Did I briefly consider flying across an ocean for this? I did. It's one of my very favourite albums, after all. How often do you get to listen to that with one of the people most responsible for its sound? Approximately never.
So I priced out the plane tickets. Played with the dates to find the best price. Compared a flight to Paris plus Eurostar ticket.
But I've already spent extravagantly enough on this band... until the next tour.
Did I briefly consider flying across an ocean for this? I did. It's one of my very favourite albums, after all. How often do you get to listen to that with one of the people most responsible for its sound? Approximately never.
So I priced out the plane tickets. Played with the dates to find the best price. Compared a flight to Paris plus Eurostar ticket.
But I've already spent extravagantly enough on this band... until the next tour.
Crikey! I'm only forking out £6 as I won't have to pay anything for travel with my 60+ Oyster Card for the trip across London.
That written, I'm off to Lisbon for a couple of days next week to watch a football match in a bar unless I get a couple of tickets from a friendly stranger. Not quite hopping across the Atlantic though.
Make sure y'all mingle now, don't be awkward Pulppeople.
I dont think there is going to be any other option! For the record, I will be the poor auld fella with white hair drinking a bottle of wine. At Ben Elton last night, that would have not distinguished me from about 70% of the audience