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As a witness, i can testify that Harrijack (Hannah) and her great mates, queue up at 0'Christ hundred hours! Then i turn up with 2 hours to go until doors open, pretty much behind them! |
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I queued for James' solo gig once with folding chairs, and James mocked us. It was really great, except that we only had two chairs between three.
Or lie down. With a sleeping bag. It's the only way to survive a winter queue.
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The chair bit reminds me of a T In't Park story, basically i bought a £7 chair for sitting down in the morning, my Paddy friend saobotaged it, tight sod didn't buy me another one!
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I don't know how they find it interesting, I'd get well bored. 2 gigs (and some time seperation) in each tour, tops.
I almost always go alone though, because I do like them enough to not have/want to coax someone along.
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It's depressing how many of my great holiday photos involve me lying in a sleeping bag on a pavement classily framed by bins, roads, doors and various walls. |
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See I love queuing, well as long as you don't have people getting stressed - panicing people ruin a good queue for everyone.
The beauty of queuing though is the routine. You do need to think though where you are and what the queuing is likely to be like for instance whos going, have they played recently or will lots of people travel and make the effort. Some places it is just pointless, like generally festivals just after a tour - no point queuing. When they did the US tour and overseas generally your pretty safe pitching up lunchtime/early afternoon so its debateable whether thats even queuing, I think once its gone 2 or 3 in the afternoon thats just getting there early. For a UK tour, and even this is probably dated advice, ideally you should overnight queue (though obviously this only works when there isn't a gig the previous night and is best done with an airbed and sleeping bag) as otherwise theres all the doubt over how early to get there and you get broken sleep by getting a short nights sleep in the hotel and then a street nap - if you just go sleep on the street you can just sleep right through till 9 or 10. Obviously thought should be given to whether its a safe street to sleep on, you probably shouldn't try it on your own and always wrap up well. Then obviously its breakfast time so you go get that and have a cup of tea and a nice sit down. Best on tour breakfast for me is fried egg sandwich, tea and juice, though porridge and jam makes for a bit of variety. If you've never seen them in that venue before you then you should always walk round the venue - its important to scope out where all the exits are as then you will have a good feel for where to go after etc. Then theres some more sitting - maybe read the paper, write to do lists, make a plan. Then you need to go get changed into your outfit, brush your teeth, take bulky things back to the hotel (its often a good idea to pick up lunch on the way back to avoid multiple leavings of the queue - ideally from M&S then you get the M&S desserts range). Then of course after lunch its afternoon nap time - pretty much my favourite thing about being on tour. The its bracelets, make up, hair, make up, afternoon snack, maybe a bit more make up - sort out what you actually need to take in (its usually a good idea to leave some make up as it can get boring waiting once you're inside as you will generally have to stand up and that can be a lot of effort), take the rest all back to the hotel. Last toilet - thats an important one. Then next thing you know its like 45 minutes before doors - ideally you should resist standing up before about then. Now is also the time to, if you haven't already, make sure you know exactly where you are going once inside. I would accept that about 80% of the time queuing is kinda pointless as I've had gigs where I had to work first so I've shown up a couple of hours before doors - and provided its a reasonably sized venue/barrier you're still good for the barrier its just you can't cherry pick that exact spot (though I don't know how many people actually have a precise spot of choice). I've always been a fan though of that feeling of having gone through a bit of boredom and suffering before a gig - makes it more of an event. |
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Aw, now you've made me feel nostalgic and want another tour. Though I would devote the last half hour before doors to sheer panic. It's amazing how much faster time goes when you're panicking and imagining everything that can possibly go wrong.
Breakfast is my favourite time of queue. London Roundhouse local cafe was great for fryups. |
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to be fair, i get to Young Knives gigs about 45 minutes before doors open, and i am on my own from then till, well, when some one else walks in a nd watched lol.
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How the hell can you get any sleep on the street?? I would be worried about getting molested by a hobo or having my stuff stolen. I guess there are others in the queue but still.... |
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I am really, really good at sleeping - I can sleep pretty much anywhere, ever. That and nagging are like my core skills base.
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hehehehe.....sounds like me, except I would need to add laziness!
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I am much better now at sleeping in odd places - trains, airports (still nowhere near as good at sleeping as Amanda though). I have a really sensible, ordinary, dull job, so I figure I have to be a bit silly sometimes just to balance everything out. |
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