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Not counting the Labour Conference, there hasnt been a gig in the G MEX for years.
I was supposed to be going to Ireland on 22nd, but obviously thats been changed. Been raped £34 for the privilege of changing my flights.
Who is going then? After the week before in Germany, I'll obviously be doing both.
22nd and 23rd December by the way.
well must pay a visit to our lord at christmas time i suppose 
be great to see the gmex again too. be the 23rd for me i reckon.works xmas do on 22nd.
stuff gigs and conferences at the G-mex.
bring back the World Table Tennis Championships!
Liam musn't do last second shopping before Xmas then.
Uncle Liam wrote: Liam doesnt do ANY Christmas shopping!
is right mate.
i try to avoid it.
but usually end up dashing round like a loon on Christmas Eve, paying over the odds for something that will be cheaper on Boxing Day or in January.
steveone wrote: If Marr,Rourke and Joyce are there then count me in.
Why would anyone want Marr over Jesse Tobias?
Rourke over Gary Day?
and Joyce over Matt Walker?
Uncle Liam wrote:
steveone wrote: If Marr,Rourke and Joyce are there then count me in.
Why would anyone want Marr over Jesse Tobias?
Rourke over Gary Day?
and Joyce over Matt Walker?
Coz they were the Smiths.
and Smiths beat Morrissey any day of the work, err week.
aahhh, yer too young to know.
actually ive just relised it 20 years since i last saw moz at gmex.now again 20 years later.now that is staying power !!
by morrissey i mean
Uncle Liam wrote: Why would anyone want Marr over Jesse Tobias?
Tobias hasn't written songs anywhere near as good as Alain or Boz let alone Marr, they've all been pretty run of the mill I.e. You Have Killed Me vs. Irish Blood, English Heart? He's a decent guitarist live but his songwriting is totally average. Maybe not Marr but bring back Alain eh Moz?
Rourke over Gary Day?
Rourkey actually. Gary Day's a nice bloke an' all but his bass playing never sets a Moz tune on fire. Surely the fault of Alain or Boz for giving him boring riffs to play?! Rourke's playing on Barbarism Begins At Home is fecking ace, pity about the smack and the court case!
and Joyce over Matt Walker?
Matt Walker, any day After seeing him twice on the ROTT tour he definitely the best Moz solo dummer since Spencer Cobrin.
Deano who? 
And i was going to offer to out you up for a night so you could get to the gigs... but after that diatribe. 
Barbarism is however, Crap.
Uncle Liam wrote: And i was going to offer to out you up for a night so you could get to the gigs... but after that diatribe.
You know it makes sense.
Detach the pump from your skeleton bride and attach it to the blow up bed, Manc here I come!
Barbarism is however, Crap.
Yes... shit song, good bass riff
J.A.K wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote:
steveone wrote: If Marr,Rourke and Joyce are there then count me in.
Why would anyone want Marr over Jesse Tobias?
Rourke over Gary Day?
and Joyce over Matt Walker?
aahhh, yer too young to know.
I don't really have an opinion about the rest of the band, but I just don't agree that any of the post-Smiths guitarists have held a candle to Marr.
I thought this was most obvious when I was sober and stood right next to Jesse* when he tried to do a couple of Smiths songs in Dundee. Just nowhere near the level of skill of Marr.
I was really disapointed in Boz Boorer on the two dates I saw - he didn't play half as well as I thought he would. His best performance was tapping a glass of water, drinking some then tapping it again.
Someone was playing excellent rockabilly guitar on the early post-Smiths material, but that was just one side of Marr. I've never heard anoyone match Morrissey's lyrics and voice as well as Marr, and a lot of Mozz's solo work cries out for him to join in.
Still, it's the best we can do for now. I hope to be there for these gigs.
*Assuming Jesse is that Spanish-looking guiratist that plays with Mozz now?
Ally wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: And i was going to offer to out you up for a night so you could get to the gigs... but after that diatribe.
You know it makes sense.
Detach the pump from your skeleton bride and attach it to the blow up bed, Manc here I come!
Barbarism is however, Crap.
Yes... shit song, good bass riff
Good stuff. Presume the saturday? All day in the pub, barge to the front for Kristeen Young, then night out in town after?
Uncle Liam wrote: Good stuff. Presume the saturday? All day in the pub, barge to the front for Kristeen Young, then night out in town after?
I'll check what free time I have left for this year, already taking 2 days for the Norder Glasgow gigs.
Not gonna trek up to Manc in the middle of winter to hear him play the same 75min set he did all year..if he adds a London date, then maybe
It will be a different set. Its hard to see them doing no gigs for 3 months and then coming back and doing the same set.
J.A.K wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Liam doesnt do ANY Christmas shopping!
but when do you do your Hannukah shopping, Jack?
C-Ro wrote:
J.A.K wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote: Liam doesnt do ANY Christmas shopping!
but when do you do your Hannukah shopping, Jack?
Who's she?
Anyway, these two gigs will take this years total up to 17, and the overall up to 26. Which is alright i suppose.
Hopefully America in Feb and off I go again...
Might do the Sat gig if i become convinced he changes the set-list. Have however got Bunnymen Xmas hometown gig the weekend before so....
