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wiggydiggy

wiggydiggy

Guru
AndyRM said:
That's one helluva lineup. Of all the festivals I think it's pretty safe to say that Reading/Leeds really isn't as good as it used to be.
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I loved it lol! That last day at Leeds absolutely rocked, and having the VANS Warped Tour visit (they did for several years) was also great. It being the first year for Leeds (though they had done V Festival for a few years) a lot of it was unorganised and somewhat like I'd imagine early 60/70s festivals.

For me I don't mind music line ups changing - things come in and out of fashion - but what makes a Leeds Fest (I can't speak on Reading) not as good is the move to Bramham Park. Its a bit of a dump compare to Temple Newsam where it used to be though several years of rioting on the last night saw them lose the licence.

Time Waster said:
Reading 97. Best band IMHO on the day based on their set was some band called dog eat dog IIRC. Metallica had something like 2 hour soundcheck in which the roadie had to be helped by the crowd to count past 2!! Then the actual headline show by Metallica was full of guitars that stopped working and dodgy PA. I think they had to finish early too as the licence meant turn off on sunday at a certain time so I think we had 2 hours of waiting and ten minutes of the "great" Metallica stage show, yeah right!

A few years later we saw Marilyn Manson again as the act before the headliner IIRC who was Eminem. MM was at Reading 97 sunday. The Leeds performance a fan threw up a women's sex device (battery operated). As he performed he picked it up from where the fan threw it on stage, shoved it up his ariss then threw it back into the crowd. It came back so he stuck it in deeper and turned it on before throwing it back. After seeing it twirl around from behind I realised I was not such a big fan of him despite is excellent show at Reading the year earlier.

REaading was the rockier day on sunday that we went to I think Leeds have the same acts on a different day. I have not been to a festival since then for various reasons, not least the ticket price.
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Dog Eat Dog are amazing, I've never seen them live but around that time (1997-1999) bringing us back around to Britpop there was a real invasion of American Alternative bands in my social group. I remember someone gave me a tape of the 'Alternative Top 20' for the week from some radio station called XFM, I basically went out to HMV that weekend and bought every album I could for the bands on there!

Marilyn Manson played Leeds in 2001, I presume there was a 'talk' with with him before the show as I can't remember any dildo antics though because Eminem was on straight after him the crowd was a strange mix of Goths and Rappers lol.
 
winjim

winjim

Smash the cistern
If we're talking first festivals then this was mine. Anybody remember Phoenix? Probably not.

Bloody weird lineup when I look back on it. Drum and Bass era Bowie and a reunited Sex Pistols.

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FrankCrank

FrankCrank

Old layabout
Location
Banglen, Thailand and Reading, England
I think I'm right in saying the Reading festival is a 'no fires' venue now, neither in the stage area or back at the campsite.
That was part of the fun, scouting round for anything combustible - decent inferno was something to be proud of.
Wonder if they've banned the mud slinging battles, maybe only if safety glasses are worn :laugh:
 
PaulSB

PaulSB

Squire
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Chorley, Lancashire
lazybloke said:
I was at Amnesty International's "Human Rights Now!" Concert at the old Wembley Stadium in 1988. Nevermind cameraderie, Springsteen's fans were the rudest in the stadium chanting over several songs of the previous act for 'The Boss' to start his set. I thought Sting and especially Tracy Chapman were considerably more impressive.

I tried Springsteen again a decade or so later at Earls Court, where he and the E.Street Band didn't have to share the stage with anyone else. It was an okay evening, but not really my cup of tea!
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That's disappointing to read about any performer's audience. It was 35+ years ago but should never happen. I've only seen the E Street Band when they've been the only act on the bill so I've no experience to comment from.

I do stand by my assertion, in my experience, a Springsteen audience is very good natured, fun loving bunch.

We saw Sting last year at Lytham Festival. Fantastic. I wish I'd found out how good he is live decades ago.
 
AndyRM

AndyRM

XOXO
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North Shields
I've been looking at tickets for Faithless, who haven't toured for 8 years which isn't quite as long but is quite a while. £50, including booking fees, with a fixed/official resale price at £55.

I'd say they're just as iconic as Oasis in the British (and international) music scene. Glad they're still relatively affordable to go and see live, I think I paid £35 last time so the rise is broadly in line with what I'd expect.
 
Beebo

Beebo

Firm and Fruity
Location
Hexleybeef
AndyRM said:
I've been looking at tickets for Faithless, who haven't toured for 8 years which isn't quite as long but is quite a while. £50, including booking fees, with a fixed/official resale price at £55.

I'd say they're just as iconic as Oasis in the British (and international) music scene. Glad they're still relatively affordable to go and see live, I think I paid £35 last time so the rise is broadly in line with what I'd expect.
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But faithless doesn’t have a fan base to sell millions of tickets.
I was listening to an interesting debate about the pricing. The point seems to be that the fans set the ticket price. If there are enough people willing to pay £300 then why not just charge £300. Otherwise the touts get the profit instead of the bands.
The issue seems to be the way they went about it. If they had just said the tickets are £300 they would still have sold out.

If Oasis end up doing a tour every few years from now on the prices will soon fall as demand drops off.
 
HMS_Dave

HMS_Dave

Grand Old Lady
Beebo said:
I was listening to an interesting debate about the pricing. The point seems to be that the fans set the ticket price. If there are enough people willing to pay £300 then why not just charge £300. Otherwise the touts get the profit instead of the bands.
The issue seems to be the way they went about it. If they had just said the tickets are £300 they would still have sold out.

If Oasis end up doing a tour every few years from now on the prices will soon fall as demand drops off.
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I'm a bit more cynical about that. It seems like they are just looking for moral arguments to rinse people. That being said, it is peoples prerogative to spend what they like but I very much doubt touts aren't just increasing their prices to follow suit. It just makes it more profitable to be a scumbag, increasing the incentive to be so and perhaps attracting more of them, whilst sensible people watch in despair as more access to things we used to do get shut down.
 
AndyRM

AndyRM

XOXO
Location
North Shields
Beebo said:
But faithless doesn’t have a fan base to sell millions of tickets.
I was listening to an interesting debate about the pricing. The point seems to be that the fans set the ticket price. If there are enough people willing to pay £300 then why not just charge £300. Otherwise the touts get the profit instead of the bands.
The issue seems to be the way they went about it. If they had just said the tickets are £300 they would still have sold out.

If Oasis end up doing a tour every few years from now on the prices will soon fall as demand drops off.
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True, though their pre-sale sold out and a fair few of the shows have sold out too.
 
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