Tour Announcements & Upcoming Gigs

[efcfanwirral]

7 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

 

Had priority code for Lionel Richie this morning.  £140 to £170 for tickets.  f**k that.  I expected it to be around half of that.  Mrs 4AM is a huge fan and even she said that was unjustifiable.  I can't see that selling out at those prices, surely?

They added a second night

[balti-pie]

I'd like to blame Oasis for this. even if its not their fault. ESPECIALLY if its not their fault! They seem to have normalised £150 tickets, and everyone's in on it now. 

 

My hard £100 limit is going to need a review one of these months ☹️ Still havnt paid it, and dont want to at all. The Slipknot gig i'm off to in December seemed like a bit of a bargain at £70 but now i'm told its an album show, and they just play the album, its about 65 mins, so no pretend encore and then a whole load more songs like every other album show i've been to - nope, just album and then off.

So that explains the 'cheap' price at £70 then. Sucks. 

[northernangel]

17 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

I'd like to blame Oasis for this. even if its not their fault. ESPECIALLY if its not their fault! They seem to have normalised £150 tickets, and everyone's in on it now. 

 

My hard £100 limit is going to need a review one of these months ☹️ Still havnt paid it, and dont want to at all. The Slipknot gig i'm off to in December seemed like a bit of a bargain at £70 but now i'm told its an album show, and they just play the album, its about 65 mins, so no pretend encore and then a whole load more songs like every other album show i've been to - nope, just album and then off.

So that explains the 'cheap' price at £70 then. Sucks. 

My hard limit is about £65 which means twickets is my agent lol. £130 for Oasis was purely down to my unwillingness for some reason not to give up and sit there while a website doesn't even work for 2hours. 5 hours in you kind feel if you fold now what was it for.

 

When you are getting prices like 65/70 for papa roach and 60 for sum 41. 90 for LB is just purely taking the piss the ticket market for me in untenable.

Edited October 23 by northernangel

[49Lawson]

7 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

I'd like to blame Oasis for this. even if its not their fault. ESPECIALLY if its not their fault! They seem to have normalised £150 tickets, and everyone's in on it now. 

As wild as their dynamic pricing got, I think the £100+ gig has been normalised since the pandemic really. I get that streaming services like Spotify have killed artist revenue and they've had to make it back elsewhere via live music (I think that's why so many bands are never 'off tour' so to speak these days too) but as long as people keep paying the crazy money bands/artists will keep paying it. 

 

I'm sure Taylor Swift was charging upwards of £100 to sit behind the stage at some of her shows; I know she did a bit of it on a stage in the middle of the stadium but if you're actively paying for a seated ticket to watch the show on a screen behind the stage that's ludicrous. 

[PDAD]

The Maccabees have just updated their socials so looks like something is going on there .. 

[49Lawson]

7 minutes ago, PDAD said:

The Maccabees have just updated their socials so looks like something is going on there .. 

Was just on my way to post that. Mrs Lawson will be very happy with that, her favourite band. She saw them 31 times I think before they called it a day haha

[zahidf]

7 minutes ago, PDAD said:

The Maccabees have just updated their socials so looks like something is going on there .. 

APE 2025 headliners apparently

[PDAD]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

APE 2025 headliners apparently

Nice! I figured with Latitude's announcement imminent it would make sense for a return there. But if there's APE info that makes sense too! 

[foolee]

Good news, neither Orlando or 86TVs haven’t done anything comparable to Maccabees since the split. Hopefully some new material as good as the last album they did and a Glasto slot comes in 2025 too.

[gfa]

17 minutes ago, PDAD said:

Nice! I figured with Latitude's announcement imminent it would make sense for a return there. But if there's APE info that makes sense too! 

Both i reckon is plausible?

[PDAD]

1 minute ago, gfa said:

Both i reckon is plausible?

Don't see why not. They were starting to gain some decent traction after Marks to Prove it so reckon there'd be fairly decent demand for them again after several years out. 

[duke88]

2 hours ago, Mardy said:

 

I dunno, it's happened with football and people still keep going. 

 

 

 

I don't know how some people afford it. I'm seriously limiting my away matches these days. Was going to go to Coventry on Saturday, but I'm not paying £37 for my ticket, and £25 for my son's. Was actually more affordable in the Premier League last season with the £30 price cap on away tickets.

[Ben7amin_]

47 minutes ago, PDAD said:

Don't see why not. They were starting to gain some decent traction after Marks to Prove it so reckon there'd be fairly decent demand for them again after several years out. 

 

Its been 7 years believe it or not. Ive always loved them but I know lots of people who only got into them with Marks to prove it then it all ended so soon afterwards.  They definitely clipped themselves in there prime.  

