Who's Up for the Euro Gigs?

[big screen satellite]

Tallin
Riga
Finland

who's in...

yes, no or maybe?

[BeautifulBurnout]

Funds being available, I would be up for all three. Realistically prolly only Tallin and Helsinki though. But the dosh is the issue at the moment.

But in principle..... WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!! BRING IT ON! :D

[big screen satellite]

me too...

Tallinn and Helsinki sound good

we could call the trip ' Ta Hel and Back... '06 '

[mark3]

How come you're hesitating to go to Riga? It's in the same region and, more important, the Riga gig is the first :cool:

[BeautifulBurnout]

How come you're hesitating to go to Riga? It's in the same region and, more important, the Riga gig is the first :cool:

Money is the only constraint for me - but it's a bloody big one right now, unfortunately :(



we could call the trip ' Ta Hel and Back... '06 '

Ooooh - I feel another Dirty Tour Shirt coming on.... :)

[Geo]

Maybe for all three, but I should've voted YES for Tallinn and Helsinki :)

It's just plain fun to plan the whole trip :D

[Icke]

19 October 2006
Event: TBA
Venue: Riga Arena
Riga, Latvija

My birthday is the 19th and my Fall break is from the 17th till the 21st, possibilities, possibilities. Good thing I know this know so I can start to calculate the cost of travel etc.

Really wonder how much the tickets will be, but would be cool (litterally) if I could see em on one of those dates. Guess this is what they mean with "special locations"; eastern europe and south america.

[stimpee]

i dunno if im going yet but i've been before and all three of the first dates are possible. if i had more time i'd stay in helsinki for a week and then hope over to saint petersburg. for tallin to helsinki try tallink or copterline.

http://www.seat61.com/Estonia.htm

[sanakan]

who'll be paying my fares? ;-)

[gambit]

Missoula, Montana, FTW!1!!!1!!

[sulik]

AAARRGHHH!

Make all three gigs in Riga! Oh, I just opened the www.underworldlive.com (http://www.underworldlive.com) and saw, that UW will be playing St. Petersburg and thought 'cool! I can make it! My cousin lives there too'. Then I took a look a bit higher and saw Estonia - 'even better! Closer and still some relatives there!’ and THEN i saw IT, few lines higher, 19.October, Riga, Latvija (although it should be Latvia, but what the heck) and was totally like :eek: multiplied about 1000000 times. I can't believe it! This is so cool. Finally, my home town. No need to go anywhere abroad, no need to find a place to stay and I'm certain (and determined) no work that day, or next, or one before. I can't say enough, but THANK YOU UW.


LIELS PALDIES! Tas ir vienkārši un totāli kolosāli!

[suicidalpenguin]

Riga should be Ace as 1st on tour - fairly cheap to get there
Nice city also - went there for first time last year

[stimpee]

Everyone round to Sulik's place for the afterparty! :D

[sulik]

you're more than welcome.

seriously ;)

[jose m]

how popular will the show be in riga? is it a big venue? do many people in riga know who underworld are? 10 years ago i didn't know where riga was !:)

[sulik]

To tell the truth, I really doubt that many people are familiar with UW here. Ok, that can partially be explained by our... rather low population number. You can’t practically have many fans where there aren’t many people. Once I searched the local internet for UW fan pages and found none :( Same explanation I guess. Still I’m sure that the gig will have many people participating in it, because… who doesn’t like to party? :) I’m also sure that local concert promotion companies will promote the concert quite nice and thus attract quite a lot of people. Probably it will be the same as it was with Massive Attack concert couple years ago. While standing in the line, I heard a lot of people asking question each other about what kind of music does Massive Attack play. One quote was something like – “Isn’t it a heavy metal band of some sorts?” Still the stadium, where the concert was held, was almost completely full. I recon same will be with the UW concert, so no worry there :)

[stimpee]

Still the stadium, where the concert was held, was almost completely full.Stadium? how big is the venue?

[sulik]

not too big, and not too small. Riga Arena is the new building (hockey stadium) built specially for hockey championship that took place in Riga this year. probably more info can be found http://www.arenariga.com/en/.

[sanakan]

To tell the truth, I really doubt that many people are familiar with UW here. Ok, that can partially be explained by our... rather low population number. You can’t practically have many fans where there aren’t many people. Once I searched the local internet for UW fan pages and found none :(

don't let yourself be fooled by numbers :)
in zurich (where i live ATM) the venue was filled, too - and zurich has only half as many citizens as riga (ok, it was a relatively small venue, i'd gess around 1000 people). and as for fan-pages: there are none in switzerland, too, and as far as i kno, i'm the only swiss on this dirty board.

i think it rather depends on how much "western" (sorry for that bad expression) electronic music is known in lativa, i've been to places in eastern europe where only "chart-hits" were known.

