Wow, that's amazing. They had to do two nights in Glasgow because of high demand for tickets. They are really starting to get popular but they aren't my cup of tea - they are a bit whiney.
That's a really cool job though, something I'd love to do.
Yeah he has a great time with it though he's frequently exhausted and never really knows what city/country he's in because he only ever really is around the venue, and they all look the same haha.
Oh my god I know..I look at tour schedules and I'm just like...why are they playing the same venue...in 4 different countries? Hahaha...what's the story with that anyway? I mean here in the US its always some crap like "Pepsi Arena" or "First National Bank Center"....stupid crap like that. Is O2 something corporate?
Here in Chicago we're lucky, because Soldier Field is technically a memorial to the fallen soldiers that are from Chicago, so its name can't be changed. And the United Center, another place U2 frequents and my own personal favorite venue, is technically corporate-ized by United Airlines, but "United Center" just sounds so natural and flows off the tongue that you'd never think twice about it. I barely even remember most of the time.
Basically, O2 bought all these venues and renamed them 'O2 Academy'. They are in cities like Glasgow, Newcastle, Birmingham, Oxford, Bournemouth etc. We don't have a O2 venue in Edinbugh, but like I said, there is one in Glasgow. We have an HMV Picture House, a venue which I've been to several times - that venue was bought over by HMV, which is a huge music store company in the UK. There's only a few venues left that are really independent and not owned by some massive company.
Edinburgh doesn't have many great venues unfortunately. We don't have an arena like you would have United Center. If there is a band like Arctic Monkeys or Arcade Fire playing, they will usually play Scottish Exhibition Conference Centre (SECC) which is in Glasgow and is a venue that U2 have played in 5 times. That venue is an arena, I saw MCR and Arctic Monkeys there. Very fucking warm in there, I almost fainted at MCR. It's a shame that we usually have to travel such a while to see a concert. We do have the largest stadium in Scotland (Murrayfield Stadium) which is sometimes used for concerts. But the largest venue after that is Corn Exchange which holds about 3,500 people maybe? I saw You Me At Six there almost exactly a year ago, and that was the last time I was ever at the venue for a concert.
Oh yeah, that. Me and my friend were lucky to get in. I got in without any problems, but when we were about to get our ticket ripped and told to go in, the woman took about 10 seconds to look at my friend's ticket. It was worrying, but ah well, it was a good night in the end
I think You Me At Six are playing in the US next month along with 3 other great bands.
If I were living at home at the time, I'd buy tickets in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, without my car with me at University, I'm just out of reach of most of those smaller type shows. When I live at home, I get to virtually any show however I want to. Just a little harder at school. I do have quite the lineup prepared for 2012 already, though.
January
Trippin' Billies
February
OFF
March
Van Halen
The Black Keys & Arctic Monkeys
April & May
OFF
June
Foster the People
Roger Waters "The Wall"
REO Speedwagon
That is of course tentative to what gets announced...especially for May, my first month home from school. I'm sure I'll see something that month. Feb and April I'll probably stay dry.
Aw fuck man they're at a fantastically small venue on the north side of Chicago called the Beat Kitchen for only TEN DOLLARS, but its on a Wednesday night. No way I can swing getting there by any means.
