London Tickets On Sale
UPDATE: I and others have confirmed that it’s a 14+ show, and there will be no opening band. Which means I will be able to rock (oh so softly) for 12 or 15 hours.
The show at Dingwalls has been confirmed and tickets are now being sold right here. At this point I’m just waiting to find out if this other secret thing is going to pay for my flight or not – I sure hope it is, otherwise I’m buying a last minute transatlantic ticket.
I don’t know if it’s 14+ or 18+, there seems to be some confusion. Also not sure who “special guests” are or if there are any. I’ll see what I can find out and let you know. Either way, Bob’s your uncle! Apples and pears! Am I right?
March 4th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Splendid. See you in Camden on the 20th.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
It seems like it’s 14+ now, over everything. I’ll definitely be there now, ain’t nothing that’s gonna stop me.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Be seeing you…
March 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
I had confirmation by email from the promoter that they have a 14+ license and will be happy to allow them in.
March 4th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
FANTASTIC!
I got my ticket! Now to see how many people I can get to come.
March 4th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
Looks like it ought to be a fairly well sold night.
March 4th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
£15.00 per ticket? That’s like… *does conversion*… $700 each! You’ll make out like a bandit! Just don’t spend it all in gastropubs.
~chris, hoping Eventful passes the test. go Internets!
March 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
I’m going to come all the way from Arnhem, the Netherlands just to see this. Who knows when the next chance is…
March 4th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
See you all then! Sooo looking forward to JoCo Lo Sho….
Got my ticket and my mates!
March 4th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Ticket Purchased! Now for Train and Lodging!
March 4th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Booked and looking forward to the ‘JoCo Lo Sho’.
Thanks for coming over JC – hopefully it won’t be a once and only occasion.
ttfn
March 4th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I also got confirmation from the telephone number listed on their site that it’s 14+, so it seems like it’s all good for now. I shall be buying my ticket sometime over the weekend.
March 4th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
It’s 14+ now? Really?
Hell yes. Tickets por moi. (Or ticket, you know, I’m easy.)
March 4th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
It’s nice to see everyone’s happy about the age change,
. I’d personally rather not bother with accomadation problems, go to station, and wait till morning, then move on…
March 4th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Like I said, if you need a uke player I’ll be there
March 4th, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Woohoo, it’s real!
Now if only the train booking site would stop having ‘technical difficulties’ 
March 4th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
“Train and Lodging” Ditto
slack off
dam work
March 4th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
I can’t wait, but I’m surprised they list special guests when you don’t know anything about special guests.
I hope that’s just a mistake, we don’t want some two-bit support act turning up (a thirty-two bit support act would be cool though, can you get Paul and Storm to come?)
March 4th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
14+ So booked, also now time for travel and lodgings
March 4th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Mirjam,
Hopefully it won’t be ‘a concert too far’ for you.
(With all due respect to the British 1st Airborne Division)
March 4th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
I’ve been trying to book a train ticket online for about three hours now, but the site keeps tripping up at the last step.
I guess I’ll just start walking Londonward now.
March 4th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
woo, ticket and train booked, I’m there, (I’m thinking of getting a lab coat and going as a mad scientist à la skullcrusher mountain/the future soon)
March 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
For those worrying about a hotel – it’s in Camden, I’m sure we can find somewhere to spend the night clubbing away, then get the first train home in the morning. That’s my provisional plan, if the show ends too late (my last train is far too early).
March 4th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
You’re following us to London! Or maybe it’s the other way around.
Anyway, we’ll totally see you there. Hopefully we can bring some folks from MOO along with us.
March 4th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
If I had a place anywhere near Camden I’d definitely open my doors and floors to fellow JoCo fans. Unfortunately I’ve just moved down south and will be looking for a sofa (or all night pub/club) myself that night. So excited!!
March 4th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Hopefully there will be some of you willing to tape and share some of the overseas crowd on youtube. OR even Ustream.tv the show?????? Anyone???
March 4th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
You’re right.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:00 am
@ chris – actually 15 british pounds is about 30 dollars US.
Also, i think the age all depends on whether he plays First of May or not
Have fun in England. I really hope you are doing a few shows in a few places, just so it’s not like you know you travel and such, do a show, then leave. While there, at least hang out, or do moar shows?
March 5th, 2008 at 12:01 am
Also, for everyone going to show, you better grab like 2-5 people (not literally) and bring them with you. Show Coulton that shlepping across the ocean was worth it. Liek seriously.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:06 am
schlepping* , according to http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schlep
March 5th, 2008 at 2:54 am
Wootage! I think “special guests” implies that they expect you to have a support act. You know, unless you want to just perform longer than the average musician… which would be cool!
March 5th, 2008 at 3:35 am
It’s entirely possible that the venue will drag in some local teenage dirge to perform in front of JoCo and that’s the “Special Guests” – I went to see Bad Religion in Dublin twice, and both times the support act were (relatively) unknown groups who couldn’t possibly have been known by the headline band.
March 5th, 2008 at 4:56 am
If they had a support group that really sucked, then we’d think JoCo was MUCH better than he might have been had he just performed by himself. And that would make someone’s head explode, I’m sure…
March 5th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Oh, be still my beating heart, hooray!!
March 5th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Ticket Get! Huzzah!
Now to spaff the news to all my chums – having successfully secured my own tickets first. Bwahhahahaa…
March 5th, 2008 at 7:27 am
JoCo, you should consider coming up to Manchester whilst you are in the UK. Come see some of the real country instead of all that Metro bollocks.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:57 am
YES! After one website and two travel agencies had the same technical problem reserving my train tickets, I finally managed to reserve some! It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction.
