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01-02-2008, 10:20 PM
|  | I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize! | | Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada | | | NYE: How late did you gig till?
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NYE gig was a private party. Played till just after 4:00am. Got a bonus for playing an extra set.
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01-03-2008, 06:50 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Boston, Taxachusetts | | | I was done at 8:45 PM and back home at 10:30. Earliest NYE gig I've ever played. |
01-03-2008, 06:51 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Morristown, TN | | | We were lucky. The club we played at had us stop at 12:30, actually ended up being closer to one because the drunks were still wanting to dance. But by 1, they had set up a big breakfast buffet for everyone. We ate for free (Biscuits & Gravy, Sausage, Bacon, Scrambled Eggs, Hash Brown Potatoes; this IS the South after all), then loaded out and were paid and home by about 2:15. Good times!
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01-03-2008, 06:54 AM
| | | | We played one set after the bells, so finished at about 1:30. Out of there, and home by 2:30.
Thats a late finish round here though, as for the rest of the year most places with bands call last orders at 12 (sometimes 11). The pub culture is still based around an 11pm last call, so even when the bars stay open later, people start going home from 11 most nights.
NYE: People started drifting away from the pub soon after 12 - either going home or to private parties. Thats just how it's done over here. The faithfull fans were still rocking at the end though - it was a pretty good night.
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01-03-2008, 06:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bar Mills, Maine | | | Years ago our nightly schedule was 9:30 'til 3 am, on one night we took an additional gig at a "private club", arriving there after 3 am and going until about 6:30 am. |
01-03-2008, 07:03 AM
|  | Unprofessional TalkBass Contributor | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Brighton, England, UK, Europe | | Until you retired....  
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01-03-2008, 07:12 AM
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Endorsing Artist: FBB Bass Works/Barker Bass | | Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Monroe Twp, NJ | | We played the regular gig from 9 'til 1, then played the restaurant employees-only after party until 4:30 am. Long gig for sure, but we made a butt-load of money .... 
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01-03-2008, 08:33 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Durham, NC | | | Gig was for the City of Raleigh. We played 9:00 - 11:00 with a ten-minute break in the middle. 'Twas nice.
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01-03-2008, 08:46 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Medford, Wisconsin | | | we played 7pm -1am. Long night for sure. could have used some more $$$ though. |
01-03-2008, 08:53 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Long Island, NY | | | We played an outdoor event so we were done early, at 10. I had time to pack out and make it to another party!
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01-03-2008, 09:02 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Montreal, Quebec | | Our show was a dud! We were supposed to play till 1PM, but they stopped the show after the second set at 11:30. There were 250 tickets printed, 6 were sold to our family and freinds, and there were two staff!!!! 
We still got paid the full amount and got a free bottle of champagne.
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01-05-2008, 02:13 AM
| | Mr Bungle for President | | Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Brisbane, Australia | | 9pm ~ 1am : @ double money
We had a hell of a fight break out on the floor though - massive Maori bouncers wading in to pull out a bunch of surfies & punks...
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01-05-2008, 01:07 PM
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Moderator for EHX Forums | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Houston/Nacogdoches | | | Played till about 1 and was at home and in bed by 2:30
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Probably in a lot of other clubs as well.
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01-05-2008, 01:12 PM
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Home by 11, where there was a party in full effect.
Best of both worlds!
Happy New Year, TB bitches! (BTW, I only call people I like "bitches" )
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01-05-2008, 04:10 PM
|  | (((o))) Moderator | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Antwerp, Belgium | | 4 am, started at 2.15 or so, we just played all our songs  |
01-05-2008, 04:29 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | Our NYE gig got pulled. Goodbye, £5k. 
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01-05-2008, 05:00 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Columbus, OH | | | I *think* we did a NYE gig there, but the latest gig I ever had, and it was a regular place, had us on from 2:00 am until 6:00 am. Night Gallery in Park City, IL. It's a little weird playing when the sun comes up.
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