|
Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 9, 2023 18:40:02 GMT
I'm still damaged from Glastonbury Unbeknown to me, I damaged the nerves in my lower back on the first day at Glastonbury by standing around on the spot for 4 hours watching Texas and then Foo Fighters. Its fucked my walking and I have been house bound since coming back from Glastonbury Presumably your boss reads the Oatcake?😉
|
|
|
Post by cdf on Jul 9, 2023 18:50:30 GMT
I'm still damaged from Glastonbury Unbeknown to me, I damaged the nerves in my lower back on the first day at Glastonbury by standing around on the spot for 4 hours watching Texas and then Foo Fighters. Its fucked my walking and I have been house bound since coming back from Glastonbury Presumably your boss reads the Oatcake?😉 Luckily, I work for myself from home
|
|
|
Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 9, 2023 18:51:12 GMT
Presumably your boss reads the Oatcake?😉 Luckily, I work for myself from home He clearly does then🤣 Get well soon mate
|
|
|
Post by tonythefox on Jul 9, 2023 19:33:45 GMT
Limehouse Lizzy at the rigger last Friday 🎸🎸🎵❤️
|
|
|
Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 9, 2023 19:36:00 GMT
Limehouse Lizzy at the rigger last Friday 🎸🎸🎵❤️ You are fucking joking! I always see Limehouse at the Rigger as it’s a five minute walk. How did I not know about this? Mind you last time they were there the atmosphere was shocking and I’ve seen em about 20 times
|
|
|
Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 10, 2023 9:21:07 GMT
Lana, Hyde Park yesterday.
|
|
|
Post by telfordstoke on Jul 10, 2023 11:48:01 GMT
Well that was bloody easy..Day one of the Taylor Swift presales and got 4 Wembley tickets in the first 5 mins! Daughter very happy.. Paid £111 each and already going for £600+ ,crazy. Oh well,stress out the way
|
|
|
Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 10, 2023 12:00:33 GMT
Well that was bloody easy. Day one of the Taylor Swift presales and got 4 Wembley tickets in the first 5 mins! Daughter very happy.. Paid £111 each and already going for £600+, crazy. Oh well,stress out the way Lucky you! I took my younger daughter to every Taylor Swift UK tour so far, apart from the last one when she was old enough to go on her own. To be fair Taylor is very good. Even when she was very young herself she totally had the kids entranced with her between songs patter. We don’t have access to pre-sales, so have got all this drama to come. As a matter of interest what is the approx face values of the various categories (excluding the VIP ones)? Are the £111 the cheap ones at the back?
|
|
|
Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 10, 2023 12:21:37 GMT
Paul, it looks like from those videos that you were in the VIP section at Lana?
I went to Springsteen on Thursday. It was the first time I’d been to a gig at Hyde Park. I got there at 1pm and got right to the front of the General Admission section but I was really shocked by the size of the Golden Circle which meant I was way to far from the stage and had to pretty much watch it on the video screens.
If there’s to be a next time I’m just going to have to cough up for the Golden Circle.
I thought the Springsteen show was magnificent (I’d only seen him once before, 35 years ago).
|
|
|
Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 10, 2023 15:02:04 GMT
Paul, it looks like from those videos that you were in the VIP section at Lana? I went to Springsteen on Thursday. It was the first time I’d been to a gig at Hyde Park. I got there at 1pm and got right to the front of the General Admission section but I was really shocked by the size of the Golden Circle which meant I was way to far from the stage and had to pretty much watch it on the video screens. If there’s to be a next time I’m just going to have to cough up for the Golden Circle. I thought the Springsteen show was magnificent (I’d only seen him once before, 35 years ago). Yes mate, I've been many times and the Golden Circle has been gradually growing recently. Really, I don't think there's any point in going if you just do GA (as you say, you just end up watching it on the screens). I'm still not sure which is best, where we were yesterday (instant access to bars, food outlets, porcelain toilets and cover if it rains but miles from the stage, although the elevation does help) or the Golden Circle where you're right in the thick of it and get a great view (im pretty tall) but it's a hell of a treck for the facilities and undoubtedly your space won't be there when you return! My brother was in the Golden Circle for both Springsteen and Billy Joel.
|
|
|
Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 10, 2023 15:41:41 GMT
I know that there are quite a few Depeche Mode fans on here, just a quick heads up that they announced four UK shows for January, earlier today.
