STEWART COPELAND

Got my tickets for Twickenham this morning.

Who else is going? Is there a local pub to meet up beforehand?

Hope to see you all there!

There are a couple of pubs right by the station so we could pick one of those for a meeting point. The Cabbage Patch is probably the best one and it's got a garden so we can sit outside if the weather is good. I can't quite believe i am having this conversation... The POLICE are playing in Twickenham! FLIPPIN' HECK! I wish I could go back and tell my 11 year old self about this, I really do! She'd be over the moon!

I would love to see them at Twickenham with my English friends!

Have a pint for me at The Cabbage Patch and enjoy!

im there ! jumped in the deep end though, could of got better seats for my 70 pounds ... douh

Yeah I feel a bit like that too Iain, Mister Gradenko got awesome seats though... Down on the pitch near the front - lucky bugger!

Hi hannah , nether mind hey ! See you are local to me !! up for a group meet ..
and they still seem to have a few left still ! didnt catch the seating plan in my mad panic !! iain

Whats Twickenham like Hannah? Is it a good place to see a band?

Do you think it will sell out?

As I expect you know, it's a rugby stadium, but I've never seen a band play there so I'm as in the dark as you guys I'm afraid. But the stadium is nice and near the station and Twickenham is a lovely place to hang out both pre and post-gig. Although I am a little biased of course!

There's a link to the stadium's website here:
http://www.rfu.com/microsites/twickenham/index.cfm

U2 and The Stones have played there if that makes any difference to you.

Looks like we are the only SC.netters that got tickets so far!

Don't think there's that many (british) southerners on this forum! But I'm sure we'll hear from a few more in due course. I'll check on TPT as well. But hey - if it's just the three of us we can get to know each other thoroughly over a pint or 2!

yeah like hannah said, Twickers is as good as any stadium to see The Police !! A trio from the south then! ps hello mister grandenko..

Are there as distinct differences between northern English and southern English as there is in the US between US northerners and US southerners?

Oddly enough in the band, you have Sting from the north and Andy from the south.

Not quite as marked as America, but there's a friendly rivalry for sure.
We mostly just take the mickey out of each other by way of stereotypes! I've mostly felt rather exluded from those arguments as I come from the south west of england which has stereotypes all of its own (we are simple country folk down there but now I live in London I qualify as a proper soft southerner!

The stereotypes run something like this:
North: coal mining, whippets, pigeon fancying, flat caps, ale, up for a fight.
South: money-obsessed, rude, pretentious, inability to hold one's drink.

Anyone care to add to my horrible list?!

There are also positive aspects to both stereotypes as well I hasten to add! Northerners are famous for being very friendly for example.

PS. This is all meant in good humour so please don't anyone get offended! Feel free to mock me for being a tractor-driving-yokel

I prefer combine harvesters myself

Originally from the Lincolnshire Wolds.

I used to work for a company where I would have to call Europe every day...usually the UK.

I was always subconscious about my Texas accent

So, I would try my hardest to speak the King's English and sound like I knew how to speak proper English.

One time, I was calling a lady in an AP department at a company and they told me..."she is on holiday for a fortnight". I had to stop and think for a moment and translate that to American.

Oh, she is on vacationn for two weeks! got it!

When I was in the UK a few years ago, If I needed to ask someone a question, I would jokingly say.. "do you speak American?" which usually got a laugh.

So, going forward, I will try to speak like the news presenters on the BBC World Service