[gingerevans84]

1 hour ago, zahidf said:

APE 2025 headliners apparently

Ah pants. Not a fan of Victoria Park. Hope they do some warm up efforts.

[The Nal]

New one to me today. Aisle seats 3 quid more expensive than the seat beside it. 

[finn_with_1_n]

6 minutes ago, gingerevans84 said:

Ah pants. Not a fan of Victoria Park. Hope they do some warm up efforts.

Yeah this year’s was the first APE i went to where I found the main stage to be a true nightmare for sight-lines. Couldn’t see almost anything and LCD Soundsystem have more than enough members on stage to look at!

 

Also the presale for the MTV EMAs went live at 12. Not too bad pricing in my opinion. Ranged from £55-75. Will be interesting to see who performs

[balti-pie]

1 hour ago, duke88 said:

I don't know how some people afford it. I'm seriously limiting my away matches these days. Was going to go to Coventry on Saturday, but I'm not paying £37 for my ticket, and £25 for my son's. Was actually more affordable in the Premier League last season with the £30 price cap on away tickets.

Thats crazy, isnt it? The £30 price cap on away fans is all very well and good, but at Spurs its only the same approx 4k who ever get away tickets so it only benefits them. Its crazy to be paying £30 in an away end and just the other side of the barrier is basically the same seat, and at the likes of fulham itll be £78 ffs!

I'd prefer a home allocation of tickets at £30 as well. Though obvs they'd be a right bugger to get hold of . . . . 

[PDAD]

Shazza at the RAH yes please 🥰 

 

[eatingglitter]

2 hours ago, northernangel said:

My hard limit is about £65 which means twickets is my agent lol. £130 for Oasis was purely down to my unwillingness for some reason not to give up and sit there while a website doesn't even work for 2hours. 5 hours in you kind feel if you fold now what was it for.

 

When you are getting prices like 65/70 for papa roach and 60 for sum 41. 90 for LB is just purely taking the piss the ticket market for me in untenable.

I thought £60 for Sum 41 wasn't too bad until I found my ticket from Wembley back in 2003 and realised it was £16....

 

 

[gfa]

1 hour ago, finn_with_1_n said:

Yeah this year’s was the first APE i went to where I found the main stage to be a true nightmare for sight-lines. Couldn’t see almost anything and LCD Soundsystem have more than enough members on stage to look at!

 

Also the presale for the MTV EMAs went live at 12. Not too bad pricing in my opinion. Ranged from £55-75. Will be interesting to see who performs

of all the complaints that APE has, i have never heard this one lol

[finn_with_1_n]

Just now, gfa said:

of all the complaints that APE has, i have never heard this one lol

haha must have been me then!! in previous years at the festival i’ve had no issue but that day i had no luck at all, even after moving around (until I was at the v back where the wind carried the sound away). but if it isn’t a larger problem then that gives me more assurance about seeing The Maccabees at APE!

[northernangel]

29 minutes ago, eatingglitter said:

I thought £60 for Sum 41 wasn't too bad until I found my ticket from Wembley back in 2003 and realised it was £16....

 

 

Exactly lol. Sum 41 London is £70 standing. I've paid £68 for The Prodigy at Brixton because they are capable of playing higher venues and the festival positions they get here. Sum 41 are generally an academy band until this last jaunt and after playing 3rd down Download...same position Pendulum played on the big anniversary year who are doing Drumsheds with Knife Party and Nero supporting for £45.

[Avalon_Fields]

 Other than a very small number of my favourite acts, I’m determined to avoid paying arena prices from now on. I’m more than happy to go to smaller venues (who desperately need the support) as I did on Saturday to a low key gig, tickets £19.25 each, and much enjoyed.

 

My local venue where I’ve been volunteering for 12 years, max. 240 people, seems to be struggling with fewer live music than ever but filling in the gaps with theatre, comedy, etc which I find very sad. 

[Dark Star]

40 minutes ago, Avalon_Fields said:

 Other than a very small number of my favourite acts, I’m determined to avoid paying arena prices from now on. I’m more than happy to go to smaller venues (who desperately need the support) as I did on Saturday to a low key gig, tickets £19.25 each, and much enjoyed.

 

My local venue where I’ve been volunteering for 12 years, max. 240 people, seems to be struggling with fewer live music than ever but filling in the gaps with theatre, comedy, etc which I find very sad. 

It's good that they're filling the gaps. I looked at the upcoming for Bristol Fleece a few months back and that seemed to be almost exclusively tribute bands. Very sad state of affairs. 

[westholtschic]