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Old 15-05-2016, 16:21
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For anyone driving in, I just secured parking at Imperial college for £10.20. Pre bookable and no congestion charge the way I'm coming in��. A lot cheaper than four of us getting the train from Stanmore.
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Old 15-05-2016, 16:22
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23-24 songs is the the standard though isn't it?
Exactly. This isn't really a short setlist.
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Old 15-05-2016, 18:43
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EMG is not an easy album to sing in full, probably the 2nd hardest after the Holy Bible. Songs like Design, Everything Must Go, Enola, Removables, Interiors and Elvis contain a lot of shouting. No Manics' album since has not come anywhere close to that aggressive style of singing.

Tomorrow I hope to hear 6-7 songs I haven't heard live after seeing them 19 times over 13 years, that's not bad as far as manics gigs go.
Absolutely agree with this. Yes, second set setlists are not very exciting for "hardcore fans" such as most of us - but what WOULD really satisfy us, honestly? The second set is the icing on the cake, as far as I'm concerned, and I'm not going to complain if it tastes a bit too saccharine. Yes, it would be nice if they dropped hollow phrases such as "rarities" and "so much more" in ads as they give some people completely false hopes (though I think most of us take such terms with a grain of salt, coming from the Manics! ). But they need to sell tickets at the end of they day, don't they? And appeal to more than just 200 or so FDers? Even though the world certainly circles around us (well, me, actually... ).
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Old 15-05-2016, 19:02
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Do all the Arena Standing tickets show 'Door 1 or 11'? I don't pick mine up 'til tomorrow evening but am trying to plan ahead. I just chatted to staff at the venue and they said the ticket would show one of either door 1 or 11, not both.
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Old 15-05-2016, 20:12
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Access into the RAH is easy through any entrance, STD Area is not huge. When you enter you'll feel very close to the stage.

I think the ticket prices don't justify the length of the set nor the 2nd set, I mean true, its typical so it was silly to hype it. I think all tickets should have been no more than £35 -£38
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Old 15-05-2016, 23:45
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Timings, from a RAH tweet:

Editors: 7.30pm
EMG: 8.45pm
Short break
'You won't have heard this in years (if you haven't been to any of our gigs)' set: 8.45pm-ish
Probable end: 10.40 pm

I've got a ticket for Tuesday, rather than this one, but am tempted to pick up one for this one too.

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Old 16-05-2016, 09:37
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Timings, from a RAH tweet:

Editors: 7.30pm
EMG: 8.45pm
Short break
'You won't have heard this in years (if you haven't been to any of our gigs) set: 8.45pm-ish
Probable end: 10.40 pm

I've got a ticket for Tuesday, rather than this one, but am tempted to pick up one for this one too.
My friend still has a spare for tonight.
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Old 16-05-2016, 09:38
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Tempting! How much is it? Is it standing/seating? I'm looking to not pay a hideous amount!

Edit: Just seen your other post; I'm looking to spend a bit less and get a standing ticket, so probably won't take you up on the offer. Thanks anyway!

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Old 16-05-2016, 09:44
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Tempting! How much is it? Is it standing/seating? I'm looking to not pay a hideous amount!
I've got a standing ticket for £35 spare.
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Old 16-05-2016, 10:33
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Tempting! How much is it? Is it standing/seating? I'm looking to not pay a hideous amount!

Edit: Just seen your other post; I'm looking to spend a bit less and get a standing ticket, so probably won't take you up on the offer. Thanks anyway!
Thanks no worries
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Old 16-05-2016, 15:23
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I'm very close to just walking away from this one which I know is a big ol' grump and petty but I'm not feeling this at all.

The set list is very much a no surprises deal (although it will be good to see Tender at least) and having looked at the RAH website I can see why I can't shift my spare ticket.

It's in the nosebleediest of nose bleedy areas with no guarantee of anything approximating a view.
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Old 16-05-2016, 18:23
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We didn't bother queuing for this one, but still made it to 3rd row so happy with that. Although pissed off that the RAH scanned our standing tickets at the wrong door, we were told to go down some stairs then were stopped and told to join the back of the standing queue back outside and get a wristband. Made us look like we were trying to cheat the queue when we weren't and no one said anything to us about needing a wristband when they scanned our tickets! The staff were useless when I was last here in 2009 as well and couldn't decide where we needed to go to to get wristbands then either.

Oh well, in now at least. I do hope they mix the second half up a bit, but I'm not holding out much hope.
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Old 16-05-2016, 18:30
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Same thing nearly happened to us. Thank God the stage is so low. Visually speaking, the RAH is the richist looking venue in London. I just feel so relaxed rather than anxious.
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Old 16-05-2016, 18:55
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Ten years ago I used to defend The Editors against claims of being a poor man's Interpol. It doesn't help my case when know I see them on stage and think they're playing Interpol songs...
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Old 16-05-2016, 19:16
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I'm very close to just walking away from this one which I know is a big ol' grump and petty but I'm not feeling this at all.

The set list is very much a no surprises deal (although it will be good to see Tender at least) and having looked at the RAH website I can see why I can't shift my spare ticket.

It's in the nosebleediest of nose bleedy areas with no guarantee of anything approximating a view.
Feeling better having got a free upgrade to 3rd row seated. Was a nice surprise after being greeted at the door with "I'm not going to lie to you. These are crap tickets "!

It's so empty...There are people here but so many gaps.
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