European tour summer 2018

[allwaystired]

Plays into the middle-class thing too. Evidently a lot of people have a lot of money because the stadiums still pack out, but most people I know can't afford ?100+ per ticket on a rock show no matter how much they'd like to go. Thought to myself 'okay, just this once', a trip away to Germany with my wife and that's my treat for the year...and that came back to bite me in the arse pretty quickly. 

Yep- even smaller shows are really expensive now too. I just don't know who all these people are that can afford it. I saved massively for GNR shows - and I've sacrificed a lot of other gigs to go to them. You're not on your own mate- there are a lot of us out here, flat broke! feel sorry for you though, having to miss the show. 

[Lord Stan]

Last time we got bored here waiting we talked about pizzas. Now we decorate.

Step by step I'm decorating my new home and AfD vinyl is missing. I went to a very big shopping mall that has everything. All around the world they have the same shops, maybe sometimes under a different brand.

No vinyls but then I thought let's see the compact disc section. What I found was Lies, it will easily blend in

I was just thinking this could be the first time I have ever paid for Lies. But now it's done motherfuckers, I even have the receipt to prove it

AfD is so ubiquitous in the UK that I'm confident I could walk into even the smallest branch of HMV and find 5 vinyl copies minimum. In fact, no kidding, the supermarket Morrison's here had a little stand of vinyl around last Christmas and....you guessed it, about 10 copies of Appetite. Little 'classic albums' set-up with Sgt. Pepper, Rumors, Bat Out Of Hell, Nevermind and a couple of others. Dad gift market covered 

Music means too much to me to see it as a modern lifestyle image attachment, picked up at the same time as a new bathmat and a fucking yankee candle.

I bought a new bathmat a month ago

[D-GenerationX]

I can't see a scenario where I'll go to another concert to be honest. Priced out of the market generally - this was intended to be my last big blowout. Life takes on other concerns. From 2000-2012 I saw probably 20 concerts a year. I haven't been to one in about 2 and a half years now.

If they try a third pass through the States this fall, they won't get me again.

2016, that was a "never thought I'd see the day" type thing.  Cost what it cost.  Didn't care.

2017, it cost me even more for a smaller venue.  But, I rationalized that away thinking it could be the last time I ever see them.  I assumed they would go their separate ways after 2017.  Axl to AC/DC, Slash to Myles, Duff to wherever.

So when I saw 2018 announced, I mean, I'm happy for the Euro fans getting a second pass.  But, me, personally, I've seen this show twice now.  Think I'm good.

I'm certainly good at $300 a seat.

[sofine11]

I can't see a scenario where I'll go to another concert to be honest. Priced out of the market generally - this was intended to be my last big blowout. Life takes on other concerns. From 2000-2012 I saw probably 20 concerts a year. I haven't been to one in about 2 and a half years now.

If they try a third pass through the States this fall, they won't get me again.

2016, that was a "never thought I'd see the day" type thing.  Cost what it cost.  Didn't care.

2017, it cost me even more for a smaller venue.  But, I rationalized that away thinking it could be the last time I ever see them.  I assumed they would go their separate ways after 2017.  Axl to AC/DC, Slash to Myles, Duff to wherever.

So when I saw 2018 announced, I mean, I'm happy for the Euro fans getting a second pass.  But, me, personally, I've seen this show twice now.  Think I'm good.

I'm certainly good at $300 a seat.

They come back in support of new music, I'm there no matter the cost.  Otherwise I'm good.  Agreed at these costs I'm good with seeing this show twice.

Even The Stones gotta put out something new to tour once in a while.  Fresh coat of pain never hurt anyone...Except Axl. 

[D-GenerationX]

If they gear all this up again in 3 years or so, even with nothing new, I'm going to go.  I'm not going to sit there and lie to myself.

Won't be quite the "event" it was this time around.  But it's still my favorite band.

[jarmo]

Download Festival Madrid poster: https://downloadfestival.es/backend/public/uploads/lineup/5a6716da6cf97.jpg

Guns N' Roses, Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, Underoath, Thrice, Mooseblood, Creeper, The Pink Slips



/jarmo

[Lord Stan]

Greetings from Warsaw, Poland. It has been unnormally cold and some trouble functioning at night. I got a little bit lost not finding my accommodation. It was always close but where. Nothing to panic about but some frustration started to grow.

Then what do I find (before home), a GNR billboard for the summer. The gig is some 200 miles down south but surely everyone wants to know about it.

It gave me great strength to find my path. The summer is here. Soon

[rebelhipi]

Finnish suburb trains are full of billboards/posters advertising the Tallinn gig 

[NaturalLight]

I can't see a scenario where I'll go to another concert to be honest. Priced out of the market generally - this was intended to be my last big blowout. Life takes on other concerns. From 2000-2012 I saw probably 20 concerts a year. I haven't been to one in about 2 and a half years now.

If they try a third pass through the States this fall, they won't get me again.