|
|
|
Post by telfordstoke on Jul 10, 2023 16:17:10 GMT
Well that was bloody easy. Day one of the Taylor Swift presales and got 4 Wembley tickets in the first 5 mins! Daughter very happy.. Paid £111 each and already going for £600+, crazy. Oh well,stress out the way Lucky you! I took my younger daughter to every Taylor Swift UK tour so far, apart from the last one when she was old enough to go on her own. To be fair Taylor is very good. Even when she was very young herself she totally had the kids entranced with her between songs patter. We don’t have access to pre-sales, so have got all this drama to come. As a matter of interest what is the approx face values of the various categories (excluding the VIP ones)? Are the £111 the cheap ones at the back? First time seeing her for the girl and I may actually go myself - tough call, if her mates can't get i may just play taxi driver but actually quite fancy seeing the show as it sounds a proper event . Time will tell. We got Wembley and they are tiered several times. We got Genesal Admission pitch standing towards back which are £95+ fees hence £111 Front standing nearer stage are about £180 with the fees and seats in stand range from £65 ish for a nosebleed to £200 with plenty in-between that range .. The main onsale days are next Mon Tues Weds but I think you need to be registered on the ticket site (mainly AXS and Ticketmaster for this tour) as they were still talking sending out access codes for the general sale. Winners and losers on this, for the few like me that got them, there's countless thousands getting ready for the Tues Weds presales and they're brutal , 11am/1pm/3pm both days dependent on venue. I took a punt last year and bought nipper a pre-order of her new CD and that's how I got the single presale code we used today ,so all the Apple and Spotify fans that didn't buy a hard copy struggled . In any event ,happy I've got them, she did GCSE'S and worked socks off so definitely earned this as a treat. Think Taylor is single currently so if I go t the gigs will be some nice eye candy for the girl, if you see her wearing the new home shirt and it has Telford 53 written on the back ,you'll know she's got lucky 😁 ( and then he woke up!)
|
|
|
Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Jul 10, 2023 16:23:54 GMT
Lana, Hyde Park yesterday. What was the crowd demographic Paul? The singing sounds heavily female and relatively young, if it’s even possible to guess that! Did you enjoy it?
|
|
|
Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 10, 2023 16:28:14 GMT
I know that there are quite a few Depeche Mode fans on here, just a quick heads up that they announced four UK shows for January, earlier today.
OMFG I’ve set a reminder! Brilliant👍🏻
|
|
|
Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 10, 2023 16:57:24 GMT
Lucky you! I took my younger daughter to every Taylor Swift UK tour so far, apart from the last one when she was old enough to go on her own. To be fair Taylor is very good. Even when she was very young herself she totally had the kids entranced with her between songs patter. We don’t have access to pre-sales, so have got all this drama to come. As a matter of interest what is the approx face values of the various categories (excluding the VIP ones)? Are the £111 the cheap ones at the back? First time seeing her for the girl and I may actually go myself - tough call, if her mates can't get i may just play taxi driver but actually quite fancy seeing the show as it sounds a proper event . Time will tell. We got Wembley and they are tiered several times. We got Genesal Admission pitch standing towards back which are £95+ fees hence £111 Front standing nearer stage are about £180 with the fees and seats in stand range from £65 ish for a nosebleed to £200 with plenty in-between that range... The main onsale days are next Mon Tues Weds but I think you need to be registered on the ticket site (mainly AXS and Ticketmaster for this tour) as they were still talking sending out access codes for the general sale. Winners and losers on this, for the few like me that got them, there's countless thousands getting ready for the Tues Weds presales and they're brutal, 11am/1pm/3pm both days dependent on venue. Ok, cheers for that info. We did the registration for codes on four accounts for Anfield and Wembley and with 9 dates at those venues hopefully we've got some sort of chance. Unfortunately your use of words like stress and brutal doesn't make me feel any better about next week!
