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Any news of the forthcoming winter tour? Or have I missed something?  :P

I suspect the winter newsletter is currently in production....shouldn't be long now - in fact, dates are likely to be just going or already on sale in most venues.

That's what I was worried about! Thanks Chris. {:-)

Just had a look on the St Albans Arena website and nothing showing there yet - assuming FC are playing this year. Mind you they still have Bellowhead advertised in the "New" section - from 22nd September!

I've had winter tour tickets for Fairfield Hall in Croydon on Feb 28th for a few weeks now.

Bryan

I'm sure this has been mentioned before, but I can't find it, so.....

Cambridge Corn Exchange, Friday 8th Febnruary 2008 7.30pm
(yes, I know the support says TTL again, but it is the 2008 date)
http://cambridge-live-cornex.runtime-collective.com/ccm/cornex/2008/fairport-convention.en.

So, dates so far.....
  3 Feb - Stafford Gatehouse
  8 Feb - Cambridge Corn Exchange
14 Feb - Weston-super-Mare Playhouse (not yet on sale)
16 Feb - Canterbury, Marlowe Theatre
22 Feb - Gateshead Sage Theatre
28 Feb - Croydon Fairfield Hall

Somewhere on the list, someone mentioned a Canterbury gig. Can't find it and can't remember when...



Edit: Found it. Sat 16th Feb, at the Marlowe

Thanks - I'll add them to my post above as you all find them...

See you there - just booked front row A23

Sunday 3 February - Stafford Gatehouse.
Tickets on sale now.

22nd February - The Sage Gateshead

(Also happens to be my 24th so I know what I'll be doing!)

It really is about time The Chaps told us the complete list of dates....  PLEASE!!

Getting pissed?  ;D

As if I would!  I only drink whisky medicinally and the only reason I was slightly wobbly at festies this year was 'cos I have this dodgy knee see...

Thursday 14th Feb-Weston Super Mare Playhouse.Tickets not yet on sale.

Yippeeee.... tour dates now on the FC website!!

Thanks chaps  ;D ;D ;D

http://www.fairportconvention.com/gigs.php

9th of Feb looks interesting - now, where did they get that idea from?!

A bit thin for the North of England, I'd say, but a trip to Inverness looks nice...or it will do if I get another job by then...made redundant yesterday...  :'(  Anyway...something to look forward to  :)

Oh good, they are playing at the rather excellent Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield again!  ;D

Ohh I went there alst year and got the last seats...  I ended up with my ear right next to the speakers (literally) looking at CL's feet (front row)..  avoid the front row!!

Hooray - can now start planning for life after Humbug. It will be St Albans for us so I hope the rehearsals have gone well ;)

I see they have allowed 2 days to get back from Inverness - probably wise at that time of year.

3 in easy driving distance of me ;D ;D ;D

I'm quite pleased with the Welsh oops! - venue in the south west of the United Kingdom that happens to not be in England. ;)

have been for a while I got mine a couple of months ago now! ;D ;D ;D

I dunno...keeping it all to yourself like that...How very public spirited of you  ;)

No ....I did post on the board about it honest! But it was before the start of the autumn tour even! ;D

And no trip to the Island of Ireland yet again  :(

They played belfast last in 1995/6 I think .. the year after I was married should ask missus to confirm

Relatively large venue Place was bunged with people outside wanting to get in well after doors closed.

I think I remember Peggy saying they were supposed to be on a local chat show but had been bumped
for Kylie and I think that left a bad taste in the mouth

I go over the other way for cropredy evry year so I think this teaches me all about inrequited love

B

I was wondering what else might be planned as it's an extra day away without a gig to pay for it....I guess the lads night fly back the next day? Otherwise just two other days off, both close to home. Is one of those the date for the Folk Awads?

Cleethorpes Pier in February. Awesome.

Only just seen the full list today, pleased with the Pontardawe, Swansea gig  - just 15 miles from us.

An earlier post mentions a gap after Inverness, there don't seem to be any gaps now  - it looks to me like 30 consecutive nights all over the uk................I think they are forgetting that some of them are knockin' on a bit!!


