Springsteen at the (ACL) Ricoh (7 Viewers)

[James Smith]

I always found the staff at Jessops very friendly and knowledgeable, didn't stop them going bust.

Did you really find knowledgeable staff at Jessops, when I went in to my then local branch they were fairly clueless on most things. I was told that Nikon didn't make a remote for my camera despite the fact that I had checked on the web and they did and had a print out proving they did. I was told my 70-310 lense wouldn't fit on my new Nikon SLR despite the fact that they both had a standard M42 mount etc.

Jessops went bust because camera sales have tanked thanks to thefact that people just used their mobile to take pictures. Also there are a number of specialist on line companies selling camear gear cheaper than Jessops.

 

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[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

I'm sure Bruce is bothered by the naysayers, after all he's only sold millions of records, millions of tickets and is of the legendary status only a handful of artists ever reach. Add to that he plays 3 hours plus at every show when most bands play for half that time. Also he mixes up the set lists whereas most bands/artists play the same songs in the same order night after night

See the lad who gave him the card with Sisu Out looked at it as if to say I know Ive written lots of songs but I cant remember that onePity the cameras didnt pick it up

 

[procdoc]

See the lad who gave him the card with Sisu Out looked at it as if to say I know Ive written lots of songs but I cant remember that onePity the cameras didnt pick it up

I missed that. Where were you stood? I was about 5 rows from the front of stage, just to the left of where Bruce was stood

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

I missed that. Where were you stood? I was about 5 rows from the front of stage, just to the left of where Bruce was stood

Right hand side of the stage two behind the barrier

 

[procdoc]

Right hand side of the stage two behind the barrier

It was a very long day. I got to the Ricoh at 8 am, got number 441 for the pit. I'm feeling it today, legs will hardly move!

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

It was a very long day. I got to the Ricoh at 8 am, got number 441 for the pit. I'm feeling it today, legs will hardly move!

how much did it cost

 

[SkyBlueScottie]

Open question all: Have the Red Hot Chilli Peppers played at the RICOH!? I was hoping they play there but I think I seen someone on here said they had played their, I'd be gutted if I don't get to see them live.

I was only 11 then, summer heading into yr. 7, when I didn't even like them, not going to lie, I've only just (well, 6-8 months) really started liking them, and they are fucking awesome! Before, I only liked 'Can't Stop' and 'Under the Bridge', and recognised a few songs, (Otherside, By the Way, Dani California and Snow) but one day went exploring on YouTube and realised how good they are!

They were excellent that day and were also excellent when I saw 18 months ago at the NEC.

 

[procdoc]

how much did it cost

it didn't cost anything extra

 

[chiefdave]

Car parking cheaper than O2

You're going in the wrong car park! It's £7 for 4 hours in the O2 car park or £11 in the NCP.

 

[duffer]

Nothing to do with the Ricoh or ACL or SISU or anything, but I have to say I think Springsteen is f*****g rubbish.

Oh torchy, just when I was starting to like you.

Like you say though, it's all about opinions. I don't much care for your collection of Max Bygraves, or that "Love Songs by Alvin and The Chipmunks" CD you keep playing, but I respect your right to choose.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

You're going in the wrong car park! It's £7 for 4 hours in the O2 car park or £11 in the NCP.

Reserved parking O2 17.50 plus 3.50 service O2 website

 

[chiefdave]

Reserved parking O2 17.50 plus 3.50 service O2 website

Don't pay in advance, drive past the big flashing sign telling you to turn right into the car park for your particular event and take the next right. then the first left is the NCP for the tube, always space if you're going for an evening event, that's £11. Or keep going on into the next O2 car park - you may get stopped and asked where you're going, just say one of the restaurants ro cinema (they may say they want to see your reciept on the way out but you pay at a machine so that never happens), that's an hourly rate but up to 4 hours is £7.

The official arena car park is actually the furthest away and hardest to get out as all the stewards have buggered off by the time you come out.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

Don't pay in advance, drive past the big flashing sign telling you to turn right into the car park for your particular event and take the next right. then the first left is the NCP for the tube, always space if you're going for an evening event, that's £11. Or keep going on into the next O2 car park - you may get stopped and asked where you're going, just say one of the restaurants ro cinema (they may say they want to see your reciept on the way out but you pay at a machine so that never happens), that's an hourly rate but up to 4 hours is £7.

