The empire (1 Viewer)

[Saddlebrains]

Just announced Ed Sheeran. Wow


Some booking for Cov that.

Along with Jimmy Carr etc that place could be the best nightclub this citys seen if it can attract the likes of Ed Sheeran.

 

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[Sky Blue Pete]

What’s the empire

 

[MatthewWallis]

Where’s that been announced?

 

[shmmeee]

What’s the empire

Music venue isn’t it? Moved to the old JD Sports or whatever it was near the dog and trumpet. used to be on Far Gosford.

 

[Saddlebrains]

Where’s that been announced?

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Hopefully Luke Skywalker and the rebels can come up with something better, doesn’t look promising

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Music venue isn’t it? Moved to the old JD Sports or whatever it was near the dog and trumpet. used to be on Far Gosford.

Yep got ya

 

[Kneeza]

I think the last time I went in there was to see Jaws when it was released.
Big lump of shark-like clunkily-animated plastic, so not so different from watching Ed Sheeran I guess.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Hopefully Luke Skywalker and the rebels can come up with something better, doesn’t look promising

Will be difficult to get tickets so may have to use the force your way in or Jedi mind trick the doorman.

 

[RegTheDonk]

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Fair play. Surprised with HMV apparently investing in proper shops as don't know many people these days who actually buy discs, it's all downloads or streaming.

 

[no_loyalty]

Will be difficult to get tickets so may have to use the force your way in or Jedi mind trick the doorman.

Its a free gig with 700 tickets available, you have to register on the hmv website and hope your name is pulled out of the hat.

 

[Skybluefaz]

Fair play. Surprised with HMV apparently investing in proper shops as don't know many people these days who actually buy discs, it's all downloads or streaming.

Vinyl is having a massive resurgence. I believe cassette tapes are too.

 

[LastGarrison]

Whether you like Sheeran or not that is a massive coup for The Empire and only a good thing for Cov!

I’ve got tickets for Jimmy Carr Sunday and looking forward to it!

Rialto also putting on a number of shows and some good comedians just hope they both get the support they deserve from the local population.

 

[Sky_Blue_Daz]

Rialto are putting lots of good stuff on, anyone tried the restaurant yet?

 

[skybluesam66]

Whether you like Sheeran or not that is a massive coup for The Empire and only a good thing for Cov!

I’ve got tickets for Jimmy Carr Sunday and looking forward to it!

Rialto also putting on a number of shows and some good comedians just hope they both get the support they deserve from the local population.

I wouldnt put Jimmy carr and good comedians in the same sentence - but i guess its personal choice

 

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[Skybluefaz]

Whether you like Sheeran or not that is a massive coup for The Empire and only a good thing for Cov!

I’ve got tickets for Jimmy Carr Sunday and looking forward to it!

Rialto also putting on a number of shows and some good comedians just hope they both get the support they deserve from the local population.

It is, when I was first wanting to go to gigs at the back end of the 90s it was always Birmingham or Wolverhampton to get to see the bands I liked. When things get a bit more like normality, we now have Warwick Uni, the Empire, the Kasbah, and the artist formally known as the Ricoh Arena to host the big names.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Hope it's a success, picking it up and moving to the old abc cinema during the pandemic has taken balls, great to have a venue like this in Coventry

 

[hill83]

Hope it's a success, picking it up and moving to the old abc cinema during the pandemic has taken balls, great to have a venue like this in Coventry

Should encourage more bars etc to open up around that area. Fuck all on that street at the moment so there’s room for it.

 

[oakey]

Fair play. Surprised with HMV apparently investing in proper shops as don't know many people these days who actually buy discs, it's all downloads or streaming.

No it isn't. Some of us mature people have hundreds of CDs or vinyl discs already and expensive sound systems so why would we bother to stream or download? I'm very unlikely to want to.

 

[Johnnythespider]

Should encourage more bars etc to open up around that area. Fuck all on that street at the moment so there’s room for it.

The old post office opposite would be a great place to open a bar, currently a chinese supermarket

 

[pusbccfc]

Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest artists on the planet. Not many bigger pulls.

 

[oscillatewildly]

It is, when I was first wanting to go to gigs at the back end of the 90s it was always Birmingham or Wolverhampton to get to see the bands I liked. When things get a bit more like normality, we now have Warwick Uni, the Empire, the Kasbah, and the artist formally known as the Ricoh Arena to host the big names.

The 'arches' is reopening this Friday, by all accounts. I was having a tyre replaced down at Spon End the other day and decided to have a look whilst I was waiting - Some frantic sounds of building/refitting were going on from inside and I had a brief chat with the lad who has taken it over.
He's adamant it will be reopening on Friday.
Just a music venue now though, no snooker events.

 

[hill83]

The old post office opposite would be a great place to open a bar, currently a chinese supermarket
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[Liquid Gold]

Fair play. Surprised with HMV apparently investing in proper shops as don't know many people these days who actually buy discs, it's all downloads or streaming.

