New Order live @ Apollo, Manchester, 2005.11.14

Steve Campbell wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen... the ticket I was watching on ebay just dived to 44quid, I scored it. i said I'd leave it to the Gods, and the Gods gave me a sign, what was I to do :)

One way or the other, after 20 years of devout worship, and despite illness and financial ruin.....I am going to see the greatest band in the known universe. and drink a lot with you cunts!

Dave Legge wrote:

Steve Campbell wrote: Ladies and Gentlemen... the ticket I was watching on ebay just dived to 44quid, I scored it. i said I'd leave it to the Gods, and the Gods gave me a sign, what was I to do :)

One way or the other, after 20 years of devout worship, and despite illness and financial ruin.....I am going to see the greatest band in the known universe. and drink a lot with you cunts!

Nice one - bring on the (s)! :)

Let's see if the big man from Norn Iron can drink

I'll be a very good little boy before the gig, I don't want it all to vanish in a haze.Also I'm totally single minded on my way to gigs, anything that could cause a problem is a no no. Afterwards I'll probably be up for it, in fact afterwards I'll probably needs horse tranquilizers just to make me tolerable.

However (reaches for Nigel Mansell's book of excuses), there are 2 things that may be a downer.

1. If I'm still on anti biotics, I can't drink, unlike others, these ones will not simple cease working if mixed with alcohol, they actually turn the victim into an axe murderer (no, I'm not joking, look them up, they're call metronidazole, the exact term they use is "acute psychosis"), and
2. Because of 1. I'm SEVERELY out of practice. that means I'll either black out after 3 pints, or still be sitting pretty and sober at 9am. The not getting drunk thing started when I started doing nightshift. A coupla years ago, we was out for a drink for my birthday, everyone else ended up utterly devastated, and despite me being bought booze by all and sundry, I ended up going home because I couldn't stand all the pissed people.

I'll just wait til you've all had a skinful and whip out a nice ciggie of the finest green smoking mixture and watch the doninoes fall[1]. best way to play last man standing....cheat!

this is assuming I don't get caught in scotland where they don't have such enlightnned laws as here and england. And assuming the local gardener I know has harvested.

Actually I'm looking forward to some proper english beer ( good job too, cos the guiness will take like somethig squeezed out of a horse), I never got much of a chance when I was in leeds as we did our drinking at home. once I'm lined with ale, I'll probably progress (finances permitting, remember, this is a giro fueled mission) to the vodka and redbull, the drink of champions.

[1]while having a few smokes with yer beer will do no harm.....getting shitfaced THEN smoking is always bad.

plenty of proper English beer in Manchester. Fosters, Holsten....the lot.

If nothing has changed for the last ten years or so there is a good pint of Boddingtons in Joshua Brooks.

BIGINOIL wrote: If nothing has changed for the last ten years or so there is a good pint of Boddingtons in Joshua Brooks.

Well, apprently it changed it's name to Sofa Central, and then back again to Joshua Brooks! :) Also, Boddingtons is no longer made in Manchester - I assume you can still buy it there, though? :p

Well, me totally sad, sorry to say,having never seen the band live 'cept on dvd, had no net access all last week. Well cheesed off missing news of this gig, now sold-out I believe. My mate is a mega fan but does'nt even know what the 'net' is,so never heard either. Anyone got any standing tickets , or am I gonna have to try ebay :-(

Boddington's . Pah Rubbish . Hasn't been the same since those scumbags Whitbread got their paws on it. There has got to be summat better. Bet the L.O.G has summat decent on.

there's still plenty on ebay, I got mine for 44 quid :)

And keep asking here to see if you can help someone with too many out. Typically enough, 20 mins after I bought one on ebay, I go a mail from a NOOLer stuck with one too many standing tickets. Wish I'd waited and helped a brother out :)

Boddingtons is nowhere near the level of proper I had in mind.....I'm thinking "scruttock's old deridgabe" with twigs and dead badgers floating in it. After a life time of Harp, I'll drink anything :)

Got my ticket this morning! ticket numbers 4,5,6 and 7.

mmmmmmm..i wonder who got 1,2 and 3 then

Steve Campbell wrote:

1. If I'm still on anti biotics, I can't drink, unlike others, these ones will not simple cease working if mixed with alcohol, they actually turn the victim into an axe murderer (no, I'm not joking, look them up, they're call metronidazole, the exact term they use is "acute psychosis").

