Wall of Mouths

For reliability you can’t beat a Toshiba. Good one is a Toshiba L300 - 250gb HD, 4gb memory, dual core, and all the usual wireless guff. Value for money would probably be Acer T3400. Think its about £400.

The last hostel place I stayed in, privacy wasn’t exactly necessary for pulling - if you know what I mean :-D

Dorm rooms have 10 beds, they also have some 4 bed dorm rooms, and some twin rooms for those who want a little more privacy (ahem)…They need a 10% deposit and if there are definate numbers I’m happy to organise that. The rest has to be paid on arrival.

Ok - found somewhere better. Paddy’s Palace Dublin. Round the corner from the bus station and 5-8 minutes walk from the gig venue and only 19 euro per night for a dorm room!!

Hey guys- anyone interested in staying at the Avalon Hostel here is their website http://www.avalon-house.ie. They are happy to accomodate as many people as want to stay and they are flexible as to the rooms / dorms etc. Its about 10-15 minutes walk away from the gig venue.

¡Feliz cumpleaños a tí!
¡Feliz cumpleaños a tí!
¡Feliz cumpleaños a Michael!
¡Feliz cumpleaños a tí!

Yep, I’ll be there! If we there are enough going to could get a pretty decent group discount in most accommodation…But, if any of you snore - you’re dead meat!!

If it tastes anything like the Walkers Chocolate Chilli crisps - yuk!!!

role call thread???

If there are a decent number of people heading to the Dublin show that aren’t from Dublin, the Avalon Hostel has beds from 24 euro. If there was enough people they do a 12 bed dorm and will do a group rate…

Manic Street Preachers are playing a date in the Ulster Hall on 6th June - wouldn’t mind heading to see that

Mushroom Rarebit - really quick and tasty…
Ingredients
300g nice strong cheddar, 1 egg, tabasco, mustard, bread (I used walnut, but any nice brown bread does the trick), mushrooms, garlic, butter and lemon juice

Method
1. Preheat the grill to its highest setting.
2. Mix the cheese, egg, Tabasco and mustard together in a bowl and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
3. Divide the cheese mix equally among the slices of toast and spread across evenly.
4. Place onto a baking tray and cook under the grill until the cheese bubbles and browns.
5. Meanwhile, melt the butter in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the mushrooms and fry for 2-3 minutes.
6. Add the garlic and lemon juice and cook for a further minute.
7. To serve, place a piece of rarebit toast onto each plate and top with the fried wild mushrooms.

Nice bottle of wine and some thorntons choccies - works for me!

Just read back my last post - sounds like I’m trying to tag along with you all! Sorry, about that.. it would be like having yer ma with you. Jaysus, for some of you I’m probably old enough to be yer ma!!!

Place looks pretty close to Connelly Street - should be a great night. Can’t be arsed going to Derry - too much of a pain driving up and down. I think the train down, gig and stay the night somewhere sounds good - won’t be driving so one or two small beers just may be in order :-)

Anyone else heading from Belfast down to Dublin? Hoping to get down myself…

Hi Jean

Welcome - just new myself and have been a fan for around as long as you have!

Never know they may end up doing one of the support acts for Metallica at Marley Park in August…

That was great - enjoyed it immensely! Great to meet ya Colin, and Pip :-). They really are a nice bunch of blokes. Hope to see you all again soon.

Colin - I’ll look out for the red T and shorts! You’re a brave man wearing shorts in this weather…

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the signing…I am heading straight after I finish work - so will look like a right geek! See ya there!

Dennis - I am a wonderful singer - honest ;-)

Hi All,

Hows it going? New to the board but have been a fan for for a long time (around 17 years)…Looking forward to the signing in HMV on 23rd March…

I thought it was excellent! Sound was pretty ropey but they tore the place apart! I was bouncing around like a mad woman singing at the top of my lungs (don’t think it was appreciated by the wee girls in front of me, they were standing with fingers in their ears!)…