New Order @ Brixton Academy on Thurs 10th Nov
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oldmonkey wrote:
Julie wrote: I got a standing ticket for Brixton. Cheers to Liam for the text the other day letting me know about this one
I'm glad this gig came up because I can't do Manchester on the 14th anymore. I'm gutted but definitely can't get the time off work that day, much as i've tried.
I'll just have to make the most of the 10th
Terrible cold you're going down with, Julie!
That's unfortunately not an option this time Tim. I reckon it would be a bit too obvious considering i've already asked outright for annual leave for that day. I thought I would be able to sweetheart my manager in to giving me the time off but it wasn't to be :(
Lucky for me they're doing Brixton too 
What time do bands usually finish at the Academy?.I've been to one gig there but that was the midnight show Kraftwerk did in March 04.
I've got a feeling that (from what I remember of last time) they have to finish by 11pm. That means that punters have the chance to get the tube to just about any London station to catch a night train home where available. Basically, if you're living or staying in London, you should get home easily.
Also, thanks to Ken Livingstone, 'night buses' run every half hour all around the city. They may take a while, but you could even leave a late club at 3 or 4am and get back to your digs or a station of choice for £1.20 (per bus ride) at any time.
Hope that helps.
Chris Nash wrote: I've got a feeling that (from what I remember of last time) they have to finish by 11pm. That means that punters have the chance to get the tube to just about any London station to catch a night train home where available. Basically, if you're living or staying in London, you should get home easily.
Also, thanks to Ken Livingstone, 'night buses' run every half hour all around the city. They may take a while, but you could even leave a late club at 3 or 4am and get back to your digs or a station of choice for £1.20 (per bus ride) at any time.
Hope that helps.
thanks very much, Chris.yeah i'm one of those people who has to catch a tube back to Euston for a train home at 11.40 pm.so an 11pm finish might give me just enough time hopefully. barring any complications (drunkeness, forgetting where i am,slipped disc from the moshpit)
Johnny wrote:
Chris Nash wrote: I've got a feeling that (from what I remember of last time) they have to finish by 11pm. That means that punters have the chance to get the tube to just about any London station to catch a night train home where available. Basically, if you're living or staying in London, you should get home easily.
Also, thanks to Ken Livingstone, 'night buses' run every half hour all around the city. They may take a while, but you could even leave a late club at 3 or 4am and get back to your digs or a station of choice for £1.20 (per bus ride) at any time.
Hope that helps.
thanks very much, Chris.yeah i'm one of those people who has to catch a tube back to Euston for a train home at 11.40 pm.so an 11pm finish might give me just enough time hopefully. barring any complications (drunkeness, forgetting where i am,slipped disc from the moshpit)
Not just that - the tube gets pretty chaotic after Academy gigs - I didn't make back for my 11.45 train last time I tried.
Pray they start Blue Monday at 10.50 so you know it's all over and you can just fuck off!
i can actually get a later (last) train at 1.30AM i think.but it doesn't get me home til about 6.30 AM!.possibly have to change at Milton Keynes and wait a few hours.and i have work at 8.30.awww fuck it ! whatever happens will happen!!.... might just ahve to be a sicky.trouble is i had two days sick this week.
I was trying to resist the temptation, but fook it eh, you only live once so I booked tickets, flights and accommodation for another London gig. See you all there!
Johnny wrote: i can actually get a later (last) train at 1.30AM i think.but it doesn't get me home til about 6.30 AM!.possibly have to change at Milton Keynes and wait a few hours.and i have work at 8.30.awww fuck it ! whatever happens will happen!!.... might just ahve to be a sicky.trouble is i had two days sick this week.
Yeah, that's do-able - last train to Milton Keynes is at about 1.30-1.40, and the staff there are usually pretty understanding (ie - they'll unlock the waiting room doors so you can stay warm/grab some kip).
Again, good luck (and say 'hello' in the pub beforehand!)
Richie Soans wrote: hey leave me some please
What, spaces on the last train or tickets for the gig?
