Just to let you's guys know that we have HOPEFULLY got a week of gigs coming up sometime in june...watch this space

Regards...

Well get ya finger oot...

JUNE???? thought it was July???? what havent you told me sleepy

Actually so did I - If it's going to be June please can someone let me know ASAP - I'll need to juggle vacation dates etc.

Oooooops!

I meant July...ye ken me...sometimes i divnat know if it's New York or New Year! :rolleyes: <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

Oh good, it's still July. We're still trying to make it there, God willing!!

Mrs. X

London, N. Ireland, etc

... & northern germany maybe in sept. 2005 !!!

I'm sure we'll be in...one of those places... :p

Mrs. X

So if it's end of July In London - WHO ELSE IS COMING THIS TIME??? :p

Moustaches will be accepted in the audience only.

Damn! I will be in London from 13/15 June only this year...maybe next time! I live in Norway now...

Hopefully me this time!!

I'll definitely be at one of them

Pls let me know when July London gig is as i have leave to come and my b'day is on [uly 20th too ! cheers, Grant QUOTE]Originally posted by Lavaocean:
So if it's end of July In London - WHO ELSE IS COMING THIS TIME??? :p

Moustaches will be accepted in the audience only. [/QUOTE]

Once the date is known, I can plan my schedule to allow for it. As for moustaches, if they're allowed I must look out one or two of my old ones to see if they still fit. And you think I'm joking . . .

And on females only !!!

Ossie. i will only drink with you if u wear Hercule Poirot job, properly waxed.....Grant

Near where I live is Penshaw Monument, there are times when I've drove past it and thought 'That would be a great place for Monument to play'. High on Penshaw hill, the Monument is lit at night and it's very atmospheric up there. A nice backdrop for the Ultravox sound I reckon. Here is a picture I took of it last November.........

Canny picture Ash, so that's what it looks like close up when lit. I drive past it every day on the way to and from slavery and can just picture the Monnie boys playing there. If it's good enough for radio 1 then why not the lads.

uhm ... is it jus' me , who can't see it or has the link / the picture been deleted again , ash ???

It was there last night but it's gone noo! Howay Ash, sort yersel oot kidda! Yer haven't shrunk it wi' PhotieShop hev ya.

Eh, that's a queer 'un....it were there last neet, am sure of it......hang on, al try and reload it..............done !

I-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-V-E, CP!!!!

Monument Live from The Monument...I like it!
How do we go about getting in there, CP ? Could you give us some pointers, kidda ? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Ey-up Mike

Unfortunately the Monument is at the top of a rather steep hill and there's no leecy supply up there . I just thought it would be an ideal backdrop for your music, I remember Jean-michel Jarre playing live at the Acropolis in Greece at night and it was so atmospheric. I'm sure you fellas could have pulled off a good show inside Penshaw Monument, albeit on a much smaller scale.

There was a Radio 1 concert opposite Penshaw Hill a couple of weeks ago, it attracted thousands of visitors as it was a free event. I bet the owld Monny crew could bring even more back, ya nivver knar eh <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Sunderland, the Athens of the North!

Hey, if Pink Floyd can play ancient amphitheatres back in the early seventies, when electricity had only just been invented, then I'm sure a wee hill and a biting wind would be no obstacle. Maybe "Monument - Unplugged"?

Or maybe Ash could run a 4 gang extension lead from his house. It's not that far.........

4 gang ???? Aye, we could get them to perform as support act eh

Isobels into them int she <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" /> <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Wot? Someone called me?

Aye, 4 gang......or should that be GANG OF FOUR

yeah, yeah.....me taxi's outside...... <img border="0" alt="[Shake head]" title="" src="graemlins/shakehead.gif" />

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by CONNY'S PIG:
<strong>Aye, 4 gang......or should that be GANG OF FOUR

yeah, yeah.....me taxi's outside......

And didn't you forget to taek ya coat? :p

a dinnat wear a coat Issy, am in me birthda' soot !

TODAY?!

you're a bit slow today petal, never mind eh

No, I'm not slow at all!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Look: you used the past tense for your first verb and the present tense for the second verb in ya sentence...

Can I... just... invite you... to... here then ...

I can't be high-jacking threads all the time... MONUMENT are going to hate me...

