Over There Again
The London show was such a success that I would very much like to make a return trip to the UK, possibly even other parts of Europe if it works out that way. I’m thinking this will be later this year, something like October/November. But I need your help planning this thing. I know how London is going to go, because I saw how it went, but where else shall I play? Where are you, audience? And don’t just leave a comment saying “Briglytonne!” or whatever crazy town you live in, we actually have a system for this:
This really works, it’s the only reason I had any confidence that London would be a well-attended show. So if you haven’t already, add your name to a demand in the place you’d like to see me play, and that will help me plan the trip.
Fly monkeys, fly!
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:14 am
Stockholm, Sweden i hope
/beg
but guess not if i am only swe on forum
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
Specifically, fly to Eventful.
Make your demands known there.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:52 am
What if you go to France and sing “Re: Vos Cervaux”? That might turn out hilariously.
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:56 am
Come to Finland, the land of homicidal polar bears!
Pwease…
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:12 am
Manchester!
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:15 am
Apparently you can’t re-request people to Eventful to play where you live
Allow me to push my hand straight up again for London (again). I also volunteer again for getting confused about ticket numbers again and trying to create panic buying by claiming it sold out within 48 hours. Again.
To everyone else – get onto Eventful and pop in your local town*. It really works !
* it may help if your local town is the capital of a country with a large population and diverse cultural scene, however.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Glasgow! Big student town, easily accessible through public transport for those out of town, and a damn nice place to boot.
(I’d suggest Dundee, where I actually live, but that would be really wishful thinking…)
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 am
Plymouth, closest place to where I live where a decent crowd might show.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Cambridge! (http://eventful.com/demand/D0-001-000085006-0)
We’ll take you punting if the weather’s good. Loved the London show but I had to leave just after Code Monkey so I could get the last train back. This way, I’d be able to stay till the end.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:29 am
Leeds is pretty much the accepted hub for gigs in the North East of England – excellent road and rail connections, decent venues, good crowds.
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:36 am
I would like to suggest somewhere in Bristol. It’s a pretty good place to play in the UK, especially if you can get into somewhere like Colston Hall, where loads of people play/do stuff (seriously, look into that). Bristol is definitely a good place for people like me in the South West of the UK, and should be quite easy for other people to get to, but anywhere is fine by me
*crosses fingers that I might actually be able to make this one*
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:53 am
Nice to know you’re coming back-I might be able to get there this time.
The moment tickets come out i’m there.
Note- Somewhere in the South-East near or around London would be eccelent like last time, just make it a Friday or Saturday
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:58 am
Wainscoting!
I hear it’s a lovely place. Just watch out for the sheep.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:10 am
I created the Cambridge one, so obviously there, we have a reasonable demand, and I have people to drag along, and we are a geeky city.
You can add 1 to anywhere in the UK, I’m going to go to them all, I’m obsessive like that!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
The South Slope!
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
OR:
The Three Stags’ Head Pub in Wardlow Mires!
http://www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/stags.html
Seriously. I will go if you will.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
I’d love to listen to see you in France too.
And not only for “Re: Vos Cerveaux”.
Considering the few people we have here requesting for you, I guess you won’t come, but you’re always be welcome.
If it wasn’t during the week, I would have probably try to make it to London.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:58 am
OK so you can’t “demand” again for London, so I also vote for another show (or two) in London next time your over.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Another +1 for Cambridge here, although it’s not like I’ll mind travelling a bit further
Great to see we had such a good impact on you!
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Briglytonne!
:p
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Is it possible in Eventful for a performer to “reset” a city?
For instance, you’ve played London, so you tell Eventful that you’ve played London and the demand counter for London drops back to 0 (and I suppose notices should go out to the people who made those London demands) and then people can re-demand for that city if they either missed that show or just want to see you again.
I’d think that would be a good way to know when it’s time to make a return trip to a given city, otherwise you have no idea how long to let a certain city lie fallow.
p.s.: play New York again dammit!
