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From the FoF FB page

Two new albums to be released on August 11 2017

Acoustic Classics Vol 2 & Acoustic Rarities

Tour dates.

http://serious.org.uk/events/series/thompson  :)

Good spot, just in time to book @ 10am - thanks.

I knew about Warwick Arts Centre, but not the others.

Very glad to see that he's gone back to Serious as promoters too.

A Leicester gig and delighted to see Josienne & Ben are the support act.

Bugger - no Liverpool show! :(

Ditto

London, Brighton, Bristol & Warwick for me!

August 11th for the new albums?....that date rings a bell for some reason.....

Any idea whether these are acoustic or electric shows? I'd be up for either, but if it's electric my son will want to come along ....

Actually, to answer my own question, it looks pretty clear they're acoustic. And it's a moot point because it turns out the lad wants to come either way. Two seats booked for Salford.

Spotted this yesterday but for the first time in many years I have decided to forego the RT live experience. There are just too many other things going on in October (Oysters 40th, Tom Robinson, Steely Dan & The Doobie Brothers). Something's gotta give and I have seen RT many times.

Who?

 ;D

Jules

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It's an old joke.  I have heard of them.

Nobody else has though.

Jules

I have.

Me too, booked!

Still joking.

Jules

Me too.  ;) (And, for the avoidance of doubt, I am here!)

Where else would you be?

Jules

 ;D

Oh, I've been in lots of other places.

I see he has added another London date (not mentioned in the ad in fROOTS) – Monday 23rd October at Cadogan Hall

I was excited about this until I saw the price of the tickets! 50 quid each!!  :o :o

He's having a laugh...  ;)

hmmm - he isn't.

We've been lucky....he's been charging the us$ equivalent for a long time in the USA, and getting it. A recent change of management has seen this, and chosen to try here too. unfortunately for us, a lot of pax are buying at that level, so unsure that it'll revert to previous UK prices anytime soon. But £25?hour is a lot....

All the time people are crazy enough to pay that kind of money for a ticket, artists will happily continue to ask for it.

I've got him booked for a private house party - only £20k!  ;D

Seriously? I know he was offering this on his Pledge site.

I think you have to blame the venue too.  Prices at places close to London are considerably cheaper (£27-£39 – Guildford, Basingstoke, etc.).  Cadogan Hall did have a few ‘cheaper’ seats @ £35, but not many!

I was thinking about going to see him at Saffron Walden. It's almost sold out and the only seats remaining are near the back of the stalls for £42 or restricted view for £36. I decided that I wasn't that bothered about seeing him, especially as he seems to have been making the same album over and over for the last 10 years.

No Chris I'm not serious, but I could stretch to £20.
I'd throw in a fish and chip supper too if he'd consider that.

The US version of the new cd release appears to be a double CD but the UK version is only a single CD. Does anyone know if there will be a UK double CD?

Doesn't the US version include Acoustic Rarities 2 as the second disc?

Judging by the track on this month's Uncut sampler, Acoustic 2, a man going through the motions ... sad but true.

Chris, yes I think it does. What I meant to say was will the rarities 2 CD be available in the UK?

Dave

It was suggested on his Pledge page that AR2 was for pledgers only. I was miffed then to see it added to the US public sale. I don't know is the answer, but my Pledge copy is awaited.

I'm struggling to find the track listing for rarities 1 or 2. Can anyone help?

According to a tweet from Proper Records the Acoustic Rarities CD will be on sale in the UK. It's due to be announced shortly and be on sale in October.

Here's the tracklisting for Acoustic Rarities:
Acoustic Rarities
1. What If
2. They Tore The Hippodrome Down
3. Seven Brothers
4. Rainbow Over The Hill
5. Never Again
6. I Must Have A March
7. I’ll Take All My Sorrows To The Sea
8. Poor Ditching Boy
9. Alexander Graham Bell
10. Sloth
11. Push and Shove
12. End Of The Rainbow
13. Poor Will and The Jolly Hangman
14. She Played Right Into My Hands

Listening to the download now. If you enjoyed Volume I, you'll enjoy Volume II.
Perfectly good performances, nothing to fault, nothing here to supplant the original versions, etc.
The real meat, however, is the Acoustic Rarities compilation - fine versions of Poor Will and Sloth.

October 6, I believe

They still have some £35 ones and also some "restricted view" ones at £25 for the Monday gig. Seeing him at Cropredy made me realise I was being stupid not to see him so my "running away fund" has been raided for a £25 restricted view. We will see (or not) how restricted it is.