London Calling

London's lucky. I'm envious.

They're gonna love ya there, John.

Best post title, yet.
Joe Strummer is smiling in Heaven.

One wonders whether "Over There" will be in the set list. Granted, the UK isn't Belgium or France. Still, pack extra soap and Twinkies, just in case! ;-)

Wow. I'm going to leave my first comment to say how pleased I am to hear this.

I don't live near London (far from it in fact) but I added London as my choice on Eventful as I figured it'd be the best chance to get you over here!

Ah, 10 days before my birthday. You've got a guaranteed ticket buyer here and whoever I can drag along with me.

Exciting stuff!

@Mark - I bet "Sky Mall" may be in the set list, not sure why, but I have that hunch.

Have fun in England. What we have to do is get all of those 159 people to bring 2 or 3 friends each.

Oh and if you think London is far, the Eventful list 22 demands in Israel. That's like... a whole other side of the world.

I've already told JoCo about this, but Re: Your Brains was Played on Virgin Radio UK in London on Thursday!!

They deviated from their usual playlist for 1 show only & played whatever they wanted. Go to http://www.virginradio.co.uk/, then DJs/Shows, The Geoff Show, then "Listen Again" to here a downloadable Podcast of Thurs. show. About 1/3 of the way thru, the DJ talks about JoCo, his song topics & then plays the song (which is cut off in the podcast version, but hey he still got played!! ). I wonder what the Thursday mainstream listeners thought of it :-)

Perfect timing, I just rediscovered this site and now a London show! Sign me up for a ticket.

Please call me LONDON
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"Over There" IMO. That is all.

London?

It's at times like this I really regret living up here in Scotland. And being a poor student.

Guess I'm gonna try and be really optimistic and hope I can find some way to go...

Hey - great.. never heard of eventful, but sounds like a great idea.

I hope to be able to come, and I'm sure that you'll have fun JC.

I was only visiting this site to see if anyone has come across (www.)audiosurf(.com) which is a fun game that takes an audio track and turns it into a game.

ttfn

HOLY CHRIST!!!

("Over There" would go down well. To my Europhilic chagrin, we don't seem to think of Britain as part of Europe.)

Damn damn damn - as an englishman living in Dublin, I never so much wished I *wasn't* living in Dublin and was back in the UK - no chance of a detour on the way home, eh JoCo? Seriously though, as a huge fan since T.A.W days - is there anything I can do to convince you to stop of in Ireland on the way home?

So which US fans are devoted enough to hop the pond for a JoCo concert? (Alas, I don't have the means.)

I might actually have an easier time making it to a Tel Aviv show.

Holy crap! JoCo crossing the pond! Ok I think I can bear the murky world of London for a Coulton concert.

Great decision mate!

I seriously hope I can make it to this gig. It would be a triumph.

You won't cancel the show in Atlanta on 3/22, will you? I'm really dying to see you live.

119 and counting demanding you in Vancouver! How 'boot it?

@Braden-

Hey... you should come down to Seattle and see him on April 26th. With our dollars being equal these days, you may actually end up paying less (minus the petrol/gas/whatever the Canucks call it). Seattle is a great place, we love JoCo, and it will be awesome.

You can't come that far for just one show! I demand a Europe tour! Well, at least hop over to Paris and sing Re : Vos Cerveaux.

But seriously, I'll see if I can make it. It's only about six hours from here (Geneva) by train, I think. Should be no problem as long as I'm wearing comfortable enough clogs.

Even though it's "Over there" a lot of people can still understand American.

You may need a phrase book if you want to get things like french fries though.

I feel rather sad, months of anticipation and things go the way I expected. I wonder if I could miss school, get to London, see the show, get back, sleep and then leave again in the morning...

YES! YES YES YES!!! AWESOME!!

Now I just have to hope that:
a) I can get the night off work,
b) My sister isn't working so that she can drive me 140 miles to London,
and c) The show goes ahead.

I will do everything I can to get to that show. And I'm not one of the people in the Eventful list.

Oh my gosh that would be so great! Keeping my fingers tightly crossed!

Fantastic! Now we can call you International Internet Superstar! Way to go!

Oh, and I'm SO there on April 26th. Wouldn't dream of missing it.

That's during the one week that I'm in Austin. There's always next time, right? Right?
At least you'll come to PAX, right?
Belgium?

