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Post by Pete Holidai on Sept 13, 2006 14:53:11 GMT
on sale soon
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Post by Pete Holidai on Oct 4, 2006 21:53:31 GMT
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Post by stephenryan on Oct 17, 2006 16:22:28 GMT
What's the toughest ticket in town these days, Springsteen at the Point? Piece of cake. Dylan at the Marquee? - you're taking the micky aren't you. How about the Rads in Whelans? Twice , twice, I've been in to WAV , thinking I'll cut out ticketmaster because I don't like their charges and twice , twice , WAV has refused to sell me a ticket. I even went by a third time but they were closed. First time the "system" was down. This time though Pete, they say the problem is with you guys who haven't agreed pricing with them. Am I the only one who is worried/hopeful that the gig will sell out.
Why my rush to get them? Well apart from the fact that it will be the hottest ticket in town, those of us old enough to have seen the Rads first time out are now old enough to have children of our own , who have to be minded by people like we were 25 years ago, who are in short supply for a Saturday night.
Hi ho , hi ho, it's off to ticketmaster I go.
Stephen
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Post by harryhooper2 on Oct 18, 2006 17:45:57 GMT
WAV .. great idea nuts service. went in today to get stranglers tickets and system was down.
hate paying credit card charges so drove into town specially.
anyone else going?
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Post by johnfoyle on Nov 6, 2006 23:26:05 GMT
I'm going ( of course!) , ticket got via Ticketmaster. Their charges are a pain but a rather hectic work schedule meant I just didn't have the time to indulge WAV's ( potentially) erratic service. I hope it sells well but am also aware that some other very high profile gigs are on that night by , amongst others , The Flaming Lips and The Twilight Singers. After a derth of decent gigs ( excepting a rivetting show by M.Ward last week) there are a load next week. I have tickets for shows by U.S. singer Tim Easton and Venezualan pianist Gabriela Montero . Someone ( Johnny? - I wasn't there ) dropped a poster for the album into my newsagents shop in Ranelagh and it has prominence above the newspaper stand. I added on the poster for the gig today so hopefully that'll help.
I'm enjoying the album , particularly the brasswork on one track - Tell Me Why , I think , very 1960's Showband like.
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Post by harryhooper2 on Nov 18, 2006 14:56:39 GMT
hello out there,
who is all going tonight. bringing a few friends and hoping to pay on the door. should be in whelans bar beforehand - say hello!
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Post by stephenryan on Nov 18, 2006 16:07:31 GMT
I'm going with 4 mates. One is a fan and three are going "what the F*** " are we doing?"
Enjoy!
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Post by johnfoyle on Nov 19, 2006 12:17:02 GMT
Another cracking show by the lads. On a freezing night in Dublin the c.90 minute show (9- 10.20PM) consisted mostly of the new album ,along with a few of the old faves. Minus the brass and the female backing vocals of the studio recording the emphasis was on Pete 'n Phil's spanky guitar interplay , along with heartfelt vocals. Jessie throbbing bass , Johnie's rock solid beat , Steve's swirling keyboards and tambourine and shrieked vocals all contributed to a well paced, confidently delivered outing.
The all important wardrobe details : dark trousers for all were topped by Pete - black t-shirt with Stax logo , Phil - brown suede jacket with tassels gave way to dark shirt gave way to white t-shirt with 'Homeland Security' words, Jessie - black t-shirt with Radiators in yellow letters, Johnnie - dark shirt , Steve - t-shirt covered with cartoon images.
Whelan's was reasonably stuffed with , it seemed mostly older males along with Saturday night drinkers half interested in what was on stage. Two absolutely locked fellas hogged the area in front of Phil's part of the stage. They kept photographing him and getting other people to photo them , extended fingers in front of them etc, and occasionally shouting for' Thousands Are Sailing '. Phil blanked them most of the time but they were irritating . A gaggle of gorgeous foreign girls next to me yapped all the way through the show but still managed to throw shapes at the same time so I didn't mind.
For all kinds of silly reasons I arrived just in time for the lads and had to leave as soon as they finished. I wasn't drinking alcohol so the usual Saturday craziness was painfully clear to see. On the way out I had a quick word with Johnnie , asking him to pass on regards to the rest. He agreed that a bit of trombone in the show would have been great .
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Post by stephenryan on Dec 29, 2006 18:03:25 GMT
In case you haven't seen it - there's a Youtube clip of Television Screen from the gig - link www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2oT-vcyWWI . There's links to 3 others on the main radstv page . Jayz the internet is great. Stephen |
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