2016, that was a "never thought I'd see the day" type thing.  Cost what it cost.  Didn't care.

2017, it cost me even more for a smaller venue.  But, I rationalized that away thinking it could be the last time I ever see them.  I assumed they would go their separate ways after 2017.  Axl to AC/DC, Slash to Myles, Duff to wherever.

So when I saw 2018 announced, I mean, I'm happy for the Euro fans getting a second pass.  But, me, personally, I've seen this show twice now.  Think I'm good.

I'm certainly good at $300 a seat.

They come back in support of new music, I'm there no matter the cost.  Otherwise I'm good.  Agreed at these costs I'm good with seeing this show twice.

Even The Stones gotta put out something new to tour once in a while.  Fresh coat of pain never hurt anyone...Except Axl. 

No they don?t. They go multiple tours without albums and when they do release one they play maybe one possibly two songs from it. Most causal fans don?t care. They want the experience of seeing the band and hearing the hits.

I do agree that prices are getting ridiculous but people are willing to pay for them. I do expect Guns to come back to America one last time at smaller arenas. I?d like to see the Big Three again (I?ve caught three shows from this tour) but prices will have to drop a bit for me.

[Lord Stan]

Finnish suburb trains are full of billboards/posters advertising the Tallinn gig 

So never mind the darkness...

[jarmo]

Posted on the Download Festival Facebook:
Day tickets for Download '18 will be released on 9 APRIL!




/jarmo

[Lord Stan]

Tallinn, Estonia confirmed Volbeat and The Dead Daisies as opening acts.

[Nytunz]

Ghost opening in Norway! And Tyler B.

[allwaystired]

Manic Street Preachers supporting in Berlin - one of my favourite all time bands. Wish I was going!

[jarmo]

This is the info I gathered from local Live Nation offices and festivals:


June 3rd, 2018: Berlin, Germany @ Olympiastadion:
Manic Street Preachers, Greta Van Fleet

June 6th, 2018: Odense, Denmark @ Dyrskuepladsen:
Manic Street Preachers, Greta Van Fleet

June 9th, 2018: Derby, UK @ Donington Park Circuit (Download Festival)
Other acts: Black Stone Cherry, Thunder,In This Moment, Inglorious, Marmozets, Monster Truck, The Pink Slips

June 12th, 2018: Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena:
Manic Street Preachers, The Pink Slips

June 15th, 2018: Firenze, Italy @ Visarno Hippodrome (Firenze Rocks)
Other acts: Volbeat, Baroness, The Pink Slips

June 18th, 2018: Paris, France @ Br?tigny-sur-Orge (Download Festival)
Other acts: Volbeat, Seether, The Pink Slips, Greta Van Fleet, The G

June 21st, 2018: Dessel, Belgium (Graspop Metal Meeting)
Other acts: Black Stone Cherry, Iced Earth, Doro Pesch, Bury Tomorrow, Madball, The Pink Slips, Follow The Cipher

June 24th, 2018: Mannheim, Germany @ Maimarktgel?nde:
Rival Sons, The Pink Slips

June 26th, 2018: Bordeaux, France @ Matmut Atlantique:
Rival Sons, The Pink Slips

June 29th, 2018: Madrid, Spain @ Caja Magica (Download Festival)
Other acts: Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine, Clutch, Underoath, Thrice, Mooseblood, Creeper, The Pink Slips

July 1st, 2018: Barcelona, Spain @ Estadi Ol?mpic Llu?s Companys:
Volbeat

July 4th, 2018: Nijmegen, The Netherlands @ Goffertpark:
Volbeat, Gojira

July 7th, 2018: Leipzig, Germany @ Festwiese:
Rival Sons, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 9th, 2018: Chorzow, Poland @ Stadion Slaski:
Volbeat, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 13th, 2018: Moscow, Russia @ Otkrytiye Arena

July 16th, 2018: Tallinn, Estonia @ Lauluv?ljak / Tallinn Song Festival Ground:
Volbeat, The Dead Daisies

July 19th, 2018: Oslo, Norway @ Valle Hovin:
Ghost, Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown

July 21st, 2018: Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi Stadium:
To Be Announced



/jarmo

[allwaystired]

Good research work!

[babydolls]

Thanks for that Jarmo ^^

Manics have often spoken very highly of Appetite and used to cover Its So Easy in their early gigs:

1992:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwLQ5B6QNCc

[AdZ]

Manics! Nice!!!

[allwaystired]

Glad to see some love for the Manics. They seem to often get derided, or at best ignored these days- but in my view they're one of the most consistently interesting bands of my lifetime.

[rebelhipi]

Pretty cool that The Pink Slips are opening a bunch of shows. Duffs daughter plays in that band.

Manics are cool, i dig that Its So Easy cover posted here.

Greta Van Fleet are weird, they kinda seem like Led Zeppelin copy cats, that said they seem decent.

The Dead Daisies could be interesting, strong GNR connection.