The Alarm - Guerilla Tactics In The UK - Ticket Information




Throughout November 2008, The Alarm will undertake a UK residency tour billed as 'Guerilla Tactics In The UK'.

The Alarm will perform three separate shows in four major UK cities (Cardiff, Glasgow, Manchester and London), over three weeks.

Beginning on Thursday 6th of November in Cardiff at The Point, the band will then head North on Friday 7th of November to perform at Glasgow's legendary King Tuts. The next night, Saturday 8th of November will see The Alarm in action at Manchester Academy before moving south to the capital city of London for a Tuesday 11th of November concert at Islington Carling Academy. This entire sequence will be repeated for a further two weeks with, most importantly, the band playing different sets each week. [See below for full tour details].

Ticket prices are £15 for each show. [Booking fees apply]
NB: Buy tickets for all three shows in one city and receive a special commemorative Tour Laminate Pass (plus benefit from a reduced booking fee). Here at www.thealarm.com we endeavour to keep the booking / postage fee as cheap as possible.

Mike Peters describes the event as a natural extension of the Saturday Gig campaign that has been so well received during the last few years. The tour is based on 'The Alarm Make A Stand In The USA' tour that was so successful back in late 2003.

It creates a platform for the band to play songs from all eras of The Alarm's career, from 'Unsafe Building' to 'Guerilla Tactics'.

"Playing three nights in each city allows us to show the full range of our abilities as a band and take some of the spirit of The Gathering with us out into other parts of the U.K." says Mike Peters. "It's well known that we have a huge arsenal of songs at our disposal in The Alarm and 'Guerilla Tactics In The U.K.' will allow us and the audience to embrace songs from The Alarm's back pages and get up close and personal with the energy driving The Alarm's music of today".

Thursdays 06th / 13th / 20th November Cardiff The Point
Fridays 07th / 14th / 21st November Glasgow King Tuts
Saturdays 08th / 15th / 22nd November Manchester Academy
Tuesdays 11th / 18th/ 25th November London Islington Carling Academy

Guerilla Tactics in the UK - Tickets & City Season Tickets

How to order:

Purchase Here Online

UK £15 + £1.50 [Booking / Postage Fee]
UK City Season Ticket - £45 (for all 3 shows in one city) + £2.50 booking/postage fee + Special Tour Laminate

Europe £15 + £2 [Booking / Postage Fee]
Europe City Season Ticket - £45 (for all 3 shows in one city) + £3.00 booking/postage fee + Special Tour Laminate

USA/Rest of World $30 + $5 [Booking / Postage Fee]
USA/Rest of World City Season Ticket $90 (for all 3 shows in one city) + $5 booking/postage fee + Special Tour Laminate

(Please note – if you are travelling from overseas please email mpo@alarmpo.demon.co.uk and we will take care of you).

Venue Information.


THE POINT CARDIFF
Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF10 6EB
Venue/Box Office/Information contact:
029 2046 0873
info@thepointcardiffbay.com

http://www.thepointcardiffbay.com/

Location Map

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KING TUTS GLASGOW
272a St Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5RL
0141 221 5279.
http://www.kingtuts.co.uk/
info@kingtuts.co.uk

Travel Information
King Tuts is situated on St Vincent Street, very close to the city centre, and within walking distance of major transport facilities.

The closest mainline railway station is Glasgow Central, low level trains stop at nearby Charing Cross and Anderston and subway trains at St George's Cross or Cowcaddens, both about a ten minute walk.

Location Map

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MANCHESTER ACADEMY
Academy 3
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY UNION
OXFORD ROAD
MANCHESTER M13 9PR
0161 275 2930
http://www.manchesteracademy.net/
Travel Information

Arriving by coach at Manchester Central Coach Station

Leave the bus station on Chorlton Street turn left and walk the short distance up to Portland Street. Turn left onto Portland Street and find the bus stop outside the big insurance building set back from the road. Look out for buses in the 40s and ask the driver for the University. Get off at Dover Street near Holy Name Church or ask the driver when you think you are in the University area. Cross Oxford Road to the Union which is the large, three-storey building with red banners draped outside it.

