So, whose doing NMA at Nottingham Rockers on Friday 12 Dec?

[Master Ray]

Ticket and hotel booked, hoping I might see some faces / posters from this fine Forum there, that Christmas trip to Nottingham is something I've always looked forward to after SO many fine previous shows, hugely missed it last year!

 

[ruckedout]

I will make an appearance. Been a while since I have been to a gig.

[Master Ray]

I will make an appearance. Been a while since I have been to a gig.

I'll keep an eye out for you, Sir! 

[Master Ray]

So... only me and ruckedout?   

[Anna Woman von NRW]

Apparently so,  Wouldnt catch me back on Plague Island unless i had no other choice 

[ruckedout]

At least there will be a shorter queue, MR.....

[Master Ray]

Any update?  C'mon, Shush, surely you and your good lady are turning up?  Is there gonna be a pre-gig meet or an aftershow?  Seems like it's another hot and sweaty sold out show.

Although I have to say... the last couple of NMA shows I've attended have been a little odd in terms of recognizing old faces.  I'm not talking about people I know through this fine Forum, more so the people I don't know but who I have seen time and time again in what must be, for me, over a hundred NMA gigs over the decades.  Is it just that some of the old fans are just not coming along anymore, they're just a bit too old and ache-y to manage it anymore?

Whatever... I look forward to endlessly queueing up in the freezing cold and usually pouring rain that a gig at Rockers in December will doubtlessly entail and, when we all finally get into the venue, the whole place smells like a wet dog...    

[Master Ray]

So I'm guessing that seeing as most of the OG NMA Forum (pretty sure that 'OG' is something da kidz say nowadays) are absent from this Forum and may not be coming to the show or even be following the band anymore... there's no pre-gig meet or aftershow planned?   

[REC29]

Any update?  C'mon, Shush, surely you and your good lady are turning up?  Is there gonna be a pre-gig meet or an aftershow?  Seems like it's another hot and sweaty sold out show.

Although I have to say... the last couple of NMA shows I've attended have been a little odd in terms of recognizing old faces.  I'm not talking about people I know through this fine Forum, more so the people I don't know but who I have seen time and time again in what must be, for me, over a hundred NMA gigs over the decades.  Is it just that some of the old fans are just not coming along anymore, they're just a bit too old and ache-y to manage it anymore?

Whatever... I look forward to endlessly queueing up in the freezing cold and usually pouring rain that a gig at Rockers in December will doubtlessly entail and, when we all finally get into the venue, the whole place smells like a wet dog...    

I'll be there, but I don't actually know anybody off the forum in real life. Possibly because I'm an antisocial git and don't go drinking before/after. But I'll be there.

[daveworthington]

yep, ticket in hand, hotel booked. in the tap for an hour before and after. looking forward to another great night.

[Master Ray]

yep, ticket in hand, hotel booked. in the tap for an hour before and after. looking forward to another great night.

You can get physical tickets, like paper / cardboard ones, anymore?  I miss those days, mainly because I sometimes struggle to figure out how to download them or retrieve them from that annoying rectangle I call a Smartphone... I think it's called 'getting old'... 

(OK, I appreciate it was a metaphor....  )

[Master Ray]

A thought... according to the Rock City website, doors are open at 6.30 as opposed to 6.00 as had been the custom as long as I've been going to these Christmas shows.  Now taking into account that's there's a club night starting at 10 does this mean that this year it's going to be a single set as opposed to the traditional two set thing?  No problem if so, I'm delighted to get anything the band are going to offer us, but was just wondering..?   

[Master Ray]

Last call?  Whose showing up on Friday?

[jc]

Aye, please come and say hello.

Cheers

jc

[Master Ray]

 

Aye, please come and say hello.

Cheers

jc

jc, I think I did see you at the gig from a distance (were you on someone's shoulders for 'Fate'?) but did wander around in the intermission and after the show but couldn't catch up with you. 

Anyway, what a gig, a terrific setlist spanning the decades with the usual couple of surprises and plenty of the classics that got the crowd going.  Justin said that they'd be back next year and I will most certainly be there...  it ain't Christmas unless NMA play Rockers!   

Although something that really pissed me off about Rockers this year... the relentless and awful Aircon!  I was in my usual vantage point of choice (up front but somewhat to the side seeing as I can't do moshpits these days!) and the constant and hard artificial gust... it was awful , I appreciate that venues don't want people passing out when it gets a bit hot and heavy but I had to move far further to the back of the venue than I would have liked just to stop shivering! 

I wish I'd seen more faces from the old days but it seems like they're not around these days... didn't even see Shush who I thought would have been there....