The official arena car park is actually the furthest away and hardest to get out as all the stewards have buggered off by the time you come out.

Thats the official car park at the o2 same as the official at Ricoh. If youre comparing prices Unicorn were doing it for £5 as were other places so Cov is still cheaper Wembley by the way £28 try getting out of there:facepalm:

 

[lordsummerisle]

He's a right short arse though, turned up in his car just as I was leaving work today, he nodded, must have recognised me.

 

[Broken Hearted Sky Blue]

He's a right short arse though, turned up in his car just as I was leaving work today, he nodded, must have recognised me.

Admit it gave you a boner didnt it when he nodded

 

[skybluegaz2]

Funny, it's the same people ALWAYS having a go at ACL. Even when NATIONAL recognition comes to the Ricoh, they still think Timmie's £10k a game offer pays for the upkeep of the Arena. ONE concert would probably cover that for a season !! The REAL issue is SISU want the stadium BUT DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT. Hence the MALICIOUS law suit they are pursuing, hoping to pick up the RICOH for nothing. But it will not work.

 

[lordsummerisle]

Funny, it's the same people ALWAYS having a go at ACL. Even when NATIONAL recognition comes to the Ricoh, they still think Timmie's £10k a game offer pays for the upkeep of the Arena. ONE concert would probably cover that for a season !! The REAL issue is SISU want the stadium BUT DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR IT. Hence the MALICIOUS law suit they are pursuing, hoping to pick up the RICOH for nothing. But it will not work.

I think that the same offer that is provided to the LTA would be acceptable.

£50,000 per 9000 paying customers and no rent charges at all.

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

I think that the same offer that is provided to the LTA would be acceptable.

£50,000 per 9000 paying customers and no rent charges at all.

I think the difference is the tournament and tenant increased the prestige and reputation of the facility. Fisher's pantomime brings nothing but shame to the table

 

[lordsummerisle]

I think the difference is the tournament and tenant increased the prestige and reputation of the facility. Fisher's pantomime brings nothing but shame to the table

Indeed, a minor Davis Cup game without anybody has ever heard of playing in it would do that.

Also, can't move now for upper-middle class parents from Surrey who have decided that since Tarquin and Olivia had such a super time at the Davis Cup held in Coventry they have sold their villas in Tuscany so that they can summer in Holbrooks and Tile Hill instead.

 

[shropshirecov]

I doubt Compass would be too impressed with a handful of gigs per year....

...In fact they will probably demand a rather large refund from ACL due to the massive drop in business....

...which would put ACL even further up financial shit street.....

And Ricoh would be delighted they now sponsor a football stadium without a football team.

Some people are so comsumed with their hatred for sisu, they are willing for ACL to continue to bleed the club dry. I just don't get it. I want sisu out, but I'd want a new owner to be able to take all revenues they create, to give my beloved hometown football club a chance to become as viable a business it can possibly be, and rise again from the lower leagues like a pheonix from the ashes.

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

I've spent the last 30 mins checking out tracks off a Thin Lizzy album, Jailbreak, from which R6 had just played a corking track. It's great. Although I was a bit annoyed to see that one original review on release likened it to "Bruce Springsteen cast-offs".


The only other way in which I can think of a link to Spingsteen is to ask if Steven Van Zandt was playing with him. He's the dude in the bandana. 'Cos he was in The Soprano's, so I figure he may have been in Coventry when he heard about his former co-star's death. Maybe he'll always remember that. Maybe he'll come back and buy us one day as a consequence. It's a long shot, but is a plan based on firmer foundations than SISU's

 

[Mary_Mungo_Midge]

Indeed, a minor Davis Cup game without anybody has ever heard of playing in it would do that.

Also, can't move now for upper-middle class parents from Surrey who have decided that since Tarquin and Olivia had such a super time at the Davis Cup held in Coventry they have sold their villas in Tuscany so that they can summer in Holbrooks and Tile Hill instead.

I think it had more to so with the widespread media coverage than Quentin and his gang arriving en masse

 

[procdoc]

I've spent the last 30 mins checking out tracks off a Thin Lizzy album, Jailbreak, from which R6 had just played a corking track. It's great. Although I was a bit annoyed to see that one original review on release likened it to "Bruce Springsteen cast-offs".


