London Roll Call!!!

ricardofurriel

Kinda away from home and Internet until Sunday. I'll find something for sure

dimitrispearljam

Irish Al wrote:

ricardofurriel wrote:

Heya gang

The travelodge in Docklands is full.. Any other ideas where to stay? Since I´m planning to stay in London till Friday, any suggestions where to stay in a central area not paying a ton of cash and with a chance to do some of the turistical things?

Any help is appreciated! Thx a ton!

Cya all in Manchester and London

(and Philly too )

Night of the gig the cool people are staying in the city road travelodge

link?

dimitrispearljam

bump for the Londoners!!!!!!!

surfanddestroy

Does anybody have a spare standing ticket?

Just been talking to a friend who missed out on tickets and would really like to go so if anybody has a spare it would be very much appreciated.

sarahcunny

sorry if this has already been asked before... but it's only 15 days to the London O2 gig!!! will we get another email from the fan club re instructions and stuff to picking up our tickets or do we just go along to the box office at the O2 and collect them with photo id?

cheers

p.s very excited!!!

surfanddestroy

sarahcunny wrote:

sorry if this has already been asked before... but it's only 15 days to the London O2 gig!!! will we get another email from the fan club re instructions and stuff to picking up our tickets or do we just go along to the box office at the O2 and collect them with photo id?

cheers

p.s very excited!!!

I think the lst email I got said there would be another one closer to the time with more information regarding ticket collection.

Also very excited

sarahcunny

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

dunkman wrote:

Degi wrote:

So my question: Is it really that hard to find a location? Is that "curfew thing" really that general or are there many exceptions?

answer: yes... London is shit. No-one who lives there actually knows any pubs that stay open. On a Tuesday night we will struggle to find a pub, let alone a pub thats open after 11pm.

its crap.

And I thought I was the only one who hated the place

you could try my fav pub in London which is The Intrepid Fox http://www.myspace.com/intrepidfox not sure what time they're open till on a Tuesday though as normally go there on a weekend but you could give em a call... tel: 020 7494 0827‎

sarahcunny

Jennytree wrote:

I actually really like London, some of the bars certainly beat the shit out of smelly Flippers (that I'll still go to :roll: ) Btw, the most expensive pint in London is nowhere near as much as a cheap pint of piss in Dublin! €5 or £4 at least!

I also really enjoyed the tube ride that Keith brought us on the last time

The Big Red - open till 1am http://www.metaltravelguide.com/mtg/ind ... &Itemid=56

Crobar - open till 3am http://www.crobar.co.uk/

The Intrepid Fox - open till 1am http://www.intrepidfox.com/

And The Underworld, that I seem to have an unfounded dislike for. Yer man that played with PJ in MSG last year (CJ Ramone, whoever he is :roll: ) is playing on the 18th Aug. Open till 4am, but quite 'spensive http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/

ETA - I also found someone else asking - http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 329AAZjkQp

Crobar is absolutely tiny... only need 10 people to turn up and it's full!

sarahcunny

dunkman wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Not really within walking distance, no.

London is shit really isnt it... no parks near that venue and all the pubs are crap and no doubt are closed by 11pm.

most exciting city in the world?... aye, if you are a concrete loving nun.

to be fair, the O2 is in the docklands part of the city which is the business and financial district. if you go hunting for late night bars on wall street in NY you won't find any either! :ugeek:

Sian-of-the-dead

sarahcunny wrote:

Jennytree wrote:

I actually really like London, some of the bars certainly beat the shit out of smelly Flippers (that I'll still go to :roll: ) Btw, the most expensive pint in London is nowhere near as much as a cheap pint of piss in Dublin! €5 or £4 at least!

I also really enjoyed the tube ride that Keith brought us on the last time

The Big Red - open till 1am http://www.metaltravelguide.com/mtg/ind ... &Itemid=56

Crobar - open till 3am http://www.crobar.co.uk/

The Intrepid Fox - open till 1am http://www.intrepidfox.com/

And The Underworld, that I seem to have an unfounded dislike for. Yer man that played with PJ in MSG last year (CJ Ramone, whoever he is :roll: ) is playing on the 18th Aug. Open till 4am, but quite 'spensive http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/

ETA - I also found someone else asking - http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 329AAZjkQp

Crobar is absolutely tiny... only need 10 people to turn up and it's full!

