Danny Elfman at the Royal Albert Hall, October 7, 2013

Phew! A lot of work on this one, but I finally managed to find a good spot (I think).

I hope people like Italian, because the venue is The Spaghetti House: http://www.spaghettihouse.co.uk/restaur … igh_street

This was not as 'fancy' as the other places (which all demanded expensive, set menus), it's between the tube and RAH and the prices are very reasonable. Hope that suits everyone. I agree that a multiple-course dinner is not the best before a concert.

Not difficult to find food. Only difficult to find with all those variables in play.

Looks perfect Thor, thanks a bunch for the hard work in finding a suitable place

Bob, my seat number is Arena B Row 16 Seat 13. PM me if you're still after it and I'll post it to you. On the other hand I'll understand if you want to go for Jim's ticket and sit with him.

Sure. I'm not sure where your hostel is, but maybe we could meet by the King's Cross tube station and then find something close by?

13 minutes from you to me, according to Google Maps.

Yeah, King's Cross entrance at 7:30 is good. Hopefully, we'll find a place without the need for reservations.

Yeah, we start at 16:00. I thought we needed 3 hours to get the "juices" flowing.

No, I'm not aware of any Elfman-meeting events. I've tried to get in touch with his management and the RAH press office about these issues, but sadly it doesn't seem possible.

I would like a Elfman-meeting event. When George Fenton made a concert in the Barbican with the London Symphony Orchestra many years ago, there was a pre-talk with him and Stephen Frears.

That's a real shame Thor, if I'd been there I'd have liked to meet Elfman personally.

To think I had no problems meeting John Williams back in 1980? Somehow I don't think it would be the same if he played now.

Though I "infamously" got to go to John Barry's backstage party in 1998, the man was gracious enough to come outside to the front of the RAH to meet and sign for fans who had patiently waited. What a star!

I'd pay to see THAT! Blasting out the Gloria no doubt!?

I have no idea who'll be there from MainTitles, during the whole weekend that is. I only know of Thor, Thomas and myself. That's good enough for drinks though!

Btw Thor, do you have glasses in your apartment? Because ... I can bring stuff now that you have to skip Ghent.

Really? I've only dealt with the RAH press agency, not the concert producers. They've given out photo accreditations to several press people, but apparently we're not big enough (which is ridiculous, since we're one of Scandinavia's biggest film portals). Oh well. I guess that means they'll remove my camera by the entrance.

Off to London now. Will see Thor and others over the weekend.

Also want to spend some time at one of the grand museums, and perhaps the cathedral. Have been there just very short while there was a concert/mass but it was impressive. Anyone know a good place to taste some British beers? We stay in the King's Cross area.

Anyone else? Send a PM.

Hi all! Just back from London with the Eurostar.

The concert was fantastic. From Mars Attacks to Batman to the Edward Scissorhands Suite. Marvallous performances with some rewritten for the concert pieces.

Elfman's singing and show, all solo songs in Nightmare before Christmas, was absolutely fabulous, one of the best concerts I've been to. He sang them all like it was 20 years ago, in the beginning quite shy and unsure, but near the end he was enjoying the hell out of it. He then said afterwards that this was the greatest moment of his life. The audience went mad during the songs from Nightmare. And then he did Oogie Boogie. You can imagine the explosion of happiness in the hall. What a joyous concert!

Also Helena did her part for the lament. She was very nervous but her entrance was as loud as that one for Elfman. The concert played pieces from all Burton's movies. That also included the main titles for Mars Attacks, which is one of my favourites, including a live theremin, which was just bloody awesome (and the oly concert on the tour with a live one). There was the gigantic organ for the 15 minute Batman/Batman Returns Suite.

The sound wasn't always ideal, it sometimes came off like a wall of noise but I don't know why that was (the accoustics? the aplifying?). Anyhow, it seemed to be fixed after some pieces.

And I met all of my great friends from here again (you know who you are), including Jordi, which was long ago. Also met a lot of FSM and a few other people which we had good chats with. As for London, we did see and visited a lot in the short couple of days we had. Primrose Hill, Regent's Park, Museum of London, West End, Camden Town, ... I myself also climbed Up to the St. Paul's Cathedral. As James and Timmer mentioned before, it's a fantastic building. Highlight was the Whispering Dome, that's just magic! The sights weren't bad either. And I've seen the dinosaur section of the National History Museum. What a spectacular place though, need to go back for the other sections.