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Note: Tickets have now sold out for this event

I am going to this one too! :p

I intend to attend this event. Make sure you all get ready to book your tickets on Friday to avoid disappointment!

If people want to sign up to http://www.livenation.co.uk you can buy tickets for the London show now. I just got mine!!

I hope to be going to this...my first Ev gig ever :eek: Also will be the biggest gig I've ever been to. Didn't think about buying the tickets this early though.. I better start begging, stealing and borrowing :mrgreen:



EDIT: my tickets are ordered! Wow, see you there! *bounces*

Try this link.... Worked for me.

http://www.livenation.co.uk/events/event_info.aspx?rid=207129

I'm totally going to this one! I think I'm ordering the tickets tonight

Thanks for the link to the pre-sale btw :)

I shall be there!

I'm looking forward to it already. XD

I'm pretty angry right now, I went through all the screens for my ticket on livenation, get to the pay screen to find out they don't accept maestro. The only type of card I own.

I just bought a ticket, so I'm off! We're currently having a load of faff because the site doesn't accept Carmen's card. :p
But... I'm all set!

I love the Hammersmith, first time I saw Blink182 was there so I'm glad I get to add another awesome band to my Hammersmith list. :D

Tried the link and logged in but tickets don't appear to be available :(

Can anyone confirm if its still 'live'?

NO! The pre-sale went offline!
I KNEW I should have ordered them when I saw it was up!

Maybe the pre-pre-sale are gone? In which case they'll be up at midnight...that's my hope anyway...

Doh, didn't read the details bit...
Tickets go on general sale Friday 15th September at 9am, but LiveNation members can get early access to tickets from Thursday.

So just sign up and you can buy then tomorrow

does anyone no if they are going to announce more dates or are those two the only dates they are doing over here? i gotta have an operation on the 20th been waiting three years for op. :( :(

Check TicketMaster! They're on-sale for pre-sale now! AND they take maestro, me thinks :P

ticketmaster dont have them up yet for sale or pre-sale! :(

when u book tickets online with a credit card do they mail them to you? or do you pick them up at the door on the night??

any ideas how much tickets are??
and if theres any age limits?

Mine were £22.50 each... I don't know whether they send them to you or what though.

As Bambi said tickets are £22.50 but don't forget ticketmaster charges service charges per ticket(around £3+), processing fees AND postage per order.

As for age limits most apollos generally don't have age limits however, they usually advise that under 14s are seated in the circle and are not standing in the stalls.

thats guys thats a great help

Is it me or do the tickets seem really expensive this time around!? I dont care anyway but I just wanted to point that out.

Yeah I thought it was pretty pricey, mosts gigs are usually about £15.

I'm pretty angry right now, I went through all the screens for my ticket on livenation, get to the pay screen to find out they don't accept maestro. The only type of card I own.

I have just noticed this. I hope you got it sorted but I bought my tickets with my maestro card its the only one I have.

At Hammersmith Apollo it's not uncommon for gig tickets to cost over £20. Sometimes they charge as much as £40 for a ticket BEFORE service charges.

Ticket prices are always slightly higer in London and as you progress through bigger venues the tickets become more and more expensive. Especially when the shows are one-off dates or are part of tours with few dates.

And of course tickets become even more expensive when the ticket sales sites start adding their service fees. Which also increase depending on location and venue size.

Wembley I think was about £25-ish when ev played there a couple of years ago. Can't remember exactly how much though.

How big is Hammersmith Apollo anyway, because they are meant to be doing small venues this year and the big ones next year.

I know Manchester Apollo is pretty small.

Seating capacity: 3632
Standing capacity: 5039

I'm not sure but I think full standing capacity also includes the standing space at the very back of the circle (upstairs seating).

Also, the seating capacity is when the seats are in the stalls rather than it being a standing area. The total capacity is NOT over 8000

So for evanescence the capacity will be 5039.

OK, I'll be buying my tickets tomorrow, Will anyone be able to show me (giving directions just gets me lost) where the Apollo is in London - Maybe we could get together in a pre-show meet up??? What do people think?
I'm going to get the train down I think - doubt I'll want to drive all that way when I've only just past my test a month (Assuming I'll pass that is)

Besides that way I can have a drink too ;)

Standing capacity: 5039

Duck me thats a lot of people. I will end up passing out or something hopefully it does include that as well.

Hammersmith Apollo is easy to find.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk has a journey planner which will help you find your way from wherever you are coming from to hammersmith tube stop and once you come out of the tube station there are sign posts directing you to the Apollo.

Not to mention you can just follow the huge mass of people in black.

Maybe we could get together in a pre-show meet up??? What do people think?
Besides that way I can have a drink too ;)

Just want to refer people to this thread I posted earlier. Here (http://www.evboard.com/showthread.php?t=31479&page=13)

lol, I hadn't thought of that!!!!

Cool, I'm coming from Spalding in Lincolnshire, & it is actually quicker to travel by train than car, I could park the car at Peterborough & get the train back the same evening I suppose that way I can get back to Spalding...(Spalding has an imposed public transport 'curfew' of 8pm, no trains in or out after 8pm)

Fantastic!!! I've got something to give me a kick to finish making my skirt for this event now, for those who're travelling from afar, are you all travelling in your gear for the concert or taking it with you & changing???

I'm so incredibly excited!!!!

I don't really want to carry much stuff with me, so I'll probably wear my outfit the whole way there. Not sure what yet I want to buy something new :D My feet are gona hurt so bad... lol

Aaaah yes the feet hurting bit, I'd forgotton about that....ohhh cr@p!!! If you see a "beautiful girl" :p in floor length black skirt & black & electric blue corset with electric blue streaks in black hair wearing no shoes - that'll be me....lol

I'll be wearing a long black netting/silk skirt with new rocks, and possibly a tartan bodice :D and very long black hair...if you see me just shout Bambi! Lol.

Whatever you do, don't wear heels. My feet were hurting like crazy at the London premiere! I haven't been to Hammersmith so I am unsure as to whether they allow cameras etc. As soon as I find information I will let you all know

Whatever you do, don't wear heels. My feet were hurting like crazy at the London premiere! I haven't been to Hammersmith so I am unsure as to whether they allow cameras etc. As soon as I find information I will let you all know

Yeah I bet they did look like they would hurt after a while!

I will be taking a camera whatever happens anyway I can just put it down my top if they feel me down there then they are one word I dont want to say! :p They probably wont even notice there is one down there anyway. :rolleyes:

My friend's been to Hammersmith before and I asked him about cameras, and he says they are allowed :D I'll take disposables though so I don't end up losing anything expensive.

Aaaah disposables, what a fantastic idea!!!!!
Yeah, by all means if you see me walking in the street just yell (You'll probably see me jump 10 feet in the air, but don't worry).

I should be *hopes* pretty distinctive, look for the girl with blue bits of hair...

I took a camera to Nightwish there and there was no problem.

And make sure you wear comfortable shoes. You WILL be standing up for a long time and when you're inside the floor of the stalls is sloped.

Oh they have sloping floors? Yay they had that at the Korn gig I went to last year and it was really good because I was at the back and could actually see, works wonders for small people floors like that. :p

WOW im soooooo excited, cant wait! ticketmaster hasnt got them on there yet, grrrrrr!

Looks like I'll be needing a trip to the local dance shop to get another pair of Jazz shoes - the most comfortable shoes in the entire world!!!...this Ev experience is getting more & more expensive by the second!!!

Lol! The only thing you have to watch out for is when someone's spilt beer and it gets a bit slippery, especially once the lights are down.

