Your favourite TD concert

[Beaubourg]

No all mate, but quite a few. Not the fault of the band really

And BTW, I share your placement of RFH at the bottom of the list.

I remember the pre-concert fan meet in the hours prior to it. That was certainly the highlight of the evening for me! (hung with the Heiko's, Colin, Billythefish and a few others).

Andy, did we perchance meet then? (And can anyone fill in the blanks who was there?)

I was also at the 2001 SBE show but didn't rendezvous with anyone.

[24db]

No all mate, but quite a few. Not the fault of the band really

And BTW, I share your placement of RFH at the bottom of the list.

I remember the pre-concert fan meet in the hours prior to it. That was certainly the highlight of the evening for me! (hung with the Heiko's, Colin, Billythefish and a few others).

Andy, did we perchance meet then? (And can anyone fill in the blanks who was there?)

I was also at the 2001 SBE show but didn't rendezvous with anyone.

doubt it mate....I only knew one person and that was my mate I came along with, plus I caught Chris Owen for a few minutes before the concert

I've got a very short clip of the bar area...I'll have to post it here:

mind the racket in the background....the DJ called it music (Btw this only covers about half the bar area):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeQaDEyzuc

[Beaubourg]

for a laugh and to be a bit more fair I judged all the concerts I've been to against the following catagories (each out of 10):

Music
Selection of Tracks
Comfort of the Venue
Sound quality
Volume
Lights
Fan meet
After Show meet
Merch Stall selection and availability

gonna have to see which one comes out on top now

the Dominion scored 60 out of 90

hmmm...according to my scale the Zitadelle scores more highly than the Dominion at 61!

As far as the comfort category... I recall the '88 show in Boston/Sommerville... I dragged a few friends along that had never heard of them. When I got my seat in the first row of the balcony (by choice, mind you), I quickly discovered that it was positioned DIRECTLY behind a huge spotlight.

So I stood up and literally picked my friend up by the shoulders and dropped him into my seat (heck, I probably paid for his ticket anyway)!

Most comfortable - front row balcony of the '86 Providence show.

Least comfortable - SBE '01. Standing at stage front with my feet aching beyond belief.

[Beaubourg]

No all mate, but quite a few. Not the fault of the band really

And BTW, I share your placement of RFH at the bottom of the list.

I remember the pre-concert fan meet in the hours prior to it. That was certainly the highlight of the evening for me! (hung with the Heiko's, Colin, Billythefish and a few others).

Andy, did we perchance meet then? (And can anyone fill in the blanks who was there?)

I was also at the 2001 SBE show but didn't rendezvous with anyone.

doubt it mate....I only knew one person and that was my mate I came along with, plus I caught Chris Owen for a minutes before the concert

I've got a very short clip of the bar area...I'll have to post it here:

mind the racket in the background....the DJ called it music (Btw this only covers about half the bar area):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdeQaDEyzuc

I believe the fan meet was at a place called "A Call to Arms" or something like that.

And yes, the RFH bar area was quite nice. Big - and they had some nice limited prints of Bianca's work for sale as well (and after the show, we hung w/ Jerome. Edgar was busy with the press at the time.)

[24db]

for a laugh and to be a bit more fair I judged all the concerts I've been to against the following catagories (each out of 10):

Music
Selection of Tracks
Comfort of the Venue
Sound quality
Volume
Lights
Fan meet
After Show meet
Merch Stall selection and availability

gonna have to see which one comes out on top now

the Dominion scored 60 out of 90

hmmm...according to my scale the Zitadelle scores more highly than the Dominion at 61!

As far as the comfort category... I recall the '88 show in Boston/Sommerville... I dragged a few friends along that had never heard of them. When I got my seat in the first row of the balcony (by choice, mind you), I quickly discovered that it was positioned DIRECTLY behind a huge spotlight.

So I stood up and literally picked my friend up by the shoulders and dropped him into my seat (heck, I probably paid for his ticket anyway)!

Most comfortable - front row balcony of the '86 Providence show.

Least comfortable - SBE '01. Standing at stage front with my feet aching beyond belief.

the Astoria 03 was the last gig my back told me (standing wise) luckily Colin told me to lean on the barrier in Edinburgh last year and it was brilliant...really got into the music.

[bigmoog]

Bigm00g's favourite tangerine dream concert:

the next one.



RFH2004 was memorable, for meeting Jimmy Somerville in the restaurant before the gig and her indoors complaining.

[Chris Monk]

Here's a list of my gigs. Can't really put them in any 'goodness' order though.

1996 Shepherd's Bush Empire
1997 Nottingham
1997 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2001 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2003 Astoria
2004 Royal Festival Hall
2005 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2007 Astoria
2008 Eindhoven
2008 Forum
2008 Edinburgh
2009 Northeim
2009 Berlin

2010 Paris
2010 Albert Hall

goodness! go on give it a try. Btw I nearly fell off my chair when Ed told me he'd been to 40 odd TD gigs...which was even more surprising as I was standing up at the time

Come on ED...it's time to list them mate!

For a few moments there I thought you meant Edgar.

[Hyperboreauk]

No all mate, but quite a few. Not the fault of the band really

And BTW, I share your placement of RFH at the bottom of the list.

I remember the pre-concert fan meet in the hours prior to it. That was certainly the highlight of the evening for me! (hung with the Heiko's, Colin, Billythefish and a few others).

