Rush Tickets arrived yesterday :)

Baggio

Well thats about it really hahahahah I just HAD to share the news with my rocking kings/queens buddies on here

cant wait...ciao' amigos....Baggio.......

Zapp Brannigan

got mine ages ago. I've still got nowhere to stay after the show though

galwayrush

Zapp Brannigan wrote:

got mine ages ago. I've still got nowhere to stay after the show though

which show(s) , TNMS have organised tickets and hotels, and busses between gigs, and to the hotels after the gigs, i should be able to sort something for you.
Got mine as well, Newcastle, Wembley 2, Birmingham and Manchester, plus 2 for Rotterdam. I have to pass on the Newcastle gig though for personal reasons.:(

Zapp Brannigan

I'm going to wembley with a mate. We're flying in early wednesday and leaving late on thursday. We were thinking of just going to a hostel.

Jigsaw

"We are the priests of the temple of cyrynx"

That's the **** I'm talking about.

damonjewel

Still no sign of mine for Manchester, I think I'll be calling the ticket sellers today

Baggio

my whole band "Never Say Die" are going over on the day of the concert....no where to stay either,,haha not sure what we'll do...but we'll be there for sure.

Baggio.....

peter1892

damonjewel wrote:

Still no sign of mine for Manchester, I think I'll be calling the ticket sellers today

Keep checking the post - I got mine on monday...

galwayrush

ok. Ashley who orgainised the group bookings for tnms has no problem finding rooms for anyone stuck.pm me if anyone needs a room.:cool:
great idea to exchange phone no's as well, great to meet some fans from here, for years i thought i was the only one. lol.
cheers Tom.

damonjewel

Yes got mine this morning!

galwayrush

Getting soundbites re mobile phone from the Glasgow Gig tonight.

galwayrush

Got some samples from the Glasgow, Newcastle and Sheffiels gigs, the band is on fire, i have never heard them play as tight, and the set list, simply stunning.:cool:

Zapp Brannigan

Got my hotel booked and now am just looking forward to getting on the plane tomorrow! Woo, Rush!!

o1s1n

Just after getting back from this.

I was going into Wembley with my sister and there was a problem with our tickets. They wouldn't let us in.

Freaked out, went to the box office. Turned out the mixing desk had to take over our seats. So rather than sitting half way back and looking at dots on stage, we were moved right up to the front to the tier left of the stage. We were so close that I reckon with a bit of a stretch I could have grabbed one of Alex's guitars.

So that was a nice little surprise. Oh and the concert wasn't half bad either.

Zapp Brannigan

Mother of god they were amazing! No 2112 though

But the lasers and stuff were so amazing, and Pearts solo *drool*

o1s1n

Zapp Brannigan wrote: »

Mother of god they were amazing! No 2112 though

No 2112 Overture, but they did play A Passage to Bangkok

Ah I know what you mean. I've wanted to hear Overture live for a very long time. Thankfully I'd given in and checked the track list ages before I went. So I knew not to expect any of their older stuff.

Quite a bit from Permanent Waves though, so that had me happy. Plus they played Witch Hunt One of my favs.

Zapp Brannigan

they also pretty much played the entire Snakes & Arrows album!

johnnyboy4711

what a gig
some if my many highlights
witch hunt
natural science
yyz
sorry to sound all yankie but they are a feckin awesome band!!!
johnny

MoominPapa

Manchester last night, feckin brilliant. Limelight, Circumstances, Natural Science Passage to Bangkok, Digital Man all amazing, thought the new material was really good, can't get Armour & Sword and the Main Monkey Business out of my head, which is a good thing! Stood for the whole gig and I'm bleeding knackered and probably pissed off a few people sitting behind me, but f*ck em:p