There's info on the hammersmith apollo here:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/venue/190115/?search_redirect=Hammersmith%20Apollo&tm_link=tm_header_search

Yay!!!! Another LOndon adventure thing, oh i hope i don't get lost again... :o

Woah, I've just been checking prices for travel etc. I'm definitly just going to the London one, does anyone know what time these gigs usually finish - for same night travelling back purposes???

Yay!!!! Another LOndon adventure thing, oh i hope i don't get lost again... :o

Oh god no, thats just the worse, getting lost in london. I was concidering driving now i have sat nav. But London.... AHHHHH The train will cost £22 because its before 10am. And i only live 50 miles away in Kent.

wow, i cant wait! problem is its a monday i think so hopefully it wont be a problem with sixth form and stuff, well if it does evanescence will come first, screw a levels lol

A heads up -the tickets are back up on TicketMaster, my Mum just did Carmen a favour and snatched one for her since her card is being a turd.
They seem to just bounce on and off the site I guess, so keep checking and you will come across them.
Looks like I got one of the last of the first batch though. :p

does anyone no if they are going to announce more dates or are those two the only dates they are doing over here? i gotta have an operation on the 20th been waiting three years for op. :( :(

Yeah! I got a ticket ages ago and was like "hey everyone! over here!" and then there came a chorus of "they aren't up there!" Got mine now, can't wait! I'll be the one who jumps up in stage and goes "blueiureufsdhjs"...ABH- my inspiration...actually, I think I had those urges at the Kerrang gig last week but thinking about it, I wouldn't get very far before waking up in the back alley....Maybe I'll pass...

damn! the tickets are not there anymore! cant have missed them by much though! i'll try again later and tomorrow.

I dont understand, ive been refreshing the pages for hours now, and still no sign. How are you lot getting yours? Hmm.....?!

If people want to sign up to http://www.livenation.co.uk you can buy tickets for the London show now. I just got mine!!

You didn't happen to buy two did you? :p

p.s, make some room in your PM box!

You didn't happen to buy two did you? :p

p.s, make some room in your PM box!

LOL no just one unfortunately why? and I have made room in my inbox! ;)

I have my ticket now so I shall be seeing you all there for certain now!

I have my ticket too now!!!! & A place to stay for the night (crashing on my brother's floor...) My brother's comeing with me & I have totally excellent Electric blue hair extensions, they're longer than my natural hair, but I think I'll leave them that way....*looks adoringly & the shiny blue hair extensions...*

Woah, I've just been checking prices for travel etc. I'm definitly just going to the London one, does anyone know what time these gigs usually finish - for same night travelling back purposes???

Hammersmith has a curfew of 11pm because it's a residential area.

Yay i'm giong to see evanescecne in london!! i managed to get the tickets at 11am thursday morning through livenation.co.uk. Woooow! I'm gonna drive, i've already planned the route, Kings mall is where i'm going to park. I dont think i can contain my excitement!!

sorry to be a pain in the ass, i know a lot of people will probs be asking this but does anyone know if they're adding more dates? i went upto london last wednesday for the kerrang gig and i'm not sure my dad would be up for taking me up there again as we were out for 13 hours in total last week travelling there and back and of course actually going to the gig.
i will be v upset if they dont come to birmingham or somewhere a little closer, but hey - 'spose i cant moan as i went to the kerrang last week hey :)

I think it's unlikely they'll play any more UK dates at this stage in the tour because a lot of dates have been confirmed across Europe and I don't know whether they'd actually be able to fit in another UK date. Maybe they'll come back at the end of this leg if the current dates sell out fast enough but you can't really be certain of anything other than those are the two dates for now.

But I'm sure they'll be touring again not too long after the current set of dates.

I think it's unlikely they'll play any more UK dates at this stage in the tour because a lot of dates have been confirmed across Europe and I don't know whether they'd actually be able to fit in another UK date. Maybe they'll come back at the end of this leg if the current dates sell out fast enough but you can't really be certain of anything other than those are the two dates for now.

But I'm sure they'll be touring again not too long after the current set of dates.

thanks ;) will have to try and make it to the london gig. its guna take a lot of grovelling *sighs* lol

I'm going with my sister and diane, woohoo :D

Im Going To The London Gig! My First Ev One! First!! I Cant Wait Am Getrtin Tikets Soon! Wow See U Guys There! X

i've bought my tickets now, so unless something goes wrong i shall be there :)

Have the tickets sold out yet?

I don't want to ask my parents to use their credit card atm... my brothers getting his jaw broken (medically, not just by some guy) and then he's off to uni, so it isn't really a time for ME in the family at the moment.

Um... where can I actually buy tickets from? The ticketmaster site won't load. :[

You can either try seetickets.com (http://www.seetickets.com) or aloud.com (http://www.aloud.com) Those are the only ones I know of really.

I dont know if the tickets are sold out yet but I dont think so maybe by the end of the weekend they will.

There's still tickets on ticketmaster, I just checked to see if it was still working and I managed to go through alright.

I just noticed they were selling whiteroom tickets. I've never noticed them actually selling them before. I don't quite get the point of it either.

If anyone's in London and wants to get their tickets in person (and avoid service fees) then the box office at the Dominion Theatre (the big place that's got We Will Rock You on at the moment) is supposed to sell tickets for hammersmith. There's a place near Victoria that's supposed to sell them too.

Yay.. the crazy Norwegian got tickets!!!!!!!

Okay... I am not exactly crazy though... just decided that I wanted to see them...and give the fact that they aren't playing in scandinavia... London here I come.

So... any good advice on accomodations in London?

I don't know about good but there are a fair few hotels around hammersmith apollo, which may be the easiest option. It depends what you're after.

Here's a few in the whole of hammersmith, you might have to do a bit more searching to find ones closer to the venue:
http://www.activereservations.com/hotel/en/unitedkingdom/england/greaterlondon/london/hammersmithfulham?subid=PPCGO1g2058en

EDIT:Here's one that's quite close
http://www.dilos.com/hotel/2596

Bought my tickets last night after much panic, after finding out I might have an exam 2 days later...turns out I don't so its all good :)


I just noticed they were selling whiteroom tickets.

What are they?

Will someone please explain what this "White room" ticket lark is about *looks dumb*....???

The whiteroom I *think* is supposed to be the VIP lounge.
It literally is a white room.
With a sofa and a tv.
And the last time I was in there the floor was covered in bags. <_<

I don't understand the idea of a whiteroom ticket though. My guess is that you have access to this 'VIP' area and during the concert you just take a normal seat.

oh well, as long as I'm not missing out on anything.... :)

I ordered my tickets Thursday before this 'white room' thing came up...I've got standing space...I must be mad...What is the best 'position' for an Ev concert?

Well that depends on what you're after.

You can always try and get to the front BUT the closer to the front you get the more squashed you get, which if you are not used to can be quite distracting.
Also if you're going to want to move away from one position, then the front may not be the best place for you.

At Hammersmith it's fairly easy to get a decent view and sound from anywhere. You just have to make sure you're not standing right behind a really, really tall person.

Other than that advice I can't really say a best position.

Early queuing then for a front row spot....:D I'm too short to be much further back....I'd be the one caught behind the tall guy!!!

does anyone know if i can pre-book the tickets untill tomorrow morning on the ticketmaster website?

I don't think you can.

If you try an complete a page it often expects you to complete it in about 2minutes before they'll release them for someone else to buy. So I doubt they'd hold them for an extra day.

You could always try calling them and finding out though.

