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Post by caitlin on Jan 4, 2009 19:38:26 GMT
i was just in madrid for a couple days and stayed at united world international hostel which is on gran via (the main street) so its a real good location and cheap too
yay its less than 2 months until we see them!!! i can't wait!!
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Post by angieb on Jan 4, 2009 23:49:21 GMT
i'm off to berlin. woohoo just bought ticket. any german fans know the best place to stay?
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 12, 2009 20:38:32 GMT
Does anybody know what the fuck is going on with the Madrid venue ?? I heard it's closed ? I hope they reopen it for KOL. I'm afraid to book my flights now :/
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Post by sarah/// on Jan 12, 2009 20:44:56 GMT
I just googled it and found this - Re: La Riviera Club, Kings Of Leon Posted: Sun December 21, 2008 10:32 AM UTC As I understand it, one club in Madrid had a bad incident in November. A teenager was allegedly set upon by 3 bouncers and died. As a result and following all the furore & publicity, the Madrid authorities decided to close other clubs. In the case of Riviera they used the excuse that there was some infringement of a technical nature apparently. It seems to me that Riviera may be in action during 2009 and its best to keep checking about the band's decision etc. Some of the clubs closed after November have reopened already. and read the venue web site: www.salariviera.com/ |
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 12, 2009 21:32:36 GMT
Yeah I've seen that message too, but if there are any people who live in Madrid, maybe they will tell us more about it.
A guy was supposed to play there on the 9 and 10th january, but they moved them to another venue (15000 capacity) on the 16th. I hope they won't do the same for KOL :/
And now all the European dates are sold out, I can't even go to another show instead. Ahhh it sucks !!
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Post by sarah/// on Jan 12, 2009 22:30:43 GMT
Ah is that what it said on the main site about 16th January? My Spanish is pretty rusty now it seems. 15000?! That's not very intimate. Aren't you coming to Paris?
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 12, 2009 23:33:21 GMT
Yeah, I used google translate, I can't speak a word of spanish haha
And yeah I'm going to Paris but I wanted to do 2 dates on this tour. But let's hope it will be allright !! Apparently it should be open by then. They are making renovations (?), but nothing is sure yet.
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Post by sarah/// on Jan 12, 2009 23:34:41 GMT
Ah, fingers crossed for you  |
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 13, 2009 0:41:02 GMT
Thank you, have some karma |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2009 14:10:14 GMT
Apparently it should be open by then. They are making renovations (?), but nothing is sure yet. Who knows... this is Spain. Everything goes reeeeeeally slowly. The problem they have is that La Riviera has not a licence for concerts (it's also used as a disco); and as long as they don't get a proper one it will keep closed. You could expect two things to happen: 1. The venue is changed (La Riviera has about 2.500 people capacity) to a bigger place like the bullfighting arena Vistalegre (La Riviera is the only venue in Madrid of that capacity). 2. It is cancelled (or delated) and the money refund. Anyway, if finally the concert takes place in La Riviera, stay way from the palm trees  |
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 13, 2009 15:22:36 GMT
Thanks for the info !
So I guess I will have to book my flights anyway, and if it gets cancelled, at least I will use the refund money to get wasted pfff
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Post by Miss Lucifer on Jan 15, 2009 16:26:00 GMT
any news about Madrid venue??  |
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 15, 2009 19:26:43 GMT
I got an e-mail from them, and they told me the venue should reopen in like 2 weeks. I hope it's true !!
I booked my flights so i'm going anyway.
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Post by Miss Lucifer on Jan 16, 2009 12:11:10 GMT
hope it's true they reopen in february... (i'll pray for it) 'cos they've already moved some concerts to other venues, but others were cancelled...  |
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Post by Miss Lucifer on Jan 22, 2009 19:31:15 GMT
NEWS FOR MADRID GIG!!
The venue has finally changed. It will be at Palacio de Vistalegre (more than 10.000 people capacity!!)
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 22, 2009 19:39:49 GMT
Yeah I got the email too. It's actually 15 000. I'm gutted, we were in for an intimate venue (2500) and we got an arena. GUTTED pffffff
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Post by Miss Lucifer on Jan 22, 2009 20:12:34 GMT
yeah me too, i was excited to see them at last in a small venue... ¬¬
although i think it will be quite empty, i think this venue is too big for them, 'cos until now they have sold 2500 tickets... it's unlikely they sell more than 10000 tickets in less than four weeks
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Post by lovelyyyyhead on Jan 22, 2009 20:28:08 GMT
Yeah, we were just talking about that with my friend. I think they will maybe sell 1500-2000 more (and it still seems like a lot to me). Maybe they have different configurations for the venue ? Maybe they can make it look like it's smaller (they did that the last time they went to Paris).
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Post by Miss Lucifer on Jan 22, 2009 21:02:20 GMT
i don't think it has many configurations possibles... cos it is like a bullring (but it doesn't use for it, actually is used as sport hall, where real madrid team of basketball plays every week)
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Post by caitlin on Jan 22, 2009 22:13:43 GMT
guts the new venue is way too big!!!
do you know what the new venues like soundwise?? and is it easy to get to?
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