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Somewhere in the Midlands would be good – Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Coventry – nice and central. But to be honest we’d probably travel again from here to wherever you were playing (though I don’t much fancy getting back home at 3:20am again!)
I certainly pinged Birmingham on Eventful a whle back so hopefully more people around these parts could do the same
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
No!!! I missed it! Never mind, I’m sure someone made a recording and posted it on YouTube.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:21 pm
Done and done.
Please do come back to London, we love you here.
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:39 pm
The netherlands are small but demands are placed all over Holland, so come visit Holland most of us are able to travel (if it’s in Amsterdam or Utrecht
)
April 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pm
One word: Octoberfest.
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Hey JC,
Nottingham of course, could book it tomorrow if you give me a date.hehe!!
I keep trying to get you to play the heart of the midlands and the home of Robin Hood.BIG BIG Student and the venue I would hold this marvelous night is in the hub of the student land!!
Brian
You did promise me in london remember!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Sorry thats BIG BIG student campus, not just BIG BIG students.hehe!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:39 pm
We’ve got over 200 people demanding a show for Toronto.
Ever since I saw you at last year’s PAX I’ve been waiting for you to head up to the Great White North.
We’re nice people, honest!
April 2nd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Anyplace named “Wolverhampton” is all right by me. I’ll stick to Chicago shows, though. I just need to find more opportunities to work Wolverhampton into my daily conversation. Wolverhampton. “The April climate in Wolverhampton is less than agreeable, don’t you think?” And such.
April 2nd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Eventful is allowing me to re-request JoCo for Atlanta, so maybe check and see if you can re-request for London, or anywhere else he has performed recently. Or maybe it works differently for non-U.S. sites?
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
I requested for Portland, OR the day after his show here with no trouble at all. And he is coming back just 7 months later!
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:44 pm
I have re-demanded (on your demand you can select the tick to ‘un-tick’, and then select the tick again), since I (and my daughter this time) would both like to see JoCo again, Dingwalls would be good since I know where it is now.
You could try:
the Carling Academy Brixton ( 2300 people – http://www.brixton-academy.co.uk/venue.php)
Astoria (hmm ‘Standing no formal seating. Capacity 1600 approx’ – http://www.festivalrepublic.com/venues/#Astoria)
Astoria2 (1000 peope – http://www.festivalrepublic.com/venues/#Astoria)
or Camden underworld (500 people – http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/production.asp)
ttfn
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Ah. Would that I were in the UK, I would happily join Mr. Hodgman at the Three Stag’s Heads.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I’m glad this didn’t get confusing.
April 2nd, 2008 at 4:48 pm
Argh. I thought I had typed Three Stags’ Heads correctly. My fingers are at fault, not my grammar.
April 2nd, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I loved your gig in Camden, I really did.
If your looking for a slightly larger venue then have a look at Indigo2 @ The o2. Its like dingwalls but larger and newer.
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:38 pm
i am so bummed your portland show is 21+
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:03 pm
It’s fantastic that there’s a system like the demand system to help folks like you plan gigs and know where it’s worth going.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I’m with Syphro, even though we’ve never met. We’ll meet at your show! I am totally willing to play guitar, or sing, or learn a new goddamn instrument for you if it will help convince you to come to Toronto to play a show. I will sing “When You Go” to people on the street if I have to.
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:01 am
How about somewhere really far south, like Sydney? if not, melbourne, or even Brisbane (note: note said Bris-bane)
I would happily travel Australia to see the wonderful JoCo
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:29 am
I posted this 16 hours ago on the forums (come join the fun):
I had a quick look at the eventful demands and currently the top UK venues are (I probably missed some):
London 198
The UK as a whole: 107
Dublin (Ireland): 36
Manchester: 28
Oxford: 25
Glasgow: 24
Leeds: 21
Edinburgh: 20
Cambridge (whoo!): 17
Birmingham (twice?): 17 (24 – Maybe the USA city though)
Sheffield: 15
Nottingham: 13
Bristol: 13
And lots below 10
April 3rd, 2008 at 4:58 am
It’s actually gone up since then Kerrin. London is was on about 202 when I checked a couple of hours back and a few more cities are over 10 now.