See you on the 20th!
And believe me I will see you live. I feel fantastic and I’ll see you live. And when you’re dead I will have seen you live. Seen you live!
March 5th, 2008 at 8:21 am
I could be a special geust!
I can…umm…well…no wait, scratch that. Booked tickets though
I know, maybe JoCo could ask people to bring guitars and while he’s having his break, have other people attempt to play his songs, adding a bit of comic amusement into the break.
March 5th, 2008 at 8:40 am
That’s a tiny bit creepy, but well thought out Angelastic.
March 5th, 2008 at 11:02 am
12 hour soft rocking would take us through the evening which we are all dreading. Whilst I get the sneaking suspicion it was a joke, it is still a good idea…
March 5th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Only if I can sing along!
March 5th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Gingerlink, don’t suggest such things… He’s already saying, ‘You guys will all be able to replace me in no time.’ Next thing you know we’ll be paying for concerts where he won’t even show up. BYOJoCo.
It would still be cool though.
Hey, if he’s not going to do a European tour, let’s do one for him. There could be many different real and fake JoCos (let’s call them ‘tribute bands’, it sounds better) giving concerts in parallel. We could lock the real one in a cubicle and get him to write a song a day.
March 5th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
That’s a little more demanding than a song a week, though much more impressive if he succeeded (only if they were good songs on average). And I thought the whole point of him being an internet superstar was that he didn’t have to work in a cubicle any more…
March 5th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Good idea Angelastic! We could be called the FauxJoCos.
(Now, let me think of something appropriate to get signed. I suppose a half-monkey-half-pony monster would be a good start.)
March 5th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
I’ll be unimaginative, and take someone’s idea to sign my copy of “The Orange Box”, or a PG Tips monkey…
March 5th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Ticket Purchased! See you on the 20th!
March 5th, 2008 at 3:58 pm
Ticket Purchased, Brother just introduced to JC and is coming along, Bf flight tickets purchased, all in all its promising to look like a wonderful night. See you all on the 20th
March 5th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Yay have tickets and hotel (theres one just up the road if anyones stuck)
W00t
March 6th, 2008 at 3:25 am
Ooh, what’s the name of the one just up the road? I haven’t looked for a hotel yet, this would save me some time.
March 6th, 2008 at 5:36 am
Hooray! JoCo in London! Just got my tickets for me and my wife – who I’ve converted to Coulton! (Does that make her a Coulvert?)
Despite subscribing to JoCo’s RSS feed and putting my name down on Eventful, the way I actually found out about the London gig was on the blog for the London Eastercon Sci-Fi event happening that weekend – so we’re going to see JoCo, Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow and Charles Stross in one weekend – OMG I’m geeking out…
March 6th, 2008 at 5:38 am
ts the Camden Inn, I am personally astounded that how cheep youth hostels are. I Think that i should travel more.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
I currently have no money, and I dont start my new job until a week after the gig…but I’m currently working on a plan to beg, borrow and steal my way down to Camden from Glasgow. Can’t let this slip past.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:55 am
Seils:
We can promise you that JoCo will return to the UK, probably by the end of the year. A Glasgow date would be in order. This show in London has already sold 180 tickets, and is looking like a sell-out. We’re only slightly shocked!
March 6th, 2008 at 9:12 am
Yeah, I dont doubt he’d be back. But I’m still going to try and make it down.
March 6th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I’ve got my ticket now! Also got at least one friend to buy a ticket – Hoping to get a fair sized Bristol contingent along!
March 6th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
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March 6th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Excellent – Got my tickets
March 7th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Hey, you know what? This means *we* are the special guests.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am
do we get paid? I would hate to do a show in front of us and not get paid .. by ourselves …
I have a headache now
ttfn
March 7th, 2008 at 11:12 am
Yes! Yes! Thank god!
JoCos in England!
See you there hopefully!
March 7th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
Wow – I can’t believe it!!! I never thought you’d make it over here!
Just bought my tickets – can’t wait!
March 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
After a bit of quick evangelism I’ve ordered a few tickets and will be there with some new converts from the Midlands! I’m geeking out tremendously.
March 8th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Is it to much to travel from Oslo to London just for a concert? Of course not, not when it’s JC! If you think me wrong, you can tell it to my face at Dingwalls
March 9th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Nice one! I’ll booked tickets for a friend and I, and I’m spreading the word: http://www.exubero.com/blog/20080309_Jonathan_Coulton_in_London.html
March 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
I am so there, best thing is night before bank holiday so no need to get up next morning so i am all for an all night mind blowing experience. Now all i need is a friend or two i can drag along with me then i am set.
March 10th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Believe it or not, in the short 8 or 9 days this has been on sale, we expect it to sell out very soon. If you haven’t got your tickets, do it now. Next time; Shepherd’s Bush here we come!
March 10th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Got my tickets as well as my friends.
March 11th, 2008 at 11:30 am
*sigh* I don’t suppose a Scottish show is on the table at all?
March 14th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Tried to get tickets yesterday, sold out. :’(
March 17th, 2008 at 4:50 am
Me too! Sigh. Please come back soon. I’m seriously disappointed here!
March 17th, 2008 at 6:37 am
Sold out.
Shurely once you’re in England you can stay for another gig… maybe a tour…
March 17th, 2008 at 1:39 pm
I’m so sad I didn’t even hear about it til now! Oh well. Please return soon!
March 18th, 2008 at 10:15 am
From the Dingwalls website
“This show is sold out. There are 30 standing tickets available on the door on the night.”
So the rabid ticketless fans out there have still got a final chance… or there might be touts on the night (yuck) of course.