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General Category => On The Road => Topic started by: eastmidswhizzkid on April 04, 2016, 12:04:07 PM
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as with the lincoln thread: who's going/meet-ups beforehand/ other relevant stuff.
i was toying with travelling to holmfirth after the lincoln gig but a) public transport gets pre-historic after 11pm (especially oop-north) and b)a return to leicester is same as one way so i may as well save on unnecessary accomadation costs.
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does anyone know what time the doors open for picturedrome please :)
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I'm getting there Friday afternoon & staying for the weekend to catch some of the Folk Festival. Camping just up the road. Looking forward to it. The Nook over the road is a nice little pub.
Cheers,
Zen
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The doors are allegedly open at 19.30. Of course, this could all be a complete fabrication so please ingest that pinch of salt ;-)
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thanks :)viv
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The Picturedrome is now sold out!
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NMA do seem to have a habit of selling out gigs a lot over the last couple of years... is it just me or do they seem to be more popular now than they were, say, a decade ago?
Hope everyone enjoys the forthcoming UK gigs, wish I could make it, can't wait for Nov / Dec!
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Good Question that Master Ray re: selling out.....could be a number of factors.....more fans......those fans that may have stayed away for a while to pursue other more pressing matters - family, career....children may have grown up so the parents have more time to pursue former loves.....their children are of an age where they want to know what all that noise was that mum and dad constantly played....the power of the internet and social media...NMA touring on a frequent basis helps and as well as venturing to pastures new they seem to have a good idea of the venues and demographics where they are likely to attract a large crowd - all my amateur musings of course.....
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They do seem to be back on form after a bit of the doldrums in the mid 00s - though many of the venues are often smaller than in years gone by. I was quite surprised to discover the picture dome is only 650 capacity - it always seemed bigger
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Personally, I love the fact that NMA are playing pastures new and smaller venues (Chester last year springs to mind) when they could do the usual tour of boring Academy venues, get an 80% sell out or whatever the numbers are...
I'd just say that the Christmas gigs are usually a sell out, especially Nottingham, so get on it!
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Evening all, just popping in for a quick wave and to say see you tomorrow :)
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Evening all, just popping in for a quick wave and to say see you tomorrow :)
That's right, Sheena, rub it in for those of us who can't make it...
>:(
;D
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Have a brilliant night.
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Evening all, just popping in for a quick wave and to say see you tomorrow :)
That's right, Sheena, rub it in for those of us who can't make it...
>:(
;D
;)
Have a brilliant night.
Thanks Ray, I can't wait :D
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Lucky buggers
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Evening all, just popping in for a quick wave and to say see you tomorrow :)
That's right, Sheena, rub it in for those of us who can't make it...
>:(
;D
;)
Have a brilliant night.
Thanks Ray, I can't wait :D
I expect a full and detailed post-gig report!
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Evening all, just popping in for a quick wave and to say see you tomorrow :)
That's right, Sheena, rub it in for those of us who can't make it...
>:(
;D
;)
Have a brilliant night.
Thanks Ray, I can't wait :D
I expect a full and detailed post-gig report!
Aaaaaaa!Aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrgvgggggtg....can't aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrvgggtgggghhhhhhh...speak....!aaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrggggggggghhhybhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yup, that's how I usually feel after an NMA gig... ;)
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I can string a sentence together again...!
What a fantastic gig! The Picturedrome is a great venue (one of my favourites) and being really small, magnified the intensity, heat and crackle of NMA energy last night - a completely visceral experience. Lovely crowd too; I met some brilliant people and loved being part of the animal again. Can't wait for next time xxx
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hello,does anyone have photos or footage from picturedrome ,i may get to see how some of the bruising happened :D down the front as i always am ,i can honestly say that was one of the roughest times (and theres been a few) there were some really mean people who wanted to push you out of your place,and because i or my daughter didnt give in got our hair pulled ,i got kicked it was lethal at times
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This was my 7th NMA gig 6th different venue and I have to say it's the roughest mosh pit I have seen (observed from a distance). 100% agree with everything Sheena wrote, the Picturedome is a brilliant intimate venue.
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sounds good. what about the set list? :)
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sounds good. what about the set list? :)
http://board.newmodelarmy.org/index.php?topic=9140.msg161055#new
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Forgive my ignorance, how do set lists happen? Do punters have amazing memories, or is someone furiously writing it all down? Or is there something else happening?
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Getting back to the moshpit thing... I mentioned this on previous posts, but it does seem like NMA pits are getting rather crazy these days, certainly more so than they were in the last few years... a couple of friends, particularly at Nottingham, were saying that things were a bit more violent recently. I have to stay out of 'the pit' these days, thanks to my well-documented (and rather boring now) health problems, but I do remember standing by the sound desk at Notts last Christmas, seeing the bouncers being sent into the pit and dragging a bare-chested fella out who seemed to be rather spattered with blood which didn't look like it was his own and he was complaining 'I thought this was a New Model Army gig...' ???
As I said, I'm a stranger to the moshpit these days, so I'm happy to be corrected and mean no offence to anyone. Just commenting on what I've heard from others... ???
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Holmfirth was very "bouncy" but I'm new to this, so no idea how it compares...
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I suppose the moshpit is dependent on a few factors. The size of the venue and the crowd are probably the most important. There can be a fine line between bouncy and maybe a bit ott. 99.9 % of people tend to decent and help pick someone up . Was lucky enough to see nma 3 times last year from the really small venue of Edinburgh liquid rooms to the full on experience of Nottingham rock city with the Newcastle gig being somewhere in the middle size wise, would probably say that Newcastle was the tamest.