The NEC

I recently went to the LG Arena, Birmingham NEC only last week (28/10/09) to see the fabulous Green Day. I had not been for about 4 years and I can't believe how its changed! The price of the car parking for a kick off! Be aware that on top of the price of your ticket for the gig if you go by car you will have to pay for the pleasure of parking it. I payed £8.00! Although it was very well organised with marshalls directing you where to go. On leaving the car park the traffic flowed through quite easily, which is pretty good when there are thousands of people all trying to get out at the same time. We had seated tickets so we were told to go ...  Read the complete review

On the outskirts of Birmingham set in over 600 acres of grounds stands, a National Treasure, The NEC. As well as the LG Arena where International Acts like Beyonce Knowles and the Jonas Bros perform, there are also the 21 huge Exhibition Halls where prestigious events like the Clothes Show and the Ideal Homes exhibition are held. Some smaller exhibitions are held here like the model railway exhibition. More than one exhibition may be on at the same time. Whatever you are into, there will be some sort of event coming up that will grab you. Plan your day carefully. A large concourse, which serves as a reception area, runs down the length of the building which ...  Read the complete review

As I couldn't find a category for this I thought I'd write this review about Jasper Carrott's Rock with laughter shows here (Birmingham NEC) seeing as though this is where the majority of shows are hosted. Legendary and very funny comedian Jasper Carrott presents his Rock with laughter show at the NEC every December, usually the week or two before Christmas. Although in 2008 he and others also hosted Summer shows at three stately homes around the UK. These fantastic shows consist of both modern and older Music acts as well as both modern and older comedy acts during a three hour show. Christmas 2008 saw the return of Jasper's Christmas Crackers ...  Read the complete review

Birmingham NEC is probably the nearest (half decent) venues near me. When I say the nearest it's still four hours drive away. That's what I get for living out in the sticks. I have lost count of the amount of times I have been to Birmingham NEC so I shall just list some of the times I can remember. Max Power show 2000 Autosport show 2000 Metallica (some years ago) Clothes Show 1998 So what's it like? Well, big, I suppose, big compared to anywhere in Cornwall anyway. I have always found every show that I've been to very organised. So the real test - the toilet queue. Obviously every show is ...  Read the complete review