Hi Webmaster/Jimbo,

Could you find out when tickets for Nottingham on June 16th are going on sale? This is the last British gig for which there is no ticket information...

Thanks guys,

Daniel

Anyone?

Daniel

give rock city a call mate they will be able to help you

Hiya Trevor,

I'll call 'em tomorrow from work. Thanks. Will post here as to what they tell me.

Peace,

Daniel

Tickets for Nottingham went on sale 28 minutes ago, I just found out. Price £25. £27.50 with booking fee. Telephone: 0871 3100 000 and press 1 to book tickets or 3 for an operator.

Daniel

enjoy the show pk rock city is a good venu

Thanks Trev! You have a blast in Dublin too, ok! I've seen Arthur Lee and Mercury Rev at Rock City - I love the place - both the main venue and the Rescue Rooms. Amazingly ambiant and atmospheric rooms to play in. It will be nice to see and hear Brett in a more relaxed venue than the pressure cooker that is The Apollo, Manchester.

Nottingham will be my 10th, and probably final show I imagine. I am unsure what I will make of it, with Brett on lead vocals. But I remember saying that about Ian too. So I will travel down with an open mind as always. I've heard the clips from Ray's site via the MySpace links, and he sounds very good, great in fact. But different from Ian. Ian is someone I'll always miss though. It made me proud as a Northern Englishman to see him serve the memory and legacy of Jim Morrison with such talent, passion and dignity. That is what (IMHO) Brett must aim for. Not spectacular headlines or anything, but passion, grace and integrity to the philosophical and poetic message that The Doors espoused to the world between 1965-1971. It is funny, the thing that is most loyal to the music and message of The Doors, in this so-called 40th Anniversary year, isn't any of the offical 40th Celebratory corporate crap, but the much maligned yet much beloved work of Riders On The Storm. ROTS are what are getting the British press excited, not some re-releases and remasters of songs we've all have sold to us five times over on vinyl, tape, CD, DVD, 5.1 yada yada etc yada. There is a message in that too. True fans don't want gimmicks and polish. They want passion, committment and truth. And live performances, warts 'n all. That is what ROTS, and nothing else can support The Doors original message with. I hope this doesn't come off as too patronising towards Ray and Robby, but they give out a further message - that it is possible to grow old, and still be relevant and real to all generations. There are few musicians who play such charged and exilerating music as they do. If I am so in touch in my 60's, I will be proud and happy. I'm just 27 years old, but I feel a stronger connection to Ray and Robby as musicians than 99% of my generation's great musicians. They should be very very proud of what they are doing.

Cheers to Tom V. by the way for bringing the band back to Europe so quickly. It's a shame they're not doing Austria in August as I'm over there just a month over the Lovely Days festival. But Nottingham I'm looking forward to a great deal nonetheless.

Nough said from me!

Daniel

Hi

I got my tickets today in the post for Nottingham. I'm going with my brother and best mate and we are all massive Doors fans and we have been fans since we were 12 years old.....now 29.

I have no idea what to expect as this is the first time any of us has seen ROTS.
What kind of a set will they play? Originals, new material?

Chris

I well imagine a combo of the two, but the vast majority being original Doors songs, as opposed to ROTS original compositions.

We are in a similar position in a way. You will be seeing them for the first time, not sure what to expect, and I will see them for the 10th time, not sure what to expect either, with Ian gone and Brett in his place.

I'm sure it will be entertaining as always.

Peace,

Daniel

Hi PK, Blue Bus back again under a different name (forgot password & changed internet server).

Just wanted to ask how you found clips of Bret (who if I'm honest no idea I've who he is) singing on my space I wanted a peep.

Hi BlueBus!!!

So nice to see you again! No problem on the Brett front...just follow this link: http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=brett+scallions

Also, there are some clips on Ray's site too, another thread around here has the links to them I think?

You heading out to any shows this year?

Oh yeah, just check on Circus Diablo and Brett Scallions/Fuel's MySpace sites as well as Riders sites; they all seem to contain multimedia goodies of one kind or another!

Happy surfin', Doors-sister!

Daniel

here's the thread with Brett's vocals from his audition:
http://manzarek.thedoors.com/index.php?showtopic=818

Thanks buddy!

Thanks Jimbo for helping me out with the links, but in all honesty his voice just wasn't doing anything for me just now.

Being a northener I think the closest gig would be Nottingham, but seen as I'm now on my own now if I do go I'd have to meet up with the other members

I did see the My space interview with Ray in which he states that out of the recent music he's heard he likes Beck and his Odalay album, which made my day as I've been banging on about Beck and Bjork for years now. People just listen to the music but they don't really hear the music.