QuoteMisterDDDD My money would be on a potential NA spring tour, if they come this way again. They have tried several times to get a Jazz Fest show in, including last year. One venue left that I think they are determined to officially play. (JF- April 28 to May 7, 2023) Throw in Vancouver (which they owe a show) + a few Canadian cities.. there's no doubt the demand would be huge, fini
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I very much doubt it. You had a mini tour less than a year ago and the previous mini tour was also in the US! The current tour differs little from last year bar the stage backdrop. It's also several years since they toured twice the same year. It's our turn over this side of the Atlantic now. They were last here 4 years ago. And no tour at all outside North America and Europe sin
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I did Liverpool, London 1, Lyon and Paris, all enjoyed. With no Charlie any more, 4 shows is probably just about right for me. Looking forward to following this on here and hope everyone planning to attend is well aware of the very early 1945 start and turns up early. Band Member Health permitting, I'm expecting them to show up somewhere next year - perhaps South America or Pacific Rim.
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Even as a Scotsman, I have to congratulate England on a well deserved win. And the Women's game in general for raising standards so much in such a short time to deliver an excellent tournament by all accounts. That winning goal celebration was only ever going to earn the Kelly lass a booking and she would have known that fine well the second she peeled her top off but she obviously decided i
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QuoteHairball Mick sounded GREAT in Paris with a 19 song setlist, so he was able to bounce back from Lyon with it's 18 song setlist... Maybe he pushed himself too far in Paris and had a setback, or is saving himself as they quickly approach the finish line...only two more to go! Anyhow, must have been a special show for Mick tonight - his first as a 79 year old! He's incredible.....
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QuoteHairball Down to 18 songs again... Unless the "Happy Birthday to Mick" sing-along counts as part of the setlist .. Well that's a bit mean! Charging a crowd €€€€€€ to see you and then expecting them to sing themselves As previously said, unlike Lyon which was enforced by the extreme conditions, this was planned in advance so someone clearly isn't feeling 100%
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Well at least Keith's been mixing up his set regularly
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QuoteTopi Quotegrzegorz67 QuoteTopi They needed to deal with so many people, so yes, security was a joke really. It was airline security at Hyde Park with a similar sized crowd. But the difference was that Hyde Park opened at noon with people arriving steadily. Yesterday it opened at 5 with a huge number of people waiting to get in all at once. Exactly, too little time to be thorough. Getting
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QuoteIsakSun At how many concerts have you been escorted into the arena? Does it occur at all? They tried to do it in Lyon though it was easy to slink away if given bad dips. I’m fairly sure they did it at the 3 Paris shows in 2017 because dippers were allowed to enter through their own special entrance near the LD desk without having to join the main queue. But it’s definitely the exception
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QuoteTopi They needed to deal with so many people, so yes, security was a joke really. It was airline security at Hyde Park with a similar sized crowd. But the difference was that Hyde Park opened at noon with people arriving steadily. Yesterday it opened at 5 with a huge number of people waiting to get in all at once.
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Anyway aside from the crap venue, poor logistics, abysmal organisation, slow LD pickup, endless queue and 101 other complaints, I thought it was a very good performance, driven along by a resurgent Keith who looks happy, composed and confident, knowing he’s playing as well as he can. Keep it up big man!
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QuoteSister Marie GA single lucky dip for me too, I heard the very good concert, but haven t seen anything. And about the organization how to say… worst one I have ever seen, only one entrance in the middle of the two announced… I could have sold easily my tix between the desk 1 to get my real ticket and the real entrance one hour queeing (again) after… This ruined my experience. Disappointed.
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QuotePaintMonkeyManBlack Closer to 100.000 than 50.000 i bet Not a chance. I estimate a similar crowd to Hyde Park so maybe 60,000. I was at the Malieveld show in The Hague in 1998 with 86,000 and last night was nothing like that.
