I can only say for in the UK but I've been GA for Pearl Jam, Foos RHCP etc and don't think it would be a good place for a small child. I'm 5'2" and it is still a bit crazy and a lot of pushing / moshing.
I suppose you could aim to stand at the back Don't know if things would be different elsewhere
EDIT: I think a couple of the shows have seating. You may want to e-mail Ten Club
In the Point, you can be comfortable in the back of the pit, yet be bery close. its only the middle thats quite mental!
Thanks Chime for the info. My son is going to be so disappointed but I still have to go. I see that there is only seating for 1 of the European shows so I assume the rest are GA. It's been so long since I've been to a GA show...I think when I saw them in Austin years ago. I just hate being slammed around and trying to find my footing at a concert. But whatever, it will be great no matter what.
I'm from America but have been living in Germany for several years. I see that the European shows are general admission. Is it like crazy shoving, pushing, etc at a European show. I had planned on taking my 4 year old but apparently that can't happen since there are no seats. If anyone could let me know that would be great! I'll be going to the Arnhem, Netherlands show.
Thanks!
P.S. I'm new to this whole message pit/ talking on threads thing so I hope I've done this right.
Don't take a 4 year old to GA. Even if seated, venues will have age restrictions and then you need to be upstairs. I didn't take my daughter (11yrs) to the Astoria because of restrictions and I'm not going to take her to Dublin because of GA (and I'm going to get hell for it). Too dangerous for a young child.
Thanks Chime for the info. My son is going to be so disappointed but I still have to go. I see that there is only seating for 1 of the European shows so I assume the rest are GA. It's been so long since I've been to a GA show...I think when I saw them in Austin years ago. I just hate being slammed around and trying to find my footing at a concert. But whatever, it will be great no matter what.
If you're able to I presume standing at the back (I'm not usually at the back so don't know how well behaved they are) you could be fine just will mean a lot of lifting him up for you
EDIT: from looking at the news page it seems Bern and Verona may have seating.
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
Hehe, was playing around with it (the sig that is - jeez you need to be careful on this site!!), leaving it as is now though... all Astoria Crew should have a reference in their sig....
but then again you've got the perfect one, Eldery Woman.... sigh...
You need to be very careful around us lot I think LOL
I think everyone who went to the Astoria should have it in their signature personally. I nicked the idea from someone else actually
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‘Also, any good, cheap places to stay near the venue ?’
Jurys Inn on Custom house quay. Kind of the Irish Travelodge, prices per room – it’s right between the Point and the City Centre. Perfect location. Another one is the Holiday Inn on Pearse St – close enough too.
http://www.holidayinndublin.ie/
they’re both pretty good and each room usually sleeps 4. For PRE gig drinks – there aren’t really any pubs near the Point that I can think of. I think we’ll have to get our heads together and come up with something. Bruxelles would be PERFECT for after gig drinks. I think nearly all the beds in me house are gone but we may have room for one or two more who just want somewhere to sleep. Anyone wants help with anything just ask or pm me.
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
The maddest concert I saw in the point was Velvet Revolver and I had to get out of the crowd – it felt like a crush but there was loadsa space on either side where you can kinda see a little bit and you’ve a lot of room. Do NOT bring a kid though – I’m sure there may be age restrictions anyway.
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
‘Also, any good, cheap places to stay near the venue ?’
Jurys Inn on Custom house quay. Kind of the Irish Travelodge, prices per room – it’s right between the Point and the City Centre. Perfect location. Another one is the Holiday Inn on Pearse St – close enough too.
http://www.holidayinndublin.ie/
they’re both pretty good and each room usually sleeps 4. For PRE gig drinks – there aren’t really any pubs near the Point that I can think of. I think we’ll have to get our heads together and come up with something. Bruxelles would be PERFECT for after gig drinks. I think nearly all the beds in me house are gone but we may have room for one or two more who just want somewhere to sleep. Anyone wants help with anything just ask or pm me.
How far from the centre is the Point?
I'm staying with a friend, so at least that is settled. No idea where she lives though, haha
I have yet to meet this famous crew
I'm confident VV will protect me though
Well I'm going
It will be great to meet ya buru
The Point is a good 20 minute walk from city centre I think.
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
‘Also, any good, cheap places to stay near the venue ?’
