Secret Sisters gig in leeds, this Tuesday

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Seriously considering this one ;)

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Padstar wrote:Seriously considering this one ;)

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Well there's at least one person going who can play the intro to FALAA correctly then :lol:
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snowey wrote:
Padstar wrote:Seriously considering this one ;)

Paddy.
Well there's at least one person going who can play the intro to FALAA correctly then :lol:
You can make that two people if I can twist my father's arm further ;)

Not that I bothered learning any of it past the intro :P
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Francis wrote:
TheBoyNextDoor wrote:I expect a review of the gig late tuesday night. 8)
You can have it now:

Having been drinking since 2pm, by the time the band came on, we couldn't give a sh!t whether we could see or hear them anyway.
Haha great! Just steal/take a setlist then, ok? That's the only thing of importance, not your hazy memories from the bottom of your glass.
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Scardwel wrote:When they last played Jospeh's Well a queue began to form outside well before lunchtime...
um, bollocks. :!: quote]

Quite. Must have been a different gig from what I remember.

Anyway, hope to see you all there - I'll be the Grant Mitchell lookalike hanging around with Lex.

Maybe even in a Leeds shirt, just for you FFS :wink:
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i'll be wearing my "bux special" teeshirt with the $ symbol on :D
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Scardwel wrote:When they last played Jospeh's Well a queue began to form outside well before lunchtime, and sometime during the afternoon some tickets (100?) were handed out by one of the Sisters personel IIRC.
RicheyJames and I got there at about 2pm in 1997 and it was empty but cannot remember much more than that although that did guarantee us tickets from a barman. Everyone else started turing up in numbers after 5pm and most still got in. Anyway I'll be there for early tomorrow.

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Aw hell, might even try and get out of work early with the peeps thats gonna be there :)

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Dad's seriously considering letting me go if I can work out how to get there and back. Any others taking the Transpennine Express tomorrow?

Looks like it's going to be a long day of train rides ;D
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Motz wrote:Dad's seriously considering letting me go if I can work out how to get there and back. Any others taking the Transpennine Express tomorrow?
I'Il be on the Transpennine Express from York. Aiming to leave work at midday, stick a Sisters shirt on, and hopefully be in Leeds about an hour later.
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Bugger, the dream has been smashed.

I conveniently neglected the fact that I have two parents and that my Mother is not so easygoing :roll:
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harsh :|
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Would you let your 16 year old travel 100 miles to see a gig from which would see him return to Liverpool some time in the early hours?

As disappointing as it is, I have to remember that they are taking me to Tilburg and there is something of a rationale behind the maternal objection.

Looks like my inner Paranoid beat up the inner Goth :lol:
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Motz wrote:Would you let your 16 year old travel 100 miles to see a gig from which would see him return to Liverpool some time in the early hours?

As disappointing as it is, I have to remember that they are taking me to Tilburg and there is something of a rationale behind the maternal objection.

Looks like my inner Paranoid beat up the inner Goth :lol:
all fair points :lol:
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Motz wrote:Bugger, the dream has been smashed.

I conveniently neglected the fact that I have two parents and that my Mother is not so easygoing :roll:
If it's any consolation...

After discovering the Sisters aged 15 (in 1985) I then found out the bastards had effectively split up only months before. Then they kept me waiting until November 1990 - a full five years later - until they played at Wembley Arena where I first actually saw them.

And I had to sleep on Paddington Station overnight after the gig, fending off the unwanted attentions of a number of dirty old men. :urff:
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I'Il be on the Transpennine Express from York. Aiming to leave work at midday, stick a Sisters shirt on, and hopefully be in Leeds about an hour later.
Mrs Snowey says shes not going unless the rock pants make an apperance. :lol: :innocent:
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I've yet to ask my parents.

Maybe I could catch a train up to Leeds, see the gig and comeback. If my parents ask me where I've been I can just say I was out getting the paper.

It worked before... kinda. :innocent:
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Motz wrote:I could try that excuse, but I don't think they've ever seen me enthusiastic about getting a paper ;)
Well if you do use it, make sure you don't come home drunk.

I could catch a train up there, but if I can't find a place to stay overnight my mum will defiantly say no.
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Anybody know what time the last train from Leeds to Liverpool is?
I no longer get very wrought up over the liminals

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Time off agreed by my boss. After much p!ss-taking.

I think I'll wear my PRWY T-shirt. Or maybe the 16-2-91 one.

I'll be the one in black (I can't believe no-one's done that yet)

Looking forward to meeting those of you I haven't already met. ;D

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jay wrote:Anybody know what time the last train from Leeds to Liverpool is?
clicky

leeds to liverpool -

tuesday night:
Depart 21:38
Arrive 00:17

wed morning:
Depart 02:49
Arrive 05:27

that looks to be about it :|

are there any other trains from manc piccadily to liverpool? other than the leeds-manc-liverpool one? you might be able to get to manc a bit later than that... :?:
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What time does the gig start? The earliest I can reach Leeds is 8:00 in the evening.
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Confirmed. :wink:

I'll be in my lovely Overbombing shirt, methinks. Black, definitely - well said MF. Quietly, ravingly, excited.
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Thanks Quiff Boy.
I am so looking forward to this.
I haven't seen The Sisters since first Wembley gig in 1990.
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