Peter Gabriel European tour 2013 (UK dates announced)

rednik

Peter Gabriel has just announced dates in the UK for October 2013 with the back to front tour (So 25 years). More dates will be added soon. I for one will travel to the UK to see this tour and hopefully an Irish date too.

http://petergabriel.com/media/article/2809/back-to-front-tour-comes-to-europe/

RayCon

"So" tempting .... but a Dublin date would suit better

Mars Bar

Oooh fingers crossed for an Irish date!

CiaranK

Looks like a great tour. Hope he comes here. It's nearly a year away though

Motley Crue

Sounds good, although I dunno if I would make the journey to Manchester....Gabriel is Gabriel but Manchester is Manchester

poundhound

I still remember how good his point gig was in 1993.
Particularly the opening number "Talk to me" with Sinead O'Connor.
Great stuff all round.

Grid.

Hope we get a date!!!!!!:eek:

DrumSteve

Check this out if you can, seen this is toronto and was absolutely immense.

rednik

German dates just added, awaits Irish date.;)

Oct 11th 2013 - Arena Leipzig - Leipzig
Oct 13th 2013 - Schleyer-Halle - Stuttgart
Oct 16th 2013 - ISS Domeb - Düsseldorf
Oct 18th 2013 - O2 World - Hamburg
Oct 19th 2013 - O2 World - Berlin

Mars Bar

Anyone think they'll add an Irish date at all?

rednik

Mars Bar wrote: »

Anyone think they'll add an Irish date at all?

At this stage I doubt it, I got tickets for Berlin.

Mars Bar

European tour my arse.

RayCon

rednik wrote: »

At this stage I doubt it, I got tickets for Berlin.

Not sure if you've been before , but just saw Rush in Berlin and its a great city.

rednik

RayCon wrote: »

Not sure if you've been before , but just saw Rush in Berlin and its a great city.

I've been alright Ray, but never to a gig.

RayCon

rednik wrote: »

I've been alright Ray, but never to a gig.

We were in the Front Of Stage (FOS) standing area for Rush at the O2 World Berlin and it was excellent. Plenty of room, very close to the stage. Not sure if Gabriel has the same layout

rednik

RayCon wrote: »

We were in the Front Of Stage (FOS) standing area for Rush at the O2 World Berlin and it was excellent. Plenty of room, very close to the stage. Not sure if Gabriel has the same layout

Did you arrive early or was it easy enough to get to the front ?

RayCon

rednik wrote: »

Did you arrive early or was it easy enough to get to the front ?

We got there with about 10mins to spare !! .. If the Gabriel set up is the same as Rush, the floor of the venue is split into 2 sections (front / back) - but you enter via the same doors "innenraum"

FOS is the front section and providing thats the ticket you bought, the security guys will stamp your hand and put a bracelet on you and in you go ...

... but Ive seen other gigs advertised there as just "innenraum" - where the whole standing area is open ...

Cant find a seating map online .. but here's roughly what Im talking about :

rednik

Cheers Ray.:)

rednik

Great night in Berlin and while we were there PG announced new dates in April/May 2014 in Germany so hopefully more dates to come including Dublin.



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Great venue in a great City.

RayCon

Looks a great night rednik ... looks like you got pretty close to the front (similar area to where I was for Rush). Totally agree with you about Berlin ... great city to go to for gigs and make a a couple of days trip out of it.

Mars Bar

Oh man, that looks fantastic!
I'll be crossing everything in the hope that he comes here.

NwRepairman

I saw him in Berlin on the New blood tour and it was sensational
was at Marlay park also so hopefully he'll pop baack over here...
A true musician

delbertgrady

Just announced!
O2 Dublin. Wednesday, December 10th.
On sale next week.


"Following the phenomenal response to the recent Back to Front tour dates, the recently inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Gabriel, has confirmed a further series of Back to Front arena shows in the UK and Ireland. Tickets for the UK shows go on general sale on Friday 25th April and for Dublin on Wednesday 30th April".

Fri Nov 28th Birmingham LG Arena, UK
Sun Nov 30th Sheffield Arena, UK
Mon Dec 1st Cardiff Arena, UK
Wed Dec 3rd Wembley Arena, UK
Sun Dec 7th Liverpool Arena, UK
Mon Dec 8th Aberdeen Exhibition Centre, UK
Wed Dec 10th Dublin O2 Arena, Ireland

rednik

Looks like I am going again. Great news.;)

lc180

Any idea of ticket prices yet?

delbertgrady

It looks like Cardiff and Dublin are being done with the optimum standing configuration, and won't be fully seated unlike the UK shows. I reckon the O2 will be the small standing area, with the tiered seats starting close to the floor, as opposed to the full standing floor with a "balcony".
A fully seated arrangement would have been nice, but on the plus side, the standing option means that we don't have to panic about getting good seats. Just get a standing ticket.

Mars Bar - like me, this presumably means two nights in a row for you in the O2: Elton John on the 9th and Peter Gabriel on the 10th.

delbertgrady

lc180 wrote: »

Any idea of ticket prices yet?

Aiken are now stating:
"Tickets on sale Wednesday April 30th priced €65.45 & €44.05".
Grand.

poundhound

Re" I reckon the O2 will be the small standing area, with the tiered seats starting close to the floor, as opposed to the full standing floor with a "balcony"".

No chance. It'll be standing on the floor only.

Cant wait for this. Last seen him in the Point 1993.

UsedToWait

Any idea if the dearer tickets will be seated or standing?

horseburger

poundhound wrote: »

Re" I reckon the O2 will be the small standing area, with the tiered seats starting close to the floor, as opposed to the full standing floor with a "balcony"".

No chance. It'll be standing on the floor only.

Cant wait for this. Last seen him in the Point 1993.

On the ticketmaster page for the gig, the layout that loads is optimum standing, and that may be the layout used?

That is the layout that was also used for Meat Loaf, Fleetwood Mac and Status Quo and Country 2 Country.

I would imagine that the tickets listed as €44.05 are the ones in the back rows of the blocks in the upper corners of the balcony seating, like blocks P and H?

And that all other tickets, standing and tiered seats from block A to Block G and in the other parts of blocks H to P, are €65.45?

The tickets at the back are usually not as expensive as general standing, for example in the case of the Lady Gaga tickets where the standing tickets are 81 euros and at the moment it is selecting tickets for 54 euros.

For example, a single seat in row 50 of the upper balcony in block L and four seats in row 52 of Block J are 54 euros each. It is also selecting tickets in block K row 46 for 81 euros, so that sounds like any of the less expensive tickets are the very back rows of the venue.

Edit: how do I include two quotes in the one message? I included what I wrote above about the pricing of the Lady Gaga gig, in response to a query on the ticket price options for standing and seating, by UsedToWait, in a reply, on the next page

I couldn't figure out how to include a 2nd quote:o

horseburger

UsedToWait wrote: »

Any idea if the dearer tickets will be seated or standing?

I would imagine that the tickets listed as €44.05 are the ones in the back rows of the blocks in the upper corners of the balcony seating, like blocks P and H?

And that all other tickets, standing and tiered seats from block A to Block G and in the other parts of blocks H to P, are €65.45?

The tickets at the back are usually not as expensive as general standing, for example in the case of the Lady Gaga tickets, where the standing tickets are 81 euros and at the moment it is selecting tickets for 54 euros in seated areas in certain blocks.

For example, a single seat in row 50 of the upper balcony in block L and four seats in row 52 of Block J are 54 euros each. It is also selecting tickets in block K row 46 for 81 euros, so that sounds like any of the less expensive tickets are the very back rows of the venue.