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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.

    Wow, I’d have thought the who would be a bigger headline than rod Stewart
  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,764
    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.


    Did he have Emu with him?
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  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    morstar said:

    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.

    Wow, I’d have thought the who would be a bigger headline than rod Stewart
    Separate events for Rod and the Who. Sorry if it didn’t read like that.
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    webboo said:

    morstar said:

    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.

    Wow, I’d have thought the who would be a bigger headline than rod Stewart
    Separate events for Rod and the Who. Sorry if it didn’t read like that.
    Ok, makes sense.

    But yes, I can see how they’d lose money.

  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,599
    webboo said:

    morstar said:

    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.

    Wow, I’d have thought the who would be a bigger headline than rod Stewart
    Separate events for Rod and the Who. Sorry if it didn’t read like that.
    Thought it was eclectic but even Rod Stewart supported by Culture Club is a bit of an odd mix!
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,599
    morstar said:

    webboo said:

    morstar said:

    webboo said:

    Rod Stewart supported by Culture club and The Who have just played at Craven Park Hull. Neither sold out and they were that desperate to sell the tickets they were going for one pound fifty pence on the day.
    Apparently Hull KR who’s ground it is stand to make a big loss.

    Wow, I’d have thought the who would be a bigger headline than rod Stewart
    Separate events for Rod and the Who. Sorry if it didn’t read like that.
    Ok, makes sense.

    But yes, I can see how they’d lose money.

    Yeah, I would have thought the promoter pays them for use of the venue.
  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 1,205
    Got tickets for Queens of the Stone Age in Newcastle, last saw them at T in the Park 2005, hopefully they can still do it!
    Also going to some interesting blues acts at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival next week.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr said:

    Got tickets for Queens of the Stone Age in Newcastle, last saw them at T in the Park 2005, hopefully they can still do it!
    Also going to some interesting blues acts at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival next week.

    Yes! Seeing QOTSA at the O2 in November. If their glasto set is to go by, they still have it.
    _
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Me and the missus are heading up to Stornoway on Thursday to the HebCelt festival.
    We are roughing it staying in the Royal Hotel🤣. Thursday is Skerryvore, Friday is Peat and Diesel, Saturday is Niteworks.
    There a fair few other bands on including one called the Proclaimers.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Little local gig by Texas tonight.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,499
    webboo said:

    Me and the missus are heading up to Stornoway on Thursday to the HebCelt festival.
    We are roughing it staying in the Royal Hotel🤣. Thursday is Skerryvore, Friday is Peat and Diesel, Saturday is Niteworks.
    There a fair few other bands on including one called the Proclaimers.

    We did that one year as a holiday touring the Outer Hebrides. Hebcelt one weekend followed by Barrafest the next. Such chilled out party weekends!

    I see that Barrafest no longer exists. Shame as that was a major party!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    pblakeney said:

    webboo said:

    Me and the missus are heading up to Stornoway on Thursday to the HebCelt festival.
    We are roughing it staying in the Royal Hotel🤣. Thursday is Skerryvore, Friday is Peat and Diesel, Saturday is Niteworks.
    There a fair few other bands on including one called the Proclaimers.

    We did that one year as a holiday touring the Outer Hebrides. Hebcelt one weekend followed by Barrafest the next. Such chilled out party weekends!

    I see that Barrafest no longer exists. Shame as that was a major party!
    I’m not sure Mrs W could contemplate the thought of 2 festivals. When I suggested we could just get food at the festival, the outcome was we are having having evening meals in the hotel each evening.
    The bands we want to see are on at 22:00, 22:00 and 19:45 when I informed her of this I got the impression 3 late nights could be testing her stamina. I assured her we could have a nanna nap after our evening meal before venturing out for the night.💤
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go-go-go with a total dedication

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go, here we go, here we go

    As some sort of prototype I serve to be
    You see tomorrow's dream has never been part of me
    Consume today and leave the rest behind you
    Tomorrow's a surprise party buy a ticket or two (two)
    Faster livin', faster, live as fast as you're able
    Eat the food while it's still hot on the table (table)
    Now spend if you can, the greens are burning in your pocket
    If you spend it right now you'll get as high as a rocket

    Everything you don't use will lose its value tomorrow
    Consumed too much today, you can always borrow
    This paradigm's the best one since the day of creation
    Get your gear and shape up, this is the revelation
    Shop till you drop has built this civilization
    Don't believe what you hear 'bout the next generation
    If you go with a lot of toys you'll slip away a happy man
    The greens are burning in you pocket, spend it while you can

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go-go-go with a total dedication

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go, here we go, here we go

    The moon and the stars they all look down on me and say
    There's a correlation between tomorrow and today
    I say you won't gain a thing on that sick repudiation
    We're right here, right now, that's the only situation
    You can't fool me, we live on borrowed time
    So I spend the funds I have to the nickel and dime
    Check it in, check it out, it's not a matter of contention
    Get your gear and shape up and join the church of consumption

    Use it in, wear it out, then throw it all away
    Go get yourself a new one all you gotta do is pay
    Because the more I will get, the more I will own
    With a lot of things around me I will never feel alone
    I work around the clock just to earn my livin'
    And I wanna get, I won't spend my funds on givin', now
    I'm acting irresponsible, is that what you say?
    Hey, Somalia got my toaster just the other day
    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go-go-go with a total dedication

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go, here we go, here we go

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go-go-go with a total dedication

    Oh, oh

    Oooooh

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go-go-go with a total dedication

    Here we go again
    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go, here we go, here we go
    Here we go again
    Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go
    Get your gear and start to spend
    Here we go, here we go, here we go, here we go

    Here we go again
    Get your gear and start to spend

    Here we go again
    Get your gear and…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNK-cOtxSs

    Here we go-go-go to the temple of consumption...
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    kingstongraham said:

    Little local gig by Texas tonight.

