You know to take the mind off the collective failures of England's sporting teams

Anyway October's looking fairly busy for me, I'm off to iLiKETRAiNS in Colchester and Stars in London, probably Rumblestrips in Southend as well. Planning to see Okkervil Valley in Colchester in November if I can...

October and November seem to be really busy for gigs round this area.  So much choice, so little money!  Would love to have got tickets for Kate Nash at UEA but that sold out.
 
So for us its Happy Mondays at UEA in a couple of weeks - a bit of a trip down memory lane for my husband and probably me if he can't find anyone else to go with him.
 
Then Athlete at UEA after that.   And then Rufus Wainwright in Cambridge at the end of Oct.
 
Probably not your cup of tea, but you asked!

Ah on a day like today something to cheer me up.
Seasick steve, Arcade fire, Patrick wolf and Kings of leon all coming up before christmas.
Possibles are Ian Brown, KT tunstall and Chemical brothers just got to weigh the money situation up. 
Tempted with the Keane charity thing also.
Registered for the led zep re-union also but will be very suprised if i get. 

I have...
 
Stars and Rufus Wainwright in Oct
Kate Nash, Kissaway Trail, Amy Winehouse and Interpol in Nov
Klaxons in Dec...
 
So far... ha ha ha

Stephanie Dosen and then Chuck Prophet in Norwich in the weeks ahead.
Devon Sproule there a couple of weeks ago ... great night!

Yeah, i am currently going to


The Cribs (cant belive they havent sold out at the UEA)
The Thrills (Likewise at the waterfront)
Athlete
Bedouin Soundclash
Kate Nash (Natty and Metronomy supporting)
WE ARE SCIENTISTS (love them, cant wait to see em again....why are they at the waterfront when they can eaisly sell out at the UEA, like last time)
ARCADE FIRE the day before my birthday in London (my hometown)
Interpol (back to London fo that one)

ARCTIC MONKEYS (Mainly for my missus coz she loves them, and lets face it, like em or not, they are huugeee)

Thats all i have tickets for at the moment, i think i may hace to start cutting down....
 
 
whos interested in 30 seconds to mars? they are touring in feb....UEA as well.....

We're going to see the Editors too, the support sounds good, I must try to get there on time so we don't miss them.

I'm also going to see the Twang in October and Gorgol Bordello in December at the UEA and Seth Lakeman at the Waterfront, same night as Athlete.   I wanted to see We are Scientists again, as we saw them at the UEA last year and really enjoyed the gig, but they'd sold  out.

Rufus Wainwright is at Ipswich Regent 1st Nov, so I'm going to see him, much nearer home for me.  We saw him at UEA a couple of Christmases ago and he was  good live, he chats between songs and can be really funny.

Then there is Stereophonics in November  and Hard-Fi in December at Wembley Arena.    We were going to see the White Stripes at the O2 aswell but they cancelled.

I don't think there's going to be much money left to spend at Christmas!

Did anyone else see Kasabian at the UEA on 4th Sept?  We managed to get tickets to that one, it was a great gig.

Gigmum  

As if to further demonstrate just how wonderful this year's line up was:
 
Stars - 1st October @ Birmingham Barfly
Maps - 6th October @ Birmingham Academy 2
The Maccabees - 7th October @ Birmingham Academy
Editors & The Kissaway Trail - 13th October @ Birmingham Academy
Los Campesinos - 21st October @ Birmingham Custard Factory
Super Furry Animals - 28th October @ Birmingham Academy
Wilco - 4th November @ Birmingham Academy
Air & Au Revoir Simone - 14th November @ Birmingham Academy
Arcade Fire & Clinic - 17th November @ Alexandra Palace, London 
 
Huzzah.

going to see
 
alabama 3 , motioncitysoundtrack, hello goodbye, gorgol bordello, mcfly (!), and 5 bands at the waterfront on 18th December including Bear,monroes,social group
 
and the Nimmo twins

Oh well, festie season over so gigs it is.......
 
