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Two Headed Boy said:
You should be in for a treat with Pulp. I've seen them a couple of times and they've never disappointed.

Though I am bit miffed to see them playing live at all considering I travelled to the Sheffield Motorpoint Arena to see their supposed "last ever UK gig".
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Their bassist Steve Mackey sadly died last month at the age of 56 so best you saw them that last time in Sheffield.
 
Jack K said:
Their bassist Steve Mackey sadly died last month at the age of 56 so best you saw them that last time in Sheffield.
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Yeah seen that at the time and was worried they’d (understandably) scrap all upcoming concerts but so far so good 🤞🏻
 
I tell you one I won't be going to. Devo at the Edinburgh Academy - £70!

Farewell tour be damned, they can stick that right up their energy-domed arse. £28 last time I saw them in Scotland. Inflation would have that in the £40-50 region now?
 
Two Headed Boy said:
I tell you one I won't be going to. Devo at the Edinburgh Academy - £70!

Farewell tour be damned, they can stick that right up their energy-domed arse. £28 last time I saw them in Scotland. Inflation would have that in the £40-50 region now?
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Concert tickets have increased hugely in recent years.

Bands used to tour to sell records. Now that they get so little from selling music it's concerts that fill their bank accounts....
 
Smurf said:
Concert tickets have increased hugely in recent years.

Bands used to tour to sell records. Now that they get so little from selling music it's concerts that fill their bank accounts....
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It would take something very special for me to fork out more than £50 these days. Feel sorry for young folk shelling out £70-£100 to see popular mainstream acts. I've got a folder I've kept my old tickets in (like a big dork) and was doing some inflation calculations on big acts and festivals from back in the day.

Green Day '98 - £10 (£22 in 2023 money)
REM '99 - £25 (£52 in 2023 money)
Foo Fighters '00 - £15 (£32 in 2023 money)
T in the Park '02 - £74 (£145 in 2023 money)

People are getting gouged these days. I could have some sympathy with the supplementing record sales angle if it wasn't for the fact that smaller/indie artists are still keeping their prices low. Recently I've seen Half Man Half Biscuit for £25, Yard Act for £16 and Otoboke Beaver for £15.
 
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Two Headed Boy said:
It would take something very special for me to fork out more than £50 these days. Feel sorry for young folk shelling out £70-£100 to see popular mainstream acts. I've got a folder I've kept my old tickets in (like a big dork) and was doing some inflation calculations on big acts and festivals from back in the day.

Green Day '98 - £10 (£22 in 2023 money)
REM '99 - £25 (£52 in 2023 money)
Foo Fighters '00 - £15 (£32 in 2023 money)
T in the Park '02 - £74 (£145 in 2023 money)

People are getting gouged these days. I could have some sympathy with the supplementing record sales angle if it wasn't for the fact that smaller/indie artists are still keeping their prices low. Recently I've seen Half Man Half Biscuit for £25, Yard Act for £16 and Otoboke Beaver for £15.
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It amazes me that folk shell out more than £50 to see a band in an enormodome.
It amazes me that folk pay massive money to go and see pensioners well past their sell by date.
Far better to see bands playing in small venues. Playing right in front of you. You can make a connection.
Once a band is playing in venues bigger than theatres they are just harvesting money.
If you are watching a big screen and can't make out the performers faces you are as well watching the performer on YouTube.

I think Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, U2, Michael Jackson, Prince, Neil Young and Paul Simon are the only performers I chose to see in big venues because I knew that was the only way I could see them at their peak.
Folk over 50 going to see a 73 year old Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield for £100 just seems bonkers to me. They could have seen him at his peak for a fraction of the price.

£70 to see Devo is indeed nuts. Their great drummer died and I saw them for less than a fiver at the Edinburgh Odeon when they were the great new thing. Why would I want to pay premium prices to see them as old men.

There are good bands playing in small venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow every week.
Find something new with a little listening online and decent radio shows. Lots of great bands to see for circa £20.
 