You really wanna watch the drink if you are taking metronidazole. Even the smallest amount of alcohol will make you puke, let alone the other side effects...

puking's just what happens with takin them (and the tramadol...which froth in an empty stomach...yum).....I always do what Dr's and pharmacists tell me, and they're always honest. If you say "i'm going out this weekend can I drink" they WILL tell you if it'll just stop them working, and to go ahead....but despite having been on these fookers for a year, the chemist STILL tells me every time not to fuck about.

The whole "acute pscyhosis" thing terrifies me....but not as much as the roaccutane they propose filling me with soon....it's side effects include permenant psychiatric disorders and suicide. WOOOOOHOOO!!!! Thank FUCK almost nothing reacts with weed (cept booze) :)

I Started my course a little early so that I'll be finished them at least 72hrs before mankfester, plenty of fluids and vitamins will flush the fookers out in that time. That's assuming I don't have to interupt the course because I'm in danger of starving to death :)

My tickets arrived this morning. Thanks to the BBC6Music newsteam announcing they were on sale I got straight through to gigsandtours.com. It's also thanks to them that I got a Glastonbury ticket this year.My DAB radio has turned out to be well worth the £150 they cost 2 years ago!

Hi

I noticed the 'Get Live' logo on the tickets.

Does that mean they're going to record the concerts and have them available for sale?

Cheers Jon

Jonathan Evans wrote: Hi

I noticed the 'Get Live' logo on the tickets.

Does that mean they're going to record the concerts and have them available for sale?

Cheers Jon

It would be nice if they did... :)

I went on the website and nothing's listed on the 'instant live' part of the site.

So it looks like some clever bootleggers are going to have to help us out!

Cheers Jon

Had some offers of Noolers (is that right) and am really grateful. Just waiting for confirmation

These boards are a great help, I'm on a couple of Stranglers boards as well and always help each other out, live gig recordings etc. Met some good mates. Hopefully meet up with a few of you before the Manchester gig. :)

Mega big thanks to Jonanthan Evans, he's a star and made 2 guys very happy. We deffo owe you a pint or three.

Just got my flights booked now. Huzzah! :D

im there, well i will be when my fucking ticket turns up, got one from e bay, now its sweat time to see if it turns up. by the way if anyone is after seated tickets for upstairs then i have 2. contact me on gerry_jamieson@hotmail.com

Any one know what ciders they do?

Got my flight, got my lodging. Still waiting for my ticket to arrive. Got it at Ebay. Hope it will be here on time. Don't want to miss this one. Especially with the ACR bonus!

Can anybody tell me how far the meet and venue will be from the Premier Travel Inn on Portland Street? I will be ready for a beer or six around 5.30ish after checking in.

Cheers....

Mark Smith wrote: Can anybody tell me how far the meet and venue will be from the Premier Travel Inn on Portland Street? I will be ready for a beer or six around 5.30ish after checking in.

Cheers....

travel inn is not far to joshua brooks.from your hotel walk up to traffic lights at top of block,turn right onto princess street.its 5 minutes down the road.actually its 3 minutes if you run fast !!! . hey,you should come fab cafe club after the gig,fab cafe is almost across road from your hotel and its open till 2 a.m.

bansheeman wrote:

Mark Smith wrote: Can anybody tell me how far the meet and venue will be from the Premier Travel Inn on Portland Street? I will be ready for a beer or six around 5.30ish after checking in.

Cheers....

travel inn is not far to joshua brooks.from your hotel walk up to traffic lights at top of block,turn right onto princess street.its 5 minutes down the road.actually its 3 minutes if you run fast !!! . hey,you should come fab cafe club after the gig,fab cafe is almost across road from your hotel and its open till 2 a.m.

Cheers Banshee, you might just have talked me into buying you a pint

Right, I've finally got all the answers from my mates, and I've got 2 spare standing tickets (£40 each inc postage and so on).

Anyone interested please let me know.

Cheers Jon

They're really missing out Jon, thanks again for mine

My first NO gig , and just booked hotel in London for the stranglers gig, 2nd December :p