I had similar transport b0rkage issues
Timed myself rather nicely to arrive at the Brixton Academy on Saturday night at 21:00. Thought that would be a good time to get there for Hot Chip. Looked at my ticket: Doors 9PM.

Balls. Planning fail.

I had to endure a crap support act and over two hours wait before HC came on. They were rubbish, no attempt to recreate the sound of their albums just a wall of aural assault. I like loud gigs but this wasn't loud, just noisy.

Left before the encore started as I thought it was getting late. It indeed was, I'd missed the last Northern line train to get me from Stockwell to North London. A helpful TFL chap (yeah, I was surprised too) directed me to a late bus to Camden. So at 2am I was stood in the rain without a jacket trying to flag down a taxi for about half an hour to get me to where my car was parked. It was after 4 by the time I'd gotten home, scaring the bejeesus out of someone who was worried I'd end up a homeless London rent boy.
( djtrialprice, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:25, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Who has the doors at 9pm?
That's a ridiculous time.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:27, Reply)

It's something I'll look for in future
but I've never heard of a band coming on at 23:20 outside of a festival. How the hell did they think people were going to get home? C***s.
( djtrialprice, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:33, Reply)

Who scares the bejeesus out of people at 4am though?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:37, Reply)

I'd scare you
if you ever woke up, but you always sleep so peacefully at that time, I just like to sit and watch.
(Bazongaloid, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:40, Reply)

watch fwap
( djtrialprice, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:41, Reply)

fwapeat Frazzles
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:44, Reply)

I didn't mean to
I was just reporting the facts as they were happening. I always had confidence in my skillz to beat That London.
( djtrialprice, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:41, Reply)

Fair enough

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Mon 1 Mar 2010, 15:44, Reply)

I saw HC about three years ago
supporting Goldfrapp, at Brixton Academy. They were awful. Basically they looked and sounded like a band that was comprised of serial sex offenders, and this was their social worker's attempt to re-introduce them to socialising and interacting with society.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Tue 2 Mar 2010, 10:07, Reply)