glasgow, newcastle? anybody?

[phro37]

lookin to meet up near the venue in glosgow. got me a nice little hostel near the river ("livin' in a van..."). not sure where my buddy's apartment is located in newcastle but would like to meet up there, too. anyone going?

[Mark_Wafc]

I'll be in Glasgow; i dont know anything about the place in terms of drinking tho!

[phro37]

neither do i.... it'll be a learning experience! actually, i'll google map the venue and see what's near by. read reviews. we'll make it happen

[mats]

The Brazen Head in Glasgow used to be a meeting place before the gigs, it´s about 5 min walk from the Academy. It´s a Celtic pub so don´t wear any Rangers shirts.

[Mark_Wafc]

Cheers will seek that out.

[juice]

therz a pub 100yrds down the hill from the glasgow o2 called the launceton . will be ther about 6 on the 13th . go 2 the back where the jukebox is . streams of whiskey !!!

[KrakowPogue1970]

Brazen Head would be your best option lads. Surrounding pubs a re full of twats that support the Devil's Eleven (Rangers)

[Guest]

thot we were goin 2 see a band so footballs got nowt to do with it . am from aberdeen so footballs a swear word 2 me at the mo !!! was in launceton last week b4 & after madness and it was good crack . brazen will do tho if u let us know street etc . cheers

[territa]

Brazen Head for sure. (a Celtics place). Stay out of the Glaswegian. After the show go knock on the door at McGinns on Hope St.

[phro37]

terry, i pride your advice above all others'. the brazen head it is!

[territa]

Here's a link to a great map of Glasgow. http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/maps.html

It hasn't been updated, the venue is still listed as "Carling Academy" (#10 at 6E on the grid). The Bridge Street train (underground) station is marked by the big "S" - very close, but check for the time it closes, otherwise you're walking or taking a taxi back.

The Brazen Head (6F) is located at 1-3 Cathcart Rd. It's on a map here:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?x=25 ... hp=ids.srf

McGinns is located at 16 Hope St., in grid block 4E, I think.

While looking for these maps I ran across my emails canceling the last trip texasmick and I'd planned. (We were to leave four years ago tomorrow, but he'd married somebody else three weeks prior. Five weeks prior, he was insisting he still wanted to go on this trip.) That makes it five years since I've been to Glasgow and seen the Pogues there, and it still feels like yesterday.

ENJOY Glasgow for me Phro.

[mats]

Here's a link to a great map of Glasgow. http://www.glasgowguide.co.uk/maps.html

While looking for these maps I ran across my emails canceling the last trip texasmick and I'd planned. (We were to leave four years ago tomorrow, but he'd married somebody else three weeks prior. Five weeks prior, he was insisting he still wanted to go on this trip.) That makes it five years since I've been to Glasgow and seen the Pogues there, and it still feels like yesterday.

ENJOY Glasgow for me Phro.

Got great memories of that night five years ago when I meet you and texasmick at Brazen Head. That´s where I also meet Johan from Sweden for the first time. None of us remember exactly how we ran into eachother. We´ve been friends ever since that and are soon to go on our 6th Christmas tour together. Have fun on the spring tour territa, wish I had the money to go to New York but it´s impossible unless I win a lottery

[phro37]

thank you terry. i've got some maps printed out and i'll be staying within a 3 mile (4.828 kilometers for you europen folks) radius of the venue and the brazen head. i'm excited. i wish you could be there but i'll see you in new york. wish i could meet up with you, too, mats. i was looking forward to it a couple of years back. if i win a lottery i'll be sure to fly you out (i'd actually see about hiring the boys for a "medusans only" gig; that way i CAN'T get kicked out, again!)

[territa]

Got great memories of that night five years ago when I meet you and texasmick at Brazen Head. That´s where I also meet Johan from Sweden for the first time. None of us remember exactly how we ran into eachother. We´ve been friends ever since that and are soon to go on our 6th Christmas tour together. Have fun on the spring tour territa, wish I had the money to go to New York but it´s impossible unless I win a lottery

hahaha, I remember! one of you was entering, and the other exiting, the bathroom. He noticed your shirt (red with white letters) which was of the Swedish band you follow, and there was a conversation in Swedish.

I agree with Phro, if I win the lottery you all are coming over to New York!

[mats]

Got great memories of that night five years ago when I meet you and texasmick at Brazen Head. That´s where I also meet Johan from Sweden for the first time. None of us remember exactly how we ran into eachother. We´ve been friends ever since that and are soon to go on our 6th Christmas tour together. Have fun on the spring tour territa, wish I had the money to go to New York but it´s impossible unless I win a lottery

hahaha, I remember! one of you was entering, and the other exiting, the bathroom. He noticed your shirt (red with white letters) which was of the Swedish band you follow, and there was a conversation in Swedish.

I agree with Phro, if I win the lottery you all are coming over to New York!

So that´s what happened I thought it was something like that, you have a fantastic memory territa. I went to Glasgow alone and remember writing on the forum with fans about meeting at The Brazen Head. It was just the locals there when I arrived and I started chatting with some Scottish guys. I have a slight memory that I was just about leaving for another pub with them when I bumped into you. What a difference a t-shirt can make