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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
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I will book rooms at the Travelodge Twickenham near the stadium. You can cancel the room until noon on arrival day
spending the night at Twickenham, Richmond etc when London is so near???
London is dead at night. I think it is easier to travel into the city to see something than travel to the concert. I was at the first O2 concert in 2007 where the Underground closed before most people got out of the arena. And there isn't even an underground station near Twickenham Stadium. So this will be the right choice for me
If you can get accommodation near the venue, eg Twickenham or Richmond, you would really be best advised to do so, asap, unless you can walk to your hotel from Waterloo, which is the London mainline station the train gets in to from Twickenham.
After Stones concert Aug 2003, we walked back to Twickenham station (reasonably close), well organised, mounted police, good crowd control getting us all on to plenty of London bound trains, but all they care about is get you out of Twickenham. 20 minutes on train to Waterloo, all good, but get off train to announcements 'all tube trains have finished for the night'. The taxi Q was half a mile long with no taxis up front. We walked in to central London, deserted, not a London Taxi Cab anywhere. We ended up getting in an unlicensed taxi back to our car on the outskirts of London, this was both very expensive and very dangerous. YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT ON ANY ACCOUNT.
So please, please, book your hotel within walking distance of the concert ground, or walking distance from Waterloo Main Line Station, don't assume there will be transport of any sort to help you out. Yes, there are some 'night buses', and maybe now some 'night tubes', they will not be nice places to be, so take heed and plan ahead, know how you will get from a - b if the public transport and legit taxis have finished for the night.
Staying close to the venue makes so much sense!
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
Why say something like that?
You know what Monsoon,
I am going to try for 2 tickets when they go on sale,
and I might be coming solo.
You should buy my other one!
I'm very sceptical about rumours like this. Maybe only half of them really lead into concerts. And even if the shows are announced it means nothing. How many confirmed Rolling Stones shows were cancelled or rescheduled within the last 20 years? I think 40 at least.
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
First of all you mean HOW (not WHO), and secondly ... what a dumb thing to say !! But to answer your absurd question, MOST rumours have led to actual concerts in the last 20 years, just not 'ridiculous private wishlist type rumours' - like a great many of those that occupy the majority of the 45 pages of this thread to date !!
And who are 'you people' ? FFS !
The formal/official announcement will come soon enough ....
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
Why say something like that?
You know what Monsoon,
I am going to try for 2 tickets when they go on sale,
and I might be coming solo.
You should buy my other one!
I'm very sceptical about rumours like this. Maybe only half of them really lead into concerts. And even if the shows are announced it means nothing. How many confirmed Rolling Stones shows were cancelled or rescheduled within the last 20 years? I think 60 at least.
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MizzAmandaJonez
Is it easy after the show to Uber or Taxi to Heathrow if we stay there?
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FWIW- The Twickenham Marriott which is on the grounds of the stadium has 8 rooms booked on 6/19 but the entire hotel is on hold as of a couple days ago.
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
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I will book rooms at the Travelodge Twickenham near the stadium. You can cancel the room until noon on arrival day
spending the night at Twickenham, Richmond etc when London is so near???
London is dead at night. I think it is easier to travel into the city to see something than travel to the concert. I was at the first O2 concert in 2007 where the Underground closed before most people got out of the arena. And there isn't even an underground station near Twickenham Stadium. So this will be the right choice for me
If you can get accommodation near the venue, eg Twickenham or Richmond, you would really be best advised to do so, asap, unless you can walk to your hotel from Waterloo, which is the London mainline station the train gets in to from Twickenham.
After Stones concert Aug 2003, we walked back to Twickenham station (reasonably close), well organised, mounted police, good crowd control getting us all on to plenty of London bound trains, but all they care about is get you out of Twickenham. 20 minutes on train to Waterloo, all good, but get off train to announcements 'all tube trains have finished for the night'. The taxi Q was half a mile long with no taxis up front. We walked in to central London, deserted, not a London Taxi Cab anywhere. We ended up getting in an unlicensed taxi back to our car on the outskirts of London, this was both very expensive and very dangerous. YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT ON ANY ACCOUNT.
So please, please, book your hotel within walking distance of the concert ground, or walking distance from Waterloo Main Line Station, don't assume there will be transport of any sort to help you out. Yes, there are some 'night buses', and maybe now some 'night tubes', they will not be nice places to be, so take heed and plan ahead, know how you will get from a - b if the public transport and legit taxis have finished for the night.
Staying close to the venue makes so much sense!
Good memory ycagwywpmd!
I also recall getting the train to Waterloo station only to hear that all tube trains had closed for the night, and seeing the nightmare long taxi queue - what a quagmire!
I was with a few other friends and we decided to make the trek back to our hotel up near Russell Square and the British Museum on foot. Luckily it was only about a 40 minute walk through dark and empty London,
but after a long day, suffering through opening band Starsalor, and experiencing a great Stones show from the 10th row, it seemed like it was quite a bit further.
So many memories, but one clear memory I have of that show was seeing a young Matt Lee marching/dancing down the aisle back to his seat during Sympathy.
Glad to read these tour rumours are picking up pace, and hoping it happens for all who want to attend!
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AIKEN PROMOTIONS
Announcement
to be made at a press reception on
Monday 5th February – 2pm
The Minerva Suite, RDS
(Access to the Minerva Suite is via Merrion Road entrance)
Announcement will be made by Peter Aiken
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Healy52003
AIKEN PROMOTIONS
Announcement
to be made at a press reception on
Monday 5th February – 2pm
The Minerva Suite, RDS
(Access to the Minerva Suite is via Merrion Road entrance)
Announcement will be made by Peter Aiken
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The news is expected to be announced by Aiken formally in the media on Friday but Stadium Director Peter McKenna flagged the plans for the application in a notice to residents of the area on Thursday morning.
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Topi
Sheeran doing 3 shows at another venue on the 16th, 18th and 19th and also doing Croke Park in between sounds somewhat strange.
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Nate
This morning Irish bookmaker Paddy Power was offering 16 to 1 that it's the Stones that the license is being applied for.Ed Sheeran was apparently odds on.
For anyone that doesn't understand betting this means that the likelihood is that the license is being applied for an Ed Sheeran concert.
Nate
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Monsoon Ragoon
What do you people do if there's a cancer diagnosis or a palm fall until June? Who many rumours lead to actual concerts in the rumoured town at that very date within the last 20 years?
Just cancel the hotel and get ready to start again.
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35love
Is it a ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ open
because my news headline just read
Dow closes -666 with a red devil face for the caption!