Arriving by rail

Arriving at Victoria Station:

 Take a cab
 You could catch the link bus to Piccadilly Station and a train to Oxford Road Station

Arriving at Piccadilly Station:

 Take a cab
 Catch another train to Oxford Road Station
 Catch the tram into Piccadilly Gardens and then a bus in the 40s to the Union
 Catch a number 147 Oxford Link bus to Manchester University (operates until 6.45pm)

Arriving at Oxford Road Station:

 Walk out of the station taking steps on right or following the road, turn right onto Oxford Road and walk for ten minutes to the Union
 Find your way to Oxford Road as above, cross over and take a bus in front of the big hotel there to the Union

Car parking

Official car parking for the Union and its venues is in the Contact Theatre next to the Academy. Access to Theatre Car Park is via Denmark Street off Oxford Road. Turn right on to Acomb Street and right at end (onto Dilworth Street), over the humps to the car park entrance two hundred metres up on the left. You need pound coins to operate the barrier.

Location Map

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CARLING ACADEMY ISLINGTON
N1 Centre
16 Parkfield Street
London
N1 0PS
Tel: 020 7288 4400
http://www.islington-academy.co.uk/

Travel Information

Nearest Car Park
N1 Centre Car Park
Sunday-Thursday 7.30am - 12.30am
Friday-Saturday 7.30am - 2.30am
Special Discount Rate 6pm-12.30am £2.50
Up to 1 hr: £2.00
Up to 2 hours: £4.00
Up to 3 hours: £6.00
Up to 4 hours: £9.00
And £3.00 per hour thereafter
After 6.30pm Monday-Friday, after 1.30pm on Saturday and all day Sunday, £2.00 flat rate applies regardless of length of stay. Flat rates also apply on Bank Holidays.
£50 charge each night for vehicles left overnight. Tariff rates are subject to change.

Nearest Tube
Angel (Northern Line Bank Branch)

Nearest Buses To Venue
38 / 73 / 341 / 4 / 274 / 153 / 56 / 19 / 30 / 43 / 214
N38 / N73 / N19 / N43

Location Map

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...and the rest of Europe, are we "The Forgotten land(s)"?

quote:

Originally posted by Peetu68:
...and the rest of Europe, are we "The Forgotten land(s)"?

Hmm. I have not heard anything else, but there could be something soon. mikr also talked to me a bout a assive solo tour (but not necessarily a one-man show) in 2009.

the message is gonna be in caps
STEVE
THANKS MATE WAITED AND YOU DELIVERED ORDERED MY 3 MANCHESTER TICKETS PLUS ALBUM PLUS 1 TICKET FOR MY ALARM VIRGIN DAUGHTER
THANKS MATE CAN ALWAYS TRUST IN YOU
chris
........"i walk with the demons and the devils............"

Well hubby got me to order Islington tickets, all three tuesdays, and the album which i was only to glad to. I'm really glad that i was able to get them through MPO. I thought it was going to be quiet after doing Snowdon but now i've got the August gig, the 3 in November and then the best weekend at the end of January.
A HUGE THANKS!

I got my tickets for Islington in the post today

I was just wondering if anybody could shed any light on whY the guys are doing these 3 gigs in three weeks at the same venue`s for. and are the gigs going to be different in any way. the only reason i ask is that likea lot of people im not made of money and cant afford all three. if anyone has any info i would be much appriciative.

Mt hands are held up high!

Matty
I think this is the UK version of something the band did in the States a few years back.
Few years back? Lord it was 2003. What was I thinking and where did the time go?

Anyway…They did what could be referred to as some kind insane residency where the band played a venue in four separate cities on the same night every week for almost a month.

