Does look pretty certain that its Albert hall IMO. Cant wait top venue for 3rd Eye I think!!

fnksoul said:

Does look pretty certain that its Albert hall IMO. Cant wait top venue for 3rd Eye I think!!

its far from certain. its the venue touting for prince to play there. as manc was announced with dates they obviously have a venue booked so its not there

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

fnksoul said:

SquirrelMeat said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

It depends, Altrincham is ok if your staying over, you might pay a little more than you would for a travelodge in the city centre, but then you have the hassle of parking fee's and things.

If your planning Altrincham, there is Cresta court, Mercure and a Premier inn are around and not too far from the Metro stop/train station. Metro takes around 35-40 mins into the centre of manchester or usually plenty of black cabs but traffic into town is bad sometimes trough trafford.

unique said:

fnksoul said:

Does look pretty certain that its Albert hall IMO. Cant wait top venue for 3rd Eye I think!!

its far from certain. its the venue touting for prince to play there. as manc was announced with dates they obviously have a venue booked so its not there

It does seem that Sacha has something to do with it who is now the Promoter for Albert hall, I rememeber him tweeting something about prince less than 12 month ago, and little things up till now has made me think he had something planned, I thought it might have been Park Life he'd booked him for but that was Snoop Dogg.

and he was in london for 6th Feb and tweeted the below ties up with Prince arriving etc... He's probably the one promoter in manchester who can pull it off, especially as he has his own security team who ran the Warehouse project, Parklife, The gigs at Jodrell Bank and more so is equipt for large crowds and tight security.

I guess time will tell, and we'll soon see where

Doctorfunk said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

Manchester is not the big bad world of the the big smoke, come right in, no issues with centre hotels / traffic as there is with London. See you in the queue

DeadlyGoldfish said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

Manchester is not the big bad world of the the big smoke, come right in, no issues with centre hotels / traffic as there is with London. See you in the queue

Plus I love the concept you think there is decent transport, we have trams at best, no underground, bless. xx

So, I open my heart to this lovely forum. A 43 year old male who has lived his life through the music of Prince. Now married with 2 lovely little ladies, been to a few concerts but not as many as the folk on here. Now with a chance to go to an intimate gig in Manchester due to the stars aligning and a Friday off work and my parents living in Manchester, I may just be able to get in a queue to see the most engematic performer of many a generation. I can only admire all those people who have already seen him on this "tour", I look forward to such a special occasion. Wishing everyone in Manchester the best of luck with a great gig. I shall attempt the wait in the queue with the hope of attending a great performance. Love to you all. xx

DeadlyGoldfish said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

Manchester is not the big bad world of the the big smoke, come right in, no issues with centre hotels / traffic as there is with London. See you in the queue

Plus I love the concept you think there is decent transport, we have trams at best, no underground, bless. xx

I've been up before (Main Road, Arena and Apollo shows, plus weekends out and about) but its been a few years and I've never driven on the day.

DeadlyGoldfish said:

So, I open my heart to this lovely forum. A 43 year old male who has lived his life through the music of Prince. Now married with 2 lovely little ladies, been to a few concerts but not as many as the folk on here. Now with a chance to go to an intimate gig in Manchester due to the stars aligning and a Friday off work and my parents living in Manchester, I may just be able to get in a queue to see the most engematic performer of many a generation. I can only admire all those people who have already seen him on this "tour", I look forward to such a special occasion. Wishing everyone in Manchester the best of luck with a great gig. I shall attempt the wait in the queue with the hope of attending a great performance. Love to you all. xx

what a lovely message. trying to organise a bit of a get together on Friday around Deansgate - somewhere to suit all budgets etc. Feel free to org note me your details if you want to meet any of us?

