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I'll se her in two weeks in Sweden! My first PJ consert ever (if seing ALL her shows in youtube doesn't counts) I've ordered two PJ t-shirts also for the show very exciting

Lucky you, You'll hav a great time.......it's our Polly

olivier101 wrote:Good idea !

[*]2007-07-07: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall: besides the show I remember a great night with sparse memories of insanely spicy kebab, beer, a great little club, more beer, and other possibly alcoholic drinks...

HaHa Gail just read this & said you'd forgotten to mention Batman & Robin coming down for breakfast in the hotel the next morning lol

Oh & I do believe this list needs updating?

mart wrote:

olivier101 wrote:Good idea !

[*]2007-07-07: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall: besides the show I remember a great night with sparse memories of insanely spicy kebab, beer, a great little club, more beer, and other possibly alcoholic drinks...

HaHa Gail just read this & said you'd forgotten to mention Batman & Robin coming down for breakfast in the hotel the next morning lol

oh you were staying in the same hotel (where I was)! - I didn't know.
and yeah, Batman & Robin, that was an astonishing sight.

Pollyphoniac wrote:

mart wrote:

olivier101 wrote:Good idea !

[*]2007-07-07: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall: besides the show I remember a great night with sparse memories of insanely spicy kebab, beer, a great little club, more beer, and other possibly alcoholic drinks...

HaHa Gail just read this & said you'd forgotten to mention Batman & Robin coming down for breakfast in the hotel the next morning lol

oh you were staying in the same hotel (where I was)! - I didn't know.
and yeah, Batman & Robin, that was an astonishing sight.

ha ha glad you confirmed it, i thought i may have still been under the influence from the night before not very often you get to see Polly and Batmen & Robin in a couple of hours of each other!!

Batman and Robin? Are you sure it wasn't Del Boy and Rodney dressed up as Batman and Robin?! :-)

^ ha ha it could have been Cameron & Clegg for all i knew

mart wrote:

Pollyphoniac wrote:

mart wrote:

olivier101 wrote:Good idea !

[*]2007-07-07: Manchester, Bridgewater Hall: besides the show I remember a great night with sparse memories of insanely spicy kebab, beer, a great little club, more beer, and other possibly alcoholic drinks...

HaHa Gail just read this & said you'd forgotten to mention Batman & Robin coming down for breakfast in the hotel the next morning lol

oh you were staying in the same hotel (where I was)! - I didn't know.
and yeah, Batman & Robin, that was an astonishing sight.

ha ha glad you confirmed it, i thought i may have still been under the influence from the night before not very often you get to see Poll and Batmen & Robin in a couple of hours of each other!!

we couldn't assume they were following Polly, since they weren't at the show - unless they went to the concert unmasked. (nobody would notice them wearing civvies, would they? I mean Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson, walking together, would probably pass incogniti in Manchester, England. - unless of course it wasn't them but Cameron & Clegg. a smart way for politicians to escape the embarrassment of voter recognition.)

3 times for me so far.

1st was at the bristol fleece and firkin on 0ctober 9th 1996 (polly's birthday!) my first pj gig. i remember thinking what an amazing presence she had and i was mesmerized from start to finish. i was glad it was a small gig, very intimate

i particularly remember taut, polly was pacing up and down the stage and i noticed john parrish smiling happily whilst watching her. i remember the violinist from deus came on at the end and they performed some songs not from dance hall at louse point, but i can't remember what they were.

2nd was at brixton academy in london in october of 2001, just a month after 9/11. one of the highlights for me was hearing will's song which i adore (wish there was a studio version). she was wearing black , i think and played a great show.

3rd was the camp bestival appearance in lulworth. - a very special evening and i was so happy to witness and feel one of the few one woman shows she put on around this time. again i was struck by her presence and i remember everyone cheering when she sang the line 'Dorset's cliffs meet at the sea'.

updated

mart wrote:updated

me too, just now - thanks for giving me the idea.

SaligHund wrote:I'll se her in two weeks in Sweden! My first PJ consert ever (if seing ALL her shows in youtube doesn't counts) I've ordered two PJ t-shirts also for the show very exciting

how did you have ordered PJ's t-shirts?

09/05/93 Yeovil Gardens Nightclub
02/03/95 Yeovil Gardens Nightclub
24/06/95 Glastonbury Festival
11/10/96 Bristol Fleece and Firkin
13/12/98 London Shepherds Bush Empire
13/02/01 London Shepherds Bush Empire
31/09/01 London Brixton Academy
15/08/03 Eden Project Cornwall
25/06/04 Glastonbury Festival
13/07/04 London Somerset House
12/09/04 Bristol Academy
26/05/06 Hay on Wye Festival
07/07/07 Manchester Bridgwater Hall
24/09/07 Bristol Colston Hall
12/03/09 Briport Arts centre
18/04/09 Bristol Anson Rooms
25/07/09 Camp Bestival, Lulworth
27/06/16 Eden Project Cornwall

Bumped for end of 2016

Big Day Out, Adelaide 02/02/01
Big Day Out, Melbourne 27/01/03
Palais Theatre, Melbourne 28/01/03
Big Day Out, Adelaide 31/01/03
Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide 27/11/04
Paradiso, Amsterdam 30/05/11
Paradiso, Amsterdam 31/05/11
Regent Theatre, Melbourne 15/01/12
Regent Theatre, Melbourne 16/01/12
Mona Foma, Hobart 21/01/12
Melbourne Writer's Festival, Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne 01/09/16

I also saw The Dresden Dolls show at Mona Foma with John Parish and Mick Harvey and witnessed Amanda Palmer attempt to drag Polly on stage (it didn't work, obviously).

I'm still bummed, after all these years, that I managed to miss the White Chalk shows (I missed her by a matter of days for the Australian tour, then was a week late in Rome). I'm hoping to add 3 shows from the upcoming Australian tour!