hw3004 said:

Dirtyred said:

Hi all - would be very cool to hang around with a few org folk while we wait for news - I'm travelling down from Newcastle on Friday morning, hotel booked for friday night, waterproofs and boots at the ready for a couple of days queuing! Will be staying at Picadilly Gardens so nice and central.Too damn excited for words, dunno how I'm going to get thru the next 2 days at work!

weather forecast for Friday / Saturday surprisingly decent both days!

TFFT !!!, anyone bringing some wine!!

kunoichi said:

Dirtyred said:

Hi all - would be very cool to hang around with a few org folk while we wait for news - I'm travelling down from Newcastle on Friday morning, hotel booked for friday night, waterproofs and boots at the ready for a couple of days queuing! Will be staying at Picadilly Gardens so nice and central.Too damn excited for words, dunno how I'm going to get thru the next 2 days at work!

I am on the 06.10 out of newcastle. What train are you on?

I'm on the 07:29 - it was half the price of all the others!

PSYMUN said:

Hazza said:

This place is virtually next door:

http://www.brewdog.com/bars/manchester

It's nice in there, not very big tho, then again how many are there going to be meeting up hehe

mikeyaddict said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

PSYMUN said:

It's nice in there, not very big tho, then again how many are there going to be meeting up hehe

I get 5% off in Brewdog bars! Plus be careful what you drink, they have some potent stuff in there but damn enjoyable.

DeadlyGoldfish said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

I get 5% off in Brewdog bars! Plus be careful what you drink, they have some potent stuff in there but damn enjoyable.

Brewdog doesn't open until 12 though.

Closests bar open from 9am i would say might be Yates' or any other weather spoons horrible hangouts.

This is about a Prince gig guys...You all complained you didnt see him in manchester for 12 years so please enjoy these show being sober!! There will be be more than enough drunks who want to get in last minute....

rafael said:

This is about a Prince gig guys...You all complained you didnt see him in manchester for 12 years so please enjoy these show being sober!! There will be be more than enough drunks who want to get in last minute....

rafael said:

rafael said:

This is about a Prince gig guys...You all complained you didnt see him in manchester for 12 years so please enjoy these show being sober!! There will be be more than enough drunks who want to get in last minute....

CHAMPAGNE!!!

rafael said:

This is about a Prince gig guys...You all complained you didnt see him in manchester for 12 years so please enjoy these show being sober!! There will be be more than enough drunks who want to get in last minute....

I'll be on nil by mouth from about 9pm Thursday evening as I have a 42 year old bladder. There's NO WAY I'm drinking...

Hazza said:

rafael said:

This is about a Prince gig guys...You all complained you didnt see him in manchester for 12 years so please enjoy these show being sober!! There will be be more than enough drunks who want to get in last minute....

I'll be on nil by mouth from about 9pm Thursday evening as I have a 42 year old bladder. There's NO WAY I'm drinking...

I think the Manchester gigs are going to be MUCH busier than the London gigs.

It wont just people people from Manchester, or even the North West. It's Cumbria and North Wales, Yorkshire and the North East, and I expect Scotland too (because when did he last play there?)

Even at 2 shows a night... It sounds like for the Entire north of Britan, we've got 2 nights to see the guy or it'll be another 12 years. A venue holding 1200 is big - for a small gig, but not huge.

I saw a tweet from the Albert Hall asking "what would you like to see Prince play" - so it seems almost certain thats the venue people are going to head for. Granted there could be curveball at the last minute but I suspect with only 2 nights given people in Princes camp seem to think the demand is in London. With all due respect to them. I think they're wrong.

Clare said:

Have booked the Holiday Inn Express near MEN for Friday night. Anyone else staying there? Should get to Manchester just after 10am Friday morning so will watch this space for where to be. For anyone who is interested Go Outdoors have camping stools on offer at £2 each. Not sure of the quality but if they last all day I'll be happy.

camping stools..genius idea!..sneak yours in & sit on stage!

Seen a tweet from one of the Granada reports people, apparently they're going to be heading to the venue to interview people!!!