SO WHAT'S WITH THE NEW GIGS THEN? Hopefully not on 21st July!!!

Can I please have a full report about Monument's PUB NIGHT please?

Paul - I bet you behaved!

Penshaw Monument - now that would be tricky. Which strikes me as a very good reason to try to do it. I've got solar panels and batteries and stuff, but we'd have to restrict ourselves to a kilowatt or so.

Biggest problem is likely to be the National Trust. If they get a whiff of it being a commercial venture, they'll ask for silly money for location fees. Best to pretend it's for charity, or something like that.

Roy

Oh it was just a daft suggestion Roy, it wouldn't be practical really. Just a great backdrop for the music I thought. An open air gig would be cool though <img border="0" title="" alt="[Cool]" src="cool.gif" />

Sometimes, pigs can fly.

Regards Monument at the Monument, why not video a mimed performance up there and then dub in the music at the editing stage - much as must have been done for the OSD video at Callanish where there's precious little power even now, and back then probably just one or two sockets simply to power a tea urn? The result could then be streamed (is that the right term?) on the inter-net-web-whatsit or made available on a disc for all those whose location makes a live concert an impossibility but who might want to obtain - for a very small sum purely to cover costs - a a juicy slice of the great, wholesome, oven-fresh pie that is Monument. It'd also spread the name of Ultravox, too, being as it'd be on the song credits and thanks, and might attract a new and wanting generation to the collected works. Just a thought.

... but what a brilliant one ... once again , "oe II" !!!

so ... bring it on , guys !!!

where is Ari...we have seen what he can do with a small digital camera and a good lip sync

Now there's something I'd like to have women say of me!

ROFLMAO!

I think its so sad there are Tribute bands cashing in on classic bands that are no longer.
Get a life and try something Original or is that a hard thing to do????????????????

OSCar

Are you suggesting that Monument shouldn't be doing what they are doing?

Jesus christ, you read one thread where yet ANOTHER argument has started, you come in here and find that someone else is trying to start another. Maybe it's you who should 'Get a life' Oscar...coming out with shit like that !!!!!!!!!!

WHAT'S THE POINT ANYMORE, this forum is fast becoming a joke !!!

go on then , ban me.

BETTER STILL, I'LL BAN ME'SELF EH

I'M OUTA HERE <img border="0" alt="[Pissed]" title="" src="graemlins/pissed.gif" />

Pigster, you're a charmer

OSCar, have you seen Monument play or even heard them? They are 4 very talented musicans who have chosen to keep the spirit and sound of Ultravox alive and I, for one, am very glad they have.

As members of this forum we should be supporting (and applauding) them for their efforts.

Cheap shots like that do neither you nor this forum any justice.

Hi OSCar, If, as the post sounds, this is insinuated towards Monument, then let me give you my view on your comments. (if I may...).

I cannot speak for other tribute bands but, in the case of Monument we are no where near a position in which we would say we were "cashing in". In fact, on the contrary we run at a loss in every gig we play. We do this for fun, the love of the music and meeting some great people on the way. I can't ask for any more stimulation in music than that. Recently we took the show to Crewe, where we met some great people, we really enjoyed playing the music and they loved listening to the music and we had great fun talking about a band which most of us have loved for 25+ years. Whats sad about that?. Not a penny in profit, but who cares, we had fun. Maybe if you were to lighten up and concentrate on having fun yourself then things around you may be that little bit more enjoyable.

As for "Get a life and try something Original or is that a hard thing to do????????????????

Well.....yes, infact it is. I don't know if you are a musician or not, please let us know. I am probably speaking for all of us (Monument), but, in our leaner years we probably all had the enthusisam to get out there, writing our own stuff, recording demo's and sending them away, only to be led on by people and subsequently let down, time and again. That wasn't much fun, truth be told.

So here we are today, playing music we love, enjoying it and meeting folks via the internet that have travelled as far as Jordan, Helsinki and Barcelona to watch our "sad" wee band. On reading this rant, i'm sure the general public can single out who the 'saddo' is. We have no divine right to expect people to like what we do...... the decision is all yours but let us be, we enjoy it

Disclaimer!!!
I know you are on an Ultravox Forum in the Monument-The official Tribute section and i may be way off the mark but, if your post was severely misunderstood and you meant that you actually loved tribute bands please accept my apologies.

Davy