EllasFella said:

Come on oh talented one, it's been 16 years already!! He keeps skirting around every other European country & still us Scots shall wait.... And wait.... We r free anytime from 1st Aug till the 4th (seeing as ur not busy then) We'll even throw in a tin of shortbread & a vegetarian haggis if u come!

Not sure if that's going to entice him....

You just want to see him cover Mull of Kintyre with full pipe band backing.

he's playing in the UK this sunday and tickets are available. loads of people from scotland will be there. you can tell as they will be wearing check skirts

hear hear!!! been far too long since those funky days at the secc! and unique skipping the que! ha ha great days great memories, i was 14 god am gettin auld

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Ive been front row with Unique a couple of times with those fantastic queue jumping skills.

I know you don't want to, but that's why you go to England.

Prince playing Scotland is the only time I will ever see him again, unless he plays much more challenging setlists and much smaller venues in England, then I will travel again.

802 said:

I know you don't want to, but that's why you go to England.

Don't want to what?

apart from huge countries he only usually plays in one town when he comes over these days. there is no need for him to move tons of gear and umpteen people. he sells out gigs anyways. if people want to see him they just need to go to the gig. there are plenty of flights and trains from scotland to london. folks in american spend more time travelling to see him out of town than we do going to london

unique said:

apart from huge countries he only usually plays in one town when he comes over these days. there is no need for him to move tons of gear and umpteen people. he sells out gigs anyways. if people want to see him they just need to go to the gig. there are plenty of flights and trains from scotland to london. folks in american spend more time travelling to see him out of town than we do going to london

Indeed, an hour (or so) flight, or 4hrs (or so) on the train, it's a piece of piss.

TheDigitalGardener said:

802 said:

I know you don't want to, but that's why you go to England.

Don't want to what?

Not you, the OP

EllasFella said:

I know guys, & if I was 19 again I would be the first to hop on a plane to catch a show. But it's difficult to leave home for any length of time when you have 2 small children to care for. Couldnt abandon my babies for a couple of days, it would break my heart! All new mothers & fathers will know how it is.

Take them with you and tie them up ouside the gig, or leave them in the cloakroom.

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Prince doing a residency in Sauchiehall Street doesn't seem to likely at the moment.

Prince doesn't do the gigs for fun - he plays where promoters make offers.

Don't lobby Prince - lobby local concert promoters- then you'll get him in Scotland.

He could play Meadowbank again then I would just have stagger 100 yards to me flat afterwards.

i've seen prince, radiohead, muse and beck at meadowbank, some fine artists, but it's still a shite venue for music. it's usually pissing down and cold in scotland. glasgow has better venues but it's still pain in the arse to get there and back

at least with london u meet more people and sometimes better people, and you can do loads more things when you are there. it's the only time i go on holiday when it's prince related

if prince did do 21 nites at mad dogs it would just end up being shite anyways

unique said:

i've seen prince, radiohead, muse and beck at meadowbank, some fine artists, but it's still a shite venue for music. it's usually pissing down and cold in scotland. glasgow has better venues but it's still pain in the arse to get there and back

at least with london u meet more people and sometimes better people, and you can do loads more things when you are there. it's the only time i go on holiday when it's prince related

if prince did do 21 nites at mad dogs it would just end up being shite anyways

Aye, Meadowbank is a shite venue, buses in the background and all that tackle.

And these days it is a decaying moss filled toilet for pretend American footballers on a Thursday night.

Much like the rest of that area, minus the American footballers.

i went past meadowbank today on the way back from the prince gig and noticed they've knocked half of meadowbank down and built new shit instead. they kept up all the shitty parts though. the bit you live in is all new too. i like the old tenements, thick walls

actually i met a scottish guy who was down the front at hop park from up here and was talking about you, but couldn't remember the name, so he was gonna get in touch for a pint or something

there was also a security guy from paisley who came and talked to us. a few security from scotland actually. i think the english shit their pants when scottish people talk to them

unique said:

i went past meadowbank today on the way back from the prince gig and noticed they've knocked half of meadowbank down and built new shit instead. they kept up all the shitty parts though. the bit you live in is all new too. i like the old tenements, thick walls

actually i met a scottish guy who was down the front at hop park from up here and was talking about you, but couldn't remember the name, so he was gonna get in touch for a pint or something

there was also a security guy from paisley who came and talked to us. a few security from scotland actually. i think the english shit their pants when scottish people talk to them

Meadowbank House is getting a revamp too.

TheDigitalGardener said:

unique said:

i went past meadowbank today on the way back from the prince gig and noticed they've knocked half of meadowbank down and built new shit instead. they kept up all the shitty parts though. the bit you live in is all new too. i like the old tenements, thick walls

actually i met a scottish guy who was down the front at hop park from up here and was talking about you, but couldn't remember the name, so he was gonna get in touch for a pint or something

there was also a security guy from paisley who came and talked to us. a few security from scotland actually. i think the english shit their pants when scottish people talk to them

Meadowbank House is getting a revamp too.

are they knocking it down and starting again?

unique said:

TheDigitalGardener said:

Meadowbank House is getting a revamp too.

are they knocking it down and starting again?

Just gutting it, adding a new entrance etc, big job.

Meadowbank would be better for gigs if it was a proper closed on all sides stadium, but almost half of the perimiter is just trees and a railing fence, that's why you see buses driving past behind the stage and shit (or at least at the Prince gig you did). Perhaps a proper oval stadium might provide a slightly better sound too.

But what do I know?

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What a gig, maybe the best one I've ever been to or perhaps I'm being swayed by sentiment of it being my first Prince gig. Not sure.

Celtic Park would be an even better venue this time around, the place has almost been rebuilt.

football stadium gigs are shite. i enjoyed that gig though. we went to the tunnel afterwards for the afterparty that didn't happen. half the club was shut off for him. we still had a great night though and hung about outside queen street station for the first train home, about 15 of us