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Anyone able to offer any insight/advise for the Villa Park Birmingham show?

With a chance that I will be able to make this one depending on date, I've been looking at hotels train stations etc. hoping to book if/when announced.

Looks like not many hotels very close to stadium.. an industrial area or??
Thanks in advance.

I must admit I am not very familiar with this side of the city.

Off the top of my head I would say the city centre would be the best choice for a hotel.

There are trains from Birmingham grand central ( used to be Birmingham New street) and there are regular trains around every 10 minutes to witton station.

I will ask about hotels at work tomorrow.



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It was posted 1 hour ago on Gérard Drouot Productions FB page (Marseille show)
Tomorrow 10 AM...

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Anyone able to offer any insight/advise for the Villa Park Birmingham show?

With a chance that I will be able to make this one depending on date, I've been looking at hotels train stations etc. hoping to book if/when announced.

Looks like not many hotels very close to stadium.. an industrial area or??
Thanks in advance.

I must admit I am not very familiar with this side of the city.

Off the top of my head I would say the city centre would be the best choice for a hotel.

There are trains from Birmingham grand central ( used to be Birmingham New street) and there are regular trains around every 10 minutes to witton station.

I will ask about hotels at work tomorrow.

It is mainly a combination of residential and industrial area.

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It was posted 1 hour ago on Gérard Drouot Productions FB page (Marseille show)
Tomorrow 10 AM...

But 8am GMT is not 10am CET. Strange.

looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

on the other band: there are already 14 rumored shows…



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looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

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There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

Not always. Europe 2014, for example.

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looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

this was just a five days break…

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Anyone able to offer any insight/advise for the Villa Park Birmingham show?

With a chance that I will be able to make this one depending on date, I've been looking at hotels train stations etc. hoping to book if/when announced.

Looks like not many hotels very close to stadium.. an industrial area or??
Thanks in advance.

I must admit I am not very familiar with this side of the city.

Off the top of my head I would say the city centre would be the best choice for a hotel.

There are trains from Birmingham grand central ( used to be Birmingham New street) and there are regular trains around every 10 minutes to witton station.

I will ask about hotels at work tomorrow.

I very recently (just 1 month ago, approx.) spent a couple of days in Birmingham...

The Aston neighbourhood (where Villa Park is located) is decent, albeit quite dull.
If you are gonna stay there, I'd suggest contacting the Aston Tavern. It's a wonderful bar (though not a late-nighter; closes at 7pm...), in a beautiful building, they have súper & genuinly 'home-made' food (their shepherd's pie is a must), service is 'homey', and the owner told me he's fully refurbishing the top floors, turning the place in into an 'Inn' with ho(s)tel facilities. (He also told me he runs one or two hotels in the city centre, as well as two night clubs ànd a 'titty' bar. So he's got something in store for everyone... )
Dunno if it'll be ready by the Birmingham "No Stopping" date(-s) (as yet unknown)...; but if you really-really want to stay a stone's throw (yup; couldnt resist that one... ;o) from the ground, you'll be happy to know that the Aston Tavern is in walking distance from Villa Park -
in fact: even with loads of beer in y'r system, you'll still be able to reach the ground before anyone can sing "Shidoobee-shattered, shattered (uh-huh) "...!!)

Aston Tavern link

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looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

this was just a five days break…

Wow! Thanks for the sagacious correction! By the way: they could have done a show on October 6, but they didn’t. The same can of course happen this year. Maybe they do this in case a show has to be rescheduled.



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looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

this was just a five days break…

Wow! Thanks for the sagacious correction!

Slewan does have a point, though; these are two breaks of 16 days 'grand total' - there's bound to be some gigs added in that (these) time frame(-s)...

If there is nothing announced for the time between May 25 and June 2, we might get a special (club) show right there. Could be just a break though but a break at the start of a tour does not make sense as they need a few shows to warm up and this time would be even longer if they do a 7-day break right after the first two shows.



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Guess we will get a show in between May 25 and june 2. They wont do a break that soon...
Jeroen



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no poster up on any of Aiken Promotions pages ???

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looking at bv's list there are gaps to fill and two rumored show without a date
gaps are
- 7 days between May 25 (London II) and June 2 (Manchester I), i.e. one show
- 9 days between June 9 (Edinbourgh) and June 19 TWickenham, i.e. one or two shows

the two rumored shows without a date are Southampton and Birmingham

Thus: two rumored shows, but enough time for three shows…

There's always a longer break of a week or so, like between Copenhagen and Dusseldorf 17.

this was just a five days break…

Wow! Thanks for the sagacious correction!

Slewan does have a point, though; these are two breaks of 16 days 'grand total' - there's bound to be some gigs added in that (these) time frame(-s)...

The UK shows that are at the moment rumoured are already too many. If they all will be announced, there will probably be some problems to sell all tickets. - But maybe they wanna do a club concert in London? Or one (more) O2 show? Or a private show?



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Anyone able to offer any insight/advise for the Villa Park Birmingham show?

With a chance that I will be able to make this one depending on date, I've been looking at hotels train stations etc. hoping to book if/when announced.

Looks like not many hotels very close to stadium.. an industrial area or??
Thanks in advance.

