Will you risk paying over the odds for a Prince gig?

With the new albums, website, press interviews/interest, it seems inevitible that Prince is gearing up for a tour/residency, so, with the recent problems with Prince gigs - Dublin cancelled, O2 VIP rip off's and O2 aftershows that he turned up for some and not others, how much are you willing to risk on Prince? its not just concert tickets, its travel, hotels etc, people are feeling the pinch now, so they will be reluctant to spend fortunes on a tour.

I certainly won't be buying VIP tickets, they were a rip off for £250, I'll just hang on until closer to the gigs, when better tickets are released.

I won't buy another aftershow ticket unless I know he's playing, I paid for 2 aftershows at the O2 and he didn't attend either, if he announces a residency where he plays 20 gigs and 20 aftershows, I will just be attending the main gig.

What are other Prince fans thinking? I think Prince should just sell tickets for aftershows that he is gonna play, so less aftershows, that he plays at !

Hopefully he'll