I love standing tickets, the whole getting squashed to death thing doesn't really bother me. Being a short-ish 14 year-old does have some advantages too, I've been at the front at pretty much every concert I've been too, its easy cos I can duck under peoples arms!

yeah i guess your right
i'll just have to wait until tomorrow
anyone any ideas how many tickets are left?
because i can only get them first thing tomorrow morning,....

And me who got a seat.... *sigh*

How far back is row P anyway?.. oh yeah something about a section aswell....

Dammit... the odd thing was... seeing as the prices were the same, I thought I didn't matter.....

Shame on me.... guess I should bring the binoculars.....

There should be some left tomorrow. They're still on sale at ticketmaster and overnight its unlikely they'll sell loads.

I love the whole closeness of a gig. Especially if you've got a good crowd. Okay so you go home smelling a bit and all but I think it's part of this gig experience.

I've been in row P!
It's not too bad. It's sort of the middle row of the seating.

is there an age limit??

Nope. Well it depends on the show, sometimes when they have adult comedies there, they do have age limits but for most events they don't.

The only recommendation I think they have is that under 14s are seated and not in the standing area.

I'm so excited...lol I'm going to be exhausted by the time this is all over...so is there any specific advice for people who are in the standing area???

so is there any specific advice for people who are in the standing area???

Push everyone before they push you. if you don't fancy pushing, wear a lot of spikes.

That and wear a small helmet of some sort, for the odd idiot doing a crowd surf that kicks you in the skull. Good times.

I'm so excited...lol I'm going to be exhausted by the time this is all over...so is there any specific advice for people who are in the standing area???

Exactly what Kerny said but then there is always the chance that if a guy is stood next to you throwing his hair all over and bouncing in to you pull his hair, thats what I do because men with long hair throwing it everywhere = annoying.

That is a very good point, wear some kind of sweat repellant, or some kind of riot shield to repell the spray. As there is nothing much worse than a big hairy man in a vest moshing his little heart out next to you.

^^ Agreed. Or take pepper and if he annoys you put it or try and put it under his nose then he cant stop sneezing that way you can mosh on him then. So mean but funny. :p

i've bought my tickets now, so unless something goes wrong i shall be there :)

oh, you're so lucky :( I wish,I can go Eva concert :( have a nice time in concert instead of me :mrgreen:

Push everyone before they push you.

That I wouldn't recommend.
Because if you push into the wrong person you may have some problems, especially if a person has been drinking.
And also because when people start pushing before the gigs even started you end up with half the crowd being forced around and smaller people may be knocked down and you end up with piles of people on the floor. And security yelling at everyone.

If you are near the front though remember this. If a security guard is standing up on the step, get ready to put your hands above your head as chances are someone is crowdsurfing or about to be dragged over you.

Okay.. if this is correct.... I wonder where people are planning on standing...

Other than that...

My Block 6, Row P seats.........

http://www.livenation.co.uk/information/download.aspx?cid=93414

*sigh* Yep.. better bring the binoculars......

One big mistake I made when ev last toured over here was getting to the venue at 10am and having nothing to eat. I sure paid for it in the evening. I was right at the front being squashed to death. I managed to survive the support bands but by the time it came to Evanescence literally walking onstage. I passed out and stupidly enough booed my heart out as I had to go the back of the standing area.
So just remember, if your getting to the venue early. Take plenty of food and drink!

Hmm...Mega sharp Ev-gliph style spikes on each knuckle and on the elbows...and on the shins incase you have to impale a few small people too! Woo! This is gunna rock! I'm probs gunna end up at the back (eating my midget-kebab) cause I gotta go college before hand so I'm guna be later. Still be standing in line for centuries. I'm gunna fuel up on Red Bull whilst I'm waiting so if you see someone drinking several bottles of cheap-wannabe-red-bull and giggling like a looney or doing some pre-show moshing you know that's gunna be me!
Water's always a good idea too, if you faint in line people will walk over you :D
I wanna construct something random during the show, like bringing billions of straws and creating a large poking stick. "For what?" you say?....I haven't decided...You think they'll let me in with 200 packets of straws?
EDIT: NOT a serious question:P

Hey guys! Going to this show with a friend. Can't wait, I haven't seen them for 3 years... and it will be almost to the day too!
Hammersmith Apollo has got to be one of my fav venues plus as my mum's b/f lives nearby, I don't have to worry bout leaving early to get a train home yay :mrgreen:
I used to post on here occasionally, I remember putting up a picture of the setlist I got the last time Ev played Hammersmith Apollo ;) But I appear to have no post :confused: Ah well :p

I can't remember what hammersmiths policy on sharp jewellery is, but at wembley I remember them getting everyone to take off chains and spikes to make sure no one got hurt.

Something I completely understand. I mean would you want to be squashed against the wrong end of someones large spiked arm band? Trust me, it hurts.

Foodwise, there are plenty of places round hammersmith. You can even go to tesco!

SoulAxe, there are two seating plans on the ticketmaster site. One is for events which are all seated. And another shows you what it's like when it's an event with standing.

Basically, at a standing event all the area shown as stalls on the plan you posted is the standing area.

Ive ordered a standing ticket and had the order confirmed so thats cool :)

I quite like it at Hammersmith its a decent size and from a personal point of view its well situated

My pal Peter booked tickets for us both. Ev have skipped Scotland for the second time so I figured I'd make the bum trip the length of the country to see them since I haven't before.

So, I see we have to queue at 10am (or around) to get in a good standing position? I've never had to do that before for a gig :p I get the idea of taking food yeah, but... what if you need to pee? That's my biggest dilema, lol. So shall be seeing you all there!

There's toilets in the little shopping centre thing but you have to pay, I think it's 20p!

Or you can use the weird public toilet box thing, but it smells funny and I'd would never advise anyone to go in there. Never.

I spoke to my mum and she says she'll order me some tommorrow or the next day. :/

I just pray it doesn't sell out. I will actually cry bitterly if I don't get to go. ;)

There's toilets in the little shopping centre thing but you have to pay, I think it's 20p!

Or you can use the weird public toilet box thing, but it smells funny and I'd would never advise anyone to go in there. Never.

Yeah, but would people who are behind you in the queue be too happy about you leaving the queue then rejoining it because "your friends kept your place"? I had trouble with that a few weeks ago on a night out, but it was concerning taxis :p

Excuse me.........


*walks over to the brick wall and starts pounding his head against it*

How could I have been so stupid.... ofcourse the lower section is just standing when Ev plays.... f...k.

Well.....guess you all standing folks can count yourself lucky then, not having to try to shove me aside ;) my 6'2'' (188) frame....not very tall but tall enough to block plenty of peoples view. But it would have been cooler to be in the crowd though, altough I am pretty sure I would have stood out like a pimple ready to burst on an otherwise spotless face. Awh hell... atleast I get to see them.. through my spyglass.. (if I remember to bring one)

I still haven't bought my ticket yet on the strength of the fact I don't know anyone who'd be willing to meet me from the train station at whatever time of day since I don't know London at all! Since you're all planning on queuing pretty early it seems :p plus the prospect of queuing by myself for hours...!

And what's the name of this hotel that's near the Hammersmith? 'Cause I definately have to stay somewhere overnight!

Hey Phoenix, I'll come meet you at the station if you like, I'm going down the night before to stay with my little bro. & I used to live right near London & will have pre-spec'd the place out on the Sunday, So just PM me, & I'll give you my mobile number etc. & I'll meet you from the station, hmmm as for the hotel, I've no idea, sorry.

