As above. I've paid less than £100 for full festivals with decent bars, toilets, ability to park next to your tent (and that's before we get to line-ups). Never-mind a bloody 'upgrade' on a £135 ticket. Anyone considering VIP would be better off using the money to go to a festival in mainland Europe.

Gandalf the Red wrote:They were well going before all your heroes were.

While true, the two times I've seen them (including Beermageddon) they haven't played any songs that pre-dated 2010. Quite strange really.

Joining the Sophie Lancaster Stage line-up on Friday are MESSIAH’S KISS (https://www.facebook.com/MessiahsKiss), featuring former session musicians for Tony Iommi and Saxon. That's an insult of a blurb, former session musician for Saxon? The bassist played a couple of shows as stand-in bassist. I c...

Blake_Porter wrote::lol: stop kidding yourself, they are wyyyyy too good for Bloodstock

More like they're wyyyyy too unpopular for Bloodstock. The crowd was sparse when they played in 2009.

last gig crucified barbara, next FM at bingley next thursday. Bingley!? Almost makes me want to pretend I like namby pamby bollocks like FM just because a band I've heard of is playing near Bradford, haha. Thursday: Tygers of Pan Tang/Avenger/Fist - Newcastle. Surprisingly well attended and Tygers ...

Not particularly worrying. It's common knowledge that she has basically no clue about decent music and is slowly killing a once great British metal institution. It really would be better to abandon ship, I see so many people complain about the line-up all year and still fork out the money to go. If ...

Bumcrack-smellywinkle wrote:The virus gig for Liverpool (3rd july?) was cancelled weeks ago. I think the whole tour bar one london date is cancelled

As far as I know, the Wakefield date is still on.

Actually on topic: I forgot that I had holiday left over from last financial year, so I now have 3 full weeks spare to take off rather than the 1 I thought I had.

VirginInvader wrote:I remember seeing somewhere that they recently played Open the Gates and Crystal Logic in their entirety at some festival in Germany.

Yeah that was Metal Assault back in February, Crystal Logic with Rick Fisher on drums too. It was fantastic, properly fantastic.

VirginInvader wrote:They get sets of like 2 and a half hours plus when they play proper festivals though

They didn't get much over an hour at Muskelrock.

RainbowRising wrote:the owner of the Blyth and Tyne is Ken from Blitzkrieg

Makes a bit more sense now. He must have more money than sense, the place is tiny, can't see how he could possibly turn a profit on this one in such a weird location.

announcing onslaught/exumer and master the same night as speedwolf too, the scene isnt big enough for stuff like this. Are you fucking kidding me!? Fucking fuck. Hadn't seen any dates for that Onslaught thing. Edit: Just googled it. Do the owners of the Blythe & Tyne just fucking hate you guys ...

Blitzkrieg played to a few more (but apparently only got 2 paying punters in Grimsby). maybe they booked a gig the samenight as something else...... :lol: What was that the same night as? Because if you're thinking of the Blyth gig on the first night of Brofest then that was really well attended co...

Tet wrote:I saw Steve Grimmett's Seven Deadly Sins at The Underworld.

Oh fuck that reminds me, I'm think there were 3 people other than my party who went to see Stevey G's Grim Reaper at the Hark 2 Towler in Bury in 2009. I really hope this London gig is considerably better attended than both of the above.

One day I want to turn up to a gig with a band i really like and be the only one there, mosh and headbang to all of the songs, then get drunk with the band :yes: Lifetime ambition. I've been pretty damn close a couple of times. Joey Belladonna played to 7 people in Leeds, and absolutely couldn't be...