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:55 am
That is why I said 16 hours ago.
I couldn’t face doing it again. Most towns seem to have increased by 10%
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:56 am
I’ll join the Toronto bandwagon, no pun intended!
It’d be great to get you up here in the great white north. I was at Ad-Astra last weekend and during one of the filk singalongs, Skullcrusher was played and I think out of the whole night it was the most sung-along song in the circle!
I’m sure you’d get a great attendance here!
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:39 am
They should be able to reset the city somehow – he played in St. Louis in December thanks to Eventful, and it’s been reset and I was able to re-demand him. Not sure how that works, but it should be possible for London too.
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:04 am
It’s a shame to see that the Eventful website stops robots from the future making demands. I’m sure you’d be very popular.
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:16 pm
Dundee! It makes perfect logical sense. Seriously!
That or I’m bored of having to go to Glasgow every time I want to see a concert…
April 3rd, 2008 at 3:23 pm
So does Los Angeles count as “Over there” to you?
Well, we’re waiting for an announcement of a show “over here”! In your Mar 14 mailing list update, you announced shows up to the Phoenix date; then said:
“After here it gets a little hazy, but most likely I’ll be somewhere
in LA on May 16, and somewhere in San Diego on May 17. All times and
details subject to change, or me screwing up.”
That was way back on *Mar 14*! Since then, nothing! Come on, Mr Coulton! Do you enjoy torturing us with your petty little mind games??? Does it please you to see us suffer!?! I know you hate California, but we are people too, you know (well, some of us!)! And I live in OC so I can go to *both* the San Diego *and* the LA shows! Show some humanity, and either confirm or deny the rumours, so we can all just get on with our lives!
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Come and visit sunny (well…) Wales sometime. I’m getting fed up with listening to people with names like “Duffy”, we could use you over here
As for where, Cardiff is probably the only landmark of this country (with the possible exeption of Aberystwyth), everything else is either sheep or mountains.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Briglytonne!
Oh, sorry. I mean, “Thank you for using Eventful!” I’m glad it passed the test.
Now post that San Diego show already.
April 3rd, 2008 at 5:54 pm
Cambridge! (Again.) You definitely have a constituency here – I saw four people I recognised from Cambridge in the queue at Camden, and ended up sitting at a table with two strangers who also happened to be from Cambridge. Houpla.
April 3rd, 2008 at 8:08 pm
We’ll wash. As it’s you.
What the hell am I talking about? I’m a frickin’ Yank ex-pat!
April 4th, 2008 at 12:04 am
It’s not exactly Europe, but I demanded a show in Vancouver. And I was also shocked to see that only 140 people have done the same.
SHOCKED AND APPALLED.
April 4th, 2008 at 2:27 am
Yup. Cambridge, London, UK. Just come again.
April 4th, 2008 at 5:04 am
Come to Northern England.
The largest cities are Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield & Newcastle. All of these places have lots of venues of various sizes
April 4th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Just stay in south england! (London and Brighton and such)
I could never make it anywhere up north without a plane ticket lol
April 4th, 2008 at 8:35 am
I e-mailed JoCo following his last newsletter about playing in Toronto and was pleasantly surprised that he responded to me. Even more pleasant was the fact he said he will be coming to Toronto sometime this year. As the overall fifth-most demanded city, he had better!
April 4th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Well the good news is the demand number from Cleveland has been steadily growing. We’re almost on the top of the 2nd page, when they are ranked by number of demands.
April 4th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Seems that the only way I can request is by giving a Zip code in the US, which sucks because I have no idea what the zip codes of the major cities around me are (as I live in South Dakota). I don’t know if you can do anything about it, just thought I’d ask.
April 4th, 2008 at 9:52 pm
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It used to be Reefer Madness. Now, It’s Tom Cruise Crazy!
