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  1. Anyone selling a Mogwai standing ticket for tonight at Music Hall?
  2. If anyone has a standing ticket for sale, I'm looking to buy. Please drop me a PM. Cheers.
  3. Hello 2 x TITP Weekend & Camping Tickets 400 for the pair. PM me if interested.
  4. What I don't think people on here understand is that we haven't just lost a music venue, we have just lost Scotland's leading arts organisations. My first experience of The Lemon Tree goes back over a decade to when I was doing drumming workshops on a Saturday morning. I've also been to summer schools there and was a member of the Lemon Tree Youth Theatre since its inception. This gave me many opportunites including the chance to perform one of our productions in Glasgow in front of other young people from across Europe, MSPs, MPs and MEPs. Since then, I've attended so many gigs. However, to an extent I agree with some people on here: there are still places to go for gigs in Aberdeen (albiet, nowhere near as suitable as The Lemon Tree was for folk / jazz / blues / traditional / experimental). This is not what it was all about though. WE HAVE LOST A VITAL ORGANISATION WHICH, TO A HUGE EXTENT, WILL TAKE ABERDEEN OFF THE CULTURAL TOURING MAP WHICH THE LEMON TREE HELPED TO GET US ON IN THE FIRST PLACE. There is now no professional small or medium scale theatre in Aberdeen which is capable of promoting the same quantity and quality of theatre / dance / comedy / kids' shows that they did. You only have to look at the press's phenomomenal coverage on this story over the past couple of days. The Times, The Herald, The Scotsman, Radio Scotland, Radio 2, BBC One Scotland, STV and GMTV have all shown that they are appalled at this shock move. Yesterday's Tom Morton show on BBC radio was dedicated to his own and listeners' fantastic memories of the place. The Lemon Tree was set up 'to provide somewhere for artists that would not otherwise get the opportunity to play in Aberdeen' I wholeheartedly believe that they achieved this to the best of their ability, considering all the financial and pressure they have been in since day one. I believe we must all fight to save what has become part of our cultural heritage. I have grown up with this place and don't want to imagine the faces of the disabled drama group when they are told they can no longer meet or the over 50s drama group or choir that they have nowhere to perform. SAVE THE LEMON TREE - Save The Lemon Tree - Home The best way forward, from what I can see, is to spread the word even more than we already have and let your employers know about the campaign!
  5. Hey, Let's leave the current Lemon Tree story for the other thread. Use this page to record all your memories of the place. Some of the music acts that have played over the years include: Ash - Biffy Clyro - Bloc Party - Bob Geldof - The Delgados - The Earlies - Godspeed You Black Emperor - Goldie Lookin Chain - Hot Chip - Idlewild - Kate Nash - KT Tunstall - LCD Soundsystem - Maximo Park - Mogwai - Nerina Pallot - Pigeon Detectives - Radiohead - Shane MacGowen - Sigur Ros - Snow Patrol - Teenage Fanclub Comedians: Adam Hills - Craig Hill - Jo Brand - Lee Evans - Lee Mack - Phil Kay - Russell Howard - Stewart Lee As well as the gigs, there have been numerous award winning theatre companies, dance companies, kids shows, workshops, youth theatres, drama groups, choirs, summer schools, visual art workshops, exhibitions, Rootin Aboot festival, free lunchtime gigs...
  6. Hey Lemon Tree, You were totally getting chatted up by the cellist from Picastro! x
  7. 2 T in the Park 2007 Weekend Camping Tickets For Sale 350 for the pair. If you are interested pm me. First come first serve.
  8. It's part of the Six Cities Design Festival. Go have a look Six Cities Design Festival
  9. Anybody on here go last? For once, I was proud to be Aberdonian - we had the only street party in Scotland that went ahead, with the footage being shown on big screens in Edinburgh and Glasgow to people from all over the world. We're obviously just made of harder stuff up here! Didn't stay for WetWetWet, but CRR were good. Sound problems with Findlay MacDonald Band weren't too bad either. And you got a free flag! What more could you want? Rid of the drunk 12-year-olds in their stilletos and mini skirts?
  10. No. 16 Ah well, they're No.16 in the officical uk indie chart... http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/indiesingles.shtml
  11. The Lemon Tree is and always has been a charity.
  12. taken from the lemon tree website - We reserve the right to refuse admission to the holder if in our reasonable opinion admission of the holder to the venue might be a risk to the safety of the audience and/or the holder, and/or affect the enjoyment of the audience and/or the running order of the concert - e.g. if the holder appears under the influence of drink and/or drugs and/or is acting aggressively and/or is causing undue noise to the detriment of the performance.
  13. the lemon tree bar is now run by the same company - The Lemon Tree Aberdeen Ltd.
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