Paul

Hey Miguel! You could go by train  ;D

We've done that train journey last May; Barton through Grimsby to Cleethorpes. It was blowing a gale and raining horizontally. We stayed less than an hour in Cleethorpes before getting straight back on the train to come home again.

Glad to see they are playing Brum town hall rather than Symphony Hall again. I never felt SH was a suitable venue, too big and antiseptic for an imtimate band life Fairport.

Jackdaw

Worthing again then. Handy for me but I'm surprised they keep coming back. It seems to have been diminishing returns over the last few years and the crowd is always hard work and unresponsive. It doesn't help that they close the bar during the performance.

And the chaps' favourite pub is no longer there. Or rather it has been refurbished into a lager swilling hellhole.

OH NO!!!!  They're playing the Bein Inn again.  And I've got a mission to complete up there...  And that's the weekend I'll be coming back from my annual trip to Scotland anyway...  Drop me off in Perth please my dear...

And I "have" to go to St Albans with the gang.  AND I had decided to get my parents tickets for Croydon for humbug, so I'd be going to that one too...

This tour couldn't have worked out better for me dates-wise if I'd organised it myself!!

Will Justin understand??  Does he need to?

Looks like I'll probably give the Stables a miss though...

Oddly, I have all those pencilled in myself - might extend the SCottish tour to include all dates though....

They're not showing on Bein Inn or St Albans websites yet...  Tickets seem to be available at Croydon, but I haven't actually gone through the process as far as actually booking yet...

Croydon is definitely on sale through their website - I booked a while ago & have had my ticket for a week at least.

You're not the person who's booked Box A (the "Royal Box") are you, Chris??  I had a further browse around on the Fairfield Halls website and it seems that quite a few tickets have already gone...

It turns out Croydon is a Thursday, so I'll have to negotiate with my band as well as Justin for a night off rehearsal.  They might not be quite so understanding...  Hey ho.

Tickets for the Birmingham show now seem to be available on the Town Hall website.

http://www.thsh.co.uk/page/town-hall-birmingham/

(Sorry, don't know how to make that a proper link!)

They can have gone on sale only very recently - I checked some time last week.

Enquired on the off-chance last night on the way into the Beth NC gig, and discovered they were on sale. Picked my seat & offered my card. Somewhat alarmingly, they proceeded to take payment & give me my ticket with requesting either PIN number or signature!

I'm thinking about querying the charge when it appears on my account...I doubt they've got a leg to tand on, but of course, they'll cancel the ticket....so maybe not. But still rather alarming.

Also, the front side-circle seats don't come up on the web for purchase, so if you want one of those, give 'em a ring!

St Albans tics on sale yesterday to Mailing List members. The brochure quotes TTL as support, but then again it also says it's the 40th Anniversary Tour. The tics also mention TTL, so can anyone confirm if this is correct, or has someone re-read (or re-sent) the 2007 publicity pack? ???

DC

Same info for the Tewkesbury Roses gig, also now on sale to "Friends". I seem to recall it happened last year as well - the explanation being that they were using  the previous years publicity. If 2008 is a Leap year will they catch up?

steve

Hmmm.....

Nothing about this on the website, but with the lead time for advertising, there's been more than enough time....unless it's a huge error?....

What am I taliking about - take a gander in the latest edition of Word magazine - a full page (is that a first for the wintour?) ad for the wintour....

support? - none other than.....

Anthony John Clarke

What happened to Give Way?

Seems they're out of the country on a USA tour (http://www.rgmbooking.com/tourdates/give_way.htm)

Indeed, Anthony John Clarke is the support on the tour - Give Way backed out.

Why have you quoted yourself, Chris ???

Just in case someone posted while I was typing....

Tickets now on sale for the Pontardawe gig.  ;D

Apparently it is a "sit down upstairs, stand up downstairs" affair, which came as a bit of a surprise. First time for me to attend a stand up Fairport gig. Not that I am complaining, you understand. ::)  ;D

Tickets now purchased for Bein Inn gig.

From their website it appears the lads will have a busy day at the Bein Inn as they are scheduled to play both afternoon & evening.

Also, as a bonus treat, Iain Matthews is playing at the Bein Inn on the day before (Sunday 24th Feb).

What a great weekend that is shaping up to be. ;D

IM will be a real treat, IMHO. I wonder if he'll be around the next day?