26 November 2025 - Aviva Studios Warehouse - Manchester

[dark night]

we were on barricade so we couldnt go anywhere really 😭

[silent sinew]

And honestly, aside from my own discomfort, he was vibey and knew a lot of the songs and was clearly there with his girlfriend

[trim plaza]

i had this in newcastle but with a guy behind me, he kept closing in really close on me when he had space behind him 😭

[silent sinew]

I’ve been very lucky with barricade recently, lots of room and everyone’s been so sweet

[silent sinew]

Yeah, that’s really not cool

[dark night]

once she was moved it was fine thankfully

[rough tree]

Congratulations meggo is the sailing gay🍉!

Your Hisuian Arcanine is now level 59!

[dark night]

ARCANINE NOT NOW

[silent sinew]

I mean bumping into people and personal space transgressions are just part of going to gigs and it’s impossible to guess intent so it’s always good to be cautious

[trim plaza]

i've definitely had it worse

[silent sinew]

I’m aware that i attend these gigs with significantly younger and often vulnerable people so try my best too, but I can’t blame people for being suspicious whatsoever

[trim plaza]

when i saw taylor swift in edinburgh the guy stood behind me was using my head as a tripod for his phone

[silent sinew]

Wtf!!!?

[dark night]

id sob at that point

[trim plaza]

thats definitely been my worst standing experience, but it was also at a stadium so i was kinda prepared for it to be packed and a little uncomfortable

i was actively trying not to crash out unfortunately 😭

[silent sinew]

The worst for me was Henge

[brittle sage]

The general vibe of the TLDP audience is much better than for many artists (save for the queuing culture that's developing), but there's always going to be a few exceptions 🙁

[silent sinew]

Henge have an… interesting… fanbase anyway but I actually had fight or flight during most of it

[trim plaza]

i'd been there since 11am queuing and got a good spot like 2 rows back from barrier and ended up squashed between two incredibly bored looking boyfriends

[silent sinew]

Unfortunately, i know i’m probably a bit of that by turning up as early as I do - but i’ve never experienced a fandom or love for a band as I have with TLDP , nor have I been attending previously - i’m a bit of a kid in a candy shop, for want of a better term

Of course i would never push in or get angry, we’re all there ultimately for our love of the music.. thankfully so far, i’ve not experienced that

[trim plaza]

i dont think turning up a couple hours before is bad, but when people are there since early morning its a little yikes

[silent sinew]

That is a bit… I was three hours early for brid, and that’s probably my limit

[brittle sage]

A couple of hours before is no issue at all, and typical for most prominent artists

[trim plaza]

in leeds last year i queued from around 11am and thats because my friend's train got in at that time and we had nothing to do before our cat cafe reservation

unfortunately i am not willing to queue for that long usually

[civic dune]

People at the crawlers shows will queue from like 10am and these arent even for arena shows

[dark night]

i went to see a smaller band and turned up to doors with LITERALLY no one there

[trim plaza]

i think there was an issue with alessi rose (?) fans queuing from like 11pm the day before for a 1.5k cap venue

[civic dune]

We had drama at one of the shows bc alot of the people that get therr earlier were for accessibility and someone kicked off bc apparently they were faking it. Started a whole drama

[brittle sage]

I've done midday a couple of times, for my absolute favourite artist, but that's very much the exception and because we were there as a big group (and I'd travelled a long way)

[civic dune]

Me and a friend jazz went to see nell mescal expecting a massive queue at arts club. No queue, got barricade without any issues it was great

[zealous yoke]

the girl behind me started pushing me with her coat and by the end of the concert her and her tall friend ended up in front of me somehow 😭

[silent sinew]

Jesus

[dark night]

the joys of small artists fr

[civic dune]

Alot of the fans have chronic illnesses and other things along those lines and the girl started spewing nonsense and we all cancelled her on tiktok after she made a passive aggressive video

[civic dune]

Yesss and got setlist and met her after it was awesome

[silent sinew]

It’s wild how people manage to teleport like that

[trim plaza]

i see so many people randomly spewing shit about accessibility just because they're mad they get in before them

[zealous yoke]

i’m pretty sure everyone who was in the accessibility queue last night ended up behind the people who were first in the normal queue

[silent sinew]

I’m likely going to try this for Brixton night 2, only because I want to be close for what will likely be a very special night and maybe retire wanting to be barricade

[dark night]

after the gig i got to meet all the members and got a pic with them! also got free merch it was bliss

[civic dune]

Aw love that for you!

[brittle sage]

In fairness, I can understand the frustration if there's no dedicated accessibility area and they end up taking most of the barricade

[civic dune]

Perks of running small band discords is free merch for helping out

[silent sinew]

Accessibility was also right at the back, wasn’t it?

