Coming to a Venue Near You: On Tour Soon

[DanJennings]

Opeth have just announced a UK tour in November...

8th - Academy, Bristol - UK
9th - Academy, Newcastle - UK
10th - Picture House, Edinburgh - UK
11th - Academy, Manchester - UK
12th - Academy, Birmingham - UK
13th - Brixton Academy, London - UK

I'll be going to the Birmingham gig.
Anyone else going? At the moment, it looks like I'll be going on my own... Opeth scare my missus, and none of my mates like em!

[Tim]

Saw them at High Voltage last year, damn good Might do Bristol

[Tim]

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Royal Festival Hall
12, 13th November 2011

Rickie Lee Jones
Royal Festival Hall
26th November 2011

Tickets via Southbank Centre website, although Alison Krauss looks to be around 50% sold already via Members Priority Booking, general sales start tomorrow at 10.00am. General sales for Rickie Lee Jones on 20th July.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/home

[Tim]

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Royal Festival Hall
12, 13 & 14th November 2011

Extra show added for Monday 14th November. If anyone is interested in seeing Alison, tickets have sold extremely well, so I wouldn't hang about. The first two nights are nearly sold out and the third is going that way too.

[Tim]

Steven Wilson
O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire
Mon 31st Oct 2011

For any SW or Porcupine Tree fans, Steven is performing one date in the UK as part of his solo tour (with a 6 piece band!) for his upcoming double album 'Grace for Drowning'



Tickets here: www.o2shepherdsbushempire.co.uk
Info here: www.gracefordrowning.com

[Barry]

Alison Krauss & Union Station
Royal Festival Hall
12, 13th November 2011

Rickie Lee Jones
Royal Festival Hall
26th November 2011

Tickets via Southbank Centre website, although Alison Krauss looks to be around 50% sold already via Members Priority Booking, general sales start tomorrow at 10.00am. General sales for Rickie Lee Jones on 20th July.

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/home

I have tickets for the Rickie Lee Jones concert at the RFH.

Are there other AoS members going? Perhaps we could meet up for a drink during the interval?

[Tim]

I have tickets for the Rickie Lee Jones concert at the RFH.

Are there other AoS members going? Perhaps we could meet up for a drink during the interval?

Well I'm certainly going Barry

[The Grand Wazoo]

Never mind future gigs, Tim - how'd ya get on tonight?

[Tim]

Never mind future gigs, Tim - how'd ya get on tonight?

No Tailspin Sound was dreadful for the first few songs, hotter than hell in there tonight, so maybe that was why - but after that they really got going, much to the delight of a very appreciative audience. Lot's of fun in there and you would think they had never had a break. Mark was on top form I thought too. Bit of a cock up after the encore as they put the house lights on and people started to leave (including me) but just as I was leaving the hall I looked back and saw a roadie tuning Mark's guitar..... 'they ain't done yet I thought', so turned back and got encore number 2 Great night indeed - loved the new songs. They really looked like they were enjoying themselves too.

[The Grand Wazoo]

The sound at Manchester was really good & they hit the spot right from the off. I wasn't so keen on the Mark Olson +1 support slot, but the main event was brilliant. The new songs worked really well - sounding a bit Byrdsy, I thought. But most importantly, they had that quality that The Jayhawks (& one or two precious few other bands) are able to whistle up seemingly at will - you feel like the songs are a part of your life right from the very first time you hear them.