Jurys Inn on Custom house quay. Kind of the Irish Travelodge, prices per room – it’s right between the Point and the City Centre. Perfect location. Another one is the Holiday Inn on Pearse St – close enough too.
http://www.holidayinndublin.ie/
they’re both pretty good and each room usually sleeps 4. For PRE gig drinks – there aren’t really any pubs near the Point that I can think of. I think we’ll have to get our heads together and come up with something. Bruxelles would be PERFECT for after gig drinks. I think nearly all the beds in me house are gone but we may have room for one or two more who just want somewhere to sleep. Anyone wants help with anything just ask or pm me.
I reckon my sitting room would be great for after gig drinks!!! Bruxies would be fine too... just not the metal bar! I can't handle the scowls!
Well, for safety's sake I'm not going to take him. Also, I'd go crazy if I had to stand at the back for a show. I like to be up front (but who doesn't). I'm just going to have to find someone to watch the kids and go with someone else. I've only been to like 2 concerts since I've lived here, so I haven't been to this venue. How many people does it hold? Anyway, is anyone else out there going to the Netherlands show?
Thanks everyone for the info! This board is great!
well i hope u all had a fantastic time in london people...i swear im
not jealous!!
tix on sale this sat at 9am so lookin like im gonna be late for work!!
with regard where to go b4 hand....maybe FOGGY DEW pub just off
Dame st......The MEZZ just off temple bar area in fact bout 2 min walk
from F D pub......EAMON DORANS in Temple Bar.......
dont know many pubs en route to the POINT (which holds bout 8,000!)
so cant help there im afraid!!
cant believe that no other UK dates added apart from Reading/Leeds
so im SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING the Paris gig on sept 11th as im not
back to college til the 18th!!!
another trip to Jim Morrisons grave will be in order too!!
there will prob be alot of jumpy jumpy activity up the front even though
the bouncers act all dickhead like in that barn-shed of a venue!!
with radiohead/beck gig on the following night its gona be a great week
for me to be home from Boston!!! maybe some of u travelling over could
try and stay for that that gig too...although tix are very hard to get!!
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17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
I reckon my sitting room would be great for after gig drinks!!! Bruxies would be fine too... just not the metal bar! I can't handle the scowls!
Lol true It wouldn't be big enough either - we need somewhere with SPACE. Anyway, I've already offered my house for after gig so do you wanna do pre gig?
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
*****ahem***** there are more Scots than just those two you know
Buru... i'm coming :cool:
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.
not wearing a kilt didn't rob me of my nationality though... so in answer to the first question "yes the Scots are coming"... might not be wearing a kilt but i'll be there..
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.
tix are roughly 55euro just be prepared to pay for food/beer/tshirts
in the venue........
the front of the venue, in the foyay(correct?!) sells all foods/drinks etc
and has the toilets in there too......on both levels.......the main downside
is that it can get packed in there due to these facts, and if u gettin a
standing ticket, you have to go in to the right and only let out on the
left, which can be a pain in the arse if u rushing for the toilets, let me tell
ya!!!!
for sum reason tix are limited to 4 per person....as i rem from 2,000 gig tix
didnt sell out that quickly...but just dont count on it happenin again!!
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11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
ah poor Dunk feeling all left out. Didn't seem so bad when you didn't have a kilt so couldn't be easily connected to them did it ...
not feeling left out, but there were other scottish people there... maybe not so glaringly obvious we were there, but we were
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.
not wearing a kilt didn't rob me of my nationality though... so in answer to the first question "yes the Scots are coming"... might not be wearing a kilt but i'll be there..
Go on... wear one - give us a flash of your.... legs (if nothing else!). Or are you just not a kilt guy?
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In the Point, you can be comfortable in the back of the pit, yet be bery close. its only the middle thats quite mental!
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SMELL YER MA!
Yes it does. A very nice group of folks.....:D
NEWAGEHIPPIE
Keep your eyes open, eventually something will happen....
I'm too excited.
*fingers crossed*
Don't take a 4 year old to GA. Even if seated, venues will have age restrictions and then you need to be upstairs. I didn't take my daughter (11yrs) to the Astoria because of restrictions and I'm not going to take her to Dublin because of GA (and I'm going to get hell for it). Too dangerous for a young child.