[sulik]

yeah, those "chart-hits" are "a problem". mostly as far as i know here in riga local night life consists of night clubs with their club music, some jazz clubs and live "country-like" music. oh, yeah, there is one place where alternative music is played, and the bands that are on stage there are quite "non-char-hits-like", but as for clubs where "normal" (as i call it, excuse me if anything) electronic music could be played, there are none.

but as i said, with good advertising the gig will be filled with people. although i would much like the gig to be of a smaller "scale", like in zurich for the same 1000 people.

[lloyd]

it is strange sometimes how the tickets sell. Here in holland the 3 concerts sold out, the 5daysoff gig within 3 days or so. The cancelled gig in Gelsenkirchen germany didn't sell enough tickets so the promotor cancelled the whole festival. Luxemburg... ,a very small venue, there still were tickets sold at the door when we got there. But I think it nearly was soldout in pre-sale.

[crazysugarboy]

This'l prob sound insane, but I hate flying and reckon I could get to the riga and/or tallin gigs by train, via eurostar to brussels (I've been thro the chunnel several times and it doesn't faze me - going OVER the sea freaks me out!!). Does anyone from the uk want to join me??

[big screen satellite]

well i'm now 99% in...

done some cost analysis - flight from London to Tallinn, (then gig), then boat from Tallinn to Helsinki (just €17!), then another gig and then flight From Helsiinki back to London

works out at around £200

plus hotels and gig tickets, so its looking good for me...

:D

[Rog]

Going to Riga on August 4th for a 'stag do' so i'll let you know what the hotel's like!

[Rog]

yeah, those "chart-hits" are "a problem". mostly as far as i know here in riga local night life consists of night clubs with their club music, some jazz clubs and live "country-like" music. oh, yeah, there is one place where alternative music is played, and the bands that are on stage there are quite "non-char-hits-like", but as for clubs where "normal" (as i call it, excuse me if anything) electronic music could be played, there are none.

but as i said, with good advertising the gig will be filled with people. although i would much like the gig to be of a smaller "scale", like in zurich for the same 1000 people.

Any chance of meeting up with you for a beer or two between the 4th and 7th of august. I don't want to drink all day all weekend..........:cool:

[King of Snake]

it is strange sometimes how the tickets sell. Here in holland the 3 concerts sold out, the 5daysoff gig within 3 days or so. The cancelled gig in Gelsenkirchen germany didn't sell enough tickets so the promotor cancelled the whole festival. Luxemburg... ,a very small venue, there still were tickets sold at the door when we got there. But I think it nearly was soldout in pre-sale.

i guess we dutchies are just a little bit more mad about Underworld than other nations ;)

[suicidalpenguin]

Hotels weren't that bad in riga when stayed last year (apart from bright orange bathroom suite) but depemds where u stay i guess - fairly cheap though.
I for one am trying to pursuade my girlfriend to get me to Riga for the 19th for my 30th BD pressie :D
not having much luck though :mad: - still early days

[sulik]

Any chance of meeting up with you for a beer or two between the 4th and 7th of august. I don't want to drink all day all weekend..........:cool:

uh, exactly those days are already planned for me. i won't be in riga starting 4th and up to late evening on the 6th. perhaps on the 7th, if it is possible and then only in the evening after work :rolleyes:

[Rog]

uh, exactly those days are already planned for me. i won't be in riga starting 4th and up to late evening on the 6th. perhaps on the 7th, if it is possible and then only in the evening after work :rolleyes:

Dammit! would have been cool to meet you for a chat and a drink! never mind i'll have to see about coming over in october then:D I leave Riga in the morning of the 7th............

cheers for the hotel info penguin, we are apparently staying in a 5* hotel.....

[stimpee]

12 October 2006
Event: Underworld with Sven Vath
Venue: Cocoon Club
Frankfurt, Germany

[big screen satellite]

yep that throws a spanner in the works...

[BeautifulBurnout]

yep that throws a spanner in the works...

I wish all spanners were this enticing... :)

[big screen satellite]

4 - 10 November 2006
Event: Underworld
Venue: Somewhere in the UK

how 'bout it boys???

save us UK's travelling eh?

