The gert big music thread
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They were hugely popular at the time and their music is pretty accessible so their appeal goes way beyond hardcore fans. I've never bought an Oasis album but I could probably make an attempt at singing along to a dozen of their songs. They've also become attached to that english football fan culture which is a loose mixture of clothes, sport, music and lifestyle - not as coherent as what we once called youth subcultures but still a thing.
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My brother saw the Who this/last year said they were good. Made me wish I'd gone.
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Because that album was that good. And because they've just sold about 1.5 million tickets in a flash for crazy prices.
Their second album has sold more copies in the UK than Thriller or Dark Side of the Moon.
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Undertones were spot on. Anyone thinking of seeing them don't be put off by the lack of Feargal, the new lead singer is really good. Slightly iffy pic from last night
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]3 -
I saw the Who twice in the year before COVID. Once at Wembley and once at a nightclub in Kingston. The stadium gig was poor and confirmed my feelings about big gigs. The club gig was so much better, in spite of not being the full band and a cut down acoustic set.
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Do the brothers earn more if the ticket price is higher? They're clearly just cashing in, so hardly surprising.
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Yes, and they will have had to agree to it being switched on for their concerts.
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Thought that would be the case, couldn't 'like' your reply as whilst I think you're right I don't like it..
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Having dynamic ticket pricing with them rising as people wait in the queue is a disgrace. I get it with things like train tickets, flights, holidays etc. where the idea is to get people to commit early and ensure everything gets sold but these tickets were always selling out so it isn’t even supply and demand.
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From what I read it wasnt even sold on the high demand as such. Tickets were deliberately held back from sale to prevent purchase. Then dynamic pricing was introduced after people had be waiting hours. It ensured or encouraged panic buying.
I got a ticket page up about 11am but it would never let me actually complete the sale. Shabby behaviour.
I don’t have much sympathy for those with buyers regret now though. You didn’t ‘have’ to …
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It’s very much a psychological thing though “I’ve been queuing for hours and that’s the price so I need to pay it or I’ve wasted my day”. The only person I know who got tickets was successful in the early release ballot and paid £51 which is pretty good. I wonder how many people going are genuinely big Oasis fans and how many are just going because it’s been turned into a ‘must go’ event? I like most of the big hits but not enough to have paid even the ‘basic’ £150.
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My guess would be a combination of buying into the hype in first place, then the type of behaviour you see in auctions (in-person or eBay type) where, once they've started bidding, they go way over the target price, often paying more than a similar new item would have cost... I guess that's the 'sunk-cost fallacy' in action... they can't write off the time and emotion invested despite knowing it's beyond what they were hoping to pay.
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We got 4 for £150 each - not for me but my youngest two are going and two of my son's mates.
[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
DiL got 2 tickets in the normal release, her hubby is really keen to see them.
Personally I wouldn't give them any of my money!
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Mate of mine paid £468 for a single ticket!
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If that includes the pre show stuff or priority access it might mean they get close enough for it to be possibly worth it.... But it seems like people have just bought them without knowing what they are actually getting.
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I like Oasis but there's no way I'm paying that sort of money or getting involved in time consuming online scrums for tickets.
"I spent most of my money on birds, booze and fast cars: the rest of it I just squandered." [George Best]0 -
I followed a few friends on social media posting about their day spent trying to get tickets, one managed to get standing tickets at the originally advertised £150 ish. Another finally got through to the tickets page very late in the day and it was somewhere around £500 for seated tickets.
Presumably it will be all but impossible to sell the surge priced tickets as you'll be competing with people who bought theirs for 1/3 as much.
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So much for "no more shows in Europe next year". 2 more shows at Wembley announced for the end of September. I guess at least it will be dark for the show.
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End of September is quite the gamble for outdoor long day gigs.
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Fair play.
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Just been watching some of the Radio 2 Show in the Park on catch up, the sound quality seemed good for most of the acts, just watching thw Manics set which is good.
However Sting's set sounds really muffled and flat with his voice ( which doesn't seem too bad) way down in the mix - I wonder if that was how it sounded there?
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From the pictures I saw of it that my cousin posted, I imagine it mostly sounded squelchy
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Probably more one for @rick_chasey but for any Radiohead fan this is a great version of Weird Fishes. Look out at 12 seconds when the camera pans across to Jonny who literally looks like a corpse 😂
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and @evil_breakfast 😁
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I found it intriguing too, not least having an orchestra and conductor, with a weird semiquaver riffy groove that took me a while to work out what was going on - I could see why they needed a conductor to keep it all together.
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I'd be surprised if they didn't do Glastonbury next year.
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Definitely, maybe.
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