If you're able to I presume standing at the back (I'm not usually at the back so don't know how well behaved they are) you could be fine just will mean a lot of lifting him up for you
EDIT: from looking at the news page it seems Bern and Verona may have seating.
You need to be very careful around us lot I think
I think everyone who went to the Astoria should have it in their signature personally. I nicked the idea from someone else actually
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
Jurys Inn on Custom house quay. Kind of the Irish Travelodge, prices per room – it’s right between the Point and the City Centre. Perfect location. Another one is the Holiday Inn on Pearse St – close enough too.
http://www.jurys-dublin-hotels.com/jurysinn_customshouse
http://www.holidayinndublin.ie/
they’re both pretty good and each room usually sleeps 4. For PRE gig drinks – there aren’t really any pubs near the Point that I can think of. I think we’ll have to get our heads together and come up with something. Bruxelles would be PERFECT for after gig drinks. I think nearly all the beds in me house are gone but we may have room for one or two more who just want somewhere to sleep. Anyone wants help with anything just ask or pm me.
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
Is all the Astorian crew going to Dublin?
I have yet to meet this famous crew
I'm confident VV will protect me though
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
You do know we are only lulling you into a false sense of security don't ya ...
How far from the centre is the Point?
I'm staying with a friend, so at least that is settled. No idea where she lives though, haha
It will be great to meet ya buru
The Point is a good 20 minute walk from city centre I think.
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
I reckon my sitting room would be great for after gig drinks!!!
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SMELL YER MA!
I think most of the Crew are. Not sure about everyone. Don't think the Scots are
Wow!! We're famous now
You may need protection I fear
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
Thanks everyone for the info! This board is great!
Are you sure you didn't mean infamous crew
I'm sure you won't need V V's protection we are all gentle really
and stoneyG
anyone have a general idea on how much these tix will go for?
(sorry if it's been asked)
I've seen some pics, so I think something along the lines of "infamous" is more appropriate!
not jealous!!
tix on sale this sat at 9am so lookin like im gonna be late for work!!
with regard where to go b4 hand....maybe FOGGY DEW pub just off
Dame st......The MEZZ just off temple bar area in fact bout 2 min walk
from F D pub......EAMON DORANS in Temple Bar.......
dont know many pubs en route to the POINT (which holds bout 8,000!)
so cant help there im afraid!!
cant believe that no other UK dates added apart from Reading/Leeds
so im SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING the Paris gig on sept 11th as im not
back to college til the 18th!!!
another trip to Jim Morrisons grave will be in order too!!
there will prob be alot of jumpy jumpy activity up the front even though
the bouncers act all dickhead like in that barn-shed of a venue!!
with radiohead/beck gig on the following night its gona be a great week
for me to be home from Boston!!! maybe some of u travelling over could
try and stay for that that gig too...although tix are very hard to get!!
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
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
*****ahem***** there are more Scots than just those two you know
Buru... i'm coming :cool:
ah poor Dunk feeling all left out. Didn't seem so bad when you didn't have a kilt so couldn't be easily connected to them did it ...
not wearing a kilt didn't rob me of my nationality though... so in answer to the first question "yes the Scots are coming"... might not be wearing a kilt but i'll be there..
in the venue........
the front of the venue, in the foyay(correct?!) sells all foods/drinks etc
and has the toilets in there too......on both levels.......the main downside
is that it can get packed in there due to these facts, and if u gettin a
standing ticket, you have to go in to the right and only let out on the
left, which can be a pain in the arse if u rushing for the toilets, let me tell
ya!!!!
for sum reason tix are limited to 4 per person....as i rem from 2,000 gig tix
didnt sell out that quickly...but just dont count on it happenin again!!
01/06/00 dublin
23/08/06 dublin
11/09/06 paris
18/06/07 london
17/08/09 manchester
18/08/09 london
I remember that guy from the pics!!
I went to a scots school........
(in Buenos Aires)
14/09/06, 16/09/06, 17/09/06, 19/09/06, 20/09/06 ~ The Stone lookalike leg of the 2006 tour
18/06/07 - Amazing, just amazing
04/07/06 ~Proud to be part of the AIC Astoria Crew~
Rockin' out to Creadles
not feeling left out, but there were other scottish people there... maybe not so glaringly obvious we were there, but we were