harveya said:

andykeen said:

Got 3!!

So £70 was not too much after all?

TheDigitalGardener said:

andykeen said:

Got 3!!

So £70 was not too much after all?

I can't help myself when it comes 2 Prince.....he has this effect on me!

Transport options back to London:

(Trains - no good as the last one is at 22.30, who knows if they'll put on any extra trains on the Sunday night??)

I just called the Big Green Coach company and they're looking into providing a service leaving at 23.30 (from festival site) on the Sunday night.

They'll be confirming this by Monday (or sooner)...You can't buy a single, so you'll have to buy a return coach ticket which costs £24.

andykeen said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

So £70 was not too much after all?

I can't help myself when it comes 2 Prince.....he has this effect on me!

Have a good time.

In fact, everyone have a good time.

Outrageous pricing, but hell it's Prince! Been getting withdrawl symptoms since 2007/O2.

This'll be my first concert I after I get married. It had to be Prince. Awesome.

JellyJam said:

Outrageous pricing, but hell it's Prince! Been getting withdrawl symptoms since 2007/O2.

This'll be my first concert I after I get married. It had to be Prince. Awesome.

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

DaveT said:

JellyJam said:

Outrageous pricing, but hell it's Prince! Been getting withdrawl symptoms since 2007/O2.

This'll be my first concert I after I get married. It had to be Prince. Awesome.

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

I like your style sir. I'm currently engaged in a long-running campaign to make the other half see the light and recognise the glory that is Prince. Almost there. This should seal it nicely!

Just a little travel info for those not familiar with the area.

The nearest train station is Paddock Wood, which is about a 30min walk from the Hop Farm. At the moment the last train is 22:30 with the first train Monday morning at 5:40. My guess though is that they will put an extra last train or two on at about midnight (they seem to have done this for the Fri and Sat shows)...I'd be very surprised if they don't do this.

The Hop Farm itself is in the heart of the Kent countryside so dont expect to wander into a late night McDonalds after the show. Paddock Wood itself is a quiet place to so there probably wont be anywhere open to hole up in until morning.

And if you're driving the roads aren't very accomodating, there's no motorway or dual carriageway that leads to the Hop Farm so traffic queues might be a bit of an issue.

I'm only up the road so we're hoping for a late train or driving, parking a little further away from the festival then walking the rest.

Thanks to Lloyds TSB's incompetence, I have to wait 24 hours until I can use my card on that website again. Here's to hoping it doesn't sell out then.

I'm there too and so excited! Not posted on here for aaaaages - after 21 nights at the O2 in fact. But stoked to be going to this!

JellyJam said:

DaveT said:

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

I like your style sir. I'm currently engaged in a long-running campaign to make the other half see the light and recognise the glory that is Prince. Almost there. This should seal it nicely!

I'm sure your lovely lady will be swayed. My missus wasn't a fan but she went to a few of the O2 shows with me that summer and she was persuaded in the end. You just can't fail to be entertained by the man, no matter how cold hearted you are. She has a few of his favourites on her MP3 player now. I even managed to convince her to get married in purple!

Congrats on the wedding to, hope it all goes well.

I just can't believe he's doing this.

My birthday is 5th July so this is a perfect pressie for me.

Have booked a hotel in Maidstone I'm really hoping they put on shuffle buses. There still seems to be rooms there.

DaveT said:

JellyJam said:

I like your style sir. I'm currently engaged in a long-running campaign to make the other half see the light and recognise the glory that is Prince. Almost there. This should seal it nicely!

I'm sure your lovely lady will be swayed. My missus wasn't a fan but she went to a few of the O2 shows with me that summer and she was persuaded in the end. You just can't fail to be entertained by the man, no matter how cold hearted you are. She has a few of his favourites on her MP3 player now. I even managed to convince her to get married in purple!

Congrats on the wedding to, hope it all goes well.

Thanks very much indeed mate.

peachwish said:

I just can't believe he's doing this.

