RE: Haha nice one, have you scanned in all your tickets?

Catching up on what friends have to say, and I find out from Darryl that there is a closing date for the Astoria, LA2, and Metro. The sites of some great gigs, key moments of my time in London probably. A shame. Think my first time there was to see Under Neath What in 1990* and what will obviously now turn out to have been my last was a Foo Fighters not at all secret gig in 2005. See my Astoria history with brief details of all the gigs I can remember being at there, if you are interested... 2005 does seem too long ago now I come to think about it... Other highlights, The Darkness obviously, Blur, Suede, Trail of Dead, The Revolting Cocks and lots and lots of NME Brats gigs, particularly the year some friends made fake passes and got lots of people in... Those were the best times, on our regular table upstairs with all our friends around us. I'm feeling a bit weepy about it actually. Lots missing I'm sure from my history page, can you remember any dates, or got any tickets?

Similar memories of the LA2, though that was more about odd daytime gigs, David Devant and foolishly drunken indie club nights.

Metro seems a bit later, but it was the location of a GREAT last minute Darkness gig (we decided to go at the last minute, they'd probably booked it in advance) where a good chum stole Justin's t-shirt, and gave it to me. I saw Kaiser Chiefs there too, when they were called something else (Parva). Ah, I'll find more time to reminisce later...

A chum in the pub was saying it'll be great if Indigo (in The O2, not Club Indigo in Folkestone) does fill the gap left by the Astoria, as it's practically in Kent, but for getting the train back after the gig the location of the Astoria was better. Who wants to be driving back from a gig? Maybe we will, now we are old and actually going to buy a car and things...

*An oft repeated story, queued up outside the venue (back in the day when I didn't know better and went to the gig before the doors open) I bought a fanzine off someone, who tipped me off that Metallica were playing at The Marquee down the road. But I was with friends, who were not interested in moving, so we didn't go along. It was a really secret secret gig, supporting someone else. I heard from someone else later who was there to see the real headliners that it was a surprise to them when Metallica played.

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RE: So long Astoria

mrlk.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/london-astoria-concert-and-gig-tickets/

this was the brats pass: ;)

ade :: 1 Jan :: 2009 :: Comment / reply

Haha nice one, have you scanned in all your tickets?

I expect like me you don't have tickets for a lot of the shows we would have attended together... See you at The Cure though by the sounds of it!

Sepalcure, MACHINEDRUM, Praveen Sharma12 , 22:00:00 at Sneaky Pete's/02/12 £5.00 Sneaky Pete's, Edinburgh tickets
Static Jacks, Illicit Disco, Beat The Poet, Obscure Pleasures28 , 19:00:00 at O2 Academy Birmingham/02/12 £5.00 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham tickets
The Civil Wars in Birmingham13/03/12 £79.20 HMV Institute tickets
The Civil Wars in Manchester16/03/12 £59.40 Manchester Academy 2 tickets
The Civil Wars in London19/03/12 £113.30 Shepherds Bush Empire tickets
The HPA Gaucho International Polo in London21/03/12 £132.00 The O2 tickets
The Civil Wars in Bristol22/03/12 £59.40 O2 Academy Bristol tickets
Orbital in Manchester05/04/12 £66.00 Manchester Academy tickets
Orbital in Leeds06/04/12 £101.20 O2 Academy Leeds tickets
Orbital in Liverpool08/04/12 £101.20 O2 Academy Liverpool tickets
Orbital in London10/04/12 £77.00 Royal Albert Hall tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Manchester14/04/12 £108.90 MEN Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Raw in Nottingham15/04/12 £71.50 Nottingham Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Raw in London16/04/12 £93.50 The O2 tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in London17/04/12 £89.00 The O2 tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Sheffield18/04/12 £129.80 Motorpoint Arena Sheffield tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Cardiff19/04/12 £72.05 Cardiff International Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Newcastle Upon Tyne20/04/12 £113.30 Metro Radio Arena tickets
WWE Wrestlemania Revenge Tour: Smackdown in Glasgow21/04/12 £116.60 Braehead Arena tickets
Rock for the Cure - Charity Music Event, CONCEPT, Tammy King, Rich McMahon23 , 19:00:00 at Birmingham Ballroom/04/12 £5.00 Birmingham Ballroom, Birmingham tickets
Kill for a Seat Comedy Club vs Dan Nightingale vs Paul B. Edwards vs special guests & cure for the common cold, Silky25 , 20:30:00 at Seven Artspace/04/12 £11.00 Seven Artspace, Leeds tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure01 , 19:00:00 at 451636/06/12 O2 Academy Liverpool tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure01 , 19:00:00 at O2 Academy Liverpool/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool tickets
2012 AirAsia British Grand Prix MotoGP: Weekend Tickets in Silverstone15/06/12 £127.05 Silverstone Circuit tickets
Cureheads (The Original Tribute to The Cure)15 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Birmingham/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham tickets
Cureheads (The Original Tribute to The Cure)16 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Islington/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Islington, London tickets
Hop Farm Festival 2012 in Kent29/06/12 £189.75 Hop Farm Country Park tickets
Cureheads, Original Tribute To The Cure29 , 18:30:00 at O2 ABC Glasgow/06/12 £10.00 O2 ABC Glasgow, Glasgow tickets
Cureheads, The Original Tribute To The Cure30 , 18:30:00 at O2 Academy Newcastle/06/12 £10.00 O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle tickets
New Years Eve 2012, Joe Longthorne31 , 19:30:00 at Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel/12/12 £90.00 Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester tickets