I can't remember what hammersmiths policy on sharp jewellery is, but at wembley I remember them getting everyone to take off chains and spikes to make sure no one got hurt.

Something I completely understand. I mean would you want to be squashed against the wrong end of someones large spiked arm band? Trust me, it hurts.


Lol, I think that you do get searched. However, if you can manage to get in with 4 cans up Red Bull up your sleaves and up your trouser legs then you cn sneak in a few chains lol. I'm not sure if it's there that doesn't allow you to take cans or bottles in (cause they can be used as weapons. What? Don't believe me? Eva tried pulling a can in half, sharp!) Either way, nothing's really stopping you, except common sense but COME ON! It's Evanescence! I bought bloody pre-pre-sale tickets! That's just sad!

And I disagree, leaving the concert with viscious looking scars across your arms (or face is you're small) is just cool (well, at the time it seems to be!). Maybe if we see Amy after the show and your face is covered in blood she'll sign an autograph for you, I wouldn't try asking for a hug though:rolleyes:

They do search you at Hammersmith, I was there for a Tool concert in June and they searched the people wearing hoodies and stuff.

Edit - How early are people getting there? I usually end up getting there about 2 hours before with school and stuff. But it looks like my friend has an after school GCSE music lesson she HAS to go to, which might make actually being able to see the band slightly difficult. Pah

Yeah, but would people who are behind you in the queue be too happy about you leaving the queue then rejoining it because "your friends kept your place"? I had trouble with that a few weeks ago on a night out, but it was concerning taxis

When it comes to long-term queuing like at gigs, people just have to accept that other people have to leave and then rejoin the queue to get food or drink or go to the toilet.

Anyone who starts moaning because you went to the toilet is a either complete ass or some form of super-human who has no normal bodily functions. Either way you should ignore and avoid them.

I hate those people who continuously argue with people jumping the queue, they need to get a life its their fault they have no friends to save them places! :p

i cant get away from school till like 3pm, so i wont get there till around 5pm... does that mean my chances of getting nearer the front r slim?

oh and does anyone know if this concert will cause much traffic when like getting into hammersmith? i hope it doesnt, or i wont be there fo ages!!!

I am sure if you arrange to meet with Evboard people you will be able to join in but sometimes they are really strict on things like that after a certain time they always lock the barriers so I dont know.

I think the traffic may be quite bad at that time its usually rush hour!

oh dear.. *runs to tell mum to get me out of school at earlier time* lol umm well i'll c if i can b gettin there for around 3.30 then...

thanx

Alright, got my ticket, standing stalls, see you all there!

This should be awesome!

Yemaya, thanks, and I'll PM you in a minute :)

If anyone doesn't like the fact that people have to leave to go to the toilet, then how rude! If they went to the toilet or something, would we nice people insist that they join the end of the queue instead of getting their place back? Nooooo 'cause we're nice Evboarders and we understand about these things :p

Oh yes, & besides, if you're in the queue long enough, you should be standing with other people that need to pee!!!!! :p As long as you don't all go at once, thing's will be fine :) Maybe if a group of Evboarders get at the front of the queue, maybe if food needs fetching, one person could go whilst the rest fend off the 'ugly' people in the crowd??? (*By that I mean the people who complain-&-whine-because-they're-not-really-human-&-have-no-bathroom
needs-or-principals-whose-soul-aim-is-just-to-get-to-the-front-of-the
-queue-even-if-they-have-to-kill-everyone-in-front-to-do-it)

No problem Phoenix Fires, got you're message & have replied, I like to be helpful & if there's anyone else getting to the venue early & would like to be 'collected' from the station, I'd be more than happy to help :)

Eeeee im going to this got my ticket, im doing both gigs..whoop two nights in a row baby!!

I cant wait until this gig im so excited!!! There is a pub around the corner so if anyone wants to join they are more than welcome to. I will be arriving really early btw so I will be saving spaces.

Just persuaded a friend to go (she didn't actually need ANY persuading at all) and ordered my tickets.

Woop. :D

^^ w00t see you there.

I am getting excited by the minute.

I cant wait until this gig im so excited!!! There is a pub around the corner so if anyone wants to join they are more than welcome to. I will be arriving really early btw so I will be saving spaces.

I'll hold you to that! We're flying down the day before so we can queue nice and early. I'm mega excited - not only my first time seeing Ev (I was "too young to go to a gig" last time they came up here) but I get to visit London again. Yay!

OOo your coming to the London gig Laura?! I look forward to meeting you :)

It will be great to meet everyone :) eeee im so excited lol its been too long since 2004!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OOo your coming to the London gig Laura?! I look forward to meeting you :)

Yup, me and Pete are coming down for it. He's going with EvUk so I guess I'll meet up with you guys since I know more of you... if you'll have me :(

if you'll have me :(

Course we will have you we are a friendly bunch! Everyone is part of the Evboard crew! :p

Yup, me and Pete are coming down for it. He's going with EvUk so I guess I'll meet up with you guys since I know more of you... if you'll have me :(

Im also going with ev uk but to be honest all are equal fanatics so i reckon the front of the queue will be full of a mixture of ev uk and evboard!

And the crazy tramp who won't wake up until about 10 and will wonder why there's a load of people standing round him.

I have no idea what time I'll actually get there. I might even end up going up and down a couple of times during the day, I won't know until closer to the day. I hope to get there early-ish though and of course I'm looking forward to seeing the usual crazy lot and new people!

Im also going with ev uk but to be honest all are equal fanatics so i reckon the front of the queue will be full of a mixture of ev uk and evboard!

I know, I wasn't saying any different. I was just saying that he's planned his trip with them (since he actually knows them) and I'm planning with people on here because I know them better. But yes, ofcourse there will be a mix :)

Gotta say that if you recognise me and I'm with my parents - don't let on untill they've gone. Because otherwise they'll be like "omfg you associate with internet predators!" or think I've arranged to meet up with people without informing them. :/

If however it's just me and my mate, you're good to go. ;) I look forward to seeing some of you.

hehe okies ;)

I got tickets =) i'm so looking forward to it. only 2 months to go.

Got my tickets through the post today :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Got my tickets through the post today :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

Hi, I got my tickets 2day as well!!!! So excited!!!! Oh yeah, all the standing/stalls tickets are SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!! There are still tickets left for seating tho~

Btw, my tickets are pre-sale tickets for standing (stalls), does that mean it is General Admission or not? I'm not sure whether I have any reserved places or first come first served. Do I have any advantage at all for buying pre-sale tickets?

are cameras/camcorders allowed in the hammersmith arena?

Hi, I got my tickets 2day as well!!!! So excited!!!! Oh yeah, all the standing/stalls tickets are SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!! There are still tickets left for seating tho~

Btw, my tickets are pre-sale tickets for standing (stalls), does that mean it is General Admission or not? I'm not sure whether I have any reserved places or first come first served. Do I have any advantage at all for buying pre-sale tickets?

Me three!!!! My tickets arrived this morning, I hope I get to keep them afterwards :)

I think it's a queue & see who gets to the front first job :) by the looks of the tickets it's general admission.

heh! Mum woke me up this morning telling me my 'fizzy tickets' were here - she calls them "Effervescence" you see *Major Eye Roll*

As for the advantage ... they weren't sold out!?!? :p

I'd imagine camcorders would definitely be out, but I think someone mentioned you could take camera's, but I'd only take disposable, especially if you're in the stalls....too much crushing won't do the equipment any good I feel.

sorry if this has been asked before but, does anybody know for how many people this concert is ?

Think we settled on just over 5000 :)

Haha! I don't think gigs of that many people exist up here :p I'm only little.