My birthday is 5th July so this is a perfect pressie for me.

Have booked a hotel in Maidstone I'm really hoping they put on shuffle buses. There still seems to be rooms there.

That's cool.

I doubt very much they'd do shuttle buses to Maidstone its a very rural location, you may be best off camping. Also try the Ramada Jarvis thats not far.

Veej said:

DaveT said:

KeithyT said:

Yes. Prince is also doing the tombola draw at 3pm. Then judging the motorcycle display team competition. As part payment, he can have as much free chutney as he wants.

Hilarious...one of the funniest comments I've seen on here!

TheEnglishGent said:

DaveT said:

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

Met my now wife at the O2 show on the 6th September. Both looking forward to out first married concert. Did go back to the O2 to see pink but that was before the wedding.

Wow!! You actually met your wife at a Prince show? That's superb...you're gonna have to tell us the rest of the story now! What happened?

Joyinrepatition said:

DoffieParker said:

oooohh! funky hop farm!.. all the critics love u in.. kent!!

has anyone tried printing their tix yet? can't seem to do mine

yeah printed mine, took a few minutes somehow for it to kick in, or is that just me?

cool, i'll have another go

it worked ok! edit

[Edited 5/19/11 3:56am]

TheEnglishGent said:

DaveT said:

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

Met my now wife at the O2 show on the 6th September. Both looking forward to out first married concert. Did go back to the O2 to see pink but that was before the wedding.

Holy shit thats pretty cool man, pretty gay for me to be picking up on this but still I bet my missus will be a little bit more impressed by Prince now for that have a wicked time dude

Ellie said:

Some shitty Madonna concert I went to in 2003 (never again) had a £25 booking fee. I think it's a percentage of the ticket price as I suppose the ticket companies need to make some money. I think Ticketmaster were forced to incorporate the booking fees in the advertised prices so not to surprise you at the end. I do however begrudge paying £2 for a PDF printable ticket. It costs them absolutely nothing to send that by e-mail. Most e-tickets are free.

i know!.. £2 to print your own?!!! cheeky gits

KeithyT said:

Yes. Prince is also doing the tombola draw at 3pm. Then judging the motorcycle display team competition. As part payment, he can have as much free chutney as he wants.

TheEnglishGent said:

DaveT said:

That's weird as the last Prince show I went to (final night and aftershow at O2) was the last show I saw before I got married....in fact it was an unofficial stag do as we flew to the States the following week to get married out there! One of my last nights of "freedom" was spent with his Purpleness...good memories!

Met my now wife at the O2 show on the 6th September. Both looking forward to out first married concert. Did go back to the O2 to see pink but that was before the wedding.

DaveT said:

TheEnglishGent said:

DaveT said:

Wow!! You actually met your wife at a Prince show? That's superb...you're gonna have to tell us the rest of the story now! What happened?

we met at one of the org meets on the 6th about 6 of us met up. Met up again on the 16th and 21st. Anyway, the short version is that we were in relationships that were not great, split up, got together, lived happily ever after. Our .org baby is expected on the 24th October.

awww! lovely story, congrats!

Ellie said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Met my now wife at the O2 show on the 6th September. Both looking forward to out first married concert. Did go back to the O2 to see pink but that was before the wedding.

Excellent. That was one of my favourite nights too, especially the aftershow.

Yes, great aftershow, still rock the boot of that one from time to time. That was the night Prince proclaimed it was' the summer that changed everything'. It certainly was for the wife and I!

TheEnglishGent said:

DaveT said:

Wow!! You actually met your wife at a Prince show? That's superb...you're gonna have to tell us the rest of the story now! What happened?

we met at one of the org meets on the 6th about 6 of us met up. Met up again on the 16th and 21st. Anyway, the short version is that we were in relationships that were not great, split up, got together, lived happily ever after. Our .org baby is expected on the 24th October.

Wow, I was with you at the bar on the 21st. Never realised that there was Purple chemistry going on.

Hope you didn't hide the bone at the aftershow