What's up Purple People...

Post your *knowledge* of London aftershow venues, times and details here.

Enjoy the shows, y'all...


J

i was going to keep this to myself but i decided that would be vert uncool and filled with bad vibes but i heard a rumbling about Subterrania in West London. it's a great little place, really small so bring a fan. of course, only if it is true. still we got to keep eyes and ears open, y'all.

milty said:

i heard the same thing

The Time played there as warm-up gig in '90

Gav said:[quote]The Time played there as warm-up gig in '90[/quote

Controversy (old fanzine) once held a party there

I heard the same thang from my friend.

But I heard they been contacted once without further confirmation too, so go figure...

What venues have worked for Prince in the past? Emporium, Café de Paris, Camden Palais, what else?

Subterranea is not *too* far from the Apollo, but then he has travelled across the city in the past.

And while we asking, how does Prince feel about performing at a venue sponsored by an alcoholic beverage company?

It's the questions, it's the questions bwoi © Common

There was a UK Diamonds and Pearls launch party held at Subterrania in 90 or so, that Controversy had a hand in.

It was an 'offical' event, though - 'Diamond' and 'Pearl' pitched up to help the proceedings along.

Not a bad evening as I recall, but a really tiny place to play live.

I have no concept of how many UKNPGMCers there are...

But they would need to select a venue that would not be oversubscribed (typical London Weekend-style) to the degree that Prince fans cannot get in due to the place being already full with regular (unrelated) patrons.

I recently hit Subterranea a few Saturdays ago (the nite goes by the name, Sumthin' Sumthin') and it was almost empty - so there would be less entry problems there than elsewhere.

If y'all hear of anything, hit us up here, let's look out 4 (sorry) 1 another...

Jehan said:[quote]

And while we asking, how does Prince feel about performing at a venue sponsored by an alcoholic beverage company?

He doesn't feel too bad. The concert in Oberhausen/Germany takes place at such a venue the name of which is König-Pilsener-Arena. König-Pils brewery is an alcoholic beverage company. (But the arena is managed by SMG entertainment from Philadelphia, PA.) And there are beer ads everywhere...

Jehan said:

a friend of mine knows the person who runs this nite and they were talkin to P's "people" earlier this week

havent heard anything since, i'll try and find out more

That's interesting, incredibleD.

I was not sure how hardcore he'd be about this point. But it stands to reason, his performance career is to all intents and purposes 'nocturnal', so he would have to accept (even with resignation) that patrons would be gettin' they drink on at the least...

Bluebird, good lookin' out.
[This message was edited Thu Oct 3 7:21:55 PDT 2002 by Jehan]

Jehan said:

The Hippodrome, The Astoria, Bagley's Warehouse...

The Controversy night there was a damn good night. Diamond and Pearl were there. A friend of mine had his press card on him, thought it would be a good bet to ask them for a chat, we sat upstairs with the girls for about an hour talking and having a drink. They are beautiful.



mattj said:[quote]

Gav said:

Well you can see the top of my head for 2 seconds during Peach on the Scarifice of Victor video (Bagley's '93.)

Beat that!

(Course, I haven't let the fame go to my head or anything.)

Any idea for certain on tonight's Aftershow venue ?

james said:

I read that the Astoria has been closed down so we can probably rule that one out!