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In the early 80's when I was a teenager and going through my big Heavy Metal/classic rock phase, I used to go up to the Odeon in Clerk Street, walk up to the ticket office, then spend about a fiver for a ticket to see some of the best classic rock bands of the time like Thin Lizzy, UFO, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Saxon etc. That's how easy it was back then to go and see well known bands...who incidently almost always played Edinburgh. They all toured extensively in the UK and fans had lots of chances to see them at an affordable price in a great venue. Now, well known established bands/artists play massive arenas or football stadiums for megabucks ticket prices and they maybe play 2 or 3 shows in the UK at best.

I feel so lucky to have seen so many great bands and artists over the years in concert when it was affordable and just as important...much easier to buy tickets. It seems so bloody complicated now to actually get tickets for concerts.

As far as stadium shows go nowadays, Springsteen is the only artist I will pay lot of money to see, mainly because I am such a massive lifelong fan....and I have seen him at his peak many times over the last 40 years, however his Murrayfield gig at the end of this month will be the 25th (for me) and most likely last time I will seem him in concert. It's been some journey though.
 
Jack K said:
It amazes me that folk shell out more than £50 to see a band in an enormodome.
It amazes me that folk pay massive money to go and see pensioners well past their sell by date.
Far better to see and support bands playing in small venues. Playing right in front of you. You can make a connection.
Once a band is playing in venues bigger than theatres they are just harvesting money.
If you are watching a big screen and can't make out the performers faces you are as well watching the performer on YouTube.

I think Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, U2, Michael Jackson, Prince, Neil Young and Paul Simon are the only performers I chose to see in big venues because I knew that was the only way I could see them at their peak.
Folk over 50 going to see a 73 year old Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield for £100 just seems bonkers to me. They could have seen him at his peak for a fraction of the price when they were younger.
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I agree. I saw Bowie at Murrayfield in 1983. Even though it wasn't that expensive I decided that I wouldn't be attending another stadium concert.

I've been to festivals since but it's not at all the same thing.

I was brought up at a time when the top groups were still doing gigs at the likes of the Playhouse and the Apollo - there was nothing to beat that atmosphere.
 
Two Headed Boy said:
It would take something very special for me to fork out more than £50 these days. Feel sorry for young folk shelling out £70-£100 to see popular mainstream acts. I've got a folder I've kept my old tickets in (like a big dork) and was doing some inflation calculations on big acts and festivals from back in the day.

Green Day '98 - £10 (£22 in 2023 money)
REM '99 - £25 (£52 in 2023 money)
Foo Fighters '00 - £15 (£32 in 2023 money)
T in the Park '02 - £74 (£145 in 2023 money)

People are getting gouged these days. I could have some sympathy with the supplementing record sales angle if it wasn't for the fact that smaller/indie artists are still keeping their prices low. Recently I've seen Half Man Half Biscuit for £25, Yard Act for £16 and Otoboke Beaver for £15.
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And Paul Heaton for £30.
 
Peevemor said:
I agree. I saw Bowie at Murrayfield in 1983. Even though it wasn't that expensive I decided that I wouldn't be attending another stadium concert.

I've been to festivals since but it's not at all the same thing.

I was brought up at a time when the top groups were still doing gigs at the likes of the Playhouse and the Apollo - there was nothing to beat that atmosphere.
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I saw Bowie at the Apollo in the 70's and on the greatest hits tour at Ingleston many years later.

Sometimes you have to go to a stadium gig or a festival to see folk.
I went to see Led Zeppelin at Knebworth in '79 because even as a kid at the time I knew that was my only chance to see them.
The drummer John Bonham died soon after that so it really was the last chance to see the full band.

Michael Jackson I have absolutely no memory off. We were so far back as to render it a waste of time.
 
Greenmachine said:
In the early 80's when I was a teenager and going through my big Heavy Metal/classic rock phase, I used to go up to the Odeon in Clerk Street, walk up to the ticket office, then spend about a fiver for a ticket to see some of the best classic rock bands of the time like Thin Lizzy, UFO, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Saxon etc. That's how easy it was back then to go and see well known bands...who incidently almost always played Edinburgh. They all toured extensively in the UK and fans had lots of chances to see them at an affordable price in a great venue. Now, well known established bands/artists play massive arenas or football stadiums for megabucks ticket prices and they maybe play 2 or 3 shows in the UK at best.