*cough*Australia next*cough*

Ahh darn it, why couldn't this happen before I move to the US? I'll have moved by then. I'd have made the trip to London for this. Oh well, at least they'll have fun, so will you hopefully.
I also have more chance of getting to see you in the US too, so it's all good.
I hope you enjoy London if you do go.

John S.

If JoCo skips Van, then I'll be packing up a carload of people and heading down for that show. I'm just hoping I'll be able to avoid crossing the border. Those dudes are scary. :P

Canada? Canada? It's only about 15 hours (driving) to Toronto from NYC. And about 10 hours to Montreal and/or Ottawa. :-D

This is awesome ONLY if you're de-jet-lagged by Mar 22 for the Atlanta show! :)

Oh, and if you need a uke player ;)

It seems there are two Tristans! I'm from the UK, the other seems to be from Down Under.

If it wasn't a Saturday I'd already be booking the time off work I need to get down there in time for the gig to start and to recover afterwards. This is the best news ever!

*hyperventilates*

I will be there.

Awesome,
If I can be there- I will.

I am so happy, words can not explain!

Hooray!!!

This is awesome and has totally made my day (month!) (year!).

I'll be there. ^^

Glad to hear that our pals across the pond will get to see you now. But I'm with Amanda on this, you better find yourself in Atlanta still on 3/22, so no hogging JoCo over there folks! ;)

take some extra blue jeans to sell on the black market. they go crazy for them there.

or wait. that's russia.

and 20 years ago.

Excellent! My lady and I shall be there. Cheered me right up seeing that. :)

Comments from one who knows these things:

JC: The SEATED capacity of Dingwalls is much less than 487. Like barely 300.

Jonathan D: If you can't make it, Stephen Lynch, with whom JC shares a manager & agent, will be at Whelan's on May 31.

Amanda: JC will most definitely still be in Atlanta 3/22. His dedication knows no bounds.

Braden: Working on Vancouver around Seattle.

All the rest of you UK folks who aren't sure if you can make it: Spread the word!

London?!?...moving from household name to worldwide name! Well played Mr. Coulton....well played!

If you don't already have a valid passport, you need to apply for one immediately. State Dept

Dude, I will be there...with a bunch of people and monkey/ponies.

Looking forward to it.

I will be there, as long as you promise me that you won't wait until 10pm before starting. I'm going to need to leave by 10:45 to catch my last train.

Will be there. No question about it :)

HOORAY!

Good choice of date too - with a public holiday the next day I'm sure there will be gallons of free beer being offered to you before, during and especially after the show (sorry Atlanta, but surely keeping him up all night will ultimately help with the jetlag??)

Ignore my previous message. I can't make it. As Tmoz says, it's a public holiday the following day, and I've remembered that I'm going to be away with family.

Aaargh! I can't believe we finally get a show in London (I'm studying abroad here this year, and am one of the 159), and it ends up being the day I leave for Athens. All I can say is, you better be coming back to Johnny D's in Somerville, MA next year.

Curses for not being 18 nor having a fake i.d

Gah! It's like the one night that's going to be difficult for me to make, as my other half gets back from a month-long work trip abroad earlier in the day. Still, she's a fan so I'll see if she's likely to want to go despite the fact it will be at like 2am her time. I'm sure I can convince her! Wish me luck... and make sure it's the first of many UK gigs!

London, as you say, holy crap I never thought I would get to see you over here,
It’s a bit of a trek to London from the midlands, but count me in. I’m not even one of the 159; I had you “eventfilled” at Wolverhampton.
(I'm making my zombie costume as I write)

and 15 days after my birthday

Seriously, you're going all that way and you're not even going to stop off and play a set in my basement? What's wrong with Germany?

London says yes.

Dunno what the chances of this are, but I had London Calling playing as this post popped up in my RSS reader.

London Ontario, or London England?

I'm going to London for spring break (3/14 - 2/23). As soon as you post the details I'm going to try to convince all my friends to come (should be about 7 of us). I think it's funny that I have to fly across the Atlantic to see a show of yours instead of just going across the city to Brooklyn.

Absolutely love to, providing I get enough notice to get cheap train tickets to London...

*bounce*

London only? Nothing continental? A show in france and Germany might bring more scandinavians. And other brands of europeans. We shower too.

Or Copenhagen. Do Copenhagen. Come on. Please?