Baggio

Was in the NEC friday night,

.....great show for sure...good venue i thought, Peart's solo was excellent, Lee was the usual wizard...terrific show by him,,Lifeson as good as ever,,,but I was surprised he used only Gibson and Les Pauls (i think) all night...not a PRS or Fender in site..the one slight prob I thought was his guitar sound at times seemed drowned out, and I really dont think Gibsons do his style justice,,,not now anyway...that may sound daft with a wizzard like him, but I thought his playing was just a tad less smooth than usual and that the PRS's seem to be more his type of guitar...maybe I'm wrong but there ya go.
Was veryy surprised the amount of RUSH fans I kept bumping into in the airport, and how many times security guys kept saying to me "Another Rush fan?!"......again the pilot on the plane must have spotted how many were on the plane I counted 12 on my own flight....pilot wished the fans a great concert ..maybe HE was a fan hahaha
Anyway..a great show by the 3 mastercraftsmen, hope to see em again someday.....Peart's kit sounded great veryy biiiiggg...he mentions in the programme how the guys in DW have developed the new Vertical Ply system of grading the drum shells and how much bigger and warmer the drums all sound compared to previous kits, oh and ......the "Aztec Red" finish?....classsss.
As usual the lights and lazer shows were superb/top notch...My bandmates certainly enjoyed the whole experience..now we're all maaad to get playing live again! haha such inspiration indeed.

ciao' amigos....Baggio...............

peter1892

I was at Manchester last night - absolutely brillian,t one of the best gigs I've ever seen. 'Witch Hunt' was amazing, the new material sounded great too...and the drum solo - wonderful stuff!

Lots of Rush t-shirts on the flight home too - and a few people at EuCon were quite surprised that they've never played in Ireland. That said they don't too Europe that much so I'm not going to complain, the crowd was great last night & the venue was top notch.

galwayrush

What a fantastic 8 days, just home from Rotterdam. met so many people, had a blast.Rotterdam 2,and Manchester the highlights. We were the nuts going crazy in block 102 -103, got lots of interaction from Alex. Managed to grab a Chicken t-shirt from Alex.so many highlights, so much beer and wine, so many memories.just about survived the 6 gigs, one of my friends did 21 so far, with more to go,

Baggio

Galway...you must be cutting back a bit are you?..hahaha
was great at NEC saw lots of RUSHTshirts at the airports for sure.....been watching the innevitable clips on youtube some great stuff/memories...luuuv the start of the show ahahh great fun for sure...and now the Rotterdam show has been filmed!...nice one...well people really do luuuv their live shows for sure and live DVD's for deffo.
Still can't figure out why Alex used only Gibson guitars..much as i luv his quality and style,,Im STILL certain they dont bring out the best in his playing...the PRS's deffinately suit him and tyhe music better than Gibsons at this stage. Did notice Geddy strapping on a nice Rickenbacker at one stage...nice one and South Park got a look in haha
Next time I'll have to catch more than 1 show for sure.....like to see them in Milan thats a tasty gig if ever there was one. Keep me posted on that RUSH weekend in Galway..will just HAVE to be there haha

ciao' amigos....Baggio......

galwayrush

Galway Rush meet provisionally set for some time in May.;)

Baggio

sounds gooooood

johnnyboy4711

im so there dudes!
j

galwayrush

Galway Rush bash, looks like the weekend close to the 16th to 18th may.
Fantastic Rush cover band called Counterparts.

Baggio

ill make sure to clear all to be there....
............hmmm would luuuuv to bring our band down too and of course the mighty "Red Machine"...maybe might try to set up a gig on the same weekend that doesnt clash with the RUSH cover band of course!..i wanna see em too!!!

hmmm will be a great weekend for sure ..keep me posted galwayrush please my man ,.......,hey you on myspace by the way??...i am myself if ya wanna see ol' loudmouth drumming in mini vid and pix of moi and all those crazy drums:

www.myspace.com/markobaggio enjoy!

ciao' amigo...Baggio...

mike65

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/10/rush.html

Mike.

