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Title: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Terry01 on November 21, 2019, 04:27:35 AM
Im very curious on that.. if anyone attended to this concerts please tell about  ;D
Wembley nights were my favourite DS Concerts, especially the concert of the 10th July because we have the pro shot recording (I wait for anyday appears the complete source  :-[ :-[)
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: quizzaciously on November 21, 2019, 08:00:19 AM
I wasn't even born then, but let me say for the record — I'm stupid enough to think that Wembley Arena was Wembley Stadium, this confusion continued right till this year, when I was watching some Live Aid documentaries. I have to admit, that I'm stupid, but could've they come up with some different kind of name for this arena? I wonder how many hundreds and thousands (millions?) of people were confused by Wembley Arena vs. Wembley stadium moniker.
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Jules on November 21, 2019, 08:52:18 AM
I wasn't even born then, but let me say for the record — I'm stupid enough to think that Wembley Arena was Wembley Stadium, this confusion continued right till this year, when I was watching some Live Aid documentaries. I have to admit, that I'm stupid, but could've they come up with some different kind of name for this arena? I wonder how many hundreds and thousands (millions?) of people were confused by Wembley Arena vs. Wembley stadium moniker.

To me, "Stadium" was the key word  ;D

Nowadays the arena is called "SSE Arena", but will be always Wembley Arena for us, like it will be always Hammersmith Odeon despite the lot of changes the name suffered, being "Eventim Apollo" the last one...
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Terry01 on November 21, 2019, 01:25:22 PM
I wasn't even born then, but let me say for the record — I'm stupid enough to think that Wembley Arena was Wembley Stadium, this confusion continued right till this year, when I was watching some Live Aid documentaries. I have to admit, that I'm stupid, but could've they come up with some different kind of name for this arena? I wonder how many hundreds and thousands (millions?) of people were confused by Wembley Arena vs. Wembley stadium moniker.

To me, "Stadium" was the key word  ;D

Nowadays the arena is called "SSE Arena", but will be always Wembley Arena for us, like it will be always Hammersmith Odeon despite the lot of changes the name suffered, being "Eventim Apollo" the last one...

Comparing the Wembley Arena to Wembly Stadium, i suppose that it´s a very difference in size (Wembley Stadium is bigger, obviusly)
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Jules on November 21, 2019, 01:29:39 PM
I wasn't even born then, but let me say for the record — I'm stupid enough to think that Wembley Arena was Wembley Stadium, this confusion continued right till this year, when I was watching some Live Aid documentaries. I have to admit, that I'm stupid, but could've they come up with some different kind of name for this arena? I wonder how many hundreds and thousands (millions?) of people were confused by Wembley Arena vs. Wembley stadium moniker.

To me, "Stadium" was the key word  ;D

Nowadays the arena is called "SSE Arena", but will be always Wembley Arena for us, like it will be always Hammersmith Odeon despite the lot of changes the name suffered, being "Eventim Apollo" the last one...

Comparing the Wembley Arena to Wembly Stadium, i suppose that it´s a very difference in size (Wembley Stadium is bigger, obviusly)

The arena

(https://i0.wp.com/www.guidetolondon.net/wp-content/uploads/Wembley-Arena.jpg?resize=613%2C277)

The stadium

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZopGMnsfPko/maxresdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Jules on November 21, 2019, 01:52:43 PM
Im very curious on that.. if anyone attended to this concerts please tell about  ;D
Wembley nights were my favourite DS Concerts, especially the concert of the 10th July because we have the pro shot recording (I wait for anyday appears the complete source  :-[ :-[)

There are people here that saw DS in Newcastle in 1979, and in Dortmund (or was it Werchter?) in 1980 or 81...
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: Terry01 on November 21, 2019, 02:11:28 PM
Im very curious on that.. if anyone attended to this concerts please tell about  ;D
Wembley nights were my favourite DS Concerts, especially the concert of the 10th July because we have the pro shot recording (I wait for anyday appears the complete source  :-[ :-[)

There are people here that saw DS in Newcastle in 1979, and in Dortmund (or was it Werchter?) in 1980 or 81...

They really have good luck haha ( i never can attend to a DS Concert because i born very later, sorry for bad english)
What a good luck if someone attended at the Wembley 10th July show and grabbed it  : :lol :lol
Title: Re: Any of here attended to any of the concerts in WembleyArena during ´85 BIA Tour?
Post by: dmg on November 21, 2019, 02:18:53 PM
Im very curious on that.. if anyone attended to this concerts please tell about  ;D
Wembley nights were my favourite DS Concerts, especially the concert of the 10th July because we have the pro shot recording (I wait for anyday appears the complete source  :-[ :-[)

There are people here that saw DS in Newcastle in 1979, and in Dortmund (or was it Werchter?) in 1980 or 81...

They really have good luck haha ( i never can attend to a DS Concert because i born very later, sorry for bad english)
What a good luck if someone attended at the Wembley 10th July show and grabbed it  : :lol :lol

I often think about DS playing four dates at the Edinburgh Playhouse in December 1985 and me sitting 25 minutes along the road not knowing a thing about it.  Okay, I was 10 at the time but I was a fan then and would love to have seen the band on my favourite, and legendary, tour.  Managed to catch them in 1991 by fluke when a saw a small announcement in the back of a newspaper.