SquirrelMeat said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

Plus I love the concept you think there is decent transport, we have trams at best, no underground, bless. xx

I've been up before (Main Road, Arena and Apollo shows, plus weekends out and about) but its been a few years and I've never driven on the day.

seriously just aim for city centre Manchester as it's compact etc. Shed loads of hotels etc. If you or anyone else are defo coming please exchange org notes with numbers etc for a pre/post gig meet ups around Deansgate. See u Friday!

funkyhead said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

So, I open my heart to this lovely forum. A 43 year old male who has lived his life through the music of Prince. Now married with 2 lovely little ladies, been to a few concerts but not as many as the folk on here. Now with a chance to go to an intimate gig in Manchester due to the stars aligning and a Friday off work and my parents living in Manchester, I may just be able to get in a queue to see the most engematic performer of many a generation. I can only admire all those people who have already seen him on this "tour", I look forward to such a special occasion. Wishing everyone in Manchester the best of luck with a great gig. I shall attempt the wait in the queue with the hope of attending a great performance. Love to you all. xx

what a lovely message. trying to organise a bit of a get together on Friday around Deansgate - somewhere to suit all budgets etc. Feel free to org note me your details if you want to meet any of us?

Not great for the night time, but Moon under the water is cheap and cheerful? Or Sinclairs Oyster bar near selfridges is good for a bit of ale.

dodger said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

These southerners coming up north getting our tickets....you've had plenty of shows in your own yard. And you've been to 200 shows already . Made me laugh that on the other thread but for what it's worth I don't think you're a bull- shitter and you seem one of the more knowledgable posters. I seem to recall you rewriting Tonys Willing & Able rap a while ago which was quite impressive

You only get to hardcore volume of shows BY putting yourself out! No, I'm not a bullshitter, but some people seem to have nothing better to do that troll.

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unique said:

fnksoul said:

Does look pretty certain that its Albert hall IMO. Cant wait top venue for 3rd Eye I think!!

its far from certain. its the venue touting for prince to play there. as manc was announced with dates they obviously have a venue booked so its not there

Logical thinking.

Confusing though. I'm hoping we know where slightly in advance.

fnksoul said:

funkyhead said:

what a lovely message. trying to organise a bit of a get together on Friday around Deansgate - somewhere to suit all budgets etc. Feel free to org note me your details if you want to meet any of us?

Not great for the night time, but Moon under the water is cheap and cheerful? Or Sinclairs Oyster bar near selfridges is good for a bit of ale.

or we could go top end & hit the champagne bar at Goucho!!

As long as there's a roof over our heads, drinks & good reception to keep tabs on the location then we're good to go!!

funkyhead said:

fnksoul said:

Not great for the night time, but Moon under the water is cheap and cheerful? Or Sinclairs Oyster bar near selfridges is good for a bit of ale.

or we could go top end & hit the champagne bar at Goucho!!

As long as there's a roof over our heads, drinks & good reception to keep tabs on the location then we're good to go!!

More my type of bars up that end too Atlas, Dukes etc..

fnksoul said:

mikeyaddict said:

fnksoul said:

You headed to manchester on your own mate? Should be fine getting in if early enough, what night you aiming for?

Aiming for Saturday as have work on Friday. But live in Preston so only 30 minutes on the train - wife's younger sister lives 15 mins from Albert hall. Just a case of so near but potentially so far! Hoping to meet up with some orgers if anyone is around - few places on Oxford road or deansgate closish by. What time will folk be queuing from?

hi, reckon Deansgate is best as it's just easier to get to. I'll be there both days as for queing it really depends on the size of the venue. In an ideal world I want a load of fans to hang out & then hit a queue at say 2/3 ish..imagine if the weather is crap!!! I know some who want to be there at 10am!!

mikeyaddict said:

fnksoul said:

You headed to manchester on your own mate? Should be fine getting in if early enough, what night you aiming for?

Aiming for Saturday as have work on Friday. But live in Preston so only 30 minutes on the train - wife's younger sister lives 15 mins from Albert hall. Just a case of so near but potentially so far! Hoping to meet up with some orgers if anyone is around - few places on Oxford road or deansgate closish by. What time will folk be queuing from?

Depends on when we get a venue announced properly and the size of the queue when i got there!

If there's hundreds of people at 3-4pm, well yeah, i'd queue.

SquirrelMeat said:

mikeyaddict said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Locals! Help required.

If I was coming to Manchester by car on friday night (Via M6), would you recommend driving all the way in or stopping at somewhere like Altringham and getting the metro in and out?