Think we settled on just over 5000 :)

wow thats a lot of people, i didnt even think that was possible

Doesn't look like there's much seating room left for Hammersmith Apollo, just did a search & the seats are in row 'U' now eeep! I hope my brother got his ticket already :-/

w00t my tickets came this morning now I am going to lock them up in a safe place, hopefully dont lose them!

w00t my tickets came this morning now I am going to lock them up in a safe place, hopefully dont lose them!

I do that, then it turns out my safe place is so safe I can't remember where it is!!! *d'oh*

Oooh, if anyone wants to meet up early on Monday, just give me a yell, as I'm going down to London Sunday Night, but get kicked out of bed when my brother has to leave for work :p

Not that I know if I can trust any of you freaks :), but having never been in London.....

Will probably make a weekend (long one) out of it, so anyone intrested in meeting up, just holler, but you better be the guide cause, as I say, never been to London, altough a straight head ontop of the shoulders always goes a long way.

Yeh, Hammersmith Apollo is a massive massive place. And a bitch of a place to get back from if the trains aren't working properly. This might have been asked but when do you expect this to finish cause I have to plan my journey back? I have college the next day... I'm gunna be tiiiiiired

Yeh, Hammersmith Apollo is a massive massive place. And a bitch of a place to get back from if the trains aren't working properly. This might have been asked but when do you expect this to finish cause I have to plan my journey back? I have college the next day... I'm gunna be tiiiiiired


Depending where you are going to you should be ok getting trains. Gig shouldn't finsih later than half ten.

From Hammersmith easiest way on trains is to get Districtline and either go into to London or if you're going South or to Waterloo get off at Richmond and go to whichever platform you need :)


About leaving teh que and stuff i don't have a problem with it and don't see why others would to be honest. Getting there early to get places at the front means you'll be there a long time. If people need the toilet or wanna go get lunch they are entitled for people to save their places. Same as if some can't get there till after their mates.

Also if you do need the toilet don't use the cubicle thing that is right there it stinks. The ones in the shoppig centre charge money. GO TO THE PUB AT THE END OF THE ROAD BY THE STATION ;)

thanks for lettin us know that hehe.

My tickets came today!! :D

Can't wait for this concert, I missed out on the Fallen tour, so there's no wat I'm missing out on this one.
I just waiting for my tickets to come through the post.

The Piccadily line and Hammersmith and City line also runs from Hammersmith tube station.

Also, there are loads of buses.

I mentioned http://www.tfl.gov.uk before, but a good thing to do (especially as its a monday night) would be to look at how to get to whatever station you need to get home from hammersmith both by tube AND by bus. That way if theres tube chaos (and by that I mean like half the system shuts down, a few delays or a single line suspension never constitutes chaos, that's perfectly normal :rolleyes:) you know which bus to get.

Last couple of hammersmith gigs I've been to finished closer to 11. It will probably depend on how many support bands and what time it all starts.

Ian, why did you not tell me about the pub before? You're telling me I've been paying to pee for no good reason?!?!?!?111one :o ;)

My little brother told me, that after midnight the underground shuts down anyway, so be prepared for a bus!!! If you're travelling only a short distance, also like me, be prepared for it to take you forever to get there by bus!

I shall have to go & find out routes etc. for me..as I'm still not quite sure EXACTLY where my brother lives :rollseyes: So I guess that'll be something to find out. Just thought I'd share what I know with you all though.

Catch you later!!!

Actually, the buses after midnight run fairly well. You get home almost twice as fast as you would making the same journey doing the day. I find they're more likely to be on time as well, largely because there's little traffic to hold them up!

You do get the odd tubethat will run until up to 1am, but they never run later than that. It might even be that the last train reaches it's final destination just gone 1. But then and again, if your last train leaves at midnight, what does it matter what time the last tube comes?

Little brother says he did a similar journey a few weeks ago & it took him waaaay over an hour to get home (Tottenham Hail area) by bus....:o

I got my ticket through the post today so I'm now that little further on my way!

my tickets came today =) i'm so excited.

Little brother says he did a similar journey a few weeks ago & it took him waaaay over an hour to get home (Tottenham Hail area) by bus....:o

Well Tottenham Hale is fairly far from Hammersmith and of course you can never guarentee there'll be no traffic. I'm just talking from my experiences of night buses and they've all been fairly good.

It depends on the bus route though. If someone's just getting the bus to a particular Central London station I don't think it'll be quite that long, even many outer London stations don't take that long.

2 Months Today! :p :D

I've just been told by my friend that she now can't come to the concert anymore, which is a bit of a pain because the tickets have already arrived.
So, I can't promise anything yet, but is there anyone who would like a non-ebay priced single standing ticket?

Also, could anyone save us a place fairly towards the front of the line? Theres currently 3 of us and I'm only asking because with school and stuff we would be able to get to the venue earliest by 5. And as we're all under 5''5
being at the front would be a major plus. I don't know if this would be ok or anything but I thought I'd just ask anyways

I shall be going! Tickets arrived yesterday - I'm so excited!! Not sure whether to drive there and park or catch a train...hmmm....decisions!!

could anyone save us a place fairly towards the front of the line? Theres currently 3 of us and I'm only asking because with school and stuff we would be able to get to the venue earliest by 5. And as we're all under 5''5 being at the front would be a major plus. I don't know if this would be ok or anything but I thought I'd just ask anywaysDon't wanna step on toes or owt, but I think if you went straight to the front after people had been queuing for hours, there might be a few pretty annoyed people.
Can you not be naughty and skip school? Like a sudden attack of evanitis or something... dah dum tssssh! ;)

Don't wanna step on toes or owt, but I think if you went straight to the front after people had been queuing for hours, there might be a few pretty annoyed people.
Can you not be naughty and skip school? Like a sudden attack of evanitis or something... dah dum tssssh! ;)


agreed... lol

Oh yes!!! I agree, that's not fair, because then Everyone could have 'saved' spaces & the poor people who've queued for hours could get a bit upset, it's different if you've been standing there hours & need to get food go to the toilet etc. but saving spaces for someone who basically has prior more important commitments (Given the fact that alot of us will have taken time off work for this) is a bit unfair.

Oh yes!!! I agree, that's not fair, because then Everyone could have 'saved' spaces & the poor people who've queued for hours could get a bit upset, it's different if you've been standing there hours & need to get food go to the toilet etc. but saving spaces for someone who basically has prior more important commitments (Given the fact that alot of us will have taken time off work for this) is a bit unfair.
Yes, some of us have had to grovel to the boss to get the extra day off for Manchester.
I didn't want to sound nasty or anything, but yeah. Considering how long some will be queuing, if someone just swanned up to the front, I would be pretty wee-wee'd off.
Be rebellious, take the day off school. ;)

Tsk, Tsk everyone encouraging playing truant, just what the government wants! ;)

IMO it depends on the circumstances and who the person is. I know several people from here and if I was able to get there early enough and they needed me to save them a space I'd be happy to. Saying that, no offence to any of you I have never met, but it wouldn't be the same.

It also depends on the time aswell, personally I think any time after 5, jumping to the front is fairly rude, but that's just me.

I mean, you've got to remember it's a monday. Most people who go will have attended school or work first, so chances are the queue won't really start building until 5-5.30ish.

My tickets arrived yesterday :mrgreen: So what time is the best to start queuing? I've never been to a big gig.... do you just stand around for hours twiddling your thumbs or what? :confused:

My tickets arrived yesterday :mrgreen: So what time is the best to start queuing? I've never been to a big gig.... do you just stand around for hours twiddling your thumbs or what? :confused:

Basically yes. It just depends how in to a band you are if you do that and how dedicated you are about getting to the front or meeting them beforehand.