Quite amusingly, the NME has said that these dates are unconfirmed, as as the Germany ones.
This despite the fact that I have already recieved my tickets for the Germany gigs!
Andrew Sayer wrote: Might do the Sat gig if i become convinced he changes the set-list. Have however got Bunnymen Xmas hometown gig the weekend before so....
yeah me'nall - Bunnymen.
bansheeman wrote: well must pay a visit to our lord at christmas time i suppose
fek me grant our works do on 23 now woz on 22nd. we must gather the deciples and talk this one through. 
spam wrote:
bansheeman wrote: well must pay a visit to our lord at christmas time i suppose
fek me grant our works do on 23 now woz on 22nd. we must gather the deciples and talk this one through.
we'll sort it.it was the same friday last year that me,you and monty carried out a sickening attack on the fab cafe dalek
Massive pre christmas full weekend piss up is in order for me. Then fly out to Ireland to have the family load me with as much beer and food as is possibly imaginable.
Uncle Liam wrote: Massive pre christmas full weekend piss up is in order for me. Then fly out to Ireland to have the family load me with as much beer and food as is possibly imaginable.
and of course gmex wont be much of a walk for you from the temple,what a convenience
Oh Yes. And Temple is a mere 4 minutes walk from work, where I have just been informed we will be finishing at lunchtime.
I see a lot of Tusker being downed!
More dates announced:
Morrissey U.K. tour details are as follows:
Saturday 2 December - Glasgow - SECC Monday 4 December - Newcastle - Metro Radio Arena Tuesday 5 December - Nottingham - Nottingham Arena Thursday 7 December - Birmingham - NIA Friday 8 December - London - Wembley Arena Friday 22 December - Manchester - G-Mex Saturday 23 December - Manchester - G-Mex
Support will be Kristeen Young.
Tickets on sale next friday. Daresay i'll end up doing them all...
Uncle Liam wrote: More dates announced:
Friday 8 December - London - Wembley Arena
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Me, Jonny Giles, Ness & Greg are doing The Charlatans that night (Manchester invades London!)..but there's a big gap after the 8th so I assume he'll add more London dates..I'll think about it...
another night might be added, but i'm not sure if Wembley arena will sell out...
The big gap is for the Germany tour.
ummm... all of them. But Germany was planned, butI was only planning on buying Glasgee, Wembley and G Mex this week. However, a mate has bought me Newcastle and Nottingham, and my much maligned Mother has bought me Birmingham. Which i thought was actually quite nice of her.
Uncle Liam wrote: Oh Yes. And Temple is a mere 4 minutes walk from work, where I have just been informed we will be finishing at lunchtime.
I see a lot of Tusker being downed!
Ha me,Grant and our respected ladies went in the Temple last saturday.Curious that an ex-toilet should be a pub....without an effing toilet!!!
DJ MONTY and His Wheels Of Steel wrote: FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER.......COME ON!!!!
yea better than watching electrolux mate 
DJ MONTY and His Wheels Of Steel wrote: FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER.......COME ON!!!!
Yay, that's the date I chose too!
I'm doing the Friday....Didn't want it to clash with the football on the Saturday!
Might be worth a day off work and one or two drinks.
Cheers Jon
Missy Jem wrote:
DJ MONTY and His Wheels Of Steel wrote: FRIDAY 22nd DECEMBER.......COME ON!!!!
Yay, that's the date I chose too!
BABE!!!!
Diamond White wrote:
J.A.K wrote:
Uncle Liam wrote:
steveone wrote: If Marr,Rourke and Joyce are there then count me in.
Why would anyone want Marr over Jesse Tobias?
Rourke over Gary Day?
and Joyce over Matt Walker?
aahhh, yer too young to know.
I don't really have an opinion about the rest of the band, but I just don't agree that any of the post-Smiths guitarists have held a candle to Marr.
I thought this was most obvious when I was sober and stood right next to Jesse* when he tried to do a couple of Smiths songs in Dundee. Just nowhere near the level of skill of Marr.
I was really disapointed in Boz Boorer on the two dates I saw - he didn't play half as well as I thought he would. His best performance was tapping a glass of water, drinking some then tapping it again.
Someone was playing excellent rockabilly guitar on the early post-Smiths material, but that was just one side of Marr. I've never heard anoyone match Morrissey's lyrics and voice as well as Marr, and a lot of Mozz's solo work cries out for him to join in.
Still, it's the best we can do for now. I hope to be there for these gigs.
*Assuming Jesse is that Spanish-looking guiratist that plays with Mozz now?
Absolutely- saw Mozza at the apollo this year as well as Marr doing the Manc v Cancer show in January. Marr blew Morissey's version of How Soon is Now of the stage. Moz is good but with Marr he is great.
In all honestly, having heard How Soon Is Now live 18 times, it quite frankly bores the arse off me. The Marr version was good, but the first few times I heard How Soon Is Now it was stupidly awesome.
Morrisseys version (or rather, the Tobias and Farrell version) kicks the arse of the Marr version. i think that night too many people were sucked in by Marr and Rourke doing two famous Smiths songs.
Anyway, i am currently trying to work out where to go for a night out after the gigs. There is a funny argument going on on Solow at the moment about the pros and cons of the Brickhouse as a venue.