|
|
|
Post by telfordstoke on Jul 10, 2023 18:00:14 GMT
First time seeing her for the girl and I may actually go myself - tough call, if her mates can't get i may just play taxi driver but actually quite fancy seeing the show as it sounds a proper event . Time will tell. We got Wembley and they are tiered several times. We got Genesal Admission pitch standing towards back which are £95+ fees hence £111 Front standing nearer stage are about £180 with the fees and seats in stand range from £65 ish for a nosebleed to £200 with plenty in-between that range... The main onsale days are next Mon Tues Weds but I think you need to be registered on the ticket site (mainly AXS and Ticketmaster for this tour) as they were still talking sending out access codes for the general sale. Winners and losers on this, for the few like me that got them, there's countless thousands getting ready for the Tues Weds presales and they're brutal, 11am/1pm/3pm both days dependent on venue. Ok, cheers for that info. We did the registration for codes on four accounts for Anfield and Wembley and with 9 dates at those venues hopefully we've got some sort of chance. Unfortunately your use of words like stress and brutal doesn't make me feel any better about next week! I was on a Teams meeting with 16yo sat opposite me and when she got to front of queue she started gesticulating at me so I made a spurious excuse to leave meeting for 5mins to do the cc transaction which then gave us the spinning blue circle of death before prompting me to authorise transaction in the credit card app which didn't show the f'ing transaction so then asked for a text message to be sent to authorise it, all the while the countdown timer is running so finally we get it authorised then the spinny circle again before FINALLY A confirmation ..I told her to screenshot bloody everything while we waited a few mins for an email to confirm it! Then had to say FFS don't photo it or put it on tiktok or Instagram etc . Then went back to work looking like I'd done 3 and a half minutes with Taylor lol. Just seen a lot of people who were booted out of queue or got to payment stage and then screenfreeze so it ain't a pleasant process . Albeit we did get tix sorted pretty close after the sale opened. You've got every chance with that number of codes though . Just makes you sick seeing them available at crazy mark ups already
|
|
|
Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 10, 2023 19:14:26 GMT
Lana, Hyde Park yesterday. What was the crowd demographic Paul? The singing sounds heavily female and relatively young, if it’s even possible to guess that! Did you enjoy it? 75% female, 25% male at least Mike. Maybe even more. She was utterly incredible, her voice and her confidence has reached a completely different level, numerous goose bump moments.
|
|
|
Post by Paul Spencer on Jul 10, 2023 19:24:11 GMT
I took a punt last year and bought nipper a pre-order of her new CD and that's how I got the single presale code we used today ,so all the Apple and Spotify fans that didn't buy a hard copy struggled . This is a growing trend with many artists but just for future reference, it's actually illegal in this country to demand that a person makes a purchase beyond that of the ticket in return for a presale code. That is why there will ALWAYS (without fail) be an option to register for a presale code without having to make an additional purchase. They will often make it difficult to find but it will DEFINITELY be there if you look hard enough.
|
|
|
Post by telfordstoke on Jul 10, 2023 19:40:50 GMT
I took a punt last year and bought nipper a pre-order of her new CD and that's how I got the single presale code we used today ,so all the Apple and Spotify fans that didn't buy a hard copy struggled . This is a growing trend with many artists but just for future reference, it's actually illegal in this country to demand that a person makes a purchase beyond that of the ticket in return for a presale code. That is why there will ALWAYS (without fail) be an option to register for a presale code without having to make an additional purchase. They will often make it difficult to find but it will DEFINITELY be there if you look hard enough. Fascinating, I can't see that made explicitly clear in the 13 pages of Ts and C's from last October when I bought it for her . It was nearly £18 for a CD actually but hey as the code has yielded tickets I ain't complainin' ( to quote Status Quo lol) On another oft-repeated gripe, the AXS transaction fees amounted to £16 a ticket but not alot we can do on that racket currently
|
|
|
Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 10, 2023 20:49:43 GMT
I took a punt last year and bought nipper a pre-order of her new CD and that's how I got the single presale code we used today ,so all the Apple and Spotify fans that didn't buy a hard copy struggled . This is a growing trend with many artists but just for future reference, it's actually illegal in this country to demand that a person makes a purchase beyond that of the ticket in return for a presale code. That is why there will ALWAYS (without fail) be an option to register for a presale code without having to make an additional purchase. They will often make it difficult to find but it will DEFINITELY be there if you look hard enough. Yes that’s an interesting one which I didn’t know. When I bought a ticket for Paul Heaton in Llandudno last year the only tickets left were ones that included his new CD at additional cost. So in effect I was forced to buy merchandise to get a ticket. Slightly different to the pre-sale scenario I know. But similar. I was quite happy to go along with this because it was his new CD not yet released so I hadn’t got it already, the CD was not at an inflated price (it was under £10), and the ticket itself was only £30. But that’s Paul Heaton for you.
|
|
|
Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Jul 10, 2023 21:08:23 GMT
I know that there are quite a few Depeche Mode fans on here, just a quick heads up that they announced four UK shows for January, earlier today. OMFG I’ve set a reminder! Brilliant👍🏻 Having seen them at Twickenham last month, and thinking to myself that I'd really like to see them at an indoor venue, this is causing me to have a battle with my wallet right now.
