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Got mine yesterday, its everything i hoped it would be, BRILLIANT.

We have the larger room reserved if the tickets sell very well.....which they are.

Hope they get to play the big room, not only do they deserve to play to a larger audience that stage in the small room is a bit tiny to say the least

Well I've bought six tickets now so I'm doing the best i can.   

If it's just the 10 of us, I shall put my card behind the bar and we'll make a proper night of it!

Carefull that could be costly with my crew 

Well I've bought six tickets now so I'm doing the best i can.   

Just bought four tickets to see frost at the carling academy 2 Islington, surprised it's in the small venue tough

Sorry just beat you to it

I see your just beat you to it and raise you a just beat you to it

Drat darn it and tish 

Sorry just beat you to it

There must be a serious amount of unfinished frost and jem godfrey solo stuff out there, first off you've got six minutes in september then there was the c.o.a album both of which were shelved, plus theres the solo album that still hasn't seen light of day, i dont know about anyone else but if gem isn't going to finish these projects then why not release a cd of them as demos, i would be very happy to hear this stuff, even in demo form i bet it sounds great knowing gems usual standards.

And four years later ........... 

only joshing i bought four so actually theres six of us, getting a bit crowded now. 

well both of you are in for a treat. 

just incase no one has noticed day tickets are now on sale, got mine earlier 

Have you any idea how much goes in to the preparation of an event like this? Not just the organisation but for each and every band involved rehearsing for weeks, the sound guys, the lighting guys, the stage manager not to mention all the promotion.
How about everyone makes an effort to go and see the bands they love at the gigs they bother to play at, otherwise there won't be any gigs for people to go and see them play at?
Rant over.

I agree to a point Nellie, and certainly when an event like this crops up I would make every effort to attend.

But...sometime crap things happen in life which get in the way of the fun things, like having no money, no transport, being ill etc. And yes, admittedly you need to have the enthusiasm

As an example, for me personally the Peel has put on loads of bands that I would have loved to have seen, but I feel it is a right royal pain in the a**e to get to from the Midlands, and necessitates getting a hotel room (more expense). Yes, I know many folks who live further away than me made regular pilgrimages to the venue, so maybe you could class me as a lazy / mean / uncommitted progger - and that may well be true - but the second time I came to the Peel for the Frost* AGM, having dragged my non-prog-loving wife down with me was a less than satisfying experience.
We, like many others, couldn't get anywhere NEAR the stage and had to listen from around the corner in the bar, which was a bit of a put off to be honest, cos I was REALLY looking forward to that gig and it - for me at least - quite took the shine off the whole live experience. At least we had the forum curry afterwards which was lush!

Other times, gigs simply come up at the wrong time, for me usually where funds are tight. I would love to have a bulging prog fund just waiting for the next Kate Bush gig to drop £150.00 on, but that is never gonna happen! Prog gigs, thankfully are usually much more reasonably priced than that, but I still have to pick and choose, based on budget, locality and my diary.

I do understand the effort and expense involved with staging a live gig - being a member of a prog band myself, and the disheartening feeling a low turnout can give is horrible.

When all is said and done, I know all the above is a bit painfully obvious, and it's not an excuse. It's just life innit?  But.....I will be going to this gig come hell or high water!

totally see where your comeing from sawtooth, although this gig is easy for me to get to [i literally live around the corner ] I can understand the problems it causes for other people, also i know bands depend on fans going to these gigs so they can survive which is why i do my best to go to as many shows as i can [no matter how near or far] but having said that personally i think i too would be happier with the band concentrating on there new album, which in no way will stop me going by the way.

great news, does anyone know if there will be day tickets ?

Yes the remix was meant to be released with the original cd , however i never received either the cd or the remix version, i also had the same thing happen when i pledged for the new renaissance cd, they were supposed to release a dvd as a bonus never got that either despite makeing enquiries with both bands, i dont think i will be pledging any more.