SWANS UK tour may/june 2014 (1 Viewer)

[nooleen]

i've carried out a venue-by-venue analysis looking at capacities and day of the week the gig is on which i thought i might as well share

5/22 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 2 - 2600 capacity, thursday
5/23 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Hoult's Yard - 900, friday
5/24 Glasgow, UK @ The Arches - 2000, saturday
5/25 The Lemon Tree, UK @ Aberdeen - 550, sunday
5/27 London, UK @ Electric Brixton - no
5/28 Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre - 800, wednesday
5/29 Reading, UK @ Sub 89 - 600, thursday
6/1 Leeds, UK @ The Cockpit Leeds - 500, sunday
6/2 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 - 600, monday

 

[hugh]

Supersonic in Birmingham in the middle there too ....

I want to go to all of these.

 

[washingcattle]

i've carried out a venue-by-venue analysis looking at capacities and day of the week the gig is on which i thought i might as well share

5/22 Manchester, UK @ Manchester Academy 2 - 2600 capacity, thursday
5/23 Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK @ Hoult's Yard - 900, friday
5/24 Glasgow, UK @ The Arches - 2000, saturday
5/25 The Lemon Tree, UK @ Aberdeen - 550, sunday
5/27 London, UK @ Electric Brixton - no
5/28 Bristol, UK @ Trinity Centre - 800, wednesday
5/29 Reading, UK @ Sub 89 - 600, thursday
6/1 Leeds, UK @ The Cockpit Leeds - 500, sunday
6/2 Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2 - 600, monday

Electric is about 1,700 I think. I saw MBV there, the sound was a bit mental for them but it was great for the support act. The view from the balcony was fucking perfect though.

 

[nooleen]

Supersonic in Birmingham in the middle there too ....

I want to go to all of these.

i want to go to aberdeen (for the small venue), glasgow is closest but i don't like the arches, i saw them there a couple of years ago and it wasn't great

but i'm still on my provisional license so i can't drive by myself - so if anyone with a full license wants to visit edinburgh and accompany me to the aberdeen gig now's your chance

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Just bought a ticket for the Electric Brixton show. See yis there!

 

[Lili Marlene]

I like how Swans are better than 'General' music and have been elevated to Arts and Culture.

 

[nooleen]

i thought 'general' meant general shit-talk
or is that lifestyle

 

[Lili Marlene]

I believe 'general' was originally general music talk but the distinctions fell apart a few years back so anything goes really. Anyway, carry on.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

i want to go to aberdeen (for the small venue), glasgow is closest but i don't like the arches, i saw them there a couple of years ago and it wasn't great

but i'm still on my provisional license so i can't drive by myself - so if anyone with a full license wants to visit edinburgh and accompany me to the aberdeen gig now's your chance

Your gentleman companion is not a fan?

 

[nooleen]

not particularly
and especially not on a sunday evening with a 2 and a half hour drive back after the gig with work the next morning

 

[Space]

Poor John.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

not particularly
and especially not on a sunday evening with a 2 and a half hour drive back after the gig with work the next morning

Makes sense.

Aberdeen does like the pick of the bunch though.

 

[hydromancer]

What about the train to Aberdeen ? Seems like a long way to travel for a gig though.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

What about the train to Aberdeen ? Seems like a long way to travel for a gig though.

I'm gonna guess there isn't a 1am Aberdeen-Glasgow express.

 

[shower another shower]

I know some headers in Parkhead if its any use.

 

[hydromancer]

I'm gonna guess there isn't a 1am Aberdeen-Glasgow express.

Well if the return destination was Edinburgh and the gig ended at say half elevenish and the last trains are most likely around midnight (although you never know with a Sunday) depending on how close the the venue is to the central station in Aberdeen i might work.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Edinburgh

Bollocks.

 

[nooleen]

nah, there's only a train at half nine and the next one's at five-something AM. bus options are slightly worse.

i do know some people living in aberdeen but not sure i want to ask any of them for a place to stay.

 

[dunderhead]

give me a good starting point for Swans there..

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

give me a good starting point for Swans there..

Old era: Cop and Public Castration is a Good Idea
Mid era: Children of God
Late era: Soundtracks for the Blind and Swans Are Dead
Current era: The Seer

Thank me later.