I will start queueing early and save places for people who arrive later on.

I have just realised this gig is ages away! :p

This is my first Evanescence gig, I am also taking my bro for his birthday which was yesterday. Unfortunately this means I have to wait for him to get outta school unless I can get him a day off *wonders*.

He was quite happy yesterday cos the tickets came in time for his birthday so that was awesome. I can't wait to see them woooo!

pheeeeeeww, I've just bought my ticket. It took me ages to find a box office in London that sells them (Apollo doesn't have one :mad: ).

I've also found out that they are almost sold out: there are only 40 stalls tickets left and about 200 for upstairs. The ticket lady said that surely they will all be sold in less than a week. This is a GREAT NEWS FOR EVANESCENCE (and not so for the fans who haven't bought their tickets yet). Despite mixed reviews of the new album and really crappy promotion from Sony (it's almost they are saying to Ev: you didn't need us to write your non-commercial album, you promote yourselves) Ev are doing great! :)

It's ok, I didn't really expect that anyone could, but I thought I'd ask just the same. Its not my school thats the problem, one of my friends classes dont get out till around 4:30, so I'll try to see if she can get out early.

Also, what do you think I should do with my extra ticket? Should I just sell it on ebay or wait and sell it to a tout on the day?

Edit - Problem solved, we're going to (hopefully) get to the venue around 4 and our friend will meet us there

It's ok, I didn't really expect that anyone could, but I thought I'd ask just the same. Its not my school thats the problem, one of my friends classes dont get out till around 4:30, so I'll try to see if she can get out early.

Also, what do you think I should do with my extra ticket? Should I just sell it on ebay or wait and sell it to a tout on the day?

Since you arrive to the venue so late, I think it would be safer to sell the ticket on ebay, but I would do it a bit later. I am not an expert in these things though

I'm going :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :D :D
It will be my first evanescence concert, so I'm really looking forward to it so very much!
I tried to book them the day before they came out but it wouldn't accept it.
Luckily my family friend managed to book them the day they came out over the internet, after 2 hours of trying to get through on the phone lines (for both Manchester and London!)
I'm so excited even now, just thinking about it!
I'm going with my Mum and a family friend, makes for the perfect night out!
:D :D :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I know my feet will regret it..... but the experience will be so much better...

I got my tickets changed from Seats to Standing... so... will be seeing ya. So depending on how far the barrier is from the stage...... There is a chance I will be standing in as close to it as possible..... see ya all in the que guys.... Just look for the big viking!

Oh nooooes!!!! lol ;) I'll be stuck behind soulaxe & won't be able to see...:p

Sorry if I offended anyone with my earlier post or offended the government, but you know, I still agree with what I said, people who haven't queued for hours & just hop right on up to the front are gonna upset those poor people who waited in the freezing cold for hours to get good spaces, only to have them taken, by people who're most likely toasty warm & had the luxuary of sitting on their butts all day...not that there's anything wrong with that...but, well I hope no-one's offended & can kinda see my point at least :)

Woo Viking!!!!!!!
I'm going through a I <3 viking stuff phase at the moment, mainly inspired by Turisas, you should probably ignore that. :/
You don't start thumb twidling, you start singing about the security guards! And when buses go past, and birds, and people who give weird stares and then you start singing about the 99 bottles of beer.

As for the spare ticket, personally I wouldn't advise ebay. Because the ticket may just get cancelled (especially as the rules about ebay-ing tickets are being changed), it's difficult to say what to do, make sure you try everyone you know who might be remotely interested first.

Those poor people who're getting hotels in London, what's going on there, anyone found any cheap ones? Because my younger brother's having trouble with his house mates, so I'm gonna need a cheap hotel ;) Also if anyone's up for sharing a group room or something, then just pm me :) I'll entertain most ideas at this stage ;)

I posted a couple of links a few pages back. I think there's one thats 600m from hammersmith station thats was from about £30 a night.

There's bound to be some slightly cheaper ones though, don't go expecting them to be too cheap mind, this is London after all!

EDIT: Here's another cheap-ish hotel list. Not all are right by hammersmith though. Also looking around I've found that at the moment, if you're booking a night prices are on average around £80. It seems that it might be a bit cheaper waiting until closer to the gig.

http://www.hoteldirect.co.uk/webapp/hoteldirect/servlet/HDSearch?city=London&rate=%A329pp+-+%A349pp&currency=gbp

I posted a couple of links a few pages back. I think there's one thats 600m from hammersmith station thats was from about £30 a night.

There's bound to be some slightly cheaper ones though, don't go expecting them to be too cheap mind, this is London after all!

EDIT: Here's another cheap-ish hotel list. Not all are right by hammersmith though. Also looking around I've found that at the moment, if you're booking a night prices are on average around £80. It seems that it might be a bit cheaper waiting until closer to the gig.

Lol, yes I know ;)

I had a brief look online last night & the cheapest I saw was like £37 pppn

Travelodges aren't that expensive if you're sharing with someone, when I went to see Nightwish in Manchester with Blitz it was like £22 for each of us. Which is not that bad considering Travelodges are usually pretty comfortable and have tv's and clean baths, lol!!!

If people are going to Manchester on the first train there should eb a few of you would likely be a club on somewhere in Central London so if you get a travelcard you'll have no worries about passing the time and save on accomodation





Ian, why did you not tell me about the pub before? You're telling me I've been paying to pee for no good reason?!?!?!?111one :o ;)


You never asked :p

My ticket arrived the other day :D i'm happy and really looking forward to the gig :)

..............
<_<

Actually that's a good point, and if you don't want to do a club, you could look for one of the 24 hour pubs.
Although you might want to remember to bring LOTS of coffee money for the next day.

Does anyone know who the support band will be? Will it be the same as the US or are we going to have a different band. Or are we going to have the US band plus another band?

I'm on my own is all...so that's why I was wondering....Having said that, my little brother's here today & my mum's been bullying him a bit into letting me stay after all :p so things might work out ok anyway...

Does anyone know if Gatwicks a nice airport coz thats were i'm goin to sleep, for a while after it, gosh its only 8 weeks away, should fly by :D or it might be Vitoria Station if i have to wait for the express..

I think I might have to miss this one out! It is devestating but I can't find anyone who will go on a Monday Night to London when I have college the next day. Why did it have to be on a Monday!

Not sure about sleeping in Gatwick airport somehow....

But, I just checked & it would seem that now London Hammersmith Apollo & Manchester Apollo are now SOLD OUT...:o

Umm, Gatwick airport is like over an hour away from central London, at least by car. It takes like 45 minutes in no traffic to get from there to where I live which is just outside central London.
So I'd say sleeping in Gatwick is a bad idea, if you really want to sleep in an airport I'd say go with Heathrow...its alot closer! :p

ooooh, I've just found some new tickets that seem to've been released on Live nation - grab 'em while you can....

Does anyone know if Gatwicks a nice airport coz thats were i'm goin to sleep, for a while after it, gosh its only 8 weeks away, should fly by :D or it might be Vitoria Station if i have to wait for the express..

Probably not as good as heathrow but it's not too bad a place. There'll probably be other people sleeping there anyway.
Saying that, it is going to be harder to get to gatwick from the gig than it would be to get to heathrow.
As for sleeping at Victoria... it's not something I would do.

As for sleeping at Victoria... it's not something I would do.
I wouldn't either, it's way too open and stuff.