johnnyboy4711

what venue do you have in mind?
J

MoominPapa

Cheers for the linky Mike, never thought I'd see a positive Rush review in a "quality" English broadsheet. Far Cry indeed;)

galwayrush

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

what venue do you have in mind?
J

working on the venue now, got 3 places in mind, looks like a few will travel from the UK and Holland as well.:cool:

galwayrush

Dates set, :cool:weekend 16th to 18th,
Got people coming from the UK, Holland Germany, Finland, Sweden so far.:cool:
A weekend of Carnage, Beer, Curry, Rush Music,
Venue almost sorted,

Baggio

Great stuff GRUSH

Will be there for sure!!!,,,cant wait for that...Id luuv to gig down that way anyway...anyone know anywhere that would enjoy a seriously good classic rock covers band around Galway???..let me know and Ill bring the troops down

oh by the way weekend of Rush music, beer, fun etc,...great!!,,just hold off on the curry stuff..notttt ffor me!! ahhaha

ciao' amigos...Baggio.....

galwayrush

Baggio wrote: »

Great stuff GRUSH

Will be there for sure!!!,,,cant wait for that...Id luuv to gig down that way anyway...anyone know anywhere that would enjoy a seriously good classic rock covers band around Galway???..let me know and Ill bring the troops down

oh by the way weekend of Rush music, beer, fun etc,...great!!,,just hold off on the curry stuff..notttt ffor me!! ahhaha

ciao' amigos...Baggio.....

I don't see any problem getting a gig for your band.:cool:
perhaps the friday night?

johnnyboy4711

great stuff!!!
j

Baggio

GRush,,,hey my man that would be terrific really,,,,we turn it on too and would be a great warm up for the RUSH weekend...our set really goes down a storm wherever we play and le drum solo will be delivered too!" ehehhe

so yeahh see what ya can do and Ill make sure were set well in advance on our end ,,,if ya want a demo of song samples ill send ya the one we did has 5 tracks on it live in studio recording ...very like what we sound like live

ciao' amigo...Baggio...

galwayrush

I had to bump this up because my arm was twisted and i'm off to see them play live in Toronto july 9th.:cool:
Rush in their home town, should be special.:cool:

johnnyboy4711

sweet as a nut!
how easy was it to get tickets?
john

galwayrush

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

sweet as a nut!
how easy was it to get tickets?
john

One of my tnms mates is sorting out the Ticket for me:cool:

Brint

galwayrush wrote: »

One of my tnms mates is sorting out the Ticket for me:cool:

?
Teenage Nutant Minja Surtles?

Baggio

grush yu lucky sodddd enjoy

see ya on 15th may NSD in YOUR backyard hahaha

will stay for next evening of course to see counterparts too haha great weekend

ciao' amigo...Baggio....

galwayrush

Brint wrote: »

?
Teenage Nutant Minja Surtles?

Way worse:D

galwayrush

Baggio wrote: »

grush yu lucky sodddd enjoy

see ya on 15th may NSD in YOUR backyard hahaha

will stay for next evening of course to see counterparts too haha great weekend

ciao' amigo...Baggio....

Looking forward to seeing your band on the fridy night, i've advertised it as part of the Rush tribute (piss-up) weekend.:cool:

Baggio

GRush yur a star thanx a lot for that we'll do our best to rock the place out,,will be a great night,.,we're gonna TRY to get 2 more RUSH tunes for the night...we'll see how it goes hehe

ciao' amigo...Baggio.............

ps it's in "sallylongs" by the way

Brint

galwayrush wrote: »

Way worse:D

Well? What does it stand for then!

galwayrush

Brint wrote: »

Well? What does it stand for then!

The National Midday Sun - a European based Rush Forum.
Link below

galwayrush

4 more weeks to Counterparts, Rush Tribute Band at the Quays Bar, Galway.:cool:

johnnyboy4711

anything happening on these nights?
thanks
j

galwayrush

johnnyboy4711 wrote: »

anything happening on these nights?
thanks
j

Friday night, we're meeting for a Curry, then off to Sally Longs to see Baggio's band - Never Say Die. Sunday night, we're thinking of the Irish Pink Floyd at the Roisin Dubh.

galwayrush

I hears Matt Cooper played some Rush on the Radio tonight, anybody hear it?