Andy, did we perchance meet then? (And can anyone fill in the blanks who was there?)

I was also at the 2001 SBE show but didn't rendezvous with anyone.

I was at the RFH fan meet with Colin as usual

[24db]

All excellent of course:

1# London RFH 2004 (a special day)
2# Edinburgh 2008
3# London SBE 2005
4# Glasgow Apollo 1978
5# Glasgow Apollo 1980
6# Glasgow Apollo 1982
7# Glasgow RCH 1997
8# Manchester Apollo 1981

nice to see a gig from 1978 on that list

[al-chemist]

Reichstag Berlin August 1987 !
My first TD concert: Fantastic and free ...

Already with a lasershow, but that was a bit less 'sophisticated' than today

[EDWEIRDO]

Here's a list of my gigs. Can't really put them in any 'goodness' order though.

1996 Shepherd's Bush Empire
1997 Nottingham
1997 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2001 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2003 Astoria
2004 Royal Festival Hall
2005 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2007 Astoria
2008 Eindhoven
2008 Forum
2008 Edinburgh
2009 Northeim
2009 Berlin

2010 Paris
2010 Albert Hall

goodness! go on give it a try. Btw I nearly fell off my chair when Ed told me he'd been to 40 odd TD gigs...which was even more surprising as I was standing up at the time

Come on ED...it's time to list them mate!

Question is...was I standing at the time?? 40 seems a tad high on reflection.

If I ever get the time, I shall try to recall my attendance record. Sadly, having the worst memory in Christendom doesn't help

[24db]

Here's a list of my gigs. Can't really put them in any 'goodness' order though.

1996 Shepherd's Bush Empire
1997 Nottingham
1997 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2001 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2003 Astoria
2004 Royal Festival Hall
2005 Shepherd's Bush Empire
2007 Astoria
2008 Eindhoven
2008 Forum
2008 Edinburgh
2009 Northeim
2009 Berlin

2010 Paris
2010 Albert Hall

goodness! go on give it a try. Btw I nearly fell off my chair when Ed told me he'd been to 40 odd TD gigs...which was even more surprising as I was standing up at the time

Come on ED...it's time to list them mate!

Question is...was I standing at the time?? 40 seems a tad high on reflection.

If I ever get the time, I shall try to recall my attendance record. Sadly, having the worst memory in Christendom doesn't help

Ah...are you saying that it wasn't 40 afterall? Come on Ed, it's TD mate, not pints of beer or square sausage , you should be able to remember one or two at least Mac I'll forgive, perhaps he has been at 140 and slept through some of them

[EDWEIRDO]

goodness! go on give it a try. Btw I nearly fell off my chair when Ed told me he'd been to 40 odd TD gigs...which was even more surprising as I was standing up at the time

Come on ED...it's time to list them mate!

Question is...was I standing at the time?? 40 seems a tad high on reflection.

If I ever get the time, I shall try to recall my attendance record. Sadly, having the worst memory in Christendom doesn't help

Ah...are you saying that it wasn't 40 afterall? Come on Ed, it's TD mate, not pints of beer or square sausage , you should be able to remember one or two at least Mac I'll forgive, perhaps he has been at 140 and slept through some of them

Had to c.h.e.a.t. a bit by looking up old tour dates, but as you will expect, rather less than 40 !! There may be a few more than this, but this is the best I can recall:

1981 Glasgow Apollo
1982 Glasgow Apollo
1986 Edinburgh Playhouse
1986 Bradford St George's Hall
1986 Harrogate
1986 ( I think) Preston
1990 Edinburgh Playhouse
1990 Hammersmith Odeon
1996 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
1997 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
2001 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
2003 London Astoria
2004 London Royal Festival Hall
2005 London Shepherd's Bush Empire
2006 Berlin Tempodrom
2007 London Astoria
2007 Frankfurt Alte Oper
2008 Eindhoven Tu
2008 Edinburgh Picture House
2009 Berlin Zitadel

ps - whilst looking through some old tour programmes, I found an Owners Manual for a Roland JX-3P. If anyone wants it (free) send me a message.

pps - also found this snippet about The Sisters Of Mercy pre concert music from 1999:

http://tours.tsom.org/1999ttpe/setlists.htm

[bigdaveh]

I'm not good at remembering gig me but some i remember are

Reichstag 29-08-81
2008 Eindhoven
Paris Olympia 86 was it? 2 shows
did 10 dates in the UK 86
Hammersmith 26.10.90
Manchester Apollo 8.11.80
Hammersmith tues 26 Oct don't know the year
Shepherds bush 30.11
Shepherds bush 12. 5. ?
Shepherds bush 11.6.05
Birmingham Symphony hall 3.11.97
Berlin Tempodrom 06
Forum 08
there are more but can't remember them

[24db]

I'm not good at remembering gig me but some i remember are

Reichstag 29-08-81
2008 Eindhoven
Paris Olympia 86 was it? 2 shows
did 10 dates in the UK 86
Hammersmith 26.10.90
Manchester Apollo 8.11.80
Hammersmith tues 26 Oct don't know the year
Shepherds bush 30.11
Shepherds bush 12. 5. ?
Shepherds bush 11.6.05
Birmingham Symphony hall 3.11.97
Berlin Tempodrom 06
Forum 08
there are more but can't remember them

Impressive list mate. Yes there was two concerts at the Olympia in 1986

...and frankly 10 dates from a single tour is showing off!