I feel so lucky to have seen so many great bands and artists over the years in concert when it was affordable and just as important...much easier to buy tickets. It seems so bloody complicated now to actually get tickets for concerts.

As far as stadium shows go nowadays, Springsteen is the only artist I will pay lot of money to see, mainly because I am such a massive lifelong fan....and I have seen him at his peak many times over the last 40 years, however his Murrayfield gig at the end of this month will be the 25th (for me) and most likely last time I will seem him in concert. It's been some journey though.
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I saw many great bands in the early to mid seventies at the Odeon. We used to queue outside on ticket sale day from early morning sometimes all the way round St Patrick square. Tickets never more than a fiver 👍
 
dsc67 said:
Horse McDonald tomorrow night at The Mac Arts Centre in Gala
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Careful is one of the most beautiful songs, ever.

I seen her doing a show at the Beacon at Greenock, really close, not a big crowd and went over her life.

Really enjoyed it, as the thread states...much better than sitting three miles back in a plastic dome.

I seen Kevin Bridges at the Hydro, £50 or something to watch him on a big telly. Won't do that again.
 
Greenmachine said:
In the early 80's when I was a teenager and going through my big Heavy Metal/classic rock phase, I used to go up to the Odeon in Clerk Street, walk up to the ticket office, then spend about a fiver for a ticket to see some of the best classic rock bands of the time like Thin Lizzy, UFO, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Saxon etc. That's how easy it was back then to go and see well known bands...who incidently almost always played Edinburgh. They all toured extensively in the UK and fans had lots of chances to see them at an affordable price in a great venue. Now, well known established bands/artists play massive arenas or football stadiums for megabucks ticket prices and they maybe play 2 or 3 shows in the UK at best.

I feel so lucky to have seen so many great bands and artists over the years in concert when it was affordable and just as important...much easier to buy tickets. It seems so bloody complicated now to actually get tickets for concerts.

As far as stadium shows go nowadays, Springsteen is the only artist I will pay lot of money to see, mainly because I am such a massive lifelong fan....and I have seen him at his peak many times over the last 40 years, however his Murrayfield gig at the end of this month will be the 25th (for me) and most likely last time I will seem him in concert. It's been some journey though.
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As ever we never realised it was cheap.
I remember as a schoolboy having to think seriously whether I could afford £5 for a ticket to see Bowie at The Apollo.

Funnily enough pre online lots of artists never toured because the money was in selling records and cds.
When that dried up a lot of these guys had to break cover and start touring to make a living.

Like you I remember going to the Odeon to see Thin Lizzy, AC/DC, Motorhead, Elvis Costello, Whitesnake, Wishbone Ash, Rory Gallagher, The Clash amongst others and unfortunately Judas Priest.
 
Purple & Green said:
Careful is one of the most beautiful songs, ever.

I seen her doing a show at the Beacon at Greenock, really close, not a big crowd and went over her life.

Really enjoyed it, as the thread states...much better than sitting three miles back in a plastic dome.

I seen Kevin Bridges at the Hydro, £50 or something to watch him on a big telly. Won't do that again.
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I saw Kevin Bridges do a warm up gig for that at The Glasgow Stand. £15 and sitting 10 feet from the guy in a crowd of a few hundred.
Even poor seats in somewhere as big as the Playhouse to see a comedian isn't that great never mind somewhere the size of the Hydro.
 
Purple & Green said:
Careful is one of the most beautiful songs, ever.

I seen her doing a show at the Beacon at Greenock, really close, not a big crowd and went over her life.

Really enjoyed it, as the thread states...much better than sitting three miles back in a plastic dome.

I seen Kevin Bridges at the Hydro, £50 or something to watch him on a big telly. Won't do that again.
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Horse was/is excellent. She could have been a lot bigger, both home and abroad, but she was ridiculously under promoted by her record company because they didn't know how to handle her sexuality.

I met her briefly a couple of times as I knew one of her backing singers. A more down to earth person you couldn't meet and she's great in smaller venues (last time I saw her was at the Queen's Hall IIRC).
 
