Manics on BBC Master Tapes 19th September

[Takk]

Official Tweet: James, Nicky & Sean with be on @BBCRadio4 Mastertapes 19th Sept talking about the Holy Bible. Apply for free tickets http://tinyurl.com/oupq49k

Looks like you put your name on a list for free tickets and they issue them a couple of weeks before...but they issue too many so you still need to queue to get in?

[franny]

Applied, god knows how I'd get there but nature finds a way.

[MSPKYE]

Originally Posted by franny

Applied, god knows how I'd get there but nature finds a way.

[Nobody]

Applied! Almost didn't considering the terms and conditions on having a ticket doesn't guarantee entrance...

[Takk]

a train?

[hummingbird]

I'll watch it from the comfort of my armchair

[Marwood]

I applied, though I've applied for dozens of these sort of things relating to the Manics and I've never gotten tickets before.

Really interested to see which tracks they play. If it's a selection from the same five or six they've been playing all year then fair enough, but it will make it pretty damn special for me if they play anything else (especially any of the fabled final three I've yet to hear live).

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Have applied, although I've only been lucky twice with BBC recordings and that was for Cabin Pressure and The Armstrong and Miller Show a few years back, so I doubt I'll be successful. I know for some I've applied for before (think the last one was The Killers at Maida Vale), they heavily weighted it in favour of those with London postcodes, which is massively unfair, but I couldn't see anything about that in the T&C's this time, so it might vary from event to event.

The over-subscribing thing is standard practice for BBC recordings as well. It's to ensure they get full audiences, as there will no doubt be some people who don't turn up.

[cricri]

Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

they heavily weighted it in favour of those with London postcodes, which is massively unfair, but I couldn't see anything about that in the T&C's this time, so it might vary from event to event.

Nah, I live in W2 and never won shit

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Originally Posted by cricri

Nah, I live in W2 and never won shit

Boo! They did do it for The Killers' Maida Vale gig, as I remember it being on the BBC site when you applied for tickets and it pissed a lot of non-local fans off, but I couldn't see anything like that for the Manics so it probably doesn't apply.

[Takk]

Do the T&C hint at first come first served in terms of the guest list, or is it just pot luck? I thought it looked like the former, but I've never been to one of these.

[Bobafettish]

Originally Posted by Takk

Do the T&C hint at first come first served in terms of the guest list, or is it just pot luck? I thought it looked like the former, but I've never been to one of these.

Yeah it says arrive early, first come first serve

[Abstract Unknown Girl]

Originally Posted by Takk

Do the T&C hint at first come first served in terms of the guest list, or is it just pot luck? I thought it looked like the former, but I've never been to one of these.

It's complete pot luck whether you get tickets or not. But once you have tickets the earlier you turn up the better, as they do over-subscribe with allocating tickets to ensure a full audience.

[Takk]

Originally Posted by Abstract Unknown Girl

It's complete pot luck whether you get tickets or not. But once you have tickets the earlier you turn up the better, as they do over-subscribe with allocating tickets to ensure a full audience.

Ah, I knew that sounded too good to be true!

[Terminal Young Thing]

Oh good, let's encourage Manics fans to queue, that always ends well.