Leighton wrote:
AndyC wrote:
Anyone going ??
Tickets say 17:00 to 21:00, anyone know the rough timetable ?
Lots of conflicting info around..
Recently I have had conversations around the price of tickets for big acts like Take That
I can't believe that people pay over £100 for normal tickets to a concert
If we go to see live music it is often new or newish Indie bands or tribute acts (often at MK11)...rarely more than £12
The last 'big' gig I went to was Stereophonics at Wembley Arena and I just felt like everything was designed to screw more money out of the people there as consumers ...not to mention the massive cost of tickets etc....compare that to watching a fantastic new band like Corella live in an intimate venue ....the latter costs a sixth the price for a lot more enjoyment (for me)
This also links into my own efforts to keep listening to new music / bands.
Spotify makes it so easy to do this. If we find a local gig to go to it's easy to send a few weeks getting into the bands music before you go
I have friends who still listen to the same crap 40 years after it was released....one mate just seems to have constantly listened to the Smiths and nothing else ever......I'd be bored to death if I only still listened to the Britpop bands of my younge years
I don't think I'll ever go to a gig again. I've both played, and been to, hundreds, in fact most probably thousands, of gigs. But i'm not paying £129 for a Nick Cave solo gig. Which was the price when he last toured. I was tempted to go to AC/DC at Wembley, but the tickets were quite simply ludicrous. There are Premier League season tickets that are cheaper than a single night to to the DC. So fuck that.
As for listening to new music. I listen to a vast range of both old and new. For example, and this is just off the top of my head, only this morning I've listened to...
M.I.A
Chicory Tip
Stereolab
The Beatles
Captain Beefheart
The Smiths (sorry)
Personal Trainer
Chaka Khan
Toots And The Maytals
The Velvet Underground
Gorillaz
The Rolling Stones
Bowie
Sleaford Mods
Elvis
More old than new I'll admit, but I love discovering new stuff. Music is the most important thing im my life. I couldn't live without it.