Jack K said:
It amazes me that folk shell out more than £50 to see a band in an enormodome.
It amazes me that folk pay massive money to go and see pensioners well past their sell by date.
Far better to see bands playing in small venues. Playing right in front of you. You can make a connection.
Once a band is playing in venues bigger than theatres they are just harvesting money.
If you are watching a big screen and can't make out the performers faces you are as well watching the performer on YouTube.

I think Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, U2, Michael Jackson, Prince, Neil Young and Paul Simon are the only performers I chose to see in big venues because I knew that was the only way I could see them at their peak.
Folk over 50 going to see a 73 year old Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield for £100 just seems bonkers to me. They could have seen him at his peak for a fraction of the price.

£70 to see Devo is indeed nuts. Their great drummer died and I saw them for less than a fiver at the Edinburgh Odeon when they were the great new thing. Why would I want to pay premium prices to see them as old men.

There are good bands playing in small venues in Edinburgh and Glasgow every week.
Find something new with a little listening online and decent radio shows. Lots of great bands to see for circa £20.
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By and large I agree. Its just not as good as catching bands in clubs or theatres.

When I was flicking through my tickets folder The Cure were the only ancient enormodome band I'd bothered with in the last fifteen years (largely because I was too young to see them at their peak). Probably a good time to give credit to gothic Bob for his fair price crusade against Ticketmaster recently too: The Cure’s Robert Smith convinces Ticketmaster to refund ‘unduly high’ fees after fan anger

If the outdoor gig or the arena is the only way you'll ever get to see a band it can work though. I enjoyed The Cure at the Hydro as the sound was fantastic and I was able to get myself fairly close to the front. If you're in the nosebleed seats though its a chronic experience.
 
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Had a look at some of my tickets stubs £4.50 to see The Jam in The Playhouse then a fiver the yr after

i tend to go to festivals now Scotland Calling and Rebellion punk Festival

Went to see The Original line up of The Damned last yr £70 but the ticket was a present no way i was paying that
 
Peevemor said:
Horse was/is excellent. She could have been a lot bigger, both home and abroad, but she was ridiculously under promoted by her record company because they didn't know how to handle her sexuality.

I met her briefly a couple of times as I knew one of her backing singers. A more down to earth person you couldn't meet and she's great in smaller venues (last time I saw her was at the Queen's Hall IIRC).
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She was always support when I went to see bands in 90's. I never rated her. Her first album that did quite well " The Same Sky".
The record company should have done much better with her first two singles ("You Could Be Forgiven" and "The Speed of the Beat of my Heart") which were both strong and released before the album. After that she seemed to be on an unexciting middle of tthe road route.
 
Two Headed Boy said:
By and large I agree. Its just not as good as catching bands in clubs or theatres.

When I was flicking through my tickets folder The Cure were the only ancient enormodome band I'd bothered with in the last fifteen years (largely because I was too young to see them at their peak). Probably a good time to give credit to gothic Bob for his fair price crusade against Ticketmaster recently too: The Cure’s Robert Smith convinces Ticketmaster to refund ‘unduly high’ fees after fan anger

If the outdoor gig or the arena is the only way you'll ever get to see a band it can work though. I enjoyed The Cure at the Hydro as the sound was fantastic and I was able to get myself fairly close to the front. If you're in the nosebleed seats though its a chronic experience though.
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Like you I still have all my ticket stubs.
Good effort by you at The Cure gig. If you are near the front you can ignore everything behind you and feel like you are in a small venue.

I once went to the too big SECC to see Neil Young with Booker T & The MG's as his band with Teenage Fanclub in the support slot, all of whom I love. The venue door I was at opened and I went in to find it had opened slightly before all the others. Result.

The fees added by the ticketing companies are exorbitant and the latest scam of dynamic pricing is nasty capitalism at it's worst.
Problem is if people keep paying they become ever more emboldened.
Again when you bought tickets back in the day there were no fees and that was providing someone to personally serve you your ticket.
 
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Two Headed Boy said:
I tell you one I won't be going to. Devo at the Edinburgh Academy - £70!

Farewell tour be damned, they can stick that right up their energy-domed arse. £28 last time I saw them in Scotland. Inflation would have that in the £40-50 region now?
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I feel your pain mate. Saw them twice at the Apollo and O2 Glasgow in 2007..........not to be missed and I will be there!
 
fieryjack said:
I feel your pain mate. Saw them twice at the Apollo and O2 Glasgow in 2007........not to be missed and I will be there!
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The O2 show was the one I was at.

