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UK Tour 2014
Alex, seriously how the fook did you get all those A's?? Just luck I guess!

Comment by alex_f December 2013 permalink
UK Tour 2014
Alex did well with his Row A's:) I can't believe I don't get to queue!!1! (I'm actually quite happy, for once I will be able to do some sightseeing! Wanted to see Glasgow and York for ages)

Comment by alex_f December 2013 permalink
UK Tour 2014
Well, no X-mas presents for me or my family :D But at least I got some great seats... Brighton - row AGlasgow - row AGateshead - row APortsmouth - row AYork - row ABristol - row B And the rest:Salford - row DBrum - row GReading - row H I'm als…

Comment by alex_f December 2013 permalink
DELUXE BOX - Updates & information
I can wait >:)

Comment by alex_f November 2013 permalink
Tales of Us - Film
No, they only ever spoke of 4 or 5 songs.

Comment by alex_f November 2013 permalink
Hammersmith Apollo - 1st Nov 2013 - Who went ?
So... where was I? Ah yes, in the row N - which is a bit of an unusual experience for moi. I don't even remember when was my previous seated Goldfrapp gig - perhaps Hammersmith 2010? In any case I was lucky to have quiet neighbours and more leg…

Comment by alex_f November 2013 permalink
Hammersmith Apollo - 1st Nov 2013 - Who went ?
Is there a support act? (I dread the answer X( ) Yes support is Londoner Freddie Dixon. From a quick look on youtube he's better than most support acts I've seen (but that's not difficult) According to Freddie Dixon's Twitter…

Comment by alex_f November 2013 permalink
Hammersmith Apollo - 1st Nov 2013 - Who went ?
Is there a support act? (I dread the answer X( )

Comment by alex_f November 2013 permalink
Hammersmith Apollo - 1st Nov 2013 - Who went ?
Ha-ha [-(

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
Hammersmith Apollo - 1st Nov 2013 - Who went ?
Haha, oh well, good end result! 24 hours and I'll be arriving in londinium. Won't be doing an alex-duration queueing though! :-) What's the point in queueing?

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Well, I was on a diet since July and lost over 5 stones of weight (and reached my goal two weeks ago) - so 6 pounds of extra weight loss were somewhat unexpected. But I think I'm fine with(out) them :)

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
I lost 6 pounds of weight, but generally nothing else happened :)

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
Amsterdam setlist
Quality, not quantity.

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Oops, in hindsight I probably should have censored some bits - and not just copy/pasted it all. Also I hope it is clear that all days are written in reverse chronological order? Anyway, that's a very comprehensive text you have managed to writ…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
That's it ;-)

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Saturday, 26th Apparently I slept through a 15 minute long power outage while the train was in Lille, woa! Anyway, the train is in UK now and I'm finishing writing this... err... thing. My train is departing for London, I made it! Now time to s…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Friday, 25th Well, I'm so tired that all I did after the gig is a purchase of a giant bottle of Evian. Now I'm going to munch the rest of my super-mega-fibre-rich diet bars and sleep for the whole 4 hours until the departure home.Who needs…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Thursday, 24th It is hard to go to sleep when you are in a hotel with bad sound insulation and lots and lots of noisy young people (part of the building is a hostel). My food today - mineral water, freshly baked pretzels, and chocolate waffles. Stil…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Wednesday, 23rd The road back to the hotel was via two U-Bahn lines and one S-Bahn line. The U-Bahn reminds me a lot of the shittier lines of Moscow Metro built in the 70s - cheap tiles as decoration and general feel of slight gloom. At the end of t…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Tuesday, 22nd Went to see Manneken Pis (the fountain with the urinating child). Underwhelming. After the concert tried to talk the hot Swede into giving away his setlist to a nice Finnish girl (she's from the north of Finland and travelled so f…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Monday, 21st After the gig I was so tired that I decided to forget about that 'hooking up with locals' thing I planned to do. May be in Berlin where I will have much more free time or in Paris where I don't really need to sleep at nig…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Ok, I'm trying to post my euro-diary in the next post - it is in reverse chronological order :)I'm posting the whole thing, because who doesn't like a bit of exhibitionism??

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
What's Your Favourite Goldfrapp Album - At The Mo?.
My ranking currently is:1. Black Cherry2. Tales of Us / Felt Mountain3. Seventh Tree4. Supernature5. Head First However lately I mostly listen to Tales of Us (obviously).

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Apparently the setlist in Zurich is the same as in all previous concerts (as expected). I wonder if they have expanded strings as yesterday?

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
I thought that queueing for Paris will be just as easy as it's been so far - turned up an hour before the doors open and it's already close to a hundred people here. Damn! I guess the Frenchies got good music taste afterall! I was wonde…

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
Paris setlist
No changes. I think the swap was to clarify where the extra strings come in.

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Thank fuck, I'm not the first one for once! French fans are more dedicated. (Ok, I'm second :) )

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
No support!

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
Oh no you deeeeeedn't!

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink
European tour/adventure
One hour before the start of the gig, 30 minutes *after* the doors open - even for the continent that's pushing it! But anyway, I'm trying to be relaxed about it (and it is not working! Argh!!).

Comment by alex_f October 2013 permalink

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