Doctor Clayhead wrote:
Yeah, that's do-able - last train to Milton Keynes is at about 1.30-1.40, and the staff there are usually pretty understanding (ie - they'll unlock the waiting room doors so you can stay warm/grab some kip).
Again, good luck (and say 'hello' in the pub beforehand!)
Ok .cheers.the canterbury.c u there.although i wont be in Brixton til about 7.30 - 8 i reckon
Gin_Soaked_Boy wrote: Kaiser Chiefs kicked out at 1045 latest on Tuesday
what time did they start? 1044?
NO Regret wrote: Does anyone know why its £40 for the gig? When most bands charge £15-£20?
It's not 'most' bands, is it? Chemical Bros and Prodigy tickets are £25+ and they've both clocked up, what, 6 or 7 nights each at Brixton this year. Brixton are charging £35 (where did you get £40 from?) for a one-off New Order gig, New Order's first 'small' London show for 4 years (and then you'd have to go back to the 80's to find such a London show previously). And, anyways, it's SJM you have to blame, not the band themselves. New Order would take a flat fee, I should imagine, and SJM will work out a decent price they think they can get away with.
You could always go watch Arsenal or Chelski for even more money!
Very true Al, plus, if you consider that many of us would think nothing of spending £40 over one or two nights in a pub, it's not that bad. Sure, it could have been cheaper, but I'd rather spend the £38.50 on one night seeing all the Vikings, plus New Order, plus beers (okay, add more money for the last bit) than going to see any other band or spending a couple of other nights in the pub
The truth is a lot of us are still in a state of vague shock that they're still about. Having given up on ever seeing them again in about 1994 the current state of affairs is just, well, wonderful.
I'm obviously feeling sentimental today.....
Doctor Clayhead wrote: The truth is a lot of us are still in a state of vague shock that they're still about. Having given up on ever seeing them again in about 1994 the current state of affairs is just, well, wonderful.
I'm obviously feeling sentimental today.....
I'll be thankful theyre not charging £100 then.
I'm sure if tickets were £100 then alot of us would still be going. (Though we'de expect something special for our money!!AGE OF CONSENT at least!!)
Please can any Southern boy or girl tell me how long it will take me to get from Euston to Brixton.
Hmmmm... I'm thinking £35 is a tenner more than i expected, not that it matters too much, 'cos we'd all pay double. You could have bought a day ticket at the Wireless Festival for about the same.
Here's hoping that for the extra tenner we get a class support act, or a double set.
this is awesome-tho I will state my complete jealousy at your great fortune. One day the lads will cpme round my way!!!
Jake Dudek wrote: Please can any Southern boy or girl tell me how long it will take me to get from Euston to Brixton.
Yup, about half an hour, but to be on the safe side (and I will need to be at Euston to catch the 11:40pm train), I'm going to have to leave the Academy round about 10:50pm to be on the safe side, otherwise it might take you about 10 minutes just to get outside, another 5 minutes+ to walk to the tube station, possibly another 5+ minutes to wait for the train to leave the station (more if the first tubes are full - remember that Brixton can accommodate up to 4,500 people - most of whom go back on tubes)... And, of course, the time it takes to get from Euston tube station to the main station to try and get your train from the correct platform!!!
So, yeah, when they start playing Blue Monday, I'm going to get ready to leave - still, I'll see the whole set in Manchester 5 days later!
Doctor Clayhead wrote: The truth is a lot of us are still in a state of vague shock that they're still about. Having given up on ever seeing them again in about 1994 the current state of affairs is just, well, wonderful.
I'm obviously feeling sentimental today.....
Amen to that.
Nick, if you leave before the crowds, you can run from The Acadamy to Brixton platform in under 5 mins. There's a 'First Train departing' sign at the bottom of the escalator so you get the right platform for the first tube out. Victoria Line running time is about 3 mins per station, so 25 mins to Euston.
Euston is a bit of a rabbit warren with about three escalators up to the mainline.
If you've got 40 mins and the tube runs ok, you'll be fine.
