Roma -- 11 April

godgirl · 26 Mar 2006, 15:33

who's going to the spanish and italian gigs?

fractalsister · 27 Mar 2006, 16:30

I'm working in Rome at the moment, so I'll try to attend that gig.

Francis · 27 Mar 2006, 22:50

I keep looking longingly at the Italy gigs, but I've used up all of my credit and more at work. Please don't mention it again. You make a grown man cry.

godgirl · 27 Mar 2006, 22:56

... get another credit card

27 Mar 2006, 23:05

I switched this to a Rome thread (was: "spain and italy") since we did not have one yet. The threads for the Spanish gigs have posts from people going too. (Still no Milan thread, for anyone who wants to start one.)

Francis · 27 Mar 2006, 23:05

Credit cards aren't the problem. Holiday entitlement is. And my christian work ethic won't allow me to throw a sickie.

godgirl · 27 Mar 2006, 23:11

Francis wrote:Credit cards aren't the problem. Holiday entitlement is. And my christian work ethic won't allow me to throw a sickie.

ah, i left the church to assuage my guilt. and have no current job....

it gets harder to get new credit cards when you're not regularly employed though. especially when i left last job after 2 month sickie...

godgirl · 28 Mar 2006, 18:45

anyone got the venue website to work or know stage times for this one?

fractalsister · 28 Mar 2006, 18:50

It says 2100 on my ticket, but that may just be when the venue opens.
Don't know about any opening act for this gig, probably none.

euphoria · 11 Apr 2006, 22:45

So, any recordings yet?

lachert · 12 Apr 2006, 11:01

euphoria wrote:So, any recordings yet?

i've got one from 85 if you're interesting. not so bad at all

12 Apr 2006, 12:39

how was his voice?

fractalsister · 12 Apr 2006, 12:58

He sang a lot more and howled a lot less than usual, which in my opinion was a nice thing for a change, even if I like his usual style as well.

Songs with excessive howling (Flood II, Vision Thing) was absent from setlist.

Sound was really good, with Eldritch's voice clear most of the time.

An incredible I Was Wrong!

Johnny M · 12 Apr 2006, 13:06

Incidentally, for those complaining about the length of the show (wherever), blame your local promoters. There's a full length show price and a shortened length show price. Appears some promoters are going for the cheaper shorter option but still charging the same prices as you would expect to pay for the full version.

Ozpat · 12 Apr 2006, 13:12

fractalsister wrote:He sang a lot more and howled a lot less than usual, which in my opinion was a nice thing for a change, even if I like his usual style as well.

Songs with excessive howling (Flood II, Vision Thing) was absent from setlist.

Sound was really good, with Eldritch's voice clear most of the time.

An incredible I Was Wrong!

Thanks for this review. Clear voice? Great!!!

Ozpat · 12 Apr 2006, 13:13

Johnny M wrote:Incidentally, for those complaining about the length of the show (wherever), blame your local promoters. There's a full length show price and a shortened length show price. Appears some promoters are going for the cheaper shorter option but still charging the same prices as you would expect to pay for the full version.

Very good!

So maybe the complaining about that stops now....

_emma_ · 12 Apr 2006, 14:07

And maybe Germany, Luxembourg and Holland are countries that can afford the longer version.

I hope.

_emma_ · 12 Apr 2006, 14:08

fractalsister wrote:Songs with excessive howling

Johnny M · 12 Apr 2006, 14:20

_emma_ wrote:And maybe Germany, Luxembourg and Holland are countries that can afford the longer version.
I hope.

I would certainly expect full length shows in Germany and Holland.

Luxembourg ..

Ozpat · 12 Apr 2006, 14:22

I expect a full one in Paris. Thousands of fans and Sister Ray as an encore.

Badlander · 12 Apr 2006, 14:24

Johnny M wrote:Incidentally, for those complaining about the length of the show (wherever), blame your local promoters. There's a full length show price and a shortened length show price. Appears some promoters are going for the cheaper shorter option but still charging the same prices as you would expect to pay for the full version.

So it's the ugly bastards that lay hidden in the shadow (aka the promoters) that are to blame, and not our dear

?
Good to know, and something we should tell all those misinformed angry people who think the Sissies are just being lazy.

Let's just hope Paris will be on the bright side.

Johnny M · 12 Apr 2006, 14:32

Badlander wrote:Let's just hope Paris will be on the bright side.

I would expect The Sissies to hit the stage at 10pm, deliver a blinding two hour set before launching into a five hour Sister Ray medley which will take us through to 5am and thereby avoid all those dodgy darkling goff clubs everyone keeps mentioning.

Silence is platinum · 12 Apr 2006, 14:54

a trashing ghostrider d be perfect, the french love
Alan Vega.(at least they did in the 80 s)

(Nice poem Johnny, who s it?)

Johnny M · 12 Apr 2006, 15:28

Silence is platinum wrote:(Nice poem Johnny, who s it?)

Rather than derail check your pms Nikos.

Badlander · 12 Apr 2006, 18:01

Johnny M wrote: I would expect The Sissies to hit the stage at 10pm, deliver a blinding two hour set before launching into a five hour Sister Ray medley which will take us through to 5am and thereby avoid all those dodgy darkling goff clubs everyone keeps mentioning.