It was dubbed something like The Alarm take a Stand in America and it was aimed to play off the fact that it was the 20th anniversary of The Stand’s release as single. The band would take a ‘stand’ if you will in each city for a month. Well, it was three gigs each. Mondays in New York, Boston on Tuesday or Wednesday, Thursdays in Chicago and Friday or Saturday in LA. (kind of hazy)

The residency also served as a springboard for live renditions of the Poppyfields material. It was billed that the sets would be different each week which led me to believe that we would be blessed with hearing all the new songs tried out live but I guess that was just my wishful thinking. The sets technically were not identical (same song, same order) but there were really only a slight number of song substitutions each week. That is not to say it was not bloody marvelous to see the Alarm every Monday for three weeks in New York plus a night on Long Island.

All the more incredible, the plan was that you could buy a recording of the previous week’s show (at least in NY) the following week after Mike mixed the performance on the road that week. I know the recording happened for the first show but I recall (here comes the haze again) something happened where it was not available one of the following weeks. I’ll have to check which weeks I have. I remember being disappointed that there might not be a CD of the night the band played Clash and Big Country covers plus what I thought was a killer rendition of Drunk and Disorderly.

Other NY highlights:
The best T-shirt of recent times with a giant “Back in the USA” across the bottom and an awesome stage shot of the band.

Simo's 45RPM mosh pit antics.

As for the UK shows: the release indicates that it will different sets each week. See the top of this thread.

G, I think I have the live cd for the 3rd week at KF-NYC Will have to check.

quote:

Originally posted by splinter7:
Matty
I think this is the UK version of something the band did in the States a few years back.
Few years back? Lord it was 2003. What was I thinking and where did the time go?

Anyway…They did what could be referred to as some kind insane residency where the band played a venue in four separate cities on the same night every week for almost a month.

It was dubbed something like The Alarm take a Stand in America and it was aimed to play off the fact that it was the 20th anniversary of The Stand’s release as single. The band would take a ‘stand’ if you will in each city for a month. Well, it was three gigs each. Mondays in New York, Boston on Tuesday or Wednesday, Thursdays in Chicago and Friday or Saturday in LA. (kind of hazy)

The residency also served as a springboard for live renditions of the Poppyfields material. It was billed that the sets would be different each week which led me to believe that we would be blessed with hearing all the new songs tried out live but I guess that was just my wishful thinking. The sets technically were not identical (same song, same order) but there were really only a slight number of song substitutions each week. That is not to say it was not bloody marvelous to see the Alarm every Monday for three weeks in New York plus a night on Long Island.

All the more incredible, the plan was that you could buy a recording of the previous week’s show (at least in NY) the following week after Mike mixed the performance on the road that week. I know the recording happened for the first show but I recall (here comes the haze again) something happened where it was not available one of the following weeks. I’ll have to check which weeks I have. I remember being disappointed that there might not be a CD of the night the band played Clash and Big Country covers plus what I thought was a killer rendition of Drunk and Disorderly.

Other NY highlights:
The best T-shirt of recent times with a giant “Back in the USA” across the bottom and an awesome stage shot of the band.

Simo's 45RPM mosh pit antics.

As for the UK shows: the release indicates that it will different sets each week. See the top of this thread.

Can anyone from The Alarm Camp clarify??????

Have also not bought tickets yet and am a regular gig goer. My reasons are exactly the same. I cant afford all three with the travelling and overnight stays so would like to know what the difference is if any otherwise I may not attend any.

Would love to see a set of just the new songs...now which one is that?

Can someone confirm the following, as I am sure I have read it somewhere previously but can`t find it:

First gig at a city is "old Alarm"
Middle gig is "Mike"
Last gig is "new Alarm"

Thanks xx

p.s. I used to be Supergran, but somehow I have been wiped out !!

I am a fan from Ireland, I hope to go the Manchester 22nd Nov gig. Never seen the Alarm before, looking forward to it !
Is the Academy near Manchester city centre ?

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Originally posted by dinman:
I am a fan from Ireland, I hope to go the Manchester 22nd Nov gig. Never seen the Alarm before, looking forward to it !
Is the Academy near Manchester city centre ?

It's not in the centre-not far away,it's part of the university complex-plenty of parking nearby if you need it. it

Hi,
I think my plan will be do a 1st night in one city,
2nd night in another and....etc.
regards,
Weave.