2 dates in Leeds 2011

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TheBoyNextDoor wrote:
Methedrone wrote: nah it's 1100 capacity, but even that seems on the generous side.
Stand corrected. Never trust the first 5 hits on google.
It's really small then. Cosy. :lol:
It is quite cosy yeah, basically just a rectangular room. But compared to the o2 & Leeds Uni (both approx 2000 capacity) yeah, smallish. Prob similar size to the Leamington Spa gig. Having said that, there could well have been closer to 1400 at the '91 gig, before all this Health & Safety stuff was introduced.
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Hah, I can't tell how very much I'd like to be there ... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: ...

always dreamed of seeing The Sisters play in Leeds ...
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Being645 wrote:Hah, I can't tell how very much I'd like to be there ... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: ...

always dreamed of seeing The Sisters play in Leeds ...
Then it's time to go for it.
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Being645 wrote:Hah, I can't tell how very much I'd like to be there ... :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: ...

always dreamed of seeing The Sisters play in Leeds ...
It's really not what it was, those days are long gone unfortunately. Sisters gigs in Leeds used to have a certain something about them, but now it's just another date on the calendar, could be anywhere really.
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Methedrone wrote: but now it's just another date on the calendar, could be anywhere really.
That was certainly my impression in 2009, quite disappointing. I'd have loved to visit a gig like York 2001 or Leeds 2005, but these look very much like standard concerts. But who knows?
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apparently ticketmaster are sh*t (who knew! :lol:) so the recommended places to get tickets from are:

http://crashrecords.co.uk/

and

http://www.lunatickets.co.uk/

neither website has tickets listed just yet, but it shouldn't be long.

however, if you really can't wait, give crash a ring and order over the phone - 0113 243 6743 8)
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Methedrone wrote: ... now it's just another date on the calendar, could be anywhere really.
... :eek: ... not for me ...
Ozpat wrote: Then it's time to go for it.
... there seems to be no way around ... :lol: ...
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I might pop down to Crash or Jumbo over the weekend...
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Being645 wrote:
Methedrone wrote: ... now it's just another date on the calendar, could be anywhere really.
... :eek: ... not for me ...

Agreed. Cannot compare with the old days. Sisters in Leeds will/might be the first time. So there will/might be a certain Leeds feeling.
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is it me or has the ticketmaster site gone bonkers?

i'm fairly certain the link TheBoyNextDoor posted didn't say "We’re sorry, but we couldn’t find any events for 'Sisters of Mercy'. Please check your spelling and try again" when i checked this morning.

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I've just managed to get my tickets on Seetickets:
http://www.gigsandtours.com/see/event.a ... suggestion

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Hmmmm... it's my 40th birthday in February.

Hmmmm... :twisted:
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LouLou wrote:is it me or has the ticketmaster site gone bonkers?

i'm fairly certain the link TheBoyNextDoor posted didn't say "We’re sorry, but we couldn’t find any events for 'Sisters of Mercy'. Please check your spelling and try again" when i checked this morning.

:?
It didn't. But now they are gone. They are available elsewhere though, seetickets.com, aloud.com etc.

Did anyone manage to order tickets from Ticketmaster?
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Ozpat wrote:
Being645 wrote:
Methedrone wrote: ... now it's just another date on the calendar, could be anywhere really.
... :eek: ... not for me ...

Agreed. Cannot compare with the old days. Sisters in Leeds will/might be the first time. So there will/might be a certain Leeds feeling.
will be a good rehearsal for the big thingie in Brussel :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: ;D ;D :innocent: :innocent:
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I'm in! :D
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TheBoyNextDoor wrote:
LouLou wrote:is it me or has the ticketmaster site gone bonkers?

i'm fairly certain the link TheBoyNextDoor posted didn't say "We’re sorry, but we couldn’t find any events for 'Sisters of Mercy'. Please check your spelling and try again" when i checked this morning.

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It didn't. But now they are gone. They are available elsewhere though, seetickets.com, aloud.com etc.

Did anyone manage to order tickets from Ticketmaster?
i gather ticketmaster and the gig's promoters were in disagreement about certain aspects of ticketmaster's service. namely them being robbing f**kwits who couldn't sell tickets to a pi$$up in a brewery

hence the recommendations to use crash or lunatickets ;)
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This is likely to become sold out, isn't it, so it would seem wise to buy tickets soonish. :?
And s**t, with my current lousy situation at work (huge changes, probably I'm going to have to look for a new job etc.) I don't know anything at the moment - what time I can book my holidays, what plans to make etc. :evil:
It would be much easier if there was a complete itinerary at the official Sisters site - then I could think it over and figure out a way to make as much as possible and do a convenient itinerary for myself, one that I could present to my current and future employers.
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Being645 wrote:always dreamed of seeing The Sisters play in Leeds ...
I felt that way, too -- since I was a young teenager. In 2003 I went over for both dates and I have to say it lived up to my expectations. For a lot of people, Leeds could indeed be "anywhere else," but if you've always wanted to do it, then do it. I may go over again this time...
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I have it on some authority that these will probably be the only UK dates of the tour.

So get yer tickets quick!
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Maisey wrote:these will probably be the only UK dates of the tour
oh what a shame ;D
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just got a couple of tickets for each night (breadknife doesn't know yet).

My only hope is that it will be as good, if not better, than Leamington and not like the last couple of Leeds outings
I am a glass half full kind of guy after all :)
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Quiff Boy wrote: i gather ticketmaster and the gig's promoters were in disagreement about certain aspects of ticketmaster's service. namely them being robbing f**kwits who couldn't sell tickets to a pi$$up in a brewery

hence the recommendations to use crash or lunatickets ;)
I hear you. ;)
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D
Right in the middle of mid term, thank the gods that work isnt getting in the way of my subcultural experiences!!!

Can't wait to see everyone! :D
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