|
|
|
Post by thehartshillbadger on Jul 10, 2023 21:25:02 GMT
OMFG I’ve set a reminder! Brilliant👍🏻 Having seen them at Twickenham last month, and thinking to myself that I'd really like to see them at an indoor venue, this is causing me to have a battle with my wallet right now. Last time I saw them was 2017 Global Spirit tour, think they were the first or one of to play a gig at the Manchester Arena arena after the bombings. Was great but I’d probably choose O2 this time around if I can, a far superior arena
|
|
|
Post by ChesterStokie on Jul 10, 2023 22:30:40 GMT
Having seen them at Twickenham last month, and thinking to myself that I'd really like to see them at an indoor venue, this is causing me to have a battle with my wallet right now. Last time I saw them was 2017 Global Spirit tour, think they were the first or one of to play a gig at the Manchester Arena arena after the bombings. Was great but I’d probably choose O2 this time around if I can, a far superior arena Why do you say the O2 is far superior? Just interested to know as I’ve been to Manchester Arena many times but the O2 only once and I can’t say I thought the O2 was any better.
|
|
|
Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 11, 2023 6:57:12 GMT
Generation Sex and Bob Vylan at wolves last night. Great venue. Cookie and Jonesy smashed it, but old billy idol and tony james didn't seem to have the same energy, especially as billy was regularly reading the pistols lyrics on a screen next to the monitor speakers. Still it was good fun.
Bob Vylan was pretty intense though, and the singer seemed to try and get the crowd biting to controversial topics like the police brutality, the bbc scandal, royal family scandals, race and elvis, albeit to little effect.
Hollywood vampires tonight in Brum.
|
|
|
Post by telfordstoke on Jul 11, 2023 9:08:47 GMT
Generation Sex and Bob Vylan at wolves last night. Great venue. Cookie and Jonesy smashed it, but old billy idol and tony james didn't seem to have the same energy, especially as billy was regularly reading the pistols lyrics on a screen next to the monitor speakers. Still it was good fun. Bob Vylan was pretty intense though, and the singer seemed to try and get the crowd biting to controversial topics like the police brutality, the bbc scandal, royal family scandals, race and elvis, albeit to little effect. Hollywood vampires tonight in Brum. Blimey didn't know Vylan was the support , Gen Sex weren't massively appealing bt Bob and Bobbie are really good
|
|
|
Post by jimmygscfc1234 on Jul 11, 2023 9:44:14 GMT
Presumably your boss reads the Oatcake?😉 Luckily, I work for myself from home That's interesting mate as when I saw Springsteen at Villa Park, I was standing for two hours before he came on and then he played for three hours. I had real trouble walking after and felt totally incapacitated! Even at shorter gigs, if I'm stuck in one place without moving much it's become a problem. I'm an old got now mind
|
|
|
Post by outspaced on Jul 11, 2023 11:15:00 GMT
DM was my first ever gig. Played at the Viccy Hall Sept 1984 on the Some Great Reward tour.
To a spotty 13 year old it was the best day of my short life. Still a fan now.
|
|
|
Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Jul 12, 2023 14:29:15 GMT
DM was my first ever gig. Played at the Viccy Hall Sept 1984 on the Some Great Reward tour. To a spotty 13 year old it was the best day of my short life. Still a fan now. My not-that-spotty anymore 18 year old had the same experience.
|
|
|
Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Jul 12, 2023 20:22:24 GMT
James (with a 21-piece orchestra and gospel choir) - at its best when the orchestra and/or gospel choir were used to full effect.
Breanna Barbara - great 60s/70s sounding rock, psychy and bluesy and even a yé-yé style track called Diamond Light (the live highlight).
Blur - warmed up eventually with the sound improving towards the end. Hits throughout the set. I loved seeing Phil Daniels do Parklife. Some surprising highlights including Oily Water, Under the Westway, and The Narcissist sounded great (as it did in Wolves). Paul Weller was okay in support (the sound wasn't great), similarly The Selector.
|
|
|
Post by maninasuitcase on Jul 12, 2023 20:30:31 GMT
Hollywood vampires last night in brum was absolutely fucking epic. I wasnt sure what to expect so my bar was set low, but they were out of this world.
Alice Cooper had the crowd eating out of his hand and would put singers half his age to shame, and Johnny Depp genuinely surprised how good he was as a vocalist. A fantastic setlist and show and i would recommend it to anyone. I cant wait for the next time. 👍👍👍👍👍
|
|