The "Rolarena"

Cosmo Kramer · Post by **Cosmo Kramer** » Fri 16 Sep, 2011 5:02 pm

Chrism wrote: Various – Bumpershttp://www.discogs.com/Various-Bumpers/release/720521Various - El Peahttp://www.discogs.com/Various-El-Pea/release/703652Various – The Harvest Baghttp://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Harvest-Bag ... 747Various – Handle With Carehttp://www.discogs.com/Various-Handle-With-Car ... 745Various – All Good Clean Funhttp://www.discogs.com/Various-All-Good-Clean- ... 737540Look like good compilations, not gonna retire on the profits if you still have them to sell though. I have still actually got Bumpers, not sure though if it will still play or not. Looking at the track listing how brilliant a line up is that, not one duff track on the whole double album.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 29 Nov, 2011 3:35 pm

These tickets were highly sought after IIRC. Not given out to anyone.And where can you see any band for £1.25 nowadays, never mind a 2 hour Bowie gig.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Wed 30 Nov, 2011 12:00 am

The Bowie Rolarena gig was a replacement for the cancelled 2nd June one at the Leeds Uni (I know because I had queued overnight for those tickets). It was cancelled 6 hours before it was due to start due to "poor facilities & security reasons"

Post by **tyke bhoy** » Wed 30 Nov, 2011 2:04 pm

Nope. Zip55 says the cancelled gig was June 2nd, the Rollarena ticket says 29th June almost 4 weeks very nearly a month.

zip55 · Post by **zip55** » Wed 30 Nov, 2011 10:46 pm

The UNI gig was cancelled on the 2nd - 6 hours before it was due to start. The Rolarena gig(s) were replacements. I say gigs because there was actually 2 on that day, a matinee and an evening gig.

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Wed 30 Nov, 2011 11:10 pm

He was a busy boy - bet he was glad of the night off. What do you think he did instead? Fish supper?http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/tours/t ... tm"Jun-2nd 1973Leeds University concert is cancelled six hours before it was due to start due to poor facilities which would have meant that Bowie would have to walk through the audience to the stage, a situation considered unacceptable for security reasons."

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Fri 06 Apr, 2012 10:11 pm

Heck. Skegging through that's brought back some memories.Not one of you mentioned the shocks you got from the wheels of the skates if you wore nylon. I stopped going in the end as it drove me mad. Good times!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 07 Apr, 2012 1:04 pm

ha ha, I remember that too Caron. It was cos of the nylon wheels and the carpet, and once you touched the metal handbars at the places where you got onto the rink... ... ZAP!!!

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Sat 07 Apr, 2012 1:07 pm

Cardiarms wrote: He was a busy boy - bet he was glad of the night off. What do you think he did instead? Fish supper?http://www.bowiewonderworld.com/tours/t ... tm"Jun-2nd 1973Leeds University concert is cancelled six hours before it was due to start due to poor facilities which would have meant that Bowie would have to walk through the audience to the stage, a situation considered unacceptable for security reasons." I'm not doubting all this but I saw bands at the Uni in 72 and they never walked through the audience, the bands changing rooms were behind the stage and down some stairs.

Caron · Post by **Caron** » Sat 07 Apr, 2012 1:16 pm

Chrism wrote: ha ha, I remember that too Caron. It was cos of the nylon wheels and the carpet, and once you touched the metal handbars at the places where you got onto the rink... ... ZAP!!! It was a nightmare :0 lol