niceguyhomer Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 If anyone has a gig booked at the Royal Oak in Blackpool - forget it. We turned up last night to be told "there's no gig tonight" because there's been a change of management and they no longer have live music on. Nobody bothered to ring and tell us and Blackpool's a round trip of 80 miles for our drummer. Quote
Hamster Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Charming - did you all stay for a few pints and a natter? Hamster Quote
niceguyhomer Posted February 17, 2008 Author Posted February 17, 2008 Na - we went back to our 'home pub' to watch an excellent young band called Tantrum. Turned out alright in the end - paying for it right now Quote
ianwild16 Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 You wanna check out the NWB site a bit more often! - 'Wrecked' posted a blog about this venue a few weeks ago! Quote
wayne58 Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Shame Al, another good venue bites the dust in the North West. It's the old... landlord does a bunk and takes his diary with him problem. Tantrum are a great young blues band though, could have been worse. Quote
niceguyhomer Posted February 17, 2008 Author Posted February 17, 2008 [quote name='ianwild16' post='141842' date='Feb 17 2008, 12:24 PM']You wanna check out the NWB site a bit more often! - 'Wrecked' posted a blog about this venue a few weeks ago![/quote] Yeh - I suppose you're right Ian, a bit of due dilligence wouldn't have gone amiss eh. [quote name='wayne58' post='141903' date='Feb 17 2008, 02:42 PM']Shame Al, another good venue bites the dust in the North West. It's the old... landlord does a bunk and takes his diary with him problem. Tantrum are a great young blues band though, could have been worse.[/quote] Yeh - gigs are going down like flies Cameron but we did find a great new one (for us) on Thursday night at Bootleggers in Kendal - great pub, own PA and lights, great crowd too - even on a Thursday. The Royal Oak was THE place to play back in the dark days when I was a guitarist with The Hugh Jarre Soul Band. Quote
MythSte Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 Is that the one poulton way? Not the royal oak on waterloo road? Similar story on saturday, in blackpool aswell! Where due to play a gig at Riffs, we'd been asked to headline, all fine and dandy, got a fair few people down. And the promotor didnt turn up untill 9, and we didnt have time for a set before the clubs curfew! F'kin joke. The blackpool scene is pretty atrocious. Prestons not so bad, The Venue and 53 are cracking. Quote
MB1 Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 MB1. Is Blackpool closing?......(or is that just wishful thinking).... maybe they should take a leaf out of Morecambes Book! Quote
MythSte Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 And kill all its illegal workers? /controversial. Quote
GreeneKing Posted February 17, 2008 Posted February 17, 2008 How'd it go in Bootleggers Alan? I was knackered and gave it a miss. Quote
niceguyhomer Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 [quote name='GreeneKing' post='142034' date='Feb 17 2008, 06:42 PM']How'd it go in Bootleggers Alan? I was knackered and gave it a miss.[/quote] We had a really good night Peter - except there were no monitors so that made it a bit challenging. Never mind mate, we're at DD's in a couple of weeks and back at Bootleggers soon. Quote
Rich Posted February 18, 2008 Posted February 18, 2008 Which comedian was it that got into trouble years ago for calling Morecambe "a cemetery with lights"..? Quote
niceguyhomer Posted February 18, 2008 Author Posted February 18, 2008 (edited) [quote name='Rich' post='142274' date='Feb 18 2008, 07:43 AM']Which comedian was it that got into trouble years ago for calling Morecambe "a cemetery with lights"..? [/quote] Wasn't it Colin Crompton? Didn't he also say "They don't bury people in Morecambe, they prop 'em up in bus shelters with bingo cards in their hands"? Edited February 18, 2008 by niceguyhomer Quote
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