Hello all,

Gig at the Hop & Grape, Manchester University Students Union, Oxford Road, Manchester (capacity 400). Tickets (selling fast) are £10 plus £1.50 booking fee, unfortunately, available now from

http://www.ticketline.co.uk/event_availability.asp?EventId=14686&PerformanceId=344119

(this link takes you straight to the purchase page). I guess they will also be available from Piccadilly Box Office (Virgin Megastore, Market Street) or the University of Manchester Students Union (Oxford Road). If you're paying in cash, you're advised to go to the UMSU and avoid the booking fee. If there's any left on the night, they'll be £12 on the door.

UPDATE You can now buy tickets by post - send a stamped addressed envelope and a cheque/postal order for £10 made payable to MATERIALISE to the following address:

University of Manchester Students Union
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PR

and, obviously, tell them which gig it's for.

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DIRECTIONS c/o Andy Martin:

"Oxford Road is the main road in/out of Manchester that caters for the student population. If you're on a road that has an Odeon Cinema, the BBC, The Cornerhouse cinema and the new Commonwealth Games swimming pool then you're on Oxford Road.

Head out of Manchester city centre until you reach a crossroads - the swimming pool should be on your left and the University of Manchester buildings in front of you. Carry straight on for about half a mile until you see a building with some steps leading up into it. If the building after it is the Academy then you're at the right building. Present your ticket at the door, or pay if you're feeling lucky, and you'll be directed to the downstairs bar or the gig itself if the Hop&Grape has opened.

The Hop&Grape is two floors up. You'll know you've reached it when you see Geoff Davies sat at a table full of merchandise."

Here is a map:

http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?G2M?X=384453&Y=396735&A=Y&Z=1

The arrow is roughly the location of the venue.

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FILMING c/o Andy Martin:

The gig will be recorded to film and, if all goes well, sold next year
on video.

Rather than just a film of the gig, the plan is to include "vox pops" with
members of the audience (before and after the gig) and a bit of backstage
footage of Neil tuning his banjo and Ken's much vaunted "tantric guitar
pose" routine prior to the gig.

To this end, the film maker thought it a good idea to request questions from
anyone attending (or not in some cases) the gig in order to put them to the
band. That way the audience can feel they've contributed in some way to the
final result.

So, anything you've always wanted to ask the band? They don't have to be
specific or relevant and they don't all HAVE to be directed at Nigel. Post
them onto this board, or direct to me if you feel too embarrassed to reveal
them in front of everyone. I'll print them and pass them on to the director
so she can put them to the band on the night. Her only request is that you
leave a name (pseudonym or otherwise) and where you're from so it can be
included in the "interview" on the night.


You have been warned...

Gez.