This has already been pointed out and plans for pre-show meet ups are pretty much sorted. I'll be posting them either later this week or early next. As much as the Intrepid Fox is open 'til 1, we're not expecting the show to finish 'til about 11 then people have to get out and get there. As most people are staying at the Docklands, it'll probably be beers at their bar 'til late.

14 DAYS PEOPLE!!

sarahcunny

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

sarahcunny wrote:

Jennytree wrote:

I actually really like London, some of the bars certainly beat the shit out of smelly Flippers (that I'll still go to :roll: ) Btw, the most expensive pint in London is nowhere near as much as a cheap pint of piss in Dublin! €5 or £4 at least!

I also really enjoyed the tube ride that Keith brought us on the last time

The Big Red - open till 1am http://www.metaltravelguide.com/mtg/ind ... &Itemid=56

Crobar - open till 3am http://www.crobar.co.uk/

The Intrepid Fox - open till 1am http://www.intrepidfox.com/

And The Underworld, that I seem to have an unfounded dislike for. Yer man that played with PJ in MSG last year (CJ Ramone, whoever he is :roll: ) is playing on the 18th Aug. Open till 4am, but quite 'spensive http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/

ETA - I also found someone else asking - http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/in ... 329AAZjkQp

Crobar is absolutely tiny... only need 10 people to turn up and it's full!

This has already been pointed out and plans for pre-show meet ups are pretty much sorted. I'll be posting them either later this week or early next. As much as the Intrepid Fox is open 'til 1, we're not expecting the show to finish 'til about 11 then people have to get out and get there. As most people are staying at the Docklands, it'll probably be beers at their bar 'til late.

14 DAYS PEOPLE!!

cool!

dunkman

sarahcunny wrote:

dunkman wrote:

Hinn wrote:

Not really within walking distance, no.

London is shit really isnt it... no parks near that venue and all the pubs are crap and no doubt are closed by 11pm.

most exciting city in the world?... aye, if you are a concrete loving nun.

to be fair, the O2 is in the docklands part of the city which is the business and financial district. if you go hunting for late night bars on wall street in NY you won't find any either! :ugeek:

exactly... NY is shit as well.

:twisted:

FinsburyParkCarrots

Well, North Greenwich is on the Jubilee line. We could easily have a few jars anywhere between Stratford and Waterloo. I'll get my beer compass working.

dunkman

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Well, North Greenwich is on the Jubilee line. We could easily have a few jars anywhere between Stratford and Waterloo. I'll get my beer compass working.

i think its all on the 1st post Finsy.. well, for those meeting up at least.

Dr Emmett Brown

I wouldn't go drinking in Stratford, the place is a dive - I know this as I have to change trains there to get home from the O2.

There are a fair few bars in the O2 itself that stay open till midnight, I was in one after Kings of Leon at the end of June.

As a word of advice, if the weather is hot I would wear shorts - I had GA tickets for one KoL show, and seating for the other, both days were really hot and sunny and it was ridiculously hot in the venue. Wearing jeans was not comfortable

dimitrispearljam

generally how many degrees have in uk in the middle of August..i suppose its not hot like my country.

Hinn

dimitrispearljam wrote:

generally how many degrees have in uk in the middle of August..i suppose its not hot like my country.

Hrmphmhmhmhmphph

Dress in layers.

dimitrispearljam

Hinn wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

generally how many degrees have in uk in the middle of August..i suppose its not hot like my country.

Hrmphmhmhmhmphph

Dress in layers.

Hinn u should learn some GreekEnglish for help me understand

Hinn

dimitrispearljam wrote:

Hinn wrote:

dimitrispearljam wrote:

generally how many degrees have in uk in the middle of August..i suppose its not hot like my country.

Hrmphmhmhmhmphph

Dress in layers.

Hinn u should learn some GreekEnglish for help me understand

I'm from Australia. I don't really think this place has a summer. I laughed when the locals tried to convince me there's a heatwave going on around me. Then I felt like crying cos I'm gonna stay here, but hey, this place has awesome live music constantly unlike back home, so I have to stay.

Jennytree

dimitrispearljam wrote:

generally how many degrees have in uk in the middle of August..i suppose its not hot like my country.

Anywhere between 10 and 20 it is currently 15deg. and raining here in Dublin, London is usually a teeny bit hotter than here, but not by much!

Bring t-shirts and raincoats!