202 vinyl sales were the highest they've been since the early 90s

 

[RegTheDonk]

No it isn't. Some of us mature people have hundreds of CDs or vinyl discs already and expensive sound systems so why would we bother to stream or download? I'm very unlikely to want to.

Understand that m8, I just don't actually know anyone who buys hard copies these days. Personally, for convenience, my small collection of old vinyal and tapes have been backed up to a cloud and it's easier to add to that virtual library and just use bluetooth to my car or home setup.

I absolutely get the point that there are people who really love the fact you can touch and display the physical item, whilst having a rig to appreciate the analogue sound. Perhaps I'm too mature - my ears aren't as good as they used to be to appreciate the range of frequencies lol.

 

[RegTheDonk]

202 vinyl sales were the highest they've been since the early 90s

That's good, hopefully justifys HMV's investment, they won't be daft enough to start opening shops if there isn't a market.

 

[LastGarrison]

Should encourage more bars etc to open up around that area. Fuck all on that street at the moment so there’s room for it.

Fratelli's although it opened as a cafe now sells beer and does cocktails and I have seen them have DJ's outside and hopefully Catch 22 (the old Dog and Trumpet) opens back up as supposedly the Latin night was attracting people from all around the Midlands, although supposedly it was predominantly aimed at students as told to me by a Portuguese student as if to warn me off!!

But you are right if we could link Cathedral Lanes down to the Yard, Dhillons and the Squirrel with a few more bars it could really begin to open up the city. I still maintain that all the retail shops around Broadagte should move into West Orchards and then be replaced with bars, restaurants etc.

What I also like at the moment is the opening of Corporation Street, you have Generators in the Telegraph Hotel and Mulberry and then you can move on to the microbrewey (Hops de Amour is it?), then onto Cafe Morso, the Brazilian Place, Franzo's etc. and then either go up to Artisan and the Gatehouse or onto Spon Street where it looks like the old Igloo has opened back up and then Selminas, the Green Dragon, Samoan Joes, the Windmill etc.

Again, far from perfect but it is actually nice having a bit of choice of not just which pubs to drink in but actually which area of the city centre to drink in.

 

[hill83]

Fratelli's although it opened as a cafe now sells beer and does cocktails and I have seen them have DJ's outside

Been a couple of times. Proper tunes as well. Loved it.

 

[Kneeza]

Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest artists on the planet. Not many bigger pulls.

I'd still rather go to the dentist.
(Kudos and best wishes to The Empire though).

 

[Kneeza]

Understand that m8, I just don't actually know anyone who buys hard copies these days. Personally, for convenience, my small collection of old vinyal and tapes have been backed up to a cloud and it's easier to add to that virtual library and just use bluetooth to my car or home setup.

I absolutely get the point that there are people who really love the fact you can touch and display the physical item, whilst having a rig to appreciate the analogue sound. Perhaps I'm too mature - my ears aren't as good as they used to be to appreciate the range of frequencies lol.

I have somewhere north of 2000 discs (slightly more CDs than LPs nowadays) and, being an old fart, continue to buy them.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Went to see Jimmy Carr there last night. He was very good. They’ve done an excellent job turning it into a nice venue. Something the City Centre has needed for a long time.

With regards to DVDs, CDs and vinyls they’re not for me. Got every track and film I’d ever want in the palm of my hand for very little cost each month. I don’t know where we’d store it all if it we had the physical copies. When we were on holiday a couple of years ago a videographer tried to sell us a DVD of an excursion and was about buy but then it occurred to me then that we didn’t have anything with a diskdrive and hadn’t for a few years before that. I was under the impression that that was the norm now.

 

[Kneeza]

Went to see Jimmy Carr there last night. He was very good. They’ve done an excellent job turning it into a nice venue. Something the City Centre has needed for a long time.

With regards to DVDs, CDs and vinyls they’re not for me. Got every track and film I’d ever want in the palm of my hand for very little cost each month. I don’t know where we’d store it all if it we had the physical copies. When we were on holiday a couple of years ago a videographer tried to sell us a DVD of an excursion and was about buy but then it occurred to me then that we didn’t have anything with a diskdrive and hadn’t for a few years before that. I was under the impression that that was the norm now.

Ha. I still have a VCR (DVD combination) and a bunch of tapes. Admittedly it lives in a cardboard box in the garage nowadays. Running when parked...

 

[wingy]

Went to see Jimmy Carr there last night. He was very good. They’ve done an excellent job turning it into a nice venue. Something the City Centre has needed for a long time.

With regards to DVDs, CDs and vinyls they’re not for me. Got every track and film I’d ever want in the palm of my hand for very little cost each month. I don’t know where we’d store it all if it we had the physical copies. When we were on holiday a couple of years ago a videographer tried to sell us a DVD of an excursion and was about buy but then it occurred to me then that we didn’t have anything with a diskdrive and hadn’t for a few years before that. I was under the impression that that was the norm now.

How was that?
Many there?

 

[LastGarrison]

How was that?
Many there?

Packed.