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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    redrock wrote:
    Hehe.. Astoria blog... http://pjlondonastoria2006.blogspot.com/

    JustDunk.. had to do a double take on your name! :D

    Good god that blog is old....loook at how 'young' everyone looks!!!
    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 *§*
  • Housing JimHousing Jim Posts: 644
    This time last year.......having a pre show meal and a couple of beers down the road from the Astoria.

    I was just really excited.....had I known what awaited i think I would have been beside myself, that night surpassed all expectations......it was, oh yes, legendary :D

    ....it wasnt as warm as it is today.
    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
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    I would have been singing PJ songs from a mobile phone very loudly in the queue at this point, drinking some beer and hearing how an Ozzie and an Irish went round back to have a piss and ended up chatting to the band and eating Ed's mars bar!!!
    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
    I'm in the 'VIP' (!) queue now.. hubby has just joined me.... I'm going nuts...
  • shootenany!shootenany! Posts: 122
    Someone's just bought me a beer, and I'm getting more and more convinced that the guy who promised me his spare ticket on the message pit isn't going to show up (don't worry, it's a happy ending in about 20 minutes when I finally find him :)).
  • psycosmicpsycosmic Posts: 504
    wash_ wrote:
    I would have been singing PJ songs from a mobile phone very loudly in the queue at this point, drinking some beer and hearing how an Ozzie and an Irish went round back to have a piss and ended up chatting to the band and eating Ed's mars bar!!!

    yes, the band arrived...
    here's a pic of ed's forehead :)
    http://flickr.com/photos/psycosmic/135615418/in/set-72057594117993531/
    ~~~
    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
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Apparently they soundchecked

    Present Tense
    Unemployable
    Sad (had to have a bit of a repeat on this one.. lack of rehearsing for Sad!)
    Marker in the Sand
    Man of the Hour

    Did anybody hear the soundcheck?
  • RabbitrocksRabbitrocks Posts: 101
    Can't remember exact timeline, but around now was in the looooooooooooooooong queue stuck behind a prat and his mate who were chatting about their last great concert experience being Alien Ant Farm - which left me wondering whether I was queing for the right band...!!!
    Their 'interesting' banter was interrupted by the arrival of Robert Plant - I had to tell them who he was :eek:
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Rabbitrocks wrote:
    Their 'interesting' banter was interrupted by the arrival of Robert Plant - I had to tell them who he was :eek:
    :eek: ... and were they in the right queue or where they thinking it was already a queue for the gay club later that night?
  • prodacakeprodacake Posts: 319
    cant believe its been a year what a night it will live with me forever
  • RabbitrocksRabbitrocks Posts: 101
    redrock wrote:
    :eek: ... and were they in the right queue or where they thinking it was already a queue for the gay club later that night?

    (Gay!)Lord knows what they were there for! They certainly had me worried though!
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    redrock wrote:
    Apparently they soundchecked

    Present Tense
    Unemployable
    Sad (had to have a bit of a repeat on this one.. lack of rehearsing for Sad!)
    Marker in the Sand
    Man of the Hour

    Did anybody hear the soundcheck?
    We did!!!

    ... and it was during soundcheck that the lovely security guy from The Astoria called us over and told us to join the queue as tickets would be sold on the door :D:D:D
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Chime wrote:
    We did!!!

    ... and it was during soundcheck that the lovely security guy from The Astoria called us over and told us to join the queue as tickets would be sold on the door :D:D:D

    Which made the night even more fantastic!!! :D:D
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    And I believe at this point I would have bought my special avo t-shirt and would be waiting for PJ to come on stage in no less than 10 mins :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 *§*
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    wash_ wrote:
    And I believe at this point I would have bought my special avo t-shirt and would be waiting for PJ to come on stage in no less than 10 mins :D

    ...and realising just how small the Astoria actually is :o
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    UKDave wrote:
    ...and realising just how small the Astoria actually is :o

    I know! I remember running up the stairs and sort of preparing myself for a bit of a run to the barrier...but I got in there and I was like....'Oh, im AT the barrier!'
    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 *§*
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    wash_ wrote:
    I know! I remember running up the stairs and sort of preparing myself for a bit of a run to the barrier...but I got in there and I was like....'Oh, im AT the barrier!'

    and there's the bar, and there's the merch... ooo!! nice tee's... ;):D:D
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    who's in then? :o
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    mmmmeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    apparently


    troubled souls unite
    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.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    been ushered upstairs to the VIP area.. front row there.. excellent view.. damn.. it's packed downstairs... oooOOooo... Robert Plant!!! :D

    Getting too excited.. when is PJ coming on?

    oooOOoooo some movement back there in the dark.. could it be...? Or do we still have to wait a bit?
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    when dave tells us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    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.
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    Go for it people ;):D
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    third row ..... I'm actually here!!!!
    So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Is this actual time? I thought PJ went on at 8? Or are we conducting this on an 1 hr time delay?
    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
    wooooooo oooooooooo
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    *grabs Dave shoulders*
    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.
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    wash_ wrote:
    Is this actual time? I thought PJ went on at 8? Or are we conducting this on an 1 hr time delay?

    yeah for people's convenience... :o
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    World Wide Suicide.. one of their new songs...!
  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    Oooh I hear cheers coming from all around!
    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 *§*
  • UKDaveUKDave Posts: 5,557
    dunkman wrote:
    *grabs Dave shoulders*

    Stop rubbing up and down against me dunk... :eek: :p
    Astoria Crew
    Troubled souls unite, we got ourselves tonight...
    Astoria, Dublin, Reading 06
    Katowice, Wembley 07
    SBE, Manchester, O2 09
    Hyde Park 10
    Manchester 1&2 12
    This is just g'bye for now...
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