The only other way in which I can think of a link to Spingsteen is to ask if Steven Van Zandt was playing with him. He's the dude in the bandana. 'Cos he was in The Soprano's, so I figure he may have been in Coventry when he heard about his former co-star's death. Maybe he'll always remember that. Maybe he'll come back and buy us one day as a consequence. It's a long shot, but is a plan based on firmer foundations than SISU's

Just before they played the 'Born To Run' album in full Bruce dedicated it to James Gandolfini

 

[ajsccfc]

If not Prince, Tom Waits would do me.

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

Just before they played the 'Born To Run' album in full Bruce dedicated it to James Gandolfini

Aw, that's quite sweet.

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

If not Prince, Tom Waits would do me.

You, er, really like things at the extremes of the octave scale, don't you?


A duet of them on Kiss would be fine.

 

[torchomatic]

Now yer talking! I'm not a metal kind of guy but I love Lizzy. Basically, because in the 70s when I elder brother lived at home he didn't play anything else. I went to see them too in Brum on the Black Rose tour with me brother and his mate. I touched Gary Moore's foot. So, there you go.

I've spent the last 30 mins checking out tracks off a Thin Lizzy album, Jailbreak, from which R6 had just played a corking track. It's great. Although I was a bit annoyed to see that one original review on release likened it to "Bruce Springsteen cast-offs".


The only other way in which I can think of a link to Spingsteen is to ask if Steven Van Zandt was playing with him. He's the dude in the bandana. 'Cos he was in The Soprano's, so I figure he may have been in Coventry when he heard about his former co-star's death. Maybe he'll always remember that. Maybe he'll come back and buy us one day as a consequence. It's a long shot, but is a plan based on firmer foundations than SISU's

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

Now yer talking! I'm not a metal kind of guy but I love Lizzy. Basically, because in the 70s when I elder brother lived at home he didn't play anything else. I went to see them too in Brum on the Black Rose tour with me brother and his mate. I touched Gary Moore's foot. So, there you go.

Wow, my dad's mate who slept with my mum behind his back when I was a kid loved Gary Moore! I like how they're metal, but with many strings to their bow. There's definitely something folky going on. The track that really caught my imagination was Emerald-this is the Peel Session version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Qp9wPvcJwM


I think it's fair to say that although we don't have glen's, it tapped into my anti-SISU spirit at the moment! That guitar riff is practically primaeval in it's call-to-arms-ness

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

Oh and Lynott is ace in The War Of The Worlds.

 

[Deleted member 5849]

The only other way in which I can think of a link to Spingsteen is to ask if Steven Van Zandt was playing with him. He's the dude in the bandana. 'Cos he was in The Soprano's, so I figure he may have been in Coventry when he heard about his former co-star's death. Maybe he'll always remember that. Maybe he'll come back and buy us one day as a consequence. It's a long shot, but is a plan based on firmer foundations than SISU's

If not there's always Brian McFadden

 

[Nonleagueherewecome]

If not there's always Brian McFadden

No way near as cool. He's not even on the same continent of cool. And that continent is Antarctica.

It'd be like being run by a wise-talking NY gangster, what's not to like? The dirty end of the SISU spectrum

 

[wingy]

No way near as cool. He's not even on the same continent of cool. And that continent is Antarctica.

It'd be like being run by a wise-talking NY gangster, what's not to like? The dirty end of the SISU spectrum

Lizzy favourite and most fitting ..................don't believe a word.

 

[torchomatic]

I've spent the last 30 mins checking out tracks off a Thin Lizzy album, Jailbreak, from which R6 had just played a corking track. It's great. Although I was a bit annoyed to see that one original review on release likened it to "Bruce Springsteen cast-offs".

And Jailbreak includes the classic 'Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak somewhere in this town'.

If I was the Feds my first port of call would be the jail.

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[Nonleagueherewecome]

And Jailbreak includes the classic 'Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak somewhere in this town'.

If I was the Feds my first port of call would be the jail.

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Mums the word, they'll never work it out. Especially if we cross-pollinate and get Steven Van Zandt running the front

 

[Grendel]

And Jailbreak includes the classic 'Tonight there's going to be a jailbreak somewhere in this town'.

If I was the Feds my first port of call would be the jail.

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They were a strange band. Saw them at cov theatre in the early 80's. they were a fantastic live act but most of their studio stuff was very forgettable.