[Icke]

yep that throws a spanner in the works...
Sure does!

[Cadevil]

4 - 10 November 2006
Event: Underworld
Venue: Somewhere in the UK

how 'bout it boys???

save us UK's travelling eh?

25-30 Sept. would be more perfect...better chance of using outdoor venues as well.

[froopy seal]

Event: Underworld with Sven Vath There's going to be sooo much gude Laune (http://www.maingold.com/2006/04/19/this-is-all-about-gude-laune/)! I tell you, se messäge is Feierei (http://www.theshrine.de/), Alda!

[sunflowereye]

12 October 2006
Event: Underworld with Sven Vath
Venue: Cocoon Club
Frankfurt, Germany

:eek: :eek: :eek: This will be an absolutely awesome show! I still bang out the Sven Vath Coccoon live from Ibiza mix from a few years back. Techno at its finest. Color me jealous. Hopefully the U.S. will get some UW gigs come 2007. I'm going into withdrawal as the 100 Days Off Tour seems so long ago.

[River of Bass]

sven väth! ola ola!
fantastic..i'll be there!!! :D

[King of Snake]

12 October 2006
Event: Underworld with Sven Vath
Venue: Cocoon Club
Frankfurt, Germany

that's gonna be my early birthday present! (my birthday is the 13th)

[Jan]

Cocoon Club --> minimum age 18.
:eek:
:(

edit: i forgot to say, if there is no age restriction, i'll be there.

[Icke]

that's gonna be my early birthday present! (my birthday is the 13th)\

Same here; mine's the 19th :) .

[stimpee]

News update in the tour thread (http://www.dirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3965) :)

[Eikman]

i hope you all end up in hell

[crazysugarboy]

Many, many thanks stimpee for the promised updates re the frankfurt gig - funnily enuff, I was going to post a thread asking re availability of tickets! Even with my fear of flying, I am already planning travel via eurostar and euro intercity train. I shall "watch this space" every day, and as soon as you post the details, my mouse will click "buy ticket":) Hopefully see you there!

[King of Snake]

News update in the tour thread (http://www.dirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3965) :)

I AM SO THERE!!!!

[lloyd]

http://www.dirty.org/forums/showpost.php?p=48114&postcount=268

loity wins the VIP XXXL tickets!

[lloyd]

Ok.. next prediction:
They'll preform on a stage in the middle of the Cocoon, the whole audience 360 degrees around them. An other dream of theirs.
</nostradamus>

[BeautifulBurnout]

w00000t! :D

Edit: btw - anyone who has already voted can't vote for Frankfurt now! D'oh! :p

[sulik]

ok, one more "virtual" vote for Frankfurt from me then :D

[xonize]

wonder if any uk dates are going to pop up ?

the frankfurt show sounds like it is gonna be something special !

[Leon]

Frankfurt - maybe! :)

Depends on teh money.

[overlord]

Hi. This is my first post...
New underworld date:
18 october @ Lite Expo, Vilnius, LITHUANIA

[gambit]

Ahhh.... I was hoping they were coming to the States. :(

[dubman]

oh dude.
it's not like all of a sudden they're gonna be all like

UNDERWORLD
Billings, Montana
Metrapark Raceway w/ The Knife

after announcing a bunch of dates in eastern europe.

[Kistrael]

I'd love it if they did a concert on the east coast sometime...

[gambit]

oh dude.
it's not like all of a sudden they're gonna be all like

UNDERWORLD
Billings, Montana
Metrapark Raceway w/ The Knife

after announcing a bunch of dates in eastern europe.Well, yeah, I know....though that'd be fucking awesome.

[stimpee]

Welcome Overlord, I see you got your email validation sorted out then :)

This date will be added to the Underworld live dates section when it is confirmed on the Underworld site or via the Underworld management.

[overlord]

Hi stimpee :) .. it looks the date is confirmed by their management... look here http://www.primary.uk.com/primary/tourdates/underworld.html

[crank]

I'm SOOOO thrilled they've made their way to Atlanta. I can't wait to see them. This is the greatest day of my lifeee.....

oh wait. No. that didn't happen. it's just my haze from taking care of a newborn...
cranK!

[sulik]

i wonder why isn't Frankfurt mentioned on that page?

[potatobroth]

I'm SOOOO thrilled they've made their way to Atlanta. I can't wait to see them. This is the greatest day of my lifeee.....

oh wait. No. that didn't happen. it's just my haze from taking care of a newborn...
cranK!

with every false word in this post, my eyes widedened a bit more. then, at the utmost moment of my false happiness, i cried.

i'm still crying.