If you're hard up for money and don't want to stay somewhere really expensive, I suggest a youth hostel if there is one. They're not the Ritz but they're clean and warm and inexpensive.

I wouldn't either, it's way too open and stuff.

If you're hard up for money and don't want to stay somewhere really expensive, I suggest a youth hostel if there is one. They're not the Ritz but they're clean and warm and inexpensive.

I looked into Youth Hostels, there are quite a few in london, if you don't mind getting just a bed in a dorm, they can be as little as £10 per night, but I expect if you try & sleep in an airport or at victoria, the security will move you on - there are a lot of homeless people that they're trying to keep out & at those times, they might not be willing to see the difference...:-/

Its only two hours or till about 3 till the trains back for the Gatwick, then i can sleep or i can go to bars near the statrion

Tsk, Tsk everyone encouraging playing truant, just what the government wants! ;)
I was joking. ;)

IMO it depends on the circumstances and who the person is. I know several people from here and if I was able to get there early enough and they needed me to save them a space I'd be happy to. Saying that, no offence to any of you I have never met, but it wouldn't be the same.
See, I wouldn't even do that. It is unfair on those that have waited hours for someone to turn up, stroll to the front and take the place of someone that has been there several hours. I don't fancy my face being squished into the concrete. ;)

It also depends on the time aswell, personally I think any time after 5, jumping to the front is fairly rude, but that's just me.

I mean, you've got to remember it's a monday. Most people who go will have attended school or work first, so chances are the queue won't really start building until 5-5.30ish.Yeah, agreed. They might actually get lucky and still get fairly close to the front after 5 anyways. Some just go because they can... I know I have attended shows but not really cared where I go. I reckon it's only the die hard fans that will be there early. So, fingers crossed. :)

Does anyone know if Gatwicks a nice airport coz thats were i'm goin to sleep, for a while after it, gosh its only 8 weeks away, should fly by :D or it might be Vitoria Station if i have to wait for the express..


You might not be able to sleep at the airport now they've heightened all the security.

The Eurostar part of Lonodn Waterloo station is open 24 hours you can usually crash there until the station opens about half 4-5 by which time you can make your way to get the first train to Manchester or wherever it is you're going :)

Hmm I think it I will just not sleep at all, maybe nap in the que or something..

:( noooo! my internet has only just started working again and i missed all the tickets! if ANYONE has spares please let me know i need 3 for london. cant believe i missed it Ev is my fav band and i been waiting for so long. *sigh*
xx

Hmm I think it I will just not sleep at all, maybe nap in the que or something..

:mrgreen: Good luck with trying to nap in the que :p

sleeping in the queue could be fun, as long as you've got someone to wake you if it starts moving ;)
I doubt many people will have spare tickets, but if they do, they're likely to be on ebay now, although you may be lucky & find one or two on here, Good luck anyway :)

:mrgreen: Good luck with trying to nap in the que :p

Yeah with Ian around noone gets any sleep, everyone else is really quiet. :p

:mrgreen: Good luck with trying to nap in the que :p
Yeah I know its going to be a riot wooo :D

its going to be a riot wooo :D


The only riot that will be happening is with me and Ian hunting down that Red Riding Hood woman and make her apologise for being so ignorant not to talk to us right Ian? ;)

Edit - When I say Red Riding Hood not Amy, but I am open to offers if anyone wants to hunt the famous Amy Red Riding Hood then I can steal the red coat.

The only riot that will be happening is with me and Ian hunting down that Red Riding Hood woman and make her apologise for being so ignorant not to talk to us right Ian? ;)

Hey, what about meeeeee?????

Can't I come too????

*Makes puppy dog eyes*

Hello everyone,

Just wondering if there are any tickets floating around that need to be sold? I have just moved to England from Canada so not only will I miss the show in Toronto, but I also missed the initial sale of tickets for the London show. I am looking for 1 or 2 tickets standing. Please if anyone has extra tickets or knows of any up for grabs, I would really appreciate it. The new album rocks, can't wait to hear the new material live. Thanks.

Owen

owenrees_73@hotmail.com

:mrgreen: Good luck with trying to nap in the que :p

With Ian around you'd best make sure your hair is hiding under something ;)

Also, if anyone does plan sleeping in queues, make sure you're around people you can trust. I have heard of people who have tried to catch up with their sleep and woken up to find their phones, money and tickets stolen.

Anyone looking for spare tickets: even if you can't find any prior to the gig, it may be worth coming down anyway. Often, people will have bought tickets for say a group of 4 friends and one or two might not have been able to come, just try to make sure you're getting it off the person who's friends couldn't come and avoid the touts.

avoid the touts.

I've got my tickets, but what's wrong with the touts? I'm really new to the whole gig thing, so what do they sell fake tickets or something? Or just massively overpriced ones?

I've got my tickets, but what's wrong with the touts? I'm really new to the whole gig thing, so what do they sell fake tickets or something? Or just massively overpriced ones?

It's just not good for anyone. It means that tickets don't get to real fans like me who want them, without paying for them massively overpriced. I'm still looking for extras (1 or 2) but won't be buying from a tout on the day.

Usually they slap on about a 100% profit for themselves.
And of course unless you've seen an actual ticket for the event there is the chance it could be a fake. I've never actually seen a tout sell a fake, usually because they buy their tickets off the people who had one to spare but you can never be certain.

Which leads me to this...
Last time I went to hammersmith, they were scanning the bar codes of the tickets rather than taking the ticket stubs.

I don't know for certain whether they're still doing this but if they are then what they may also be doing is checking the tickets sold on ebay and cancelling them and you may not know until your at the door of the apollo.

I've got my tickets, but what's wrong with the touts? I'm really new to the whole gig thing, so what do they sell fake tickets or something? Or just massively overpriced ones?

A bit of both Bambi...:(

Let's go Amy Red Riding Hood Hunting...*Purchases Night Vision Goggles*... Mwahahaha....:D

With Ian around you'd best make sure your hair is hiding under something ;)



Ha ha you're referring to Trivium right? It was thsoe people from Southends fault. Bunch of arsonists :p


Yemaya: The more the merier we'll be at the front of the que or there abouts


There are usually touts about selling tickets and usually for gigs they are genuine but its always risky of course and will cost you a LOT. Unless you ahppen to be a really pretty girl who flirts with them then they seem more willing to sell at a decent price :rolleyes: Also what Alex said about the barcode scanners makes it doubly risky buying from them but if you can get a ticket and see the show its worth it

Yeah, blame it on the people from Southend :rolleyes: ;)

My point about the barcode scanners also covers ebay btw. All they need to do is get someone to check what number tickets are being sold and cancel the codes, and you might not know until you get to the door.

Why would they do that though? If somone brought tickets but now can't go they would likely put them on ebay

A few months ago there was a lot of news about the touting of tickets over ebay, where £30 tickets were going for as much as £600 and there was mention of changes in the law to make it illegal to sell tickets over ebay. I'm fairly sure that hasn't been enforced yet, but a lot of venues have been making moves themselves to crack down on the touting of tickets over ebay, especially if they are for sold out gigs going for very high prices.

And for the people who can no longer go to a gig they are supposed to be setting up an exchange system for the selling of tickets for gigs people can no longer make at the value of the ticket and no more.

With hammersmith's barcode system it would make it fairly easy for them to cancel the tickets and ensure that they cannot be used.

If anyone does have a spare ticket I guess the best thing to do would be to contact wherever you bought it from and see if you can return it to them to resell.

