Happy NYE mofo's! 2023 had a handful of great shows and a postponed one. Here's to an epic 2024 with many new shows, a new album and more Kelce/Swift talk. Yep, I went there.
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If you mean travelling between each show in order. Dublin to Manchester would be a very short flight and ryanair would be the cheapest airline. Train between Manchester and London
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Hi D - hope you make it over to Ireland and England next year! For trains use the CrossCountry website service: https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk
You can book upto 90 days in advance of the day/time you want to travel for cheaper tickets. For example, travelling from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston tomorrow is approx £57.00 (one way), whereas 90 days from now (next March) is £28.00 (one way). Takes about 2 hours for the journey and there are trains every 30 mins or so. Then just use the Tube when you get into London to get to wherever you need.
This is good advice. However, the main train operating company between Manchester and London is Avanti West Coast. They often offer cheaper fares via their website than are available through others. Most train operating companies will sell tickets for others journeys, but offers may be restricted to their own. You can book via Avanti at https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/. It can also be worth looking into split ticketing to see if you can save money. www.trainsplit.com for this.
Flights from Dublin to Manchester represent the cheapest route. However, if you've a couple of days to spare or wanted to explore North Wales, a ferry from Dublin to Holyhead is cheap as a foot passenger, www.irishferries.com or www.stenaline.co.uk for these. There is a rail service between Holyhead, Chester, Liverpool, Manchester, served by Avanti (website as above) or Transport for Wales at www.tfw.wales.
D'oh - forgot about Avanti - pretty embarrassing as I commute to Manchester on the train quite a bit...! Thanks for the extra info
Thanks all for the info.
Yeah we are thinking on travelling to Europe next year. Those dates sound good. I am kinda hoping the London shows are not festival gigs. We will see in the days ahead.
Does "Vancouver" mean British Columbia? or Washington?
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Happy NYE mofo's! 2023 had a handful of great shows and a postponed one. Here's to an epic 2024 with many new shows, a new album and more Kelce/Swift talk. Yep, I went there.
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If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
Everything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
Excalibur rooms cheap on 16th... it's the damn resort fee
I hope this announcement comes in the next few weeks... the mrs. is giving me some dirty looks after we scrambled to figure out a vacation itinerary last month to accommodate the Dublin & Manchester shows.
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
Excalibur rooms cheap on 16th... it's the damn resort fee
I booked there awhile ago too but damn those resort fees to hell
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
Excalibur rooms cheap on 16th... it's the damn resort fee
I booked there awhile ago too but damn those resort fees to hell
I have a room for end of Jan at LINQ that s $12 but fee is $45. It's ridiculous but oh well.
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
There are plenty of hotels for Weds through Friday. Saturday night is brutal.
EDC is also an overnight concert (Starts 6 PM ends 6 AM or something like that) so alot of people want to bolt straight to a hotel sunday early AM
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If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
This was how it was supposed to be in ‘22. Same weekend as EDC.
Check EDC websites for hotel discounts. I remember booking a hotel for almost half off because I used a EDC code. Sure you’re sharing a hotel with those animals, but how well do you sleep in a hotel anyway? I know I barely do anyway
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
This was how it was supposed to be in ‘22. Same weekend as EDC.
Check EDC websites for hotel discounts. I remember booking a hotel for almost half off because I used a EDC code. Sure you’re sharing a hotel with those animals, but how well do you sleep in a hotel anyway? I know I barely do anyway
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"A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
Excalibur rooms cheap on 16th... it's the damn resort fee
I booked there awhile ago too but damn those resort fees to hell
I also booked a room at the Excalibur for the 16th awhile ago. They were cheap then and are still cheap now, and they're fully refundable, for anyone thinking of hitting up that show.
I was hoping to go for both the 16th AND the 18th, but I may just have to stick to the 16th given the ridiculous prices for Saturday night. Either that or drive 5 hours to Vegas Saturday morning and then drive home immediately after the show, which sounds pretty brutal.
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I have like 6 nights at the Excalibur to cover my plans and it's still cheaper than my 4 nights in Chicago in 2018 and barely more than 4 nights in Austin last year so I don't mind even though Saturday is painful.
If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
I long ago booked a room for 16th...F the weekend prices . Because of weekends I saw all 4 of my Sphere shows on Wednesdays and my go-to affordable hotel (LINQ) was fine.
Same. Haven’t looked lately but couple weeks ago Linq was 58$ a night. Thank you rumor thread!
Excalibur rooms cheap on 16th... it's the damn resort fee
I booked there awhile ago too but damn those resort fees to hell
I also booked a room at the Excalibur for the 16th awhile ago. They were cheap then and are still cheap now, and they're fully refundable, for anyone thinking of hitting up that show.
I was hoping to go for both the 16th AND the 18th, but I may just have to stick to the 16th given the ridiculous prices for Saturday night. Either that or drive 5 hours to Vegas Saturday morning and then drive home immediately after the show, which sounds pretty brutal.
I did this for the San Diego show in 2022. Took a half day from work, drove down to SD (from Vegas), then drove back after the show, got home at 5:30am, then went into work around 9am. Felt pretty good all day until around 3:30-4pm when I crashed.
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Does "Vancouver" mean British Columbia? or Washington?
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Although it sure would be nice to see them in Vancouver WA, too! Looks like they will be playing Portland.
Portland, Maine or Portland, Oregon?
j/k
I was expecting this. :-)
Funny and totally off-topic comment: We just bought a house in that area. If we tell people "Portland," they get confused when we say the house is in Washington. When they hear "Washington," they think DC. And if we say "Vancouver," they think Canada.
Now back to travel pre-planning...
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If Vegas is really May 16 and 18, it's going to be a shitshow. Well, May 18th specifically. EDC (largest electronic festival in the US) is that weekend, which means 175,000 festival-goers are going to be clogging up hotels, streets, the airport for 3 days. I noticed my go-to cheap hotel is already sold out, and others (including all the strip hotels) are exorbitantly priced. May make that date undoable for me, but May 16 should be fine.
This was how it was supposed to be in ‘22. Same weekend as EDC.
Check EDC websites for hotel discounts. I remember booking a hotel for almost half off because I used a EDC code. Sure you’re sharing a hotel with those animals, but how well do you sleep in a hotel anyway? I know I barely do anyway
From the sounds of it, none of them will be there while you're trying to sleep, so... 🤷🏼♂️
If I can squeeze a Vegas show in, I'd be driving up from PHX and finding a place to crash closer to Kingman. Should be dirt cheap there.
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2014 - Soundgarden Tinley Park, IL (with Nine Inch Nails)
2017 - Soundgarden Dallas (cancelled) RIP Chris Cornell
2023 - Jerry Cantrell Milwaukee, WI
Happy New Year..may it be one of amazing music, setlists, fun and friends..and tour announcements.
Although it sure would be nice to see them in Vancouver WA, too! Looks like they will be playing Portland.
j/k
Portland, Maine would be incredible!
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“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
EDC is also an overnight concert (Starts 6 PM ends 6 AM or something like that) so alot of people want to bolt straight to a hotel sunday early AM
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I was hoping to go for both the 16th AND the 18th, but I may just have to stick to the 16th given the ridiculous prices for Saturday night. Either that or drive 5 hours to Vegas Saturday morning and then drive home immediately after the show, which sounds pretty brutal.
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus
If I can squeeze a Vegas show in, I'd be driving up from PHX and finding a place to crash closer to Kingman. Should be dirt cheap there.