Ah man, it had to be on a Thursday? My Dad'd go ballistic if I tried to go up on a school night...
But on the other hand, this may be the only chance! (before you headline Wembley, obviously... its gonna happen!)
Right, I need to find a way to con my Dad...

Adam: Just try and convince your dad the next day's Good Friday. Promise he'll buy it.

(The part about Dingwalls apparently being 18-and-up only, however, may be harder to get around.)

This. Is excellent news. Now that you've got a foot in the door when it comes to entertaining members of the Commonwealth, it's only a skip and a jump to find yourself playing a set in (hint hint) sunny Australia.

We don't bite. However, we are about the only things that don't. We have spiders the size of dinner plates and dinner plates the size of cows, and cows the size of apartment buildings. A = B = C.

I kid. I applaud your cross-continental dedication.

ahhh England, the "Mother Country" pity about the terrible weather that they get there, if only they had awesome weather like we do down here in Australia *more subtle hinting from an Aussie*

AJS: Thank you very much! Exciting news.

WOOO!!!!!

You've got at least one more to add to that 159, because I have been intending to add my voice to Eventful for at least a week, but it's been a bit hectic.

(Does a little dance)

I really hope I can make that one Jonathan! Mid-week gigs in London can be a pain from where I live but I'm gonna try! Looking forward to it.

Alright, probably should have noticed what the 21st is, no problems there now!
Now its simply a case of aging two years in 18 days...

If it's possible, (which it probably won't be considering we'd have to get up there on a school night (we've got the next day off, but I doubt we can even travel there in time)) then me and every single person I've ever forced to love JoCo will be there... which is about 4 of us.

Don't suppose you'd tour the UK while you're here? Somewhere in the South-West maybe??? OK, maybe not.

Wow! You do know that this year's Eastercon (the British National Science Fiction Convention) is at London Heathrow and opens on the 21st? Please tell me you don't have to fly back straight after the show...

Myself and lots of other fans will be there on Thursday for pre-con setup. I'll do my best to drag a group of them out in the evening to see you. :)

Breaking through another barrier for independent artists...the power of the internet, the power of your showing us how it can be done...Liz

Aww, man! I'll be in London THE NEXT DAY! So close....

I'm with James on the ID front.

Hey why dont you make a euro tour ;)

YES!

I'll be there!

Must continue my plans to convert all of Hertfordshire to Coulton fans... We will bring the multitudes!

yay! I am there!

Damn, if it was a weekend, I'd go (and I live in south wales about 6 hours from london lol).

...and I throw my hat in with the rest of the under-18 crowd. Ah well. It was fun while it lasted.

Incidentally, I note that The Now Show, Britain's premier satirical comedy radio revue, is recording on the 20th. Is that why you're coming over, to fill, for one night only, the shoes of Mitch Benn?

Interesting - there's an SF convention (Orbital 2008) in London starting the following day, so a fair number of fans may be at a loose end on the Thursday - I plan to come anyway, if you go ahead with it.

Fantastic! I was expecting to have a much longer wait before you came here.

My girlfriend and I live in wales but love your music. We will be making every effort to come down and see you in london! Its about time there was a show in europe!

BOOOOOOO, YIPPEEEEEEE!!!
Don`t know if I can make it, the wife has just given birth and JC is coming over, talk about bad timing.I thought you might give us a month or two for the young lad to settle, then I might be let out again!! I was hoping you`d try to come over and do a proper tour in August/ September, here`s hoping? Anyway I`ll try to get out ,but Nottingham to London is a pretty long journey these days.
Cheers Brian

Have you considered making a call in at the Eastercon the next day http://www.orbital2008.org/ - I'm sure you'd get a very warm welcome.

Awww PLEASE play on a weekend! I really couldn't make it on a weekday, and your one of my favourite musicians D: I really don't want to miss out on this

Awesome stuff. but I'm in Glasgow... so I can't see you... but i'd love to have...

come up here.

Glasgows better anyway >_>

WOAH! I was already planning to be in London over easter, how perfect is that!! Me and my gf will definitely be there!! :D

OMG!!!

Dude, I will be there with bells on. I'll bring everyone I know.

YES!!

I hope you realise that you've got our hopes up now, so if you end up not doing this show, you're going to have to come over some other time and do a proper tour, or else we'll... or else we'll... complain on the internet. In capital letters. And you don't want that.