I must admit I am not very familiar with this side of the city.

Off the top of my head I would say the city centre would be the best choice for a hotel.

There are trains from Birmingham grand central ( used to be Birmingham New street) and there are regular trains around every 10 minutes to witton station.

I will ask about hotels at work tomorrow.

I very recently (just 1 month ago, approx.) spent a couple of days in Birmingham...

The Aston neighbourhood (where Villa Park is located) is decent, albeit quite dull.
If you are gonna stay there, I'd suggest contacting the Aston Tavern. It's a wonderful bar (though not a late-nighter; closes at 7pm...), in a beautiful building, they have súper & genuinly 'home-made' food (their shepherd's pie is a must), service is 'homey', and the owner told me he's fully refurbishing the top floors, turning the place in into an 'Inn' with ho(s)tel facilities. (He also told me he runs one or two hotels in the city centre, as well as two night clubs ànd a 'titty' bar. So he's got something in store for everyone... )
Dunno if it'll be ready by the Birmingham "No Stopping" date(-s) (as yet unknown)...; but if you really-really want to stay a stone's throw (yup; couldnt resist that one... ;o) from the ground, you'll be happy to know that the Aston Tavern is in walking distance from Villa Park -
in fact: even with loads of beer in y'r system, you'll still be able to reach the ground before anyone can sing "Shidoobee-shattered, shattered (uh-huh) "...!!)

Aston Tavern link

Thanks to all for the info!
Will definitely check out the sheperds pie.. much appreciated !

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It was posted 1 hour ago on Gérard Drouot Productions FB page (Marseille show)
Tomorrow 10 AM...

But 8am GMT is not 10am CET. Strange.

rectifié 09h !!!
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Regards hotels in cities in the upcoming Stones UK tour.
www.easyhotel.com has cheap small rooms in most of the cites they are playing.
London, Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh etc.
I have stayed in Gloucester Road and Old Street for London gigs.
Some nights price is only £20 a night (best nights are Sundays).
If you were to gamble on the predicted nights Stones are playing
you can still get them cheap as no doubt will go up in price
when dates are confirmed.
www.easyhotel.com....small room with toilet and shower...



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Just booked premier inn rose street for Edinburgh, 120 quid but cancellable up to 9th June

Thinking about the two London shows in May I wonder why the second one is on Friday instead of on Saturday (which might make more sense). Maybe that incidates that the venue is not London stadium but the O2? (London stadium is avialable on Friday as well as on Saturday, but the O2 is only available on Friday)

If the Stones really will play Stuttgart then it could be that their first and last stadium show in Germany would have taken place at the same stadium. They first played at this stadium in 1976:

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If the Stones really will play Stuttgart then it could be that their first and last stadium show in Germany would have taken place at the same stadium. They first played at this stadium in 1976:

Wow, what a setup. The stage is so high and front row is so far away from the stage

Plus, Hock and Adams, it was the loudest concert (Guinness Book of Records).

The o2 is available 30th May and London is the place you are more likely to get a corporate private show, so they have options that week. I think Southampton and Birmingham will be between Manchester and Twickenham.


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Interesting. There's room for at least one show between Edinburgh and Twickenham. And now that Edinburgh is after Manchester, there's room for a midweek show between London #2 and Manchester too.

My guess is Villa Park, Birmingham on June 12 or 13, followed by Cardiff on 16 June. With Southampton squeezed in on May 30.

I don't think there will be a show every 100 miles. 3x London, 2x Manchester, Southampton, Birmingham, Cardiff - that's way too many shows, unless the prices are much lower than usual (which won't happen of course). It's like they had played 11 or 12 shows in Germany last year.

The surprises are Birmingham and Southampton, and a '2nd' show at Old Trafford. But there's such a big population in a small space - someone somewhere has made a judgement that it can work.

I did a drive-by of the digital 'No Stopping' screen next to Manchester Arena last night and have to say, it was exciting...

Would be great for you guys over there, but is it realistic? That's many 100.000 tickets for prices from £100-150 onwards. I don't think they can sell out Manchester twice if they also play in Edinburgh and Birmingham.

Edinburgh is 200 miles North of Manchester and Birmingham 100 Miles South. Manchester has 20 million people within a 2 hour journey of it and Birmingham even more. These 3 cities are without a Stones show in 19, 15 and 45 years respectively. I don’t think it will be any problem at all.

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It was posted 1 hour ago on Gérard Drouot Productions FB page (Marseille show)
Tomorrow 10 AM...

Ugh...ALL GDP shows are notoriously pricey...there's a running joke on another board that GDP = Gavé de Pognon (Tons of Dough).

Can someone suggest a clean and safe London hotel (or area) that would be convenient, more or less, to whatever venue this winds up being in? Thank you.

I can´t find any overlap between rumoured dates and England`s matches in Russia.

I think Mick wants to see England`s lost as he did last Times.

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Could the Stones play Slane Castle again?

No.

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If the Stones really will play Stuttgart then it could be that their first and last stadium show in Germany would have taken place at the same stadium. They first played at this stadium in 1976:

I bailed out of an overcrowded packed people coughing smelly Starbucks yesterday.
How long you think these people stood here waiting for the RS