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Title: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Ade on May 6^th, 2008 at 9:59am

Chuck Berry's playing the Hackney Empire, London
on July 19th and 20th.

tickets are now available:-

http://www.hackneyempire.co.uk/453/shows/chuck-berry-live-at-the-hackney-empire.html

The Pretty Things,are, apparently, suppporting.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 6^th, 2008 at 12:27pm

I would like to see Chuck Berry live again. £45 is a little steep imo though and I'd be more tempted if it was a little more central.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by mojoman on May 6^th, 2008 at 1:52pm

chuck playing better than keith these days?

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Holden on May 6^th, 2008 at 3:15pm

Chuck's playing.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 6^th, 2008 at 3:17pm

Holden wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 3:15pm:

Chuck's playing.

Ahem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj2F1roF24U

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 6^th, 2008 at 7:23pm

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 12:27pm:

I would like to see Chuck Berry live again. £45 is a little steep imo though .

Inflation.
:youmademecrylikeababy

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 7^th, 2008 at 12:49am

LOL, NO! ;)

I just don't fancy trecking to East London and paying £45 for a shopw that'll last, what? 45 minutes? A pound a bloody minute!! :exclamation

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Ade on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:20am

Circle tickets are £35

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Heart Of Stone on May 7^th, 2008 at 8:34am

mojoman wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 1:52pm:

chuck playing better than keith these days?

And doesn't go around with Interviews knocking other rock people in the press either.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 7^th, 2008 at 11:48am

What can I say? I have just changed my mind.

Booked tickets for Saturday, Upper Circle, row B.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by glencar on May 7^th, 2008 at 1:56pm

Omigod! I just bought tix for a London mini-vacation July 16-21st! I might have to check out Chuck!

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Gazza on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:04pm

wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 1:56pm:

Omigod! I just bought tix for a London mini-vacation July 16-21st! I might have to check out Chuck!

and you can see one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones in the opening act.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by glencar on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:05pm

Gazza wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:04pm:

wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 1:56pm:

Omigod! I just bought tix for a London mini-vacation July 16-21st! I might have to check out Chuck!

and you can see one of the founding members of the Rolling Stones in the opening act.

It's awfully tempting. Where is this Hackney place? I'm staying near the BM...

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Gazza on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:10pm

North-East

By BM I presume you mean British Museum.

Hackney's not an area thats particularly well served by the Tube, but according to this page on the Hackney Empire it seems easily reached by bus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Empire

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by glencar on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:13pm

Hmmm. I'm going there with others & I don't know if they'll be into this show. I gotta check.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by SweetVirginia on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:31pm

I saw Chuck in at Purchase College in 2005 or 06. He kept forgetting the words and drifting into the wrong song.
We got 40 seconds of "Sweet Little Sixteen" in the middle of "Johnny B. Goode". And quite a few other such mix-ups.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by left shoe shuffle on May 7^th, 2008 at 5:48pm

SweetVirginia wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:31pm:

Yup, that's the Chuck I got last fall.

Played 'Reelin' & Rockin'' twice in 45 minutes.
Daughter Ingrid got a healthy dollop of mic time, too.

Still dug it, and couldn't complain about the price.

Free. ;D

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by MidnightRambler on May 7^th, 2008 at 7:14pm

Never really enjoyed Ingrid's presence during the shows. Lately she's been taking a very long harmonica solo. Sounds like she just picked up the instrument and was self-taught as she sounds very ordinary and nothing special or technical about her execution. Just blowing notes in the same key as the song.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Ade on May 8^th, 2008 at 2:31am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 11:48am:

What can I say? I have just changed my mind.

Booked tickets for Saturday, Upper Circle, row B.

you're in the same row as me!.... a pre-show thirst quencher, perhaps?

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by glencar on May 8^th, 2008 at 6:19am

SweetVirginia wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:31pm:

Eh, that makes it questionable! I don't need to travel at great expense for THAT!

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Gazza on May 8^th, 2008 at 6:56am

Well, opinions vary. He played the 100 Club in London a couple of months ago as well as a lot of other Euro dates and whilst some reviews of the show were hit and miss, a lot of people said they enjoyed it.

I suppose you have to take into account the fact that the man is 81 years of age. I dont know whether or not youve seen him before, but if you havent, maybe its something you might want to do once. These guys are a rapidly dying breed, after all. I saw him in 1995 when he played here and enjoyed it but skipped it when he came back a year or so ago because I'd read a few negative reviews which put me off. I'm sorry now I didnt go.

Hackney Empire's a quaint little old theatre by all accounts.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Ade on May 8^th, 2008 at 7:49am

an extremely beautiful and ornate theatre.

Charlie Chaplin, WC Fields, Stan Laurel and Marie Lloyd, have all performed there.

..and now it's Chuck's turn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackney_Empire

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Glimmer Twin on May 8^th, 2008 at 8:46pm

I can't believe he's still playing. I just looked it up. He's 81. :o

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 10^th, 2008 at 4:42am

Ade wrote on May 8^th, 2008 at 2:31am:

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 11:48am:

What can I say? I have just changed my mind.

Booked tickets for Saturday, Upper Circle, row B.

you're in the same row as me!.... a pre-show thirst quencher, perhaps?

Yes definitely. I’ll let you know what my plans are when I know. ;D

Getting back to Chuck himself, as Gazza has said, the man is 81 years old and that is what need to be taken into account. H won’t have the dexterity he once had his movement will be slowing down all the time.

I’ll tell what. Compare Chuck at 60 years old to Keith at the same age and then tell me how well you think Keith will be playing in 10, 15, 20 years time.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Honky Tonk Man on May 10^th, 2008 at 6:08am

This is the best quality recent-ish Berry footage I've found on You Tube. Worth watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7rH7rPezg&feature=related

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by TenThousandMotels on May 11^th, 2008 at 7:11am

wrote on May 7^th, 2008 at 2:13pm:

Hmmm. I'm going there with others & I don't know if they'll be into this show. I gotta check.

Well....offer to buy their tickets. That's what I'd do. Your treat and all that.

Title: Re: Chuck Berry to play 2 nights in London
Post by Wild Bill on May 13^th, 2008 at 10:47am

Honky Tonk Man wrote on May 6^th, 2008 at 12:27pm:

I would like to see Chuck Berry live again. £45 is a little steep imo though and I'd be more tempted if it was a little more central.

Well, if it's anything like his performances at Blueberry Hill in St. Louis in the past six or seven years, be prepared for an hour long show in which Chuck only plays about 20 minutes and does the Buddy Guy trick of playing only about a minute and a half of each song before going on to the next one.

But if someone has never seen Check Berry in concert before, I say go see the living legend and forget about the alternative ways in which you could have spent that money.