I'll make a date in my diary and drag my girlfriend along.

Do it Jonathan, do it!

This is the best news I have had in a month, at least, and I've been having some good news! Incidently, I was thinking 'Over There' would be hilarious too, true we're not France or Belgium, but we -are- mentioned, tee hee.

Hurrah! I second all that demanding!
I think you underestimate your English fanbase dude, Dingwalls may be in for a bit of a shock...

I still complain of the stupid sucky age limit, that just makes it even more annoying.

HELL YES! I'm one of the listees on Eventful for London, and I will get getting tickets for multiple friends and family. Like, 3 or so. You better not sell out the show before I can, JoCo. I'm warning ya.

Figures, the one time you decide to bless Britain with your awesomeness, I'll be recovering post-operation

You better come back to merry old England once again, or I may just cry.

Oh yeah, I went there.

I just added an event at Upcoming, if anyone else uses that.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/445805/

DO IT DO IT DO IT.

I have a gaggle of enthusiastic fanboys I can bring.

Just out of interest, and in a totally legal way, anyone know how one can obtain a fake ID that says one is, I dont know, 18 for example?
Anyone been to this place before? How strict/gullible are they?

Three Cheers for Clash references. =3

Hey, you eventful listees, stop promising to bring friends, you're making me scared there won't be a place for me! ;-)

So I have checked that I can take the day off work, I'm ready to swoop on cheap train fares as soon as this is confirmed. Or blow myself up if it isn't confirmed.

Superb! I was one of the 159 (well if I'm honest I'm 2 of them, but I'll bring a friend), but I wasn't too optimistic, so this is fantastic!

Maybe all the under-18s could just stand outside and bring a stethoscope.

Hey! There he is on the front page of the Dingwalls site! It must be true! :D

And it says 14+ :D

OMG, first with Tickets! YAY!

hang on, it says 14 plus on the page, but the disclaimer to get the tickets says "Please note this is a 18 & over performance.", what gives?

That confused me, as far as I've gathered, you don't HAVE to be 18 to purchase tickets, but if you are under 18 and with tickets, you may get turned away without a refund.

But does the fact that it's a 14+ performance overrule that? Only time shall tell I guess...

Chillax Jon, it'll be fine!

Woo, ordered my ticket! Now I just have to find someone wacky enough to want to go with. Don't want to be all on my own, but I live in the kind of area where there are hardly any geeks :(

Two tickets: BOOKED.

2 tickets booked here too

I was going to wait until I'd thought about this rationally, and made sure I could actually get to London, and made sure he wasn't about to announce a surprise Europe tour, but I couldn't sleep without knowing that ticket was safely booked. :D Now, if I could just arrange to get there by boat and plane and then go to Spain for the rest of the long weekend...

Am I just loopy tonight or does anyone else fine these directions Dingwalls funny?

"Middle Yard is the first left turn off Camden Lock Place and Camden Lock Place is under the railway bridge at the junction of Castlehaven Road and Chalk Farm Road. The building is beside the canal and also has "Jongleurs Comedy Club" written on it. We are a five minute walk from Camden Town and Chalk Farm stations both on the Northern Line"

Please, don't even ask why I am looking at directions even though I will not be in London.
I do not know.

Hence why I'm going to ask a more logical service for directions. Either a map, or if I want to pay a small fortune, a taxi.

BTW, how long are average performances? Although looking at trains now, it doesn't seem to make a difference...

The last train north is at 11:30, so I'm hoping everything will wrap up by about 10:30 to be safe. A three hour gig - including "special guests" - sounds about right, surely?

I am so pleased that you are going to be playing here in the Big Smoke! I have two mates in Portland who sent over this link just yesterday. They have been kind enough to send me your CD's when they attend you concerts in the States. I really get a laugh out of Eat Your Brains, and Skymall!

Looking forward to seeing you at Dingwells! Also- dont be put off by the directions. Camden Lock is a bit of a rabbit warren, but it quite easy. Depending on where you are staying the Camden Town (northern line) stop is best bet. Be sure to not miss Camden Market on the weekend- if you can stay. It is truly one of the best parts of London.

If you need any logisitical help, pre-arrival info, or anything my wife and I would also be happy to help you out. Just drop an e-mail.

Cheers-

Carter

Is there any of Camden Market left standing after the fire the other week?

