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just booked my first ever concert tickets today for hammersmith for my wife and I,we had given up hope of the boys ever doing a UK tour again!
anyway...neither of us have ever been to a concert of any kind before lol and have no idea what to expect really,can anyone give us some insight? all i know at the mo is i have seats and it 'starts' at 7pm,thats it lol
cheers!

Stew, you really need to get out more!

your not wrong there!

I think my first concert was a Take That gig

Issey Miyake wrote:I think my first concert was a Take That gig

Issey Miyake, you really need to stay in more!

Have you ever seen any live VHS/DVD?

yeah ive watched them but they obviuosly edit all the gaps etc,that mostly my concern,ie they arent just gonna stand there and sing for 2 hours,so how much waiting around is there?

Waiting all depends on when you get there.

Just talk to your wife or something, it's not like your going alone is it, to feel a little lost.

Anyway got my tickets for Manchester, i wish they where on at Liverpool instead but they never seem to go there much.

stew-b wrote:yeah ive watched them but they obviuosly edit all the gaps etc,that mostly my concern,ie they arent just gonna stand there and sing for 2 hours,so how much waiting around is there?

They do pretty much perform without gaps.

There's usually a 20 minute interval in the middle and a 2 or 3 minute one before the encore, but it's pretty much them on stage nearly all of the concert time.

cool im guessing it will all be finished by about 10pm?

stew-b wrote:cool im guessing it will all be finished by about 10pm?

Then you can get straight on the piss!

Nightlife wrote:

stew-b wrote:cool im guessing it will all be finished by about 10pm?

Then you can get straight on the piss!

Doubt that, he's never seen a Bar before sorry

you can reasonably expect the following to happen:

- if there is a support act they will be rubbish

- if there is a dj instead of the support act, they will no doubt be playing music that gives your wife a headache. this will be your fault and you will suffer for it all the way through the show proper and on the long journey home.

- when the boys come on there will be an unfeasibly large scream from the crowd that borders on unhinged adoration. neil will bask in this as his due but chris won't even acknowledge it

- at some point early on in the show, your wife will ask you what it is that chris actually does. you will struggle to find an answer that satisfies her not unreasonable curiosity.

- your attention will be drawn to the hordes at the front who are desperately trying to get a reaction out of chris. they will fail.

- your wife will mention to you that that aren't as many 'gay' people at the gig as she expected, as after all the psb are a 'gay' band, aren't they?

- you will soon regret your decision to buy seats, and will look with jealous anger at the people dancing wildly in the standing area. your neighbours will have seemingly superglued their asses to their seats and you will discern from their demeanour that they are not going to dance. the people behind you will have looks on that dare you to leave your seat.

- at this point your favourite psb song will come on. f&ck it, you will think, and as you get up to dance, a steward will immediately tell you to sit down.

- during the interval the bar will be crowded and you will be sadly forced to abadon any hope of getting a drink.

- there will be huge queues for the toilets, although queues for the ladies will be comparatively shorter. in the mens toilets there will be long queues for the stalls, and when occupants finish their business in the stalls they will not flush, as they will in the most part have ingested, not expelled.

- your anger at the dancing hordes will not have abated. and even your wife will want to dance, but the stewards will have you marked as a troublemaker and will pounce on you the moment you get up. loud tuts will be heard from seats behind you.

- during a slow song you will nip out from the seats and see if there is a way to bunk into the standing area. there won't be.

- during the encore, the miserabilists around you will finally get up, but only to get their coats so they can leave before the end and avoid the rush for a taxi. you will probably trip one up.

other than that, you'll have a great time,

my first concert was the performance tour in glasgow. If you're as tall as me, expect to get sprayed with beer!

jmh wrote:you can reasonably expect the following to happen:

- if there is a support act they will be rubbish

- if there is a dj instead of the support act, they will no doubt be playing music that gives your wife a headache. this will be your fault and you will suffer for it all the way through the show proper and on the long journey home.

- when the boys come on there will be an unfeasibly large scream from the crowd that borders on unhinged adoration. neil will bask in this as his due but chris won't even acknowledge it

- at some point early on in the show, your wife will ask you what it is that chris actually does. you will struggle to find an answer that satisfies her not unreasonable curiosity.

- your attention will be drawn to the hordes at the front who are desperately trying to get a reaction out of chris. they will fail.

- your wife will mention to you that that aren't as many 'gay' people at the gig as she expected, as after all the psb are a 'gay' band, aren't they?

- you will soon regret your decision to buy seats, and will look with jealous anger at the people dancing wildly in the standing area. your neighbours will have seemingly superglued their asses to their seats and you will discern from their demeanour that they are not going to dance. the people behind you will have looks on that dare you to leave your seat.

- at this point your favourite psb song will come on. f&ck it, you will think, and as you get up to dance, a steward will immediately tell you to sit down.

- during the interval the bar will be crowded and you will be sadly forced to abadon any hope of getting a drink.

- there will be huge queues for the toilets, although queues for the ladies will be comparatively shorter. in the mens toilets there will be long queues for the stalls, and when occupants finish their business in the stalls they will not flush, as they will in the most part have ingested, not expelled.

- your anger at the dancing hordes will not have abated. and even your wife will want to dance, but the stewards will have you marked as a troublemaker and will pounce on you the moment you get up. loud tuts will be heard from seats behind you.

- during a slow song you will nip out from the seats and see if there is a way to bunk into the standing area. there won't be.

- during the encore, the miserabilists around you will finally get up, but only to get their coats so they can leave before the end and avoid the rush for a taxi. you will probably trip one up.

other than that, you'll have a great time,

That's very funny....and pretty much spot on! Clearly you are no virgin!