Neil Hamburger UK Tour

[Bronzy]

Don't know if this deserves its own thread, but I just noticed that Neil Hamburger is doing dates in London, Manchester, Leeds and Glasgow in October:

https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/neil-hamburger

Have booked the Glasgow one, will be my first time seeing him live and I'm looking forward to it!

[QDRPHNC]

He's great, saw him in Toronto and Mark Proksch did a surprise opening set. Both were fantastic. Is he being supported by Major Entertainer in the UK? That guy I could take or leave.

[PlanktonSideburns]

He's great, saw him in Toronto and Mark Proksch did a surprise opening set. Both were fantastic. Is he being supported by Major Entertainer in the UK? That guy I could take or leave.

If Major Entertainer isn't a standup character army sergeant major then he can go right on and fuck himself

[Ron Superior]

I've seen Neil the last 3 or 4 times he's been over and he's always great. But those tickets for the Bill Murray are a bit steep. Are US acts having extra costs due to Brexit or anything?

[DrGreggles]

Manchester it is then

[Stone Cold Steve Austin]

try as I might, I just can't bring myself to pay 30 quid to see anything at the Bill Murray, I just can't do it

[The Mollusk]

£30 is a piss take. When I saw him double headline the Soho Theatre with Tim Heidecker it was only about £23. Times have changed and it sucks.

[SteveDave]

try as I might, I just can't bring myself to pay 30 quid to see anything at the Bill Murray, I just can't do it

Same. It was announced a month ago (I think) and I was "Oooh" but then I was "Mmmmm" when I saw the price.

[cacciaguida]

I have 2 tickets for this that I am willing to pass on for a nominal fee as we can no longer go

Gig is tonight i.e 7th October

PM if you want them

[Tairy_Green]

2/3 nights at the Bill Murray not sold out... Could have done one at Leicester Square or Soho Theatre to twice as many people for half the price.

[Small Man Big Horse]

try as I might, I just can't bring myself to pay 30 quid to see anything at the Bill Murray, I just can't do it

I'm the same. I admire what they're doing with the venue, and they get some great acts there, and I've seen some fantastic comedy many a time, but I don't actually like the room, the chairs are so close together that as a tall and slightly arthritic man I'm in pain after a 50 minute long show, unless you get seats at the side in the front row but of course there's no guarantee of that. It's a shame as I'd like to support it more, but nowadays I only go if I'm unlikely to see the comedian elsewhere or I can get there early enough to be at the front.

[shoulders]

Oh my god I'm going to see Neil Hamburger on Sunday in Leeds FUCKING HELL

[shoulders]

15 mins to go

Pretty sure I recognise a CaBber. Which one are you red jacket guy, apologies, I think we met a long time ago.

[Memorex MP3]

Worth going blind by yourself if you've seen absolutely nothing involving the character other than Entertainment?

[shoulders]

On this evidence yes.

[Small Man Big Horse]

Worth going blind by yourself if you've seen absolutely nothing involving the character other than Entertainment?

I'd say so, when I went I'd only seen this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0vn98V7ifM - but loved the show a huge amount.

[McChesney Duntz]

Not that you're necessarily going to get the same kind of experience, but if you appreciated the intersection between comedy, pathos and nothingness that Entertainment existed in, you're likely to find something to enjoy at a Hamburger performance.

[sevendaughters]

for some sick reason I really think the best of Hamburger is the old fake live CDs he would do, there's something so pathetic about Raw Hamburger that it appeals to me forever. Saw him live maybe 19 years ago and the emphasis was on fairly shocking material, I guess he's not quite as past-the-knuckle these days since becoming a beloved comedy institution?

[McChesney Duntz]

Early Hamburger is masterful anti- (or even pseudo-)comedy, but I think Gregg recognized he had gone as far as he could in that realm after Left for Dead in Malaysia (though Laugh Out Lord was still to come, wasn't it? Scratch that, then). I'm constantly delighted that each new tour/project manages to be distinct in some way from what preceded it - not sure if he's going to do it on the UK tour, but his show I saw a few months ago centered on a masterful twenty-minute rant about Kiss that was a glory and a sight to behold.

[sevendaughters]

oh yeah there has been a real development of the character over, what, 30+ years (which is insane), from character on a prank call CD to musician/actual stand-up through all sorts of stuff. I just like Gregg's stuff in general.

[sevendaughters]

just listened to Hot February Night for the first time since release and was in tears throughout. Absolute masterpiece of audience baiting.

[BlodwynPig]

Damn, missed this but at least had pleasure of seeing the fabulous mr entertainer in toronto with qdrphnc

[QDRPHNC]

He would have been fine if his set was 10 minutes.

[privatefriend]

He was in great form last night in Glasgow. I somehow managed to enjoy despite having severe tonsillitis.

[Indomitable Spirit]

He was excellent in Leeds too. Saw him at The Bread Shed in Manchester a few years back and it was a different vibe (no less excellent - but a bigger, more raucous audience). Seeing him in a small room of 60-70 people, everyone eating out the palm of his hand was different gravy.

However, he did have to explain who Blind Melon was at one point, which made me feel very old.

[Noodle Lizard]

However, he did have to explain who Blind Melon was at one point, which made me feel very old.

Disgraced rock outfit for pig people?

[shoulders]

He was in great form last night in Glasgow. I somehow managed to enjoy despite having severe tonsillitis.

Sorry to break off from the comedy chat, but who gets severe tonsilitis and thinks 'next thing I'll do is sit in a room with 100 people sat next to one another and laugh my cold/flu germs across the place?'

[The Mollusk]

Waiting for a Hamburger punchline to that question.

"WHOOOOO ... WHOOOO ..... WHOOO gets SEVERE TONSILLITIS..." etc

Answer: "Stinking piece of shit Anthony Kiedis of the band Red Hot Chili Peppers!"

[privatefriend]

Sorry to break off from the comedy chat, but who gets severe tonsilitis and thinks 'next thing I'll do is sit in a room with 100 people sat next to one another and laugh my cold/flu germs across the place?'

It's just a very sore throat, no contagious coughing like cold or flu. I am in hospital now though because it got even worse. Hahaha.

[shoulders]

Laughing expels your breath so whatever caused it may still have been contagious at that point.

Oh well, it's done now.