I Live for Live
Saturday, September 24th, 2011If you are interested in live music, the simplest means by which to ensure that you are one of the first to find out about gigs is to look at their twitter or facebook webpage. Most performers publicize themselves via the net now so it’s normally simple to find out where they are touring and on what date a new CD is to be available. Since the web disseminates news virally, if a band concludes that they intend to do some thing spontaneous, they need not worry about whether folk will attend.
When they post a whisper about an impromptu gig on an online network, it won’t remain a secret for long.
I used to go to loads of massive shows in stadia like Brixton Academy.
Twenty-five years ago or so you could always purchase a cheap ticket from a ticket tout and that is the manner in which I acquired lots of first-rate concert tickets for artists like Michael Jackson and Simple Minds and comedy tickets for some arena comedians.
Today ticket prices are soaring and the cops come down so heavy on ticket-touts that you are not only taking the chance of ending up in bother yourself by buying from them, but it is likely that you will not even make savings of much money on the official price.
London comedy is a big industry anyway therefore you won’t really require to look far to discover an inexpensive evening of decent comedians.
You can’t beat a night out where entertainments are involved.
It’s lovely to share a couple of refreshments with friends if you haven’t talked to them for a while, but frequently you do not have a lot to discuss and that is when going to a drinking establishment with live music on may be a reasonable move. I always scan both the relevant papers and any number of artists’ web sites to see when gigs are coming our way. Some of the best concerts I have ever attended have been in cramped boozers and you can often catch superb unsigned groups at open mic nights as well.
An equally wonderful evening out is seeing a stand up.
There is a terrific comedy club in Birmingham where I often go with an old mate.
Most of the comedians that perform around the United Kingdom appear there and the quality is normally high. We enjoyed our office Christmas party there in 2009 and it was terrific!