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I thought AEG had such an exclusivity. So yeah, I think if The Cure wanted to do a big park show that wasn't under the BST banner, it'd have to be Finsbury or Gunnersbury.

Ah I wasn't aware the Kings of Leon show this year had such a provision. I admit I didn't research thoroughly because I decided to go to Leeds instead having considered Birmingham, Manchester or their set as part of the British Grand Prix F1 race at Silverstone more than London.   It's certainly something that is starting to creep in tbf. Green Day had a paid-for golden circle at their own shows this year and I gather this is remaining for their European tour next summer.

I went to Green Day and The killers but can't remember what the arrangement was and never went down the front. However, paid an extra £20ish this year for KOL upgrade to golden circle. I received an email a few days before the event offering me an upgrade, As it seemed a lot cheaper then most Golden Circle offers, I decided to go for it.   I have no idea if they decided to keep the Golden Circle tickets cheapish or they tried to sell them at a high price and never shifted enough and so offered them cheap to people with standard tickets. I think I got the offer as an AMEX card holder.

Yes - it's very locked in on a couple of layers.   AEG have a contract that gives them exclusive rights to promote concerts Hyde Park, which they use to put on BST.   Separately, there's also a licencing limit on the number of concerts that are allowed to take place at Hyde Park annually (7 at 65,000 capacity plus 2 at 50,000 capacity), which is maxed out by the 3 BST weekends   Basically, the only way a non-BST show could take place is with the consent of AEG, and it'd have to be instead of one of the BST event days.