[dark night]

i know the lead singer quite well so he even got his mum tl talk to me and rosa, it was super goofy

to*

[zealous yoke]

i had general admission tickets so i was in standing, but yeah i think there was accessibility seats at the back

[silent sinew]

Like how awful to shove accessibility to the back like an afterthought

[brittle sage]

If that's the plan, you'll need to have O2 Priority - just in case you don't already

[silent sinew]

Thank you, I wasn’t aware of that

Mine’s an album presale one

[brittle sage]

Most sizeable places have an area that's elevated - either at the back or to one side. Practically I think that's the only feasible way they could

[zealous yoke]

in most festivals they have an area with seats for people who can’t do crowds and then an elevated area for people who can’t stand

[brittle sage]

It's unrelated to the ticket they you have - you need to show a priority queue code on the day

[trim plaza]

or you can ask someone to take you in with them

juts be very nice and make friends in the queue

[cunning pulsar]

i had the same ticket without priority, people who have o2 priority can bring in up to 3 guests with them so you can find someone to bring you into priority with them!! that’s what i did, queued from about 4pm in newcastle and got barricade

[silent sinew]

Ahh okay! I’ll try and figure this out

[civic dune]

You can request someone to come in as an assistant, ive done that for s friend before

[brittle sage]

That works too, yes

[cunning pulsar]

(although if you don’t find someone, sometimes they don’t check priority! it’s risky but in newcastle they didn’t check we actually had priority at all and just let us in)

[trim plaza]

i fear they also just let everyone in at once there

[silent sinew]

I won’t be too distraught if I don’t get barricade, but a boy can dream 🤣

[brittle sage]

Liverpool is the only O2 venue that doesn't operate a priority queue, but it's only for each venue's main room

[trim plaza]

liverpool o2 is the worst venue ive ever been to

[silent sinew]

But thanks for making me aware, It means I maybe have the opportunity to enjoy myself a bit more during the day

[brittle sage]

I don't hate it, but it's nothing special

[zealous yoke]

I saw the sherlocks and the crawlers in the Liverpool o2, I much preferred it for the Sherlocks

[silent sinew]

I saw CMAT in there, it was okay, just a venue with nothing specisl

[civic dune]

I saw crawlwrs in the o2 as well

[trim plaza]

i saw wallows there a few years ago and it was the hottest ive ever been

[civic dune]

The stairs in that venue always kill me

[zealous yoke]

Yup

[trim plaza]

everyone was sweating and i could see the sweat dripping from dylan minette within 10 minutes of him being on stage

[civic dune]

Slowly slowly…

[trim plaza]

and the girls at barricade kept not passing the water back

[silent sinew]

Oh yeah we were boiling, it was also the hottest day in June which didn’t help…

[brittle sage]

@silent sinew check your DMs 🙂

Second Best from last night (I wanted this to be on Instagram, but try to avoid posts/reels too close to each other 😅)

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRkUQ-XCJom

robhackney99

@thelastdinnerparty performing "Second Best" (live) at Aviva Studios in Manchester, 26 November 2025.

The Second Best song From The Pyre? Probably, but it's close 🔥

@factory_international @emilyrobertsguitarist @babaa_roraa @georgia____davies @lizziemayland
#thelastdinnerparty #avivastudios #livemusic

Instagram

[visual mauve]

HENGE MENTIONED

[silent sinew]

YESSS

[fresh crypt]

some people were going through it last night holy shit, girl passed out and threw up in the queue and then two more actually inside the venue, hope they’re all okay

[civic dune]

Oh my gosh that’s crazy :/

[mossy valve]

Guys super random does anyone have a video / remember when in the set Abi went ‘yippeee’

In like a talky part

[brittle sage]

A few more on Instagram, here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRmCo7aCL-q

robhackney99

@imogenandtheknife opening for @thelastdinnerparty at Factory International (Aviva Studios) in Manchester, 26 November 2025.

At times ethereally calm, then engagingly energetic - Imogen's performance seemed a fitting warm-up for the main show.

@factory_international
#imogenandtheknife #thelastdinnerparty #factoryinternational #livemusic

Instagram

[pure flame]

Yippee for the first timers

[fresh crypt]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNReGpwQw/

this beautiful video i got :)

[mossy valve]

YES YOURE SO CORRECT

Omg I want to find a video of that

[pure flame]

My complaint has gone in 🤞🏻

Depending on how seriously they take this I might write one about the security there. But I think the water issue is a really important one

[zealous yoke]

I genuinely think they will just say they were legal because they were handing out free water

[cursive flower]

Wolf alice openers know whats up

[civic dune]

Auyyy

[brittle sage]

Hi! Where are you in the arena?

[cursive flower]

Block 104

[brittle sage]

I'm barricade, right hand end of the point

[cursive flower]

Technically i see you 🤣

[brittle sage]

Me too 😆

[silent sinew]

It looks like you’re flipping the bird there

[cursive flower]

Never know, I could have been

[pure flame]

That is basically what they've said

Kudos to them getting back to me in 3 hours on a Friday afternoon

[brittle sage]

Deja vu 😆 (it's a lot quieter tonight!)

[visual mauve]

Omg i was there too

They were awesome (i cried)

[brittle sage]

Let me help 😅
https://youtu.be/ckhZCzWQiJ4

[visual mauve]

Don’t even, they started the bros intro and i was bawling

My mum was like girlll

[visual mauve]

Looks like it was filmed with my retina god

[brittle sage]

Front row, with a Pixel 9 Pro

[visual mauve]

There was someone at Tldp stood with me who had the most incredible zoom

Like a shot at barricade taken from middle of the crowd

[brittle sage]

The last couple of iPhones and Pixels have 5x optical zoom

[visual mauve]

I think it was a pixel or a huwawei, v square edges

That’s definitely not spelt right

[brittle sage]

Not a Pixel then

[visual mauve]

Whatever it was i watched half the show on it

[brittle sage]

These took me longer than I hoped to get edited (blame Wolf Alice), but the first batch of my photos from the show