It looks like I’m not going to see Amenra in Antwerp in July.
I think today is the first day I can book the Eurostar for the dates and that comes to £104 return, which is fine. However a quick look at hotels shows that everything is £750 for three nights and Airbnb is £500 for something shit to £1100 for fairly central 
I don’t know what’s going on but I think I can spend that kind of money better eleswhere.
Also something else I was thinking of going to in Geneva in October turns out to be £400 for a ticket and the reservation form asks if I’ll be taking part in the group Porsche drive to the venue 
It’s something I used to attend in the noughties and was pretty chaotic but I don’t think it’s aimed at the likes of me any more.
Being an old cantankerous bastard it takes a lot to remove my arse from the music room on a Friday evening, especially to traipse into the city. This century I think once every five years is not far off the mark.
These girls were excellent: https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/evngfx
Celtic connections revue…Rhianne Downey, Guy Garvey and some brilliant artists I hadn’t heard of before.supported by Roddy Heart and the lonesome fire and a sixty piece orchestra. Fantastic night
Quite jealous,
Those Celtic Connections gigs are normally great
Just booked John Verity to play in Harrold. 11th July. Tickets on sale shortly.
A friend was very excited about this and boggled when I told him it was just down the road from me. Maybe it’s January ennui but can I be bothered?
Altered States present
The Orb’s Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld – Live in London
with
The Orb LIVE
Addsimeon
DF Tram
Fire In Her Eyes
Liquid Ross
Minali
Sedibus
System 7
Violeta Vicci
Youth
5pm to 3am (yeah, no way), the Orb themselves on at 10pm.
£35. April. I assume this will be in garden bit which is big, there’s no way it would be on the tiny indoor stage.
The Skids at Chalk in Brighton on Saturday, The Absolute Game tour
Could this link help? Search at trivago.de
https://www.trivago.de/en-US/lm?search=200-25141%3Bdr-20260722-20260725%3Bdrs-40%3Brc-1-2
Or Amenra in Amsterdam?
Thank you but perversely the event turned out to be a spanner in the works of the whole year. Since I’ve bitten the bullet and decided to cancel, at least three other events have become possible.
I felt guilty that I was inconveniencing my buddy and forcing him to sell his ticket but it turned out I’d paid for both of us. I told him that if he sold the tickets on the (state monopoly?) resale site he could eat or drink the proceeds but he says he’s looking forward to selecting some vinyl for me 
Also
> €900 for 3 nights in the Radisson? Absolutely do one!
Thanks for the heads up! Booked tickets for the Palladium.
Not Kneecap at Rough Trade East.
Sold out across the board at 10:00:04 
I can’t say I’m surprised.
Launch show in Brighton too
One suspects that that sold out instantaneously as well.
They (their management) play a crafty game. They’re much bigger than any of these venues.
Chalk holds max of 900. I have been to plenty of gigs there.
Resident do many launch shows, normally in their shop, but they use Chalk for the bigger artists (who are doing launch shows).
The Unthanks with the Royal Northern Sinfonia at the the Barbican. That was a bit special.
Much clog dancing. And a song about a pigeon.
That there pigeon’s from my neck o’ the woods! Sadly, all of the houses on that street were demolished in the sixties along with a large number of Tudor pubs, buildings and at least one church during the building of the “ring road” which wasn’t completed until 2004
Back on topic: Mogwai, 15/2, Rock City