    Girl can sing, for sure.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,499
    webboo said:

    pblakeney said:

    webboo said:

    Me and the missus are heading up to Stornoway on Thursday to the HebCelt festival.
    We are roughing it staying in the Royal Hotel🤣. Thursday is Skerryvore, Friday is Peat and Diesel, Saturday is Niteworks.
    There a fair few other bands on including one called the Proclaimers.

    We did that one year as a holiday touring the Outer Hebrides. Hebcelt one weekend followed by Barrafest the next. Such chilled out party weekends!

    I see that Barrafest no longer exists. Shame as that was a major party!
    I’m not sure Mrs W could contemplate the thought of 2 festivals. When I suggested we could just get food at the festival, the outcome was we are having having evening meals in the hotel each evening.
    The bands we want to see are on at 22:00, 22:00 and 19:45 when I informed her of this I got the impression 3 late nights could be testing her stamina. I assured her we could have a nanna nap after our evening meal before venturing out for the night.💤
    I don’t think Mrs W understands festivals! 😂
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    I haven’t listened to ‘guitar’ bands for years as a lot of it bores the living sh1t out of me but have recently rediscovered the utter pop genius of Teenage Fanclub.

    Controversial as I love Big Star but Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix are as good as anything they released.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    edited July 2023
    skyblueamateur said:

    I haven’t listened to ‘guitar’ bands for years as a lot of it bores the living censored out of me but have recently rediscovered the utter pop genius of Teenage Fanclub.

    Controversial as I love Big Star but Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix are as good as anything they released.

    Saw them in 21 and it's not the same without Gerard Love, but I love Euros Childs' voice on backing vocals, he really is a good recruit.

    Takes me back to seeing them at the Astoria in god knows when. Sublime.

    They don't play Gerard's songs any more. Imagine being able to ditch Star Sign, December, Sparkys Dream, Discolite, I Need Direction.
  • skyblueamateur
    skyblueamateur Posts: 1,498
    kingstongraham said:

    skyblueamateur said:

    I haven’t listened to ‘guitar’ bands for years as a lot of it bores the living censored out of me but have recently rediscovered the utter pop genius of Teenage Fanclub.

    Controversial as I love Big Star but Bandwagonesque and Grand Prix are as good as anything they released.

    Saw them in 21 and it's not the same without Gerard Love, but I love Euros Childs' voice on backing vocals, he really is a good recruit.

    Takes me back to seeing them at the Astoria in god knows when. Sublime.

    They don't play Gerard's songs any more. Imagine being able to ditch Star Sign, December, Sparkys Dream, Discolite, I Need Direction.
    Incredible collection of songs tbh. They will be our generations Big Star which is slightly ironic.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    TheBigBean said:

    Jezyboy said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Jezyboy said:

    kingstongraham said:

    TheBigBean said:

    Red Hot Chili Peppers have been in gradual decline since the 80s.

    I'm more surprised that Def Leppard are playing Wembley Stadium.
    I don't think they sold that many tickets...

    Re the popularity of older bands, I'd guess for many blur fans (to pick an example) a lot missed them the first time around, and for many others nostalgia is extremely powerful.

    I do completely get this and many retired sports stars top up their income in senior events. I just don't understand why the group of people is greater than when the performers were in their prime.
    I'd guess in music you only know who is in their prime retrospectively.

    Do you think Blur are in their prime?
    It's entirely possible.

    https://youtu.be/Ek9eLru_YHE
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    Well me and the Mrs managed to cope with our first ever festival last week. She wasn’t too happy down the front when it kicked off but it was a fantastic experience.
    If you have said to us this time last year we were going to drive over 500 miles and catch a ferry to watch a band who’s lead singer/ guitarist would be on stage wearing a police Scotland baseball cap, a cut off Blondie T-shirt, shorts and yellow trawlermans wellies. I would have questioned your sanity but it was mega trip.
    The fine dining in the hotel went down very well.
  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 1,205
    Was that Colonel Mustard and the Dijon Five?
  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087
    No this lot
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msvBngVBsMU
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Blur again tonight for me.
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,029
    kingstongraham said:

    Blur again tonight for me.

    Are you some sort of super fan?
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    TheBigBean said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Blur again tonight for me.

    Are you some sort of super fan?
    Always been a fan since the 90s but not a superfan really. I didn't buy a ticket for Wembley until I saw the reviews for the first night. But the new album is good and they are playing it in full in Hammersmith tonight so would be foolish not to try to get tickets.
  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,228
    Back here for Pulp on Saturday.
  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    kingstongraham said:

    Back here for Pulp on Saturday.

    Song 2 is a classic.
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,833
    focuszing723 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Back here for Pulp on Saturday.

    Song 2 is a classic.
    Let me guess, your favourite Radiohead song is Creep? 😉

  • focuszing723
    focuszing723 Posts: 8,154
    mrb123 said:

    focuszing723 said:

    kingstongraham said:

    Back here for Pulp on Saturday.

    Song 2 is a classic.
    Let me guess, your favourite Radiohead song is Creep? 😉

    I'm not a fan of Radiohead they're too depressing. I like music which lifts my spirits.

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