April 4th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Doesn’t “Brigglytonne” have two g’s?
@Demetrius: Why are you not on the JoCo forums?!
April 5th, 2008 at 5:35 am
Any european capital could probably garner enough audience members.
My personal suggestion?
Copenhagen, capital of Denmark. It’s like the Canada of Europe, according to South Park.
Student town, as well as have one million inhabitants. An audience of 100+ would probably not be a huge challenge.
Regardless. I’d be perfectly happy if you came to Scandinavia.
April 5th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I would have thought the Netherlands would have taken the title of the Canada of Europe, personally…but maybe that’s just me.
April 5th, 2008 at 10:26 am
“Doesn’t “Brigglytonne” have two g’s?
”
Doesn’t “Brigglytonne” sound like it would have an enchanted railroad station with a tiny conductor where trains with faces would stop and share their wisdom and humor with children of all ages.
April 5th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Oi, only 70 people in Edmonton.
There are times I hate this city.
April 5th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
Red Bank, NJ, for my own convenience, or NYC, if you insist. Philly also works. ( I missed Live Cafe Show ). Drat!
April 6th, 2008 at 6:41 am
“Doesn’t “Brigglytonne” sound like it would have an enchanted railroad station with a tiny conductor where trains with faces would stop and share their wisdom and humor with children of all ages.”
You’re getting Brigglytonne mixed up with the Island of Sodom- I mean, Sodor (no, really). Its capital is Suddery, and it has a place called Ffarquhar, too.
Why on Earth are there Wikipedia articles about this!?
April 6th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Do Brighton! Other than Camden, we have the most nutters per square inch of anywhere in the UK! Plenty of venues, beautiful seafront… selling it to yer?
April 6th, 2008 at 11:45 am
I miss the UK, hopefully I’ll be back soon
April 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pm
“# Lex Says:
April 6th, 2008 at 6:41 am
…
Why on Earth are there Wikipedia articles about this!?”
To allow parents to wallow in Cuter Times once their kids become teens and such. Man… Sometimes I miss Raffi and Blues Clues and Thomas The Tank Engine!
April 6th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
My house.
It’s only 20 minutes from the centre of London.
Jon – I’ll level with you, man. I’ve got a wife, daughter
and 2 cats (both female)
I need some male company. If it helps, I play the guitar
a little.
C’mon, dude. I might be the new Merlin Mann for all
you know!
Steve
April 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
I think you started a trend
April 6th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
OK, now I want to know which of JoCo’s shows he burnt down a chandelier onto a massive killing thing in. More importantly, will he be doing it again?
April 6th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Heh, I think she means the ending song.
Although I would pay good money to see him do that.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:26 am
come to houston!!!!!!!
more than 200 people want to see u here, i know the wheather sucks here but we love u!!!!
i promise i will buy a bunch of your stuff after the show!!
April 7th, 2008 at 4:03 am
Hey…
Been on eventful since February putting up my hand for a Newcastle (Upon Tyne) J0C0 gig, back then there were but 8 of us but checking back today we’ve grown in number to 12! W00t!
So how do the metrics work for this kind of thing? Cos I’m pretty sure with two big ass Universities in the City Centre there is the probability for more than fracking 12 of us showing up… What number does any one town have to hit before it shows up on J0C0’s radar and what final audience number does the base ‘Eventful’ rating eventually translate to?
Failing a visit to NUT anywhere vaguely ‘north’/Scotland based would be jolly, as much as I love London it’s just too much of a ballache to get to on my pittance of a wage and ridiculous schedule…
Thoughts?
Andy
April 7th, 2008 at 5:54 am
My cunning plan to beg borrow and steal my way to london in time for the JoCo show was a major fail. So now I can only hope more join us here in the group demanding a visit to Glasgow.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:16 am
The weird thing about Eventful is that I really don’t think it works that well for the UK, because of the age-old adage: the Americans think 100 years is a long time, the Brits think 100 miles is a long way.
