London Astoria

[Billy_Pilgrim]

Whoo-hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

After seeing Jim at that tiny gig in Camden last year, i've been really looking forward to seeing the whole band. It should be a hell of a night. The setlists are looking pretty cool as well. As long as they play The Bear at the Astoria, I'll be a very happy man.

By the way, the Tottenham pub normally gets really busy when there is a gig on at the Astoria. We went there before the 22-20s last year and could hardly move!

[DuDess]

so, I ordered my tickets yesterday. :D hopefully I get them in time. dunno how long the delivery will be  ???, fingers crossed, but 3 weeks will last out..

[Tore]

As i said earlier, i think i got mine in no more then a week. it might have been less, so hopefully you should be allright.

[Billy_Pilgrim]

so, I ordered my tickets yesterday. :D hopefully I get them in time. dunno how long the delivery will be  ???, fingers crossed, but 3 weeks will last out..

I ordered mine the day they went on sale and they arrived just a few days later, so hopefully yours should be with you soon.

[FrankHarrigan]

As vatro mentioned, 3 dudes flying from Croatia to concert. We are deciding which hostel we're gonna take.
We narrowed choices to few, which are located on those locations:

 - 27 Montague Street, Bloomsbury
- 45 Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater
- 229 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PN
- 7-12 Leinster Square, Bayswater W2 4PP
- 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, W1F 7BR
- 24 Ladbroke road, Notting Hill

So, obvious question. Which one is the closest to Astoria?

Thnx for help. See you all at Tottenham pub  ;)

[CC]

As vatro mentioned, 3 dudes flying from Croatia to concert. We are deciding which hostel we're gonna take.
We narrowed choices to few, which are located on those locations:

- 27 Montague Street, Bloomsbury
- 45 Queensborough Terrace, Bayswater
- 229 Great Portland Street, W1W 5PN
- 7-12 Leinster Square, Bayswater W2 4PP
- 12 Sherwood Street, Piccadilly, W1F 7BR
- 24 Ladbroke road, Notting Hill

So, obvious question. Which one is the closest to Astoria?

Thnx for help. See you all at Tottenham pub  ;)

I think the Bloomsbury one will be the closest.
i'm no London expert so someone correct me if i'm wrong.

[dragonboy]

I only know London by a few street names & tube stations, sorry guys  :-[

[SMc55]

CC's right. The Bloomsbury one's the closest. Look at this map. The Astoria is circled, and you can see Montague Street just above the British Museum.
http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&search_result=&db=pc&lang=&keepicon=true&pc=WC2H0EN&advanced=&client=public&addr2

[MMJ_fanatic]

I love the global feel of our glorious forum!

[draz13]

 ;D

I'm the third guy from Croatia and I have a question too.

We (Vatro, Frank and me) are part-time journalists.
Who do we have to ask for a photo acreditation.? I suppose that we will  not be  allowed to take a camera inside the Astoria.

We sent an e- mail to the contact that we found on the Astoria site, but we did not get an answer.

Maybe we must contact the organiser of the concert???

[jOOlZ]

Hey everyone, I'm heading down from Scotland - does that increase the globalisation of our MMJ virtual village?  Was lucky enough to snag a ticket the day before their recent Edinburgh show and while I'm generally quite circumspect about forum gushing, I can honestly say it was as close to a religious experience as I've had!  

Nothing could prepare me for just how powerful Jim's voice was live and despite only beng familiar with Tennesse Fire beforehand it was a breathtaking night for me from start to finish - so refreshing to see a band feed off a great crowd and perform like it really means something to them.

Seeing them for the first time in such a cosy venue felt like a true privilidge, at times during newer songs like Anytime and Wht a wonderful man it felt like witnessing the Who doing Won't Get Fooled Again in my front room!  I also liked the fact that Jim broke a lenghty silence with a joyful welcome and took the opportunity to rap the greedy promoters for the scandalous practice of putting gigs second to club nights which inevitably force an earlier finish  - all too evident in Edinburgh, but elsewhere in the Uk too.

Wasn't Jim James the name of a waco-type cult leader from the 70s?  Truly the messiah is resurrected!

As a Londoner I can confirm that Bloomsbury and Piccadilly are both walkable to Astoria.  

Any word yet re support and expected stage times?

See y'all down the ffront, fingers tightly crossed for Lowdown, Golden, Old Sept Blues, Mahgeetah and the Way That He Sings (possibly the most appropriate songtitle ever?)

Jools Dutch

[FrankHarrigan]

As a Londoner I can confirm that Bloomsbury and Piccadilly are both walkable to Astoria.  

booked hostel yesterday
thnx for help, you forum ppl are great!  :)
17 days...

[SMc55]

;D

I'm the third guy from Croatia and I have a question too.

We (Vatro, Frank and me) are part-time journalists.
Who do we have to ask for a photo acreditation.? I suppose that we will  not be  allowed to take a camera inside the Astoria.

We sent an e- mail to the contact that we found on the Astoria site, but we did not get an answer.

Maybe we must contact the organiser of the concert???

Maybe CC Baxter would know. He takes a lot of pictures at shows. You could send him a message.

[CC]

;D

I'm the third guy from Croatia and I have a question too.

We (Vatro, Frank and me) are part-time journalists.
Who do we have to ask for a photo acreditation.? I suppose that we will  not be  allowed to take a camera inside the Astoria.

We sent an e- mail to the contact that we found on the Astoria site, but we did not get an answer.

Maybe we must contact the organiser of the concert???

have you tried contacting mmj's management?
if not, give that a shot. e-mail can be found on the contact page.

[MarkW]

Two weeks!   8)

[dragonboy]

Yes indeed Sir...

[size=12]TWO WEEKS TO GO!!![/size]

[vatro]

Two weeks to go and I haven't told my boss yet... ;D

[dragonboy]

Hey Vatro, cool avatar!  :)
Give me his number & I'll see what I can do!

[DuDess]

finally I got my tickets, now I'm the happiest dudess in the world  8) I'm so excited, I just can'T hide it...  :) :o ::) :D ;) :o :o :o :o :o :o

[vatro]

Hey Vatro, cool avatar!  :)
Give me his number & I'll see what I can do!

Ah, it's just little ol' me.  ;D Infact, my boss is female and I think she's right in the middle of her period so I don't think it would be wise to call her. Or talk to her. Or anything.  ;D