Dubai

by **Mr. Brian** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:10 pm

electrabunny wrote:Dubai is supposed to be a cool. Maybe they'll just do some sight-seeing.

Those draconian drug laws don't seem too cool.

by **DivaDiana77** » Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:10 pm

All kinds of mystery going on. Wow!

by **black francis** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:11 am

Yeah I'm gonna pass on my planned trip to Dubai this year.

by **Mr. Brian** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:20 am

black francis wrote:Yeah I'm gonna pass on my planned trip to Dubai this year.

I think we'd be arrested and sold into slavery

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:08 am

Hope they like shopping malls and golf courses.

by **black francis** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:36 am

Mr. Brian wrote:I think we'd be arrested and sold into slavery

Okay trip's back on again.

by **bluegrace** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:57 am

"Echo and The Bunnymen were to headline tonight's line-up, but have not travelled to the UAE and have produced "a doctor's note" according to a spokesperson for the one of the organisers of the event, New Dawn."

http://gulfnews.com/arts-entertainment/ ... t-1.524449

by **In The Margins** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:20 am

Dear Mr. Dubai,

Please excuse my patient, Ian McCullough, from having to travel to your city and/or country tonight becuase he's really, really, really sick.

I mean really.

Yours truly.

Doktor Avalanche

by **zabird** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:31 am

What is this, grade school? The "synth-rockers" need a doctor's note????? That's too bizarre! All those bands pulling out last-minute, maybe this festival wasn't on the up-and-up, "teething problems" and all.

by **tonywojo** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 12:19 pm

zabird wrote:What is this, grade school? The "synth-rockers" need a doctor's note????? That's too bizarre! All those bands pulling out last-minute, maybe this festival wasn't on the up-and-up, "teething problems" and all.

ian in dubai - does that make sense to u?

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:41 pm

tonywojo wrote:ian in dubai - does that make sense to u?

No, there's sand there.

by **tonywojo** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:54 pm

Kounelaki wrote:No, there's sand there.

exactly

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:14 pm

'A Bez-less Happy Mondays brought day two of Dubai Sound City to a close with singer Shaun Ryder facing a fine for swearing onstage.

The Manchester group, who were without their iconic dancer Bez after he was denied entry into the country, capped a humid second day by mixing their classic tunes with some newer material.

‘Step On’, a track Shaun Ryder referred to as “Top of the Pops,” was epic, while encore ’24 Hour Party People’ proved popular enough to keep fans onsite right until the end.

“Where are we?” Ryder joked at one point, “Blackpool?” But it could be his pre-track chat that gets the group in trouble.

Swearing onstage is prohibited, and Ryder swore twice whilst talking to festival-goers, despite making the effort to change the words to some tracks to accommodate the law. “We had to change the words to that one ‘cause we can’t swear,” admitted Ryder, “you get two years or something.”'

http://www.virtualfestivals.com/latest/ ... tage-rules

by **In The Margins** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:17 pm

Kounelaki wrote:Swearing onstage is prohibited

Ian never would have made it out alive. Why did they book this gig if they knew they would infract every rule?

by **Kounelaki** » Sat Nov 07, 2009 2:18 pm

In The Margins wrote:Ian never would have made it out alive. Why did they book this gig if they knew they would infract every rule?

Loads of dirhams?

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