Oasis reunion.

[PaulSB]

I've been wondering where, indeed if, there's a price point at which we would draw the line. We're huge Springsteen fans, we haven't missed a European tour in, I think, 43 years. This year we paid £163 each for the Cardiff gig, plus two nights accommodation, food, travel. Edinburgh in 2024 with accommodation etc was +/-£650 for two but it was also a mini-break.

The joy I get from these gigs is immeasurable. I can honestly say you'll never see a fan without a big smile at a Springsteen gig. If one stays overnight in the area the cameraderie amongst fans is wonderful.

I think we'll get another gig in 2025. What will I pay? I'd go up to £350 today, I'm not sure about my wife or the friends we go with. The man's been a big part of my life since 1975. Why let money get in the way of pleasure.......if one can.

A reunion of this type seems very different to a man who has worked his backside off for 50 years mainly just for his fans.

 

[Kingfisher101]

I've been wondering where, indeed if, there's a price point at which we would draw the line. We're huge Springsteen fans, we haven't missed a European tour in, I think, 43 years. This year we paid £163 each for the Cardiff gig, plus two nights accommodation, food, travel. Edinburgh in 2024 with accommodation etc was +/-£650 for two but it was also a mini-break.

The joy I get from these gigs is immeasurable. I can honestly say you'll never see a fan without a big smile at a Springsteen gig. If one stays overnight in the area the cameraderie amongst fans is wonderful.

I think we'll get another gig in 2025. What will I pay? I'd go up to £350 today, I'm not sure about my wife or the friends we go with. The man's been a big part of my life since 1975. Why let money get in the way of pleasure.......if one can.

A reunion of this type seems very different to a man who has worked his backside off for 50 years mainly just for his fans.

I never knew he was still going and so popular?.I've certainly not heard any say they liked him since the mid 1980s. Most certainly his music is better than Oasis though.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

For all the clear Oasis fans on this thread. What are your favourite Oasis songs?

 

[PaulSB]

I never knew he was still going and so popular?.I've certainly not heard any say they liked him since the mid 1980s. Most certainly his music is better than Oasis though.

He says 60% of his audience is in Europe. The gigs are always sold out, or very close to. You will see every generation from perhaps 8-10 years old to folk like me 70, and older.

I realise I'm heavily biased but a Springsteen gig is a wonderful experience.

 

[Adam4868]

For all the clear Oasis fans on this thread. What are your favourite Oasis songs?

Bitter Sweet Symphony 🙄

 

[wiggydiggy]

For all the clear Oasis fans on this thread. What are your favourite Oasis songs?

For one reason:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lbs_nOxHT8

 

[AndyRM]

He says 60% of his audience is in Europe. The gigs are always sold out, or very close to. You will see every generation from perhaps 8-10 years old to folk like me 70, and older.

I realise I'm heavily biased but a Springsteen gig is a wonderful experience.

It was about half the price of his latest gig at the Stadium of Light, which was an absolute belter. Near on 4 hours of brilliant tunes.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

He says 60% of his audience is in Europe. The gigs are always sold out, or very close to. You will see every generation from perhaps 8-10 years old to folk like me 70, and older.

I realise I'm heavily biased but a Springsteen gig is a wonderful experience.

And he puts a shift in with very long gigs.

Unlike Jack Dee, who we saw some years ago when we lived in Tunbridge Wells.

A pathetic 40 minute gig!

 

[PaulSB]

It was about half the price of his latest gig at the Stadium of Light, which was an absolute belter. Near on 4 hours of brilliant tunes.

Yes, we could have had cheaper seats but opted for the £160. At the Millennium Stadium the roof was closed. The sound was awesome.

 

[screenman]

Really? I know plenty of people that are as thick as mince who have a high disposable income some through inheritance, others through ripping people off in various capacities and investments. Certainly not through being clever and working hard.

In that case we certainly both know a different group of people, I do not know of one person who inherited much wealth, all my friends who have few bob have worked hard for it, I am well past retirement age and still working 7 days a week, albeit only a couple of hours in the office on the weekends, I have lots of friends doing the same.

 

[screenman]

An alternative point of view....
Paying over the odds for something just fuels the greed of those selling (whatever item). Thus putting it out of financial reach of those who might also really want it, but don't have a large disposable income.
I would like to think that if, in the unlikely event that I became rich (whatever that might mean), that I didn't encourage this type of greed.

So, to rethink this, if I can afford something in short supply and can afford it, I should not buy it because someone not working seven days a week like I have done most of my life cannot. Is that correct? I have had periods in my life when I could not afford things.

 

[HMS_Dave]

So, to rethink this, if I can afford something in short supply and can afford it, I should not buy it because someone not working seven days a week like I have done most of my life cannot. Is that correct? I have had periods in my life when I could not afford things.

I'm self employed, I'm often working at 3am 7 days a week. Even if I was an Oasis fan I couldn't suddenly drop 700 quid on a ticket... That being said, I have no issues on those who want their ears to bleed and their wallets thinner if they want to go. I personally think they are doing the public a favour.

 

[screenman]

I'm self employed, I'm often working at 3am 7 days a week. Even if I was an Oasis fan I couldn't suddenly drop 700 quid on a ticket... That being said, I have no issues on those who want their ears to bleed and their wallets thinner if they want to go. I personally think they are doing the public a favour.

69 now, and I have been self-employed since I was twenty. You might not be able to drop £700 on a ticket, but if I wanted to, I certainly could, but going by the theory posted earlier, I should not do so because another person may not be able to afford it.

 

[Brandane]

So, to rethink this, if I can afford something in short supply and can afford it, I should not buy it because someone not working seven days a week like I have done most of my life cannot. Is that correct? I have had periods in my life when I could not afford things.

No, that's not correct. It's your money; you do whatever you like with it. I'm just saying that in the circumstances previously discussed, you would be fueling the greed and inflated prices.

 

[Rusty Nails]

It seems more than a bit hypocritical that the band criticised people for selling their tickets at inflated prices to make money but have no problem with inflating the price over that advertised just because they can make more money.