Depends where ur travelling from and then to. I've often used the metro from Radcliffe or prestwich for getting into Manc as ok for bolton and Preston and the m60. Not sure what time last metros are at so maybe better getting a hotel and leaving ur car at a train station at a nearby town - many have a days parking for £2 - I known Preston does but that may be too far north for u? Late night trains between manchester airport and Blackpool north so u could check stops along that line but last trains could be around 12ish. Could park around salford crescent for getting in - free parking on roads around there near the uni then a taxi back to ur car? Or park further out and get a hotel? org note me if u need! Oooh! It's quite exciting - just hope I get in. God bless u Sir Tom, gonna do it for u!

Cheers dude.

I working on the assumption that I'll only be able to so the Friday. I'm looking to take the family to Alton Towers Fri/Sat and sneek off for the Fri evening to Manchester. If there is pre sale, its doable, without presale, I'm looking at divorce.

DeadlyGoldfish said:

SquirrelMeat said:

AlphabetS said:

SquirrelMeat said:

mikeyaddict said:

SquirrelMeat said: Depends where ur travelling from and then to. I've often used the metro from Radcliffe or prestwich for getting into Manc as ok for bolton and Preston and the m60. Not sure what time last metros are at so maybe better getting a hotel and leaving ur car at a train station at a nearby town - many have a days parking for £2 - I known Preston does but that may be too far north for u? Late night trains between manchester airport and Blackpool north so u could check stops along that line but last trains could be around 12ish. Could park around salford crescent for getting in - free parking on roads around there near the uni then a taxi back to ur car? Or park further out and get a hotel? org note me if u need! Oooh! It's quite exciting - just hope I get in. God bless u Sir Tom, gonna do it for u!

Cheers dude.

I working on the assumption that I'll only be able to so the Friday. I'm looking to take the family to Alton Towers Fri/Sat and sneek off for the Fri evening to Manchester. If there is pre sale, its doable, without presale, I'm looking at divorce.

The problem may be the M6 on Friday night, between 17 and 19 usually gets a tad busy. To get to the centre it may be better to go via Altrincham but you'll have to judge that by weight of traffic.

funkyhead said:

mikeyaddict said:

fnksoul said: Aiming for Saturday as have work on Friday. But live in Preston so only 30 minutes on the train - wife's younger sister lives 15 mins from Albert hall. Just a case of so near but potentially so far! Hoping to meet up with some orgers if anyone is around - few places on Oxford road or deansgate closish by. What time will folk be queuing from?

hi, reckon Deansgate is best as it's just easier to get to. I'll be there both days as for queing it really depends on the size of the venue. In an ideal world I want a load of fans to hang out & then hit a queue at say 2/3 ish..imagine if the weather is crap!!! I know some who want to be there at 10am!!

Well there is Brewdog which is also on Peter Street and basically next door to Albert Hall (if it is to be there) so you can sit in there, have a very good beer (a tad expensive but no bog standard rubbish if you apprecaite "Craft" Beer) and watch the queue! They also do some decent food, Burger / Pizza, but about £10, so not overly cheap. If anyone goes to a Wetherspoons on Deansgate I have 50p off a pint of cask ale vouchers that need using, I have about 15-20 of them!

I've just looked at Albert Hall on Google Street View (called Brannigans in the picture), but it looks a far size and is next door but 1 to Brewdog!

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DeadlyGoldfish said:

funkyhead said:

hi, reckon Deansgate is best as it's just easier to get to. I'll be there both days as for queing it really depends on the size of the venue. In an ideal world I want a load of fans to hang out & then hit a queue at say 2/3 ish..imagine if the weather is crap!!! I know some who want to be there at 10am!!

Well there is Brewdog which is also on Peter Street and basically next door to Albert Hall (if it is to be there) so you can sit in there, have a very good beer (a tad expensive but no bog standard rubbish if you apprecaite "Craft" Beer) and watch the queue! They also do some decent food, Burger / Pizza, but about £10, so not overly cheap. If anyone goes to a Wetherspoons on Deansgate I have 50p off a pint of cask ale vouchers that need using, I have about 15-20 of them!

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Good shout, there is also Revolucion de cuba which is good right near there http://www.revoluciondecu...manchester