[overlord]

i wonder why isn't Frankfurt mentioned on that page?

Because the organization of frankfurt concert have booked underworld from another promoter, pheraphs the german promotion of underworld is not under primary.co.uk

[overlord]

For example, see gotan project page on primary.uk: there are only two concerts, in uk, but if you see on gotan project official page, there are almost 30 dates in their tour, this because pheraphs primary is the promoter for only uk of gotan project

[sulik]

as long as Frankfurt gig isn't cancelled or something, it's fine with me:)

[stimpee]

Stimoderation: This thread has been merged with the "New Underworld Live Date" thread and the new date has been added to the Current Underworld Live Dates (http://www.dirty.org/forums/showthread.php?t=3965) thread.

[overlord]

Thanks stimpee :)

[TheBang]

I patiently await the announcement of the date for their performance stop in Hawaii. :(

[janaka]

Woo my first post after 10+ years of lurking on UW sites.

Those of you considering the eastern Europe dates might want to have alook at BA's special offers here http://www.britishairways.com/travel/easterneuropereductions/public/en_gb.

Very annoying for me as I'll be in Riga 3 weeks after they play and flight prices now much cheaper :mad: . However my company's head office is in Frankfurt so trying to arrange meeting there in October. Flying back on free business class with a sore head suits me fine :)

[stimpee]

Nice first post janaka. i assume youre in the UK then. Why not introduce yourself over in the Noise forum...?

[sulik]

finally some "local" information about UW gig in Riga.

http://www.propeller.lv/posts/underworld_massive!/ (http://www.propeller.lv/posts/underworld_massive%21/)

this is the site of the concert agency that will organize the concert in Riga. as i understand, the agency is relatively new, so.. i can't tell for sure how good or bad, for that matter, the organization of the gig will be. still no information about the tickets :/

*edited*

uh, i've finally used my brains and explored the site a little. this agency has very good partners, with whom other such agencies work as well. that should clear any doubt about the quality of the organization. it should be really nice.

[gaborez]

Anyone got tickets for these gigs yet? Where can i get em?

I'm looking at going to Helisinki on 21st Oct and poss Estonia the day before.

Hope to see some of you there? :)

[Dirty0900]

Anyone fancy flying me over for my 21st birthday? My bday[go Beyonce] is 19th Oct. An UW gig then would be ace. Haha.

[mark3]

Just bought my flight ticket for Riga. I should arrive at 17:25 and the concert starts at 20:00 so I'll be in a hurry and hoping for no flight delays. Now I just need the ticket for the show :)

Anyone else sure about going to the Riga gig?

[sulik]

tickets for Riga gig start selling on 9th of september, so closer to that date i'll post some information about where to buy them. that is of course if they'll be available for buying on the internet.

[stimpee]

I'm gonna go to Helsinki and Tallinn i think. anyone else going to these for sure please PM me.

[mark3]

The tickets for the Riga gig are for sale now - http://www.bilesuserviss.lv/

Tickets cost 15 - 30 Lat (1 Lat equals £1) - and other than that I can't figure shit out on that site. But it seems they are seated tickets (I think).

[lloyd]

Seated
at and underworld concert?
I hope your wrong!
Some places here also sell 'seats', where the concert isn't seated.
Any one from letvia to put an light on it, please?
Possibly help us order, or sets up an buy-in for drities?

[sulik]

other than that I can't figure shit out on that site

Excellent quote :)

The truth is - the tickets, that are sold for 30Ls are indeed seated, but tickets for 15Ls are standing. Here’s how it looks:

http://shop.piletilevi.ee/plevi/upload/Rigaarena.gif

the 15Ls tickets are in the middle, on the ice (which of course will be covered)
the 30Ls tickets are seated area 103

I can't imagine who'd ever want to sit in a concert like this.

Tickets can be bought here:

http://shop.piletilevi.ee/cgi-bin/wspd_cgi.sh/WService=plevi/proc/inter_step3.p?lang=ENG&show=4568&key=&liik=koik&intsp=131#plvsiin

just press the "button" how and a popup will appear with detailed information on how to buy tickets. If it's too hard for you, pm or email me, we'll think of somethink.

[lloyd]

Thnx
10.....

[BeautifulBurnout]

Frankfurt Gig - May well be driving from Gatwick by the looks of things, with two spare places in the car. Anyone up for sharing travel PM me - prolly leave very early Thursday, come back Saturday.