Porcupine Tree tour dates

[simon]

In case anyone is interested:

Just a reminder - here are the UK tour dates for Porcupine Tree:

Wed 18th Apr Glasgow ABC
Thu 19th Apr Newcastle Academy
Fri 20th Apr Preston 53 Degrees
Sun 22nd Apr Nottingham Rock City
Mon 23rd Apr Wolverhampton Wulfrun
Tue 24th Apr Bristol Academy
Wed 25th Apr Cambridge Junction
Thu 26th Apr London Forum

When I interviewed Jon before the Leicester gig on Monday he mentioned that he'll be at the Forum gig on the 26th in case any of you feel like stalking him! ;-)

Cheers,

Simon

[timpenumbra]

Thanks Simon - will you be posting the interview here?

[ryan]

All UK dates support come from the mighty Amplifier who I cannot recommend highly enough.

On certain days I would go so far as to say they are my favourite band in the whole world.

I'll be at the Forum gig with my stalker hat on.

[mazdatree]

Cambridge and London here we come!

[ryan]

I'm dead looking forward to seeing them now, the instore impressed me some. Steve clearly has a great voice, though the songs lost something acoustic.

Now... I have an opinian to ask of you PT fans. I'd like to pick up a couple of albums. I have Deadwing and FOABP, love 'em. I'll prob get Coma Divine (the live album from Italy right...?). What else should I get. I don't need one in that style particualy, in fact almost better if not! one of the two disk reissues would be nice value for money wise too. So, what do people thing?

[mazdatree]

Well the Deadwing / FoaBP sound really took shape on In Absentia which is their finest in my opinion. If you want something a little gentler go for Signify and if it's epic tracks you're after, go for The Sky Moves Sideways.

[ryan]

Hmmmm, might go for Sky Moves Sideways then. I've got Coma Divine coming from hmv.co.uk now. £9 with student discount, bargin.

[ryan]

Well, they was good tonight. Solid live band. Not a lot to say really, enjoyed it though.

All of PRR were there minus Chole, had a good chat to Jamie, said a couple of words to Jon. Good times. Helped by the fact the Amplifier group were last out the 'Aftershow', ace.

[blondeambassador]

My goodness, just looked at tickets for their October gig in London...over £30 each, are they having a laugh? And all seated? Swiftly navigated myself away from that page!

[ryan]

Aye.

Can't be doing with that sadly.

[nimos]

Ended up joining the fan-club for tickets in the first 8 rows.... so only £40 total! I'm also praying that PRR will support. Maybe Steven Wilson was auditioning them at Dingwalls.....

[blondeambassador]

Mar 23, 2009 11:52:29 GMT @nimos said:

Ended up joining the fan-club for tickets in the first 8 rows.... so only £40 total! I'm also praying that PRR will support. Maybe Steven Wilson was auditioning them at Dingwalls.....

I seriously doubt that, I think he's quite familiar with what they sound like by now Anyway, I think that PRR's PT support days are possibly over, I could be wrong but they have supported them a fair bit and now...I'm not sure how well they would match up as PT support, with their new AVO based set. That's what I'll tell myself anyway, since I'm refusing to play that price for tickets!

[jamesa]

The Leeds date is all standing, but still £30. Going to that and London at the moment, not really happy with the way they are drip-feeding the dates...

I remember paying far, far less for tickets over the many years I have been going to see them.

[Lawrie]

I'm not the hugest PT fan in the world (they're decent enough, but not great IMO) and have no intention of going to any of their gigs, so forgive me if the following is a bit ignorant, but I just wanted to know how long their sets are?

I've got no problem with paying £30 to go watch a band that I REALLY like providing there is a reasonable setlist. I'd happily pay that to watch the likes of Radiohead and Muse etc, and if bands like PRR or The Music had back-catalogues that meant they could play a 2+ hour set (and the willingness to play for that long) then I'd pay to see that too. I figure that if you like a band enough then how 'big' of a band they are shouldn't be a factor in how much you'd be willing to pay for tickets: the only considerations should be whether you think that they're playing enough/the right songs to justify your spend, or alternatively whether you wouldn't pay £30 to watch ANY band full stop (which is a perfectly reasonable position, by the way).

Is PT's setlist length an issue for you guys being unhappy at the high price tag, or is there some other reason? (Not having even the slightest hint of a dig here, just curious as to why you feel the way you do. And - for the record - I probably wouldn't be keen on going to see most bands I like in an all-seated venue either: I'm guessing that is probably not helping the cause any.)

[blondeambassador]

For me, thinking about it, I'd say it's the venues. While the production that goes into some of the sort of larger gigs you're talking about ocasionally just about warrants the higher price tag (I'm thinking Wembley, gigs in outdoor spaces, with large amounts of touring equpiment, a massive touring party and the lights and sound setup to match) this feels like someone along the line at the PT camp is getting greedy. There is nothing about this band that is going to make their gig cost more than any others that happen at the venues they are playing, so why on earth should they cost so much more? I think it gives a sense of 'we know our fans will pay it so why not' and I think thats what irritates me about it.