Everyone get looking your best for the cameras! haha!

im going up to Manchester for the weekend now and want to know how to get tickets for the Prince gigs ...any info will be welcome .....thank you

Noodled24 said:

I think the Manchester gigs are going to be MUCH busier than the London gigs.

It wont just people people from Manchester, or even the North West. It's Cumbria and North Wales, Yorkshire and the North East, and I expect Scotland too (because when did he last play there?)

Even at 2 shows a night... It sounds like for the Entire north of Britan, we've got 2 nights to see the guy or it'll be another 12 years. A venue holding 1200 is big - for a small gig, but not huge.

I saw a tweet from the Albert Hall asking "what would you like to see Prince play" - so it seems almost certain thats the venue people are going to head for. Granted there could be curveball at the last minute but I suspect with only 2 nights given people in Princes camp seem to think the demand is in London. With all due respect to them. I think they're wrong.

i doubt it as people can travel all over to london just as they can to manchester and it's a much bigger city. plus the tour was announced as in and around london rather than a uk tour and with all the shows to date being in london, people were travelling 100s of miles to get there. manchester is much smaller than london so there are much less locals to contend with

if you compare the last time he played manchester, he did 2 nights there compared with 3 in london and an aftershow, and the capacity was just 3500 with plenty of notice, tickets sold in advance and all the other stuff. this time it's short notice and at this minute in time punters don't know where it is. so even if he turns up at the salford lads club it'll be far easier to get in than ronnie scotts

So do we think that a few venues are put on alert pending a personal visit from Prince (or someone he really trusts), once he's happy, he likes it etc then they let the details out, or do you think it is all fully planned and they just hold it back to whenever they feel like it?

DeadlyGoldfish said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

So do we think that a few venues are put on alert pending a personal visit from Prince (or someone he really trusts), once he's happy, he likes it etc then they let the details out, or do you think it is all fully planned and they just hold it back to whenever they feel like it?

hmm well they both sound very plausable for Prince but I'd probably say the first one.

The Albert Halls Bolton tweeted this earlier:

"For all those asking, sorry but we still can't comment about #Prince visiting the north this weekend.#PrinceWatch @3RDEYEGIRL"

xbowie said:

im going up to Manchester for the weekend now and want to know how to get tickets for the Prince gigs ...any info will be welcome .....thank you

Follow every venue / promoter / Prince Twitter account, press refresh every 5 minutes, report anything exciting on here...

Just noticed this on ITV.com...

"So we know when they're happening but the big question is where?? It's been confirmed that he will perform at small intimate gigs with a crowd of only 180 people!"

Who confirmed that then!?

Angelsoncrack said:

DeadlyGoldfish said:

Just noticed this on ITV.com...

"So we know when they're happening but the big question is where?? It's been confirmed that he will perform at small intimate gigs with a crowd of only 180 people!"

Who confirmed that then!?

fuck my actual life

180 people??

Angelsoncrack said:

mikeyaddict said:

Angelsoncrack said:

Seen a tweet from one of the Granada reports people, apparently they're going to be heading to the venue to interview people!!!

Everyone get looking your best for the cameras! haha!

Bloody scarf around my face if I'm robbing off work early cha! I'll need a tonebox like in the movie barbarella to change my voice! …as for the Albert hall in bolton - thats like two minutes from where I work , would be amazing if it was there and they just booked the wrong venue! What if they've just booked some bloke called Albert Hall and are going to play actually inside him!

Aye same! I can just get off the bus and be at AH Bolton toot sweet!

How much does Albert Halls Bolton hold? More than 180 people surely!

DeadlyGoldfish said:

Just noticed this on ITV.com...

"So we know when they're happening but the big question is where?? It's been confirmed that he will perform at small intimate gigs with a crowd of only 180 people!"

Who confirmed that then!?

Nothing is confirmed until it comes from Prince's people its a complete non story from ITV, just be patient , If he were playing to 180 people they woudlnt have given a weeks notice for people to travel down and be let down.