They were superb. On quality alone I'd have been back to see them in a heartbeat but not at that price.
 
We Are Not Devo are playing Glasgow and Edinburgh on Friday and Saturday next week and having seen them twice I will be at the Hug'n' Pint on the Friday. Week after is House of All in Edinburgh and Sparks at the Armadillo on the Friday.
 
Purple & Green said:
Careful is one of the most beautiful songs, ever.

I seen her doing a show at the Beacon at Greenock, really close, not a big crowd and went over her life.

Really enjoyed it, as the thread states...much better than sitting three miles back in a plastic dome.

I seen Kevin Bridges at the Hydro, £50 or something to watch him on a big telly. Won't do that again.
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It was a cracking night , Macarts is just a wee venue 300 people max . I'd say there'd be maybe 200 there , every artist that's I've seen there loves the place .
 
dsc67 said:
It was a cracking night , Macarts is just a wee venue 300 people max . I'd say there'd be maybe 200 there , every artist that's I've seen there loves the place .
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Your lucky, I lived in Gala until the age of 27 and nobody played there.
Now you have MacArts and the folk club in Selkirk.
In all my time living there I saw Billy Connolly at the Volunteer Hall, Frankie Miller and Steve Gibbons in Hawick and The Rezillos in the Privateer Bar in Gala. The Priv was good to see cover bands up and the Rezillos played there before they had released any records. They were fantastic.

However, the best place in Gala in the 80's to see name bands (and meet intelligent women) was the then Scottish College of Textiles student union which is now a Heriot Watt campus, I remember seeing Big Country, Deacon Blue, Roddy Radiation and the Radiators, James Chance and the Contortions, Martin Stevenson and the Daintees, Hue and Cry, Love and Money, Del Amitri, Runrig, WIN and many others.
I remember the DJ playing "Whip It" by Devo most nights. I was even there, with my girl of the month, when Tommy Cooper died live on TV.
That place was a godsend in the cultural desert that was Gala.
 
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Two Headed Boy said:
I've got a folder I've kept my old tickets in (like a big dork)
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I had a big jiffy bag full of all my concert and football tickets from over the years which seems to have gone missing during a house move - absolute sickener!

Been left with the few ticket stubs that are stuck to the pin board in the kitchen and this IKEA effort I made up about 15 years ago:


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Hibee Kev said:
I had a big jiffy bag full of all my concert and football tickets from over the years which seems to have gone missing during a house move - absolute sickener!

Been left with the few ticket stubs that are stuck to the pin board in the kitchen and this IKEA effort I made up about 15 years ago:


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You were at the same Oasis show at Loch Lomond I was at.
It was some day !
 
Hibee Kev said:
I had a big jiffy bag full of all my concert and football tickets from over the years which seems to have gone missing during a house move - absolute sickener!

Been left with the few ticket stubs that are stuck to the pin board in the kitchen and this IKEA effort I made up about 15 years ago:


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Nice. I was at a couple of those T's and the REM gig.

The REM gig was a cracker. Its a shame there weren't more gigs at Stirling Castle, it had good combo of a big gig atmosphere but wasn't overwhelmingly huge like a stadium from what I remember. I am saying that as one of those annoying 6'4' giraffes that can see the stage wherever they are standing though.
 
Was looking forward to seeing The View at Trnsmt in July, but that could now be in doubt.. 😱😂

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I saw blonde,boomtown rats and loads others for around £3. Have to disagree about devo. Yes the price is steep and I only paid £39 to see a brilliant shinedown gig but devo are just an amazing band who never get the credit they deserve. Ripped off by so many bands too numerous to name. Songs like gates of steel are superb. Lyrically so damn clever too. Mark mothersborough is loaded as he is the go to guy for cartoon soundtracks like cloudy with meatballs,hotel transylvania,the lego movie and many others. He's a real nerd on electronic sounds and an amazing,underrated guy. Are we not men just an off the wall brilliant piece of music. IMHO.
 
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