LCD Soundsystem

[NorthernSoul52]

Unless the search function has dramatically failed me and I'm quite wrong, we don't appear to have a strand dedicated to James Murphy and company.

 

So, ergo. Presales have begun for Brixton. Pricing looks to be split between Thursday/Sunday and Friday/Saturday. Seats started at £61.60 inclusive of fees for the former.

 

That is a strategy I've not seen before - pricing by day for a residency. I know some theatres do it, but fascinating all the same.

[NorthernSoul52]

For those who are also looking, here is the presale for Brixton.

[Littlechef87]

Going on the second Saturday. 3 days before to recover from Nine Inch Nails, 3 days after to recover in time for Glasto 🤪

[NorthernSoul52]

What a stretch. Got the first Sunday, which will kick off a three-night streak that also includes Beyonce in the capital before a mad dash back north for Nine Inch Nails.

[AtomsForPizza]

Got tickets for the second Thursday. Probably the act top of my 'want to see' list who are still active, so really happy to be ticking them off. Couldn't make APE or Forwards last year but great to be catching them in a smaller venue 

[NorthernSoul52]

I had to sell my tickets for Brixton last time around. I actually don't think I've paid that much more here, which is a relief - though I will have to shift a spare at some point. My first choice turned me down, which was a surprise.

[Littlechef87]

40 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

I had to sell my tickets for Brixton last time around. I actually don't think I've paid that much more here, which is a relief - though I will have to shift a spare at some point. My first choice turned me down, which was a surprise.

I got struck down with COVID and had to relinquish my ticket to a mate on that run 😭 so glad I'm getting another chance to see them at Brixton 

[ian the worm]

Favourite band. Plumped for Sat 14th. Hope I’m free. 

[ilovelanegan]

1 hour ago, AtomsForPizza said:

Got tickets for the second Thursday. Probably the act top of my 'want to see' list who are still active, so really happy to be ticking them off. Couldn't make APE or Forwards last year but great to be catching them in a smaller venue 

Same here, got Pulp/Charli XCX the weekend before and Maiden on Sat 21st so trying to space them out a bit. Going with 6 mates - will be epic.

[NorthernSoul52]

43 minutes ago, ilovelanegan said:

Same here, got Pulp/Charli XCX the weekend before and Maiden on Sat 21st so trying to space them out a bit. Going with 6 mates - will be epic.

I've got Maiden on the continent. It's going to be a bonkers month.

[Mardy]

Got the first Sunday. I'm an old man these days, love an early show. I'd initially thought about the Friday and had booked a hotel in Brixton, but can cancel that. A 9pm finish means I can get the last train home to deepest darkest Kent.

 

£62 quid. Still too pricey by half, but not quite the nolubeturnaroundpullyourpantsdownandgetahardf**king I expected.

[NorthernSoul52]

Sweet. I'll lob a pint cup at your head from the balcony @Mardy.

[Mardy]

1 minute ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Sweet. I'll lob a pint cup at your head from the balcony @Mardy.

 

Superb. Full of piss, I hope.

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, Mardy said:

 

Superb. Full of piss, I hope.

Depends which lager they're selling, I guess.

 

Haven't been to Brixton since Judas Priest in... 2015? 2016?

[Mardy]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

Depends which lager they're selling, I guess.

 

Haven't been to Brixton since Judas Priest in... 2015? 2016?

We went late last year for the first time in well over a decade (Maybe Pulp 2011, or the Pogues, also around that time). Last October/November we saw Overmono and Barry Can't Swim there within a couple of weeks of each other  - Huge queues to get in and the line way back round the building and up the road. Was a pretty sh*t experience. I said at the time that it would have to be a special event to get me back there, and, on that basis, I deliberately didn't get tickets for Beirut this year cos it was there, but goddamit, just when I thought I was out,  LCD pulled me back in...

[balti-pie]

19 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Depends which lager they're selling, I guess.

 

Haven't been to Brixton since Judas Priest in... 2015? 2016?

December 2015 was Judas Priest at brixton academy, cos i was there! The only time ive ever been upstairs, and that was cos Slayer played Brixton the night before and i couldnt manage any more moshpit 😁 

[NorthernSoul52]

18 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

December 2015 was Judas Priest at brixton academy, cos i was there! The only time ive ever been upstairs, and that was cos Slayer played Brixton the night before and i couldnt manage any more moshpit 😁 

Seems plenty reasonable. My abiding memory - also sat upstairs - was that it was one of the worst-mixed gigs I've seen in my life. Was so happy to discover it wasn't a Priest thing last year in Leeds, where they were excellent.

[NorthernSoul52]

32 minutes ago, Mardy said:

We went late last year for the first time in well over a decade (Maybe Pulp 2011, or the Pogues, also around that time). Last October/November we saw Overmono and Barry Can't Swim there within a couple of weeks of each other  - Huge queues to get in and the line way back round the building and up the road. Was a pretty sh*t experience. I said at the time that it would have to be a special event to get me back there, and, on that basis, I deliberately didn't get tickets for Beirut this year cos it was there, but goddamit, just when I thought I was out,  LCD pulled me back in...

Aye, it is not a venue by choice. But it's seats - winner! - and it's LCD Soundsystem.

 

If I wasn't already down for Beyonce the night after, I don't think I would have bitten however. It just happens to have worked out this time around.

[mufcok]

Think I'll have to miss these gigs, regrettably. Too much going on in the summer already

 

I'll forever cherish the Pyramid slot from last year, though. Life affirming

[NorthernSoul52]

Was a marvel - likely a top-ten Glasto show - even if I think they got the setlist wrong.

 

Was... number three seeing them, for me? So this will be four. (I think.)

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

Got Friday tickets.  Their APE show last year was incredible.  Better than their Glasto show imo.

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

Got Friday tickets.  Their APE show last year was incredible.  Better than their Glasto show imo.

With that username, you might have some bias.

 

But lovely stuff.

[home to you]

Opening night + 2nd Friday secured. Let's gooo!

[NorthernSoul52]

Double party!

 

How long are their own non-festival shows? Generally two hours or so? Toss in forty minutes of support and we'll be laughing.

[Fishman]

2 hours ago, Mardy said:

Huge queues to get in and the line way back round the building and up the road. Was a pretty sh*t experience. I said at the time that it would have to be a special event to get me back there, and, on that basis, I deliberately didn't get tickets for Beirut this year cos it was there, but goddamit, just when I thought I was out,  LCD pulled me back in...

 

Getting into Brixton has been a sh*t-show since reopening. You have to get there early.