Feb 2006

scotty · 26 Dec 2005, 22:59

So "Vegas" it is then, I'd love to see the support act

or

aims · 26 Dec 2005, 22:59

Looks like I won't be seeing York University for another couple of years then, grades permitting. Oh well. I've loved them long distance, but Vegas is pushing it.

boudicca · 26 Dec 2005, 23:01

Obviousman wrote:
James Blast wrote:Viva! Las Vegas it is then
way, way outta ma league
and the bastard link didn't show flight prices at over twelve hundred pounds!
avoid
Fly via Brussels, would cost Â£369.90 - Continental, there's a SN flight directly from Glasgow to Brussels, and they're reasonably cheap

Yeh, but you have to go via the cesspit of revoltingness that is Glasgow...

Planet Dave · 26 Dec 2005, 23:01

Dark wrote:
Johnny M wrote:
Motz wrote:Very interested John.

Parents probably not so. And I doubt that "Sisters Anniversary Gig" is an "Approved Sporting Activity" or any of the other weak excuses available
Talk to my mate Paul.
Alternatively, if Planet Dave is going, you could be going there to "pick up some medicine".

Do you know what the yanks are like in such matters? For that comment you'll (and I'll) probably be whisked off 'for a chat' if we ever so much as step off a plane over there.

Which fortunately I never plan to do (again).

Unfortunately, I couldn't afford Â£3.69, so Vegas is a bit of a non-starter anyway.

Obviousman · 26 Dec 2005, 23:06

boudicca wrote:
Obviousman wrote:
James Blast wrote:Viva! Las Vegas it is then
way, way outta ma league
and the bastard link didn't show flight prices at over twelve hundred pounds!
avoid
Fly via Brussels, would cost Â£369.90 - Continental, there's a SN flight directly from Glasgow to Brussels, and they're reasonably cheap
Yeh, but you have to go via the cesspit of revoltingness that is Glasgow...

They fly from other places within the UK as well, but I adapted it to the person, you know

Anyway, no way I could possibly afford that, I'm affraid, or I must win the lottery

James Blast · 26 Dec 2005, 23:22

Bunch of ARSE!

I, for one will not be there, up yours E!

canon docre · 26 Dec 2005, 23:27

Who bothers about the support band when you can do this instead?

Look at the display. Am I not the lucky one?

Obviousman · 26 Dec 2005, 23:29

Well, it pays the trip back home, doesn't it

canon docre · 26 Dec 2005, 23:43

Obviousman wrote:Well, it pays the trip back home, doesn't it

Wrong Z! that will be taken care of by the guy I'll foolishly marry in a drive-through wedding chapel whilst completely wasted.

Obviousman · 26 Dec 2005, 23:45

The priest being an Elvis impersonator, I hope?

scotty · 26 Dec 2005, 23:47

Obviousman wrote:

The priest being an Elvis impersonator, I hope?

And just think, if you had waited 'till February, you could have got Eldrich to Marry you

canon docre · 26 Dec 2005, 23:50

scotty wrote:
Obviousman wrote:

The priest being an Elvis impersonator, I hope?
And just think, if you had waited 'till February, you could have got Eldrich to Marry you

I hope to find someone with more change at the Black Jack table.

eastmidswhizzkid · 27 Dec 2005, 00:00

Deviancy wrote:The Sisters in Vegas in February...

Does that not rock?

No. It's BOLLOCKS.

pikkrong · 27 Dec 2005, 00:04

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Deviancy wrote:The Sisters in Vegas in February...

Does that not rock?
No. It's BOLLOCKS.

bloody true.
(am i repeting myself?)

Dan · 27 Dec 2005, 00:40

eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Deviancy wrote:The Sisters in Vegas in February...

Does that not rock?
No. It's BOLLOCKS.

Yeah, it totally rocks! I think the whole thing is hilarious. Knowing Eldritch's perverse sense of humour this is exactly the sort of silly stunt I'd have expected him to do. I can just imagine him now in his white suit, on stage as support act to Barry Manilow in some glitzy Vegas venue, then joining Mr Manilow towards the end of his set for a duet of 'Mandy'.

eastmidswhizzkid · 27 Dec 2005, 00:43

Dan wrote:
eastmidswhizzkid wrote:
Deviancy wrote:The Sisters in Vegas in February...

Does that not rock?
No. It's BOLLOCKS.
Yeah, it totally rocks! I think the whole thing is hilarious. Knowing Eldritch's perverse sense of humour this is exactly the sort of silly stunt I'd have expected him to do. I can just imagine him now in his white suit, on stage as support act to Barry Manilow in some glitzy Vegas venue.

which means i suppose that you can afford to go?

Dan · 27 Dec 2005, 00:46

I have no intention of going. Assuming it isn't a farewell gig I'm sure there'll be others.

eastmidswhizzkid · 27 Dec 2005, 00:51

let's hope so -but why then not do the 25th anniversary here and do vegas some other time? whoever's pay-rolling the gig must be a fan (as someone said over in sisters chat).

Dan · 27 Dec 2005, 00:53

If it's a fan hopefully he's got enough money left over to pay for a DVD release of the gig.

aims · 27 Dec 2005, 00:54

But why would a real fan lure Von away from the place that he knows to be the band's "spiritual home" for such a special occassion as the 25th anniversary? Someone with that amount of money can surely afford a plane ticket to wherever the girls are playing, without thoroughly pissing off a large proportion of their fellow fans

eastmidswhizzkid · 27 Dec 2005, 01:01

Dan wrote:If it's a fan hopefully he's got enough money left over to pay for a DVD release of the gig.

and maybe a world tour to promote the album he's going to finance?

if it's some big rich american fan then it could be more likely than you think.

Dan · 27 Dec 2005, 01:04

Motz wrote:But why would a real fan lure Von away from the place that he knows to be the band's "spiritual home" for such a special occassion as the 25th anniversary? Someone with that amount of money can surely afford a plane ticket to wherever the girls are playing, without thoroughly pissing off a large proportion of their fellow fans

Good point. Maybe it was all Von's idea. Maybe he's having a Christmas joke and maybe it's York after all. Hopefully we'll find out the answers soon enough.

eastmidswhizzkid · 27 Dec 2005, 01:09

Dan wrote:
Motz wrote:But why would a real fan lure Von away from the place that he knows to be the band's "spiritual home" for such a special occassion as the 25th anniversary? Someone with that amount of money can surely afford a plane ticket to wherever the girls are playing, without thoroughly pissing off a large proportion of their fellow fans
Good point. Maybe it was all Von's idea. Maybe he's having a Christmas joke and maybe it's York after all. Hopefully we'll find out the answers soon enough.

i'm still not convinced that it's not a big xmas joke...one that will kill his american fanbase off forever.

aims · 27 Dec 2005, 01:13

That would be great. Seriously.

If I recall correctly, one of the problems with the "new" (mid-90s

) album was distribution in the States. If Von can whittle his fan base down to Europe alone, then maybe it'll be easier for a small independent to put an album out for him?

Obviousman · 27 Dec 2005, 09:36

Motz wrote:That would be great. Seriously.

If I recall correctly, one of the problems with the "new" (mid-90s ) album was distribution in the States. If Von can whittle his fan base down to Europe alone, then maybe it'll be easier for a small independent to put an album out for him?

Do you seriously see him deliberately killing his own fanbase?

Now he's got a weird sense of humour, but I don't see him doing that, see how little of us there's left in Europe already...

I did find the Barry Manilow suggestion very comical though, Mandy instead of Emma/Jolene/... ?