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GA for me, like nearly everyone else. And thanks to that ridiculous long and slow 1 hour+ queue, I was very limited for viewing spots so went off to the left and got one about 5 or 6 rows back, where I caught the odd glimpse of the band through phones, heads and waving arms. But that’s the luck of the draw. I was Pit B in Lyon after a bit of negotiation by my LD double ups partner. I didn’t see h
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QuoteTopi Yes,stage is closer to #2/Boulogne. But they definitely have things set up at #1 as well. Be careful of horse manure, should you need to walk between Entrance 1 and 2! The asphalt road is closed so you're going to have to walk thru the woods for a fair bit. Thanks for that Topi. Very glad to be wrong! Entrance 2 was very much set up yesterday but I couldn’t see anything at 1 t
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QuoteTopi But grzegorz67, what do you mean by "no entrance facilities" at Entrance 1 (Longchamps)? Yes, obvious contradiction- d’uh . I’m pretty sure that’s where all the staff and contractors enter and also where the shuttles drop off people from Port Maillot. Everyone other than Lucky Dippers will be able to enter at Location 2 on the map. Maybe they’ve set something up for Locatio
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QuoteTopi Wow, so glad I don't have to take transit today. Topi, you and everyone else who is staying locally have made a very good decision. The concert will end at 11.15 - 11.30 and I’m expecting to get back to my place out at Bagnolet (right at the Eastern End of Lines 3 and 9) around 2am with all the crowds and queueing. In fairness to the organisers, they’re doing their best to mak
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I went for a walk around the venue yesterday to check it out and get my bearings. Considering it’s in a major Capital City, it’s an absolutely ridiculously inaccessible place, at least 2 miles from the nearest metro station. Best to use by a mile is Boulogne Jean Jaures. It’s the nearest and involves a 20-25 minute walk through well lit streets to the main entrance to the venue, Entrance 2 on
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If my very rusty French is accurate, according to the event guidance it appears that we’re only allowed to take in empty plastic bottles without lids so security will tip out any water and we have to then refill inside the venue???
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QuoteSister Marie Quotegrzegorz67 I’m staying out at Bagnolet, on Line 3 but also close to Porte de Montreuil on Line 9. It seems that the Metro runs to around 1.40am on Friday and Saturday nights so hopefully I get back okay. Porte d’Auteuil or Jean Juares seems to be best bet. And the weather is expected to be 27c at showtime, a full 10c below the horrendous heat of Lyon. Be careful, their
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Quotegotdablouse Thanks, I didn't realize there was that big of a difference between walking from Line 10 and Line 9, but 10 minutes out of 30 is indeed a large difference ! I’m staying out at Bagnolet, on Line 3 but also close to Porte de Montreuil on Line 9. It seems that the Metro runs to around 1.40am on Friday and Saturday nights so hopefully I get back okay. Porte d’Auteuil or Jean J
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Lucky Dip pickup for Paris starts at 5pm on Saturday, exactly the same time as doors open. There's a good chance they'll let us straight in without having to queue beside the people with normal tickets. That's what they did at all the U Arena shows in 2017 and many who got GA were able to score very good spots as long as they entered immediately.
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QuoteTopi Way to "close the deal", grzegorz67! A la Topi Prague 2018 That night I arrived, collected my tickets and left and the whole time you were still at the desk. I suppose the end justified the means It was my dips we got upgraded - we'd already sold my gig buddy's duds. But the negotiations were all the handiwork of said gig buddy. Lots of smiles, pleading and La
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Quotegotdablouse Quote50AmpFuse New poster, recent lurker here from Detroit! :-) Does anyone have an idea of what the camera policy will be at this Paris show and/or what it's been at previous shows on the tour? I emailed the Hippodrome and haven't heard back. I'm a photographer and I was going to bring a point-and-shoot 35mm camera with a non-detachable lens for crowd pics, e
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Quotecrawdaddy Well done to you Gregor and your Argentinian gig buddy. Ta . The upgrade was all down to him and his persistence. In such awful heat, I’d have been happy with a seat, but not one in the roof! Just Paris left for me now and the worst an LD will be there is GA and the front of GA is decent at most shows. Like many others, I was able to get a single LD there.
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Great show, much enjoyed from Pit B. The band did very well to perform as they did in such trying conditions. I thought Keith was very good though I was worried about how much longer than usual he took to return after the start of Miss You. I noticed Mick and Keith having a chat after JJF, when they presumably made the decision not to play GS. Kudos to the organisers, who I thought did an exce
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I doubled up with another fan who also had LDs. We collected his pair 1st, which were Section 421, right up in the rafters. There were stadium staff there to escort dippers inside so we slink off and sold out dud dips for €20 each. After a wait, we returned to try mine. They were looking out for double dippers because they challenged one woman they recognised. She snatched something from their h
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I find it absolutely unbearably hot here. I went out for an hour, planning to eat but I just got some filled bagels and crisps and things, had a wander and came back to my hotel room. I understand 1 litre water bottles are allowed tonight and not the usual 500ml. Hopefully refills are possible inside otherwise this could be carnage.
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Quoteslewan QuoteStonesfan2146 My statistics for this tour are: Madrid: 400 level, worst seats I ever had Munich: Pit B, but in during Tumbling Dice because of the ticket giveaway taking so long Amsterdam: 119, great seats right at the side of the stage with view of the whole stage and the sidewalks super close Paris next week will be great, no bad seats there at all, I guess we'll a
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I arrived in Lyon about 40 minutes ago. It is pretty hot here already.
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