Have Turin Brakes in London in October
And am also going to The Fray in Pottymouth.....sorry, Portsmouth in November.
 
Am desperate to see Okkervil River and the Kissaway Trail (with the Autumns) in November but will have to wait for payday!
 
geof

Alabama 3 tonight

I now have Art Brut In Dec as well!!!
 
Also going to see The Cure in March

yes I have some gigs...
Frank Turner at Queen Charlotte in Norwich tonight
The Thrills at Norwich Waterfront on thursday
Bloodhound Gang at Norwich Waterfront next Monday
Los Campesinos (possibly) at Norwich Art Centre october time
Kissaway Trail (supported by the Autumns and Jacob Golden) at Norwich Arts Centre on 4th November
Dodgy at Shepherd Bush Empire (I think) in November at somepoint
Dreadzone at Nowich Waterfront, 21st Nov
Biffy Clyro at UEA, 22nd Nov
Porcupine Tree at UEA, 7th Dec
Gogol Bordello at UEA, 14th Dec
30 Seconds to Mars at UEA next February...I'm goin to most of these alone so if you should see a 6ft6" dude skulkin about by his own drink cocacola that might be me, so say hello and I'll try and remember how to use my tongue
 
 

Hi everyone!! Di and I went to Wembley on Saturday night to see Damien Rice, great gig!!! I drove and was expecting huge problems but parked in the officail car park and got back to Braintree in hour and twenty minutes, quite unexpected!!!
 
Anyway saving for chrimbo so easing up on the gigs for a bit. Next kind of gig is The War of the Worlds Musical at the O2 in December, looking forward to it!!
 
Speak to ya all soon!! x

so much for laying off the gigs wayne!! were now going to see Idlewild on monday!!!! really have to lay off now cos Wayne got made redundant yesterday, cant believe it. at least weve got most of the christmas shopping done already!
xx

That sucks. Really sorry to hear that.  I hope you get something sorted out soon Wayne.  Make sure you enjoy the gig.  My husband is unemployed at the moment too (must be something in the air).  A business partnership he started with a friend has just fallen apart rather spectacularly horribly so he's got to start again too.  Worrying times, but we and the kids are OK and that's all that matters.
 
We saw Rufus Wainwright last night, he was absolutely fantastic.  It was a seated gig, but none the less the atmosphere was great and I don't think I've ever been so drawn in to a performance like that before.  He was very funny too, some fab outfits, but I won't give any more away as it looks like gigmum is going in november!
 
Athlete last wednesday were great too - really impressive and better than expected.  Love the new album and I've only listened to it once so far.
 
No more gigs for us either now!!
Take care and keep smiling

ORIGINAL: redmary

so much for laying off the gigs wayne!! were now going to see Idlewild on monday!!!! really have to lay off now cos Wayne got made redundant yesterday, cant believe it. at least weve got most of the christmas shopping done already!
xx

Sorry to hear that redmary - I certainly know what you both are going through as I was made redundant last Christmas.

Hope things work out for you Wayne and you get sorted quickly!

On a more pleasant note - Foo Fighters a week on Saturday for us....come on!!!!

Won't be going myself but Dan le sac vs Scoobius are in Southend soon.
Check his myspace for more details.

Wayne & Di
 
Sorry, guys - I'm sure a lot of sorrys don't help much but I guess there's a lot of good will to you two on these threads. Hang on in there. And hope Idlewild are great - they'll just be finishing now, I suppose.
 
I've just got the National in Bristol in a couple of weeks time....Two Gallants are playing there two days later but I don't think I'll get back for them. Not enough creep points!
 
Best wishes,
 
C D'I

my bad,  idlewild is NEXT monday!!!!
 
thanks for your support guys, its nice to know people care! hopefully it wont take to long to sort out, it knocked us for six tho!!!
xx