Who's coming to this?
Emperor's only UK gig and it's (sort of) at the same venue where they recorded the Imperial Live Ceremony, 7 years ago.
It should be incredible.
Emperor - London, Astoria - October 28th
- Thread starter Powers
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Who's coming to this?
Emperor's only UK gig and it's (sort of) at the same venue where they recorded the Imperial Live Ceremony, 7 years ago.
It should be incredible.
affinityband
Member
So, I got my tickets for this a few weeks ago, mine and a friends, which I will give him when I see him. I'm now ordering train tickets and just discovered that it's going to cost me £40 at least to get to London and back. That's not terrible I don't feel, but does anyone find it rediculous that we live in a society where it costs more to get to gigs that to actually watch them?
Risquit
Member
Hubster
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Not me I'm afraid.
I would but, I simply haven't the cash. If by some miracle you were to get it sorted drop me a line and we'll get in touch before hand.
I would but, I simply haven't the cash. If by some miracle you were to get it sorted drop me a line and we'll get in touch before hand.
opeth_353
Member
It's times like these when i hate the fact i want so much musical equipment.. I missed the Enslaved gig too because i'm buying so much stuff. My bastard friends are going ... And i'm sure they'll be going on about 'how great it was' for a long... long time.
Which makes me glad that the only instrument I need is an unbranded acoustic...with 5 strings.
Note to self: But new guitar strings.
Note to self: But new guitar strings.
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
Hey bro, England is so goddamn expensive it's not even funny anymore. Just out of curiousity, how much does the average guy in the UK make a month for a decent living?Powers said:
I guess it would be pretty safe to bet the UK is the most expensive country of all the European countries I've been to.
Heckelgruber
Fudgenator
Holy crap, that might be a rare chance to see them live. Seems a bit costly at £25 but not too bad.
@batmura:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285
I earn more than that, but my children devour it all.
@batmura:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285
I earn more than that, but my children devour it all.
Kir-ir-Bannog
...no ordinary rabbit
"The median annual pay for full-time women increased by 4.8 per cent in 2005 to £19,400. Median annual earnings for full-time employees for the 2004-05 tax year stood at £22,900, up 3.8 per cent on the previous year. Full-time males earned £25,100, up 3.5 per cent."
its nice to know i earn more than average....and i don't live in London anymore...BONUS!!!
its nice to know i earn more than average....and i don't live in London anymore...BONUS!!!
batmura said:
Well you see I'm only 19 and I'm at uni, which my dad has offered to pay me through (aside from the fees which I pay out of my loan) books, stationery, extra classes, bus money, all come out of his pocket and so long as I'm in education I'm not charged board either which is pretty good of him. Plus I work, only part time, an average of 16 hours a week on £5.05 an hour, so around £80.80.
I'm also thinking of doing my doormans licence in the next few months, which would mean doing far fewer hours for far more money.
Once I have my degree I plan to be a journalist, so that all depends on where I end up working, but from what I know the money isn't that good when you first start it's the freedbies that make it worth while.
With a degree everything should be much easier.
As for average wages I'm not really sure.
affinityband
Member
I wouldn't be suprised. I know people on less. The problems have come from the fact that jobs have just become so scarce in the northern end of the country, most places north of and including Birmingham were industrial cities, ship building, steel, coal mining, oil rigging even the textile industry. Thatcher destroyed all of that and it never really recovered.
On top of that farming, another industry has been in decline for 20 years because cheaper goods can be brought in from over seas. And finally, the country grows closer and closer to a subsitence economy every year because people earn less and less, particularly immigrants who, though they are getting a much better deal in the UK, are totally exploited.
Many are escaping political persecution or extreme poverty, and the UK is a democratic government with a great benifits scheme, what they don't realise is the more people with less money there are in the country the closer we draw to a subsistence economy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no racist, I don't think the people are the problem, and if I were in their position I wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing, the problem is the system that encourages them not to work and simply allows them to fall through the cracks, rather that putting them in to work and making sure they make minimum wage.
Lady Britannia is being thrown to the wolves, if the BNP (neo fascist shit heads in suits) are voted in the the next general election I will be leaving the country no matter what the cost.
I do apolagise, I get rather political about my homeland, I'm an incredibly proud Englishman, but the way things are going I don't know that I'll have a lot to be proud of much longer.
On top of that farming, another industry has been in decline for 20 years because cheaper goods can be brought in from over seas. And finally, the country grows closer and closer to a subsitence economy every year because people earn less and less, particularly immigrants who, though they are getting a much better deal in the UK, are totally exploited.
Many are escaping political persecution or extreme poverty, and the UK is a democratic government with a great benifits scheme, what they don't realise is the more people with less money there are in the country the closer we draw to a subsistence economy.
Don't get me wrong, I'm no racist, I don't think the people are the problem, and if I were in their position I wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing, the problem is the system that encourages them not to work and simply allows them to fall through the cracks, rather that putting them in to work and making sure they make minimum wage.
Lady Britannia is being thrown to the wolves, if the BNP (neo fascist shit heads in suits) are voted in the the next general election I will be leaving the country no matter what the cost.
I do apolagise, I get rather political about my homeland, I'm an incredibly proud Englishman, but the way things are going I don't know that I'll have a lot to be proud of much longer.
Hey Powers, where are the majority of the immigrants in the UK from? During my stay in England, I saw lots of Pakistani/Indian people not to mention Asians.
I honestly don't no. There are so many countries in the middle east in such turmoil that I imagine it would be very difficult to tell.
Kir-ir-Bannog
...no ordinary rabbit
batmura said:
so indians/pakistanis are not asian????
the biggest influx at the moment comes from poland i believe. But at least they work and pay taxes....most of the freeloaders are not european immigrants afaict
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