I'll be at the front of the queue with you guys lol :) I've been making plans to make a weekend trip to London for the gig, so possibly, Saturday, Sunday, Monday & Tuesday, maybe not Saturday, depends whether or not I can get my mum to give me a lift to Peterborough Station on Sunday, or whether I have to go Saturday....either way, I'll be around early on Monday for sure :)

Awww I plan to fly there early, oh my we can make thing in the que with feathers and oh my pine cones, and glitter, I plann to make ev flags too hehe

I'm going, but why do my parents have to like them too? :rolleyes:

And why do none of my friends like them enough?!!

lol, Well, at least your parents know who they are...mine call them "Effervescence" In my opinion that's much worse ....
Anyhooo....I look forward to seeing everyone there & I'll be bringing disposable camera's & a 'note book' Mwahahahaha....
Catch you all later!!!

lol, Well, at least your parents know who they are...mine call them "Effervescence" In my opinion that's much worse ....

:p That's exactly how my fiance call them. The other day I had a bit of indigestion problem and I said, 'I think I need to take some effervescence and he went, "Oh no! let's listen to something else' :mad:

Awww I plan to fly there early, oh my we can make thing in the que with feathers and oh my pine cones, and glitter, I plann to make ev flags too hehe

They might not let the pine cones in.
They could be considered to be possible missiles to be thrown at security guards :O :p

anyone have any ideas on who the support are going to be or when we will find out?

Cheers

Owen

Nope, not yet.
My guess would be whoever the US support band is plus another band, possibly British or European but not definately.

mine call them "Effervescence" In my opinion that's much worse ....
Mine know who they are and they still call them Effervescence *shakes head*

I'm going btw. Heh this is kinda like a reincarnation of the Wembley thread, in a way :p

awww, I missed the Wembly thread, wasn't here 3 years ago though.

You should've heard the conversation my mum & I had when I showed her my copy of Kerrang! yesterday...It was hillarious, mum was like "OMG she's got hair like yours...wait a minute....that's why you had yours done isn't it...OMG she's a...a...a....GOTH...." I couldn't stop laughing for ages, it was so funny (Bearing in mind I'm 21)

lol

I'm going btw. Heh this is kinda like a reincarnation of the Wembley thread, in a way :p

Blue Side > Red Side :p

*pretend the star wars smilie is here*

If you want to go for more nostalgia though, I remember the last hammersmith/brixton threads. Where we had like a daily/hourly countdown and got away with such postwhoring...
AND there were only about 5 of us who posted in those threads.

/nostalgia

I'm not postwhoring......much...heh

I'm just uber excited about this & I've got a job for the next 3 weeks now to pay for it :D Yippee!!!! So that's all Uber cool to me! :)

& hopefully I'll have a bit of money to play with while I'm down there in London...woooo!!!! I can't wait - seriously....I hope we can have another thread like this when Within Temptation come to the UK, can't wait to go see them either now :D

Last time they came only a few of us went so I don't even think there was a separate UK WT tour thread. The last really big one we had I think was Nightwish.

Back to Ev, I'm looking forward to it. Although I keep getting excited about other gigs too, so it gets pushed to the back of my mind a bit. But when I do think about I really can't wait. I also really hope we get a good support band. Finger Eleven were good and so were Seether, so I'm hoping for another decent act to follow.

Given the Kerrang! article, I doubt we're going to get Seether, would've been nice though....not sure who we're getting, guess we might not even find out until we get in there :o a Surprise!!!!!!!!! OMG, the thought of not knowing, is almost unbearable! lol

ETA: That surprised smilie doesn't look nearly as surprised as it should....in fact it looks like a yawn :???:

Looks more like an embarrassed face to me!

Of course, I wasn't suggesting we would have Seether OR Finger Eleven again, but come to think of it, both are label mates, so I wonder if the support band this time will be on wind-up too.

*curses at the fact that Edgewater left wind-up ages ago*

*scours wind up to see who is signed to them*

They should have Adastreia as the opening support band :D

Yes, Adastreia should. That would rock.

Especially as everytime they seem to play I gig I could go to, something else always comes up ¬_¬

I was looking at the Ev website today & for most of the other venues they've got Revelation Theory, doesn't look like they're coming to the UK though, they seem to finish their tour just before the last 4 venues, so Vienna, Cologne, London & Manchester....

It is more than likely going to be a UK Wind Up signed band, every Wind Up band I have ever been to see the support is usually from the UK, apart from Seether at Evanescence for obvious reasons.

As long as they are not like Glitterati then thats fine but if they are then I will seriously kill myself.

I need some help with the accomodation situation... :confused: The last time I was in London, I was 11 years old, and that was a long time ago so I don't really remember the place all that well. Does anyone have good suggestions for reasonably priced accomodation?

mmm I think some people tried to look for accommodation and looked into hostels. Maybe try to see if the venue has a website and recommends any hotels nearby sometimes they do that. I wish I could be of more help.

I will do :) I'm actually quite nervous about the travelling. I'm fine on a bus by myself but I'm going by plane and I hate them (but lets face it, it's much much quicker).

i've just found out that my graduation is on the same day as this gig!:eek: :( so it's either miss graduation or miss the gig.... looks like im not graduating with everyone else! im gonna have tp get my certificate sent to me or something. oh poo why does everything come at once?!?!?!

Haha, I was such a brave/stupid lil Ev fan! It was so damn hot at the front! I kinda blacked out a few songs in 'cause I was jumpin around like a lunatic. Right after I came to i jumped to my feet, belted out half a line from The Only One pumping my fist in the air and then I went down again. Was quite funny...maybe not for my bf who didn't understnad the bullshittish I was speaking "Hey, I need my blood back" "You want water?" "Yeah, blood!"...Then we had to go to the back to get water *grumbles*

Fuckin' pwned tho! Next time I'm gettin seating tickets though...I wanted proper experience of standing. Unfortunatly I had to make the most of it cause I was surrounded by "head bobbing emos" who stood motionless for a majority of the time. So we just moved and went moshing with the COOL people somewhere round the middle right-hand side!

i was in the centre at teh front does that make me cool?

oh yeh the gig was awesome, oh yeh i was at the barrier, and oh hell yeh i met the band after! tim is ace! dance for me monkey!

i was in the centre at teh front does that make me cool?

No! Been there, met the band, bought the T-Shirt! The COOL people are the 10 or so moshers who seemed to be the only people with life in the whole building who didn't fall on their ass! :D

i meant does that make me cool coz i was one of the ones moshing my ass off! well best i could anyway. we were packed in so tight i could hardly move! i was moshing all through rev theory too, they're ace!

*cries* I was up in the seating area...the middle of it all! But that all rocked ass...! Kept me on a high the last few days, seeing as its me first Ev gig XD. I love the band...:D Now me therapist thinks they're the best band EVER live..!

i i was moshing all through rev theory too, they're ace!

Me too. I couldn't breathe by the time Ev came on. I guess it kinda ruined it a lil by blackin out but now everytime I hear The Only One in my head it slows right down then slips out of tune and then kicks back in in the middle...I should have drunk more water but I was like "No way! I'll end up having to take a piss during the performance!"

see what happens when people dont have any hobbys. (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/24/133436.php)

see what happens when people dont have any hobbys. (http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/11/24/133436.php)

Yeah, I already saw it. It's his (?!) opinion. If he doesn't like Evanescence he shouldn't visit a concert of them.

"Second, it looked as if she was pregnant, which is most interesting considering the band cancelled Tuesday's gig."

This quote is too funny. ironic.

I liked this better:

There was no male vs. female interplay on "Going Under" from Fallen.