Oh sure, MaW- the largest portion of the funky Camden Market was on the other side of the streen. The Hawley Arms and the surrounding area on the other side was the worst hit. While I did not frequent it- I undertand tht the Hawley Arms was recent favourite of some of our more colourful musical aritists.

Booked tickets, just need to get plane and hotel sorted out now.

But next time, JoCo - a little more notice would be nice. :"P

I am going to be there even if it kills me. Try and stop me

Booked!

Don't worry about it Lex, I'm sure it'll work out - I went to a Misfits gig in Cambridge a couple years back and bumped into some cool peeps. If you lack for people to hang out with, look for my friends and I, we're always up for a bigger group =)

...I'm sure I've made this clear already, but YAY!

I will most assuredly be there. Oh yes.

Ticket booked! I'll try to organise a group of us from Orbital.

Tickets booked! I can't wait!

Oh yes !!!

Will be dragging a mini-posse down, listen to tunes with a few beers and try and explain the brilliance of the portal song on the way home (badly).

You really should play "over there" when your over here. We brits love songs that are mean to French people, and the saving your a** in WWII part is hilarious !

And if your feeling generous with name checks, please play Skullcrusher mountain for my sweetie, Mimi, who was the one who introduced me to your tunes so long ago and is certainly the chick I'd kidnap if I only had a secret lair to drag her too :)

Really looking forward to the gig,
Ben

Only one ticket left, apparently... not that I want to start a stampede (as if the comments board hadn't already)

Looks like it's almost a sellout in 24 hours - check out the UK JoCo love !

Where does it say there is only one ticket left?

Anyway I'm glad I didn't wait to think about this rationally. Any rationale which says not go to see Jonathan Coulton at what could be the only opportunity is not fit to be worn by primates (this holds for justifications and monkeys as well as liturgical vestments and bishops.)

Lucky English folk. :3

I decided that, as much as I love your music, JoCo, that flying to London to see you would be highly impractical; so, I've decided to see you in Philly on April 2nd, instead.

Though, I would really love to be able to see both shows. =D

If it really is a sellout in 24 hours...

"This is a real test of Eventful, and the power of the internet blah blah blah."
The internet passed.

Ah - I probably had half of the spare tickets locked in the system by repeat refreshing of the checkout page !

Seems there are a few more than "just one" left... for now...

Just booked my ticket as well, I forgot it`s Good Friday the following day, so no workey pooh, hurrah.Now I`ve got to convince the wife that it all in a good cause to leave her and new born, for the night.
Brian

Please please PLEASE play Skullcrusher Mountain!

Unless you don't want anybody in the audience to sing along, because I'll be unable to stop myself.

I hope I can make it to this. I remeber commenting ages ago when you made a post about possibly coming, but I thought you'd forgotten all about that. I hope I can be there!

Booked my ticket, so not sold out yet (I hope!), now to check what trains I will need.

ttfn

I would be shocked if he didn't play Skullcrusher, MaW. I think he usually plays it toward the end of his set. At my show, there was a singalong on the chorus that was really beautiful. He might change out other songs, but I feel like that is a must play at every show.

...please don't be horribly jetlagged on the 22nd.

Let the dragging of friends to the gig begin!

I just make the over-14 age limit. I just need my parents to buy the tickets. Since they don't know who JoCo is, this may be problematic.
The show may just be out of my reach, but for the love of God-someone record it and put it on Youtube and/or give it to JoCo for this website.

Damn! Just picked this up and the venue is now sold out. Good luck and sorry to miss you - maybe next time?

It's 3:20am, just got back home after the gig and I'm still buzzing quite a bit, what a great show! Set list was: Over There, The Future Soon, Ikea, Shop Vac, I'm Your Moon, Baby Got Back, Still Alive, a Billy Bragg cover called The Saturday Boy, Someone is Crazy, I feel Fantastic.

Set two was Tom Cruise Crazy, Better, Skullcrusher Mountain, I Crush Everything, Code Monkey (with new toy backing up the guitar), Creepy Doll, Drinking With You, Do They Know It's Christmas (Feed the World), Chiron Beta Prime, Millionaire Girlfriend, Mandelbrot Set, You Ruined Everything, re: Your Brains and for the encore: First of May.

Such a tumultuous noise of adulation was produced by the attendees, and what a bolshy lot too - lots of heckling! New friends were made and the world seems such a better place. Right, best get me to bed!