Rolling Stones...

[NorthernSoul52]

There's always a bit of handy fudging going on with shows these days. I do get a little surprised when I see some shows on a run all advertised as sell-outs with the odd one that doesn't get over the line.

 

Case in point, Springsteen in 2016. Every UK date bar Manchester was deemed a sell-out.

[MichaelsBeard]

On 11/26/2024 at 2:47 PM, RossTC said:

They played Twickers previously i believe. 

They could call Twickers a real full circle farewell if inclined. They played their early gigs at the Crawdaddy club in Richmond just down the road 

[NorthernSoul52]

36 minutes ago, MichaelsBeard said:

They could call Twickers a real full circle farewell if inclined. They played their early gigs at the Crawdaddy club in Richmond just down the road 

That's a deep cut shout. 

[henry bear]

On 11/27/2024 at 8:21 AM, charlierc said:

My parents went to one of those back in the early 1980s.

 

Ticket was £12.50 - high end for those days, probably less than the price of a meal with a drink in the stadium's concession stands now.

In June 1982 I saw Queen at the Milton Keynes bowl on the 5th, Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley Stadium two weeks later, and The Stones at Wembley a week after that. I was a schoolboy, paying for it via pocket money and my paper round. 

[Badlands]

23 hours ago, Badlands said:

Not sure the Stones would fill a north east stadium, there’s a reason why you mostly near certainty sell out acts up here. There just isn’t the catchment.

I need to stop posting on here on my phone, without wearing my glasses!

[NorthernSoul52]

54 minutes ago, Badlands said:

I need to stop posting on here on my phone, without wearing my glasses!

I wouldn't worry about that. I need to stop posting with my glasses. 

[Superscally]

3 hours ago, henry bear said:

In June 1982 I saw Queen at the Milton Keynes bowl on the 5th, Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley Stadium two weeks later, and The Stones at Wembley a week after that. I was a schoolboy, paying for it via pocket money and my paper round. 

You sir, are a bastard.

[MilkyJoe]

7 hours ago, henry bear said:

In June 1982 I saw Queen at the Milton Keynes bowl on the 5th, Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley Stadium two weeks later, and The Stones at Wembley a week after that. I was a schoolboy, paying for it via pocket money and my paper round. 

That is some run.

[NorthernSoul52]

Yep. We might as well give up. Not many gig runs better than that.

 

My nearest to that was getting Prince and Nine Inch Nails inside seventy-two hours, but that's more for live quality than sheer name.

[OllieMadd]

I don't have a run quite like that, but anecdotally I saw Father John Misty, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen all in a row. Each one played Because The Night, which is definitely the first run of shows I've seen different artists do the same song. 

[charlierc]

20 hours ago, henry bear said:

In June 1982 I saw Queen at the Milton Keynes bowl on the 5th, Simon & Garfunkel at Wembley Stadium two weeks later, and The Stones at Wembley a week after that. I was a schoolboy, paying for it via pocket money and my paper round. 

We're in a different kind of thing now.

[NorthernSoul52]

On 11/29/2024 at 10:23 AM, OllieMadd said:

I don't have a run quite like that, but anecdotally I saw Father John Misty, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen all in a row. Each one played Because The Night, which is definitely the first run of shows I've seen different artists do the same song. 

That is a nifty one to have in the back pocket. Should have seen Cascada to complete the holy quartet.

[MK1]

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[NorthernSoul52]

No other shows outside of London in the UK? Got to assume it's Twickenham or Emirates Stadium again - Wembley is looking absolutely chocka next year.

[charlierc]

7 hours ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

No other shows outside of London in the UK? Got to assume it's Twickenham or Emirates Stadium again - Wembley is looking absolutely chocka next year.

23 concerts at Wembley this year following today's Guns N Roses announcement.

 

That inherently feels like way more than they used to get.

[dotdash79]

15 minutes ago, charlierc said:

23 concerts at Wembley this year following today's Guns N Roses announcement.

 

That inherently feels like way more than they used to get.

Yep think they used to be allowed about 13 now I don’t think they have a limit 

[charlierc]

2 minutes ago, dotdash79 said:

Yep think they used to be allowed about 13 now I don’t think they have a limit 

Maybe there's room for the Stones to fit into the Wembley schedule after all.

 

Can bet Wembley's owners are happy too given the sheer amount of money they'd be raking in from this. Even moreso given they've finally paid off the debt for rebuilding it.

[NorthernSoul52]

Stones at Wembley, make it so.

[fullfathom5]

I saw them at the old Wembley Stadium in June 1999. Sheryl Crow supported. 30 quid for the ticket, pitch standing.

[CaledonianGonzo]

We were at that. Then crashed the after-party in a place in town called Voodoo Lounge. Sadly none of the band in evidence though.

[fullfathom5]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

We were at that. Then crashed the after-party in a place in town called Voodoo Lounge. Sadly none of the band in evidence though.

Cool!

[Gnomicide]

2 hours ago, fullfathom5 said:

I saw them at the old Wembley Stadium in June 1999. Sheryl Crow supported. 30 quid for the ticket, pitch standing.

 

Went to both nights, got 2 tickets off a tout for £20 the pair after waiting until they started.

 

Said tout at first threatened to beat me up for making such an offer (plus he didn't like my hat), but he took the money once he realised they were already on. 

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, fullfathom5 said:

I saw them at the old Wembley Stadium in June 1999. Sheryl Crow supported. 30 quid for the ticket, pitch standing.

Feels like that would've been a high-end ticket price for the time, no?

 

Think it was about £12 when my parents saw the Rolling Stones at Wembley at some point in the early 80s.

[NorthernSoul52]

Ah, ticket prices. Those were the days.

[henry bear]

23 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

 

Went to both nights, got 2 tickets off a tout for £20 the pair after waiting until they started.

 

Said tout at first threatened to beat me up for making such an offer (plus he didn't like my hat), but he took the money once he realised they were already on. 

I’ve got into many an expensive gig doing that. Presumably touts outside gigs, dodging the rozzers, is a thing of the past now