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Manchester 24 November

Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:29 pm
by Dave Conway
Right, all sorted for this now. Mrs Conway & I going, with eldest daughter (15) and our twins (11). Will be in circle row B. If you are in the area please say hello (I will be wearing my STUK T shirt and look exactly as per my avatar).

Our middle daugher is not coming with us, but eldest son is coming home from Uni (local) that night to baby sit her!

Going to finish work early, pick up the kids from school, feed them and set off asap (traffic on M62 can be heavy).

Really looking forward to this now. Does any one know if Apollo serve food (ie burgers etc), its just that kids have a habit of getting hungry during the evening (particularly if we give them their tea early). At MEN in Nov 07, we went to Manchester with the intention of finding somewhere to eat, then going to the venue....we had to wait nearly 1 hour to get seated in Pizza Hut, and had a mad dash to get to our seats just as the lights went down and Joan Jet came on. Kids where not happy about this at all (bit strange / scary for them) but would have been much better if we could have sat them down before it all kicked off.

Lesson learned eh?

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:55 pm
by Headbangers Ball
The last time I was at the Apollo was a couple of years ago to see Velvet Revolver.

If my memory serves me right :( I think you will find a burger van across the road from the Apollo. Theres a bar inside but they don't serve food.

There is also no air con in that place - so thank God its winter!

Pity you could not of done Sheffield City Hall. Its a superb venue and there are plenty of pubs, eats places around.

Still - have a great night :clap:

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:48 pm
by Ravenred
Hi Dave i will wave from the barrier :clap:

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:27 pm
by Dragonlady
Have FUN! Of course you will!

Yay! Alice is in Europe again! :clap:

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:46 pm
by Dave Conway
HBB, I am going to Sheffield as well :clap: . Ravenred, I will wave back....honestly. DL, sure it will be a great night. The secret to taking kids anywhere, is food and drink.....

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:29 pm
by Jaded
Ravenred wrote:Hi Dave i will wave from the barrier :clap:
I will too!
When are you heading to Manchester Ravenred?

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:40 pm
by Ravenred
I am driving up Monday evening after work, prob won't arrive til 10-11pm.

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:44 pm
by Jaded
We are also arriving Monday night..I'll see you in the queue Tuesday morning! :grin:
This year we want to beat the German twins at least once to the queue. What goals.. :rotfl:

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:51 am
by roselace
Ravenred wrote:Hi Dave i will wave from the barrier :clap:
If anyones looking my way i'll wave back! lol
got butterflies in my stomach :love: and it's still raining, i can't sleep :)

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:36 am
by Ravenred
Jaded wrote:We are also arriving Monday night..I'll see you in the queue Tuesday morning! :grin:
This year we want to beat the German twins at least once to the queue. What goals.. :rotfl:
I know for a fact they get there for 10am :evil: but i suppose on the plus side i've always known i'm in the right place to queue if they're there lol

All the sickies on the barrier should turn round & give a wave to the seated lot :grin:

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:56 pm
by Dave Conway
Getting more excited by the day. I will be watching for you lot from my seat in the circle.......

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:38 pm
by Under_my_Wheels
Dave, I will be sat just behind in row C seats 22 to 25. I'll be with my daughter and two of her friends.
There is a macdonalds just a few hundred yards up Stockport Rd [turn left out of the Apollo]IYKWIM..........see ya there.


Does anybody know if tickets can only be picked up on the day of the concert. Mine are from AC.com and I have to pick up from box office.

Stu

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 10:58 am
by sparkinthedark
Hey Stu

Tickets purchased via ac.com can only be picked up on the day of the performance, and not necessarily as soon as the box office opens - you may find you have to wait until the afternoon before they have them all sorted.

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:32 pm
by Ravenred
I have a few tickets bought through ac.com & the paranoid person i have become over this whole ticket thing i have emailed & spoken to said box offices. Most have said that tickets can be picked up from 4pm & Wolverhampton have said ac.com tickets can be picked up at 6pm. All have said that you must have the ac.com reference number as well as name & address id.

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:49 pm
by Dave Conway
Hi Stu, nice one, we are seats 11-15. If we don't feed the kids before we travel, then we may well pop in to McDs, once we have got our tickets

;) .

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:43 pm
by Under_my_Wheels
Dave , I'll say hi if I can.

Ravenred, glad you posted that last bit of info. I was just going to go with the credit card I used to pay for the tickets.

Roll on Tuesday :rock:

Stu

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:29 am
by Robbie
Hi Dave

Don't know if this is of any use but depending on the time you arrive there is road called Wilmslow Road a short drive away (about 15 mins I reckon) which is known colloqially as the "curry mile". There is a load of Indian restaurants down there of spectacular quality and relatively cheap.You won't have the pizza hut experience because there are just so many so you will have no problems getting served quickly. Might make a change from Mac Donalds!!

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 5:47 pm
by Dave Conway
Hi Robbie

I am very familiar with the Curry Mile, having been at college nearby (12 weekends over 2 years), but I would approach it from the south / M56 route. Anyways, just going to get there handy, get my tickets and then see what to do about food.

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 8:23 pm
by Railwayman
Crikey Dave, you don't want a Curry Mile extravanganza before the show ...... could be disastrous !!

Looking forward to the show, can't get there really early so will no doubt be stood at the back of the stalls. Still should be a cracker of a night.

Re: Manchester 24 November

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:03 pm
by Dave Conway
Railway man, yeah, it will probably be a 'Mackies'

Just gonna play it by ear, at leat I know we can get fed nearby.