was trying to call in as many favours as possible and then I had that horrible sick feeling in the pit of my stomach for the next 3 days.....and then I heard there were tix on the door and I cried and cried and cried and.........



    and then Dublin was announced :D:D:D:D
    I need a coffee!
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Irish Al wrote:
    and then Dublin was announced :D:D:D:D
    Maybe.. but you still missed the Astoria... 'twas magic...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    this thread Rita... it has anniversary on it.. so thats more apt than "with tickets"
    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.
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    One Year ago today!!!!!
  • jack_bass_playerjack_bass_player Posts: 1,126
    and what an awesome show it was :D


    had about a month of sheer depression cos i thought i was missing out, but my dad's legend mate stepped in and made sure i got one :D

    wow. it was ace.

    really can't believe it's been a year :eek:
    2006 - Astoria, Dublin, Leeds
    2007 - London
    2009 - London, Manchester, London
    2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London
    2011 - Alpine Valley x2
    2012 - Isle of Wight, Manchester x2
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    redrock wrote:
    You'll join the flow? From 9pm probably....
    I'll be there!!


    HAPPY ASTORIA ANNIVERSARY EVERYONE!!!!!! :D:D:D:D
    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 *§*
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Damn.. my heart was racing this time last year... going all goosebumpy thinking about it.... :D:D:D Though the other PJ shows I have seen were awsome, the astoria beats them all.. This one had some special magic with it... :D:D:D:D

    Bring on the flow tonight!!!!! :D:D:D

    Happy first anniversary!
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