Take, for example, the top 4 demands. They’re all “X City metro area” (then you get 2 international ones, and another 8 metro areas), so people from a radius of about 100-200 miles from each city would probably be demanding there, at a rough estimate. Over here, our cities are about that far apart anyway, so you get everyone voting for the city 25-50 miles away, and a lower concentration of people on each demand. In general, Americans seem to be willing to go further (and stay overnight) to see a gig, I think.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:32 am
Manchester – and if you do, I’ll take you out for food and drinks, on me!
April 7th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Ohmigod. Please be not kidding about coming back to London! I missed you last time around, having even bought the ticket – best laid plans, eh?
April 7th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I just saw that you’re coming to NY at the Highline! My first thought: YAY!!!!! I like the Highline and I was so excited to be able to see you live….my second thought: I’m moving to michigan the weekend before. NOOOO
So, please. Come to Detroit. Or Chicago. Or some other city inbetween. I see that there are 3 people asking you to come to 48603. 3 is enough for a show, right? 
April 7th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
“Hey… You got NOTCOT on my JOCO! ”
“No… *You* got JOCO on my NOTCOT!”
Two of my favorite things together at last!
http://www.notcot.com/archives/2008/04/portal_bondage.php
April 8th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Hi Jonathan, Loving the music, thanks to that crazy Geoff from Virgin… I live in Dublin and they are going to be launching a new Ikea here (the first in ROI) that has been eagerly awaited for a good many years now. I really think you should come and sing for their launch, and they should pay you a lot. Possible a lifetime supply of meatballs.
Dublin is a really great place for music and gigs large and small, and you already have quite a few people who have requested you via that nifty little system you use. I have personally “Coultonized” my whole team at work, and more shall follow, one day, Coultonites will rule the world I tells ya!
April 8th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
I’m excited for your European fans, but I find myself disappointed in the “demand” application to which you link. Why can’t I pick more than one nearby city that might come close to having critical mass, if I’m willing (nay, energized at the possibility) to see you twice?
April 9th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Hey man, a few of us here in Australia love your cover, although I’ve heard you sing it a few different ways. I like the ultra slow version. Can I ask, did you need to get the approval from the label to cover it?
April 9th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Oh paladino, you’re not alone!
Go Sweden, or rather, come here to Sweden! We want you!
April 9th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Manchester – and we’ll pitch in with Mr Badham up there with the food and drinks.
Go on, do it – you know you REALLY WANT TO. (yes you do)
April 9th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Have you no confidence in Britain before that show, then?
Sure you’d be well-attended! Especially in London.
April 10th, 2008 at 4:44 am
More Swedes!!! Come to Sweden! PLEASE!!!!!!
April 10th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Oh come ON… ONLY two requests for Cologne / Köln and one of them’s mine…sigh.
April 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
I think Oxford in the UK should count towards Oxford, MS, USA. Yes?
We’re having one of the 2008 Pres. Debates here so this place should be more interesting soon.
April 10th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Christ, please don’t come over here between Oct 23rd and Nov 6th. If I miss this gig again I’m pretty sure my heart will just give up.
Alternatively, how about Orlando in late October! *raises hand*
April 13th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
I demand you come to Stoke-on-Trent (England, DUH). We’re a nice city, Quite known, But we have thousands of people here who like you! (We be a large community)
April 14th, 2008 at 1:31 pm
Liverpool please! Home of the Beatles, you know you want to!!
April 15th, 2008 at 12:46 pm
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April 16th, 2008 at 1:06 am
Anywhere in Australia would be great. (Brisbane in Queensland would be appreciated xD)
Well if you ever decide to come to Australia, I know I’ll be there and I know of a lot of other people that would be.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:53 am
Anywhere in the south of England. Basingstoke, Southampton etc. If all else fails i’ll go for London. (Ive done the Eventful thingy)
April 19th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Manchester would be great, it’s a university city and it was actually the first place I ever heard your songs, in a Maths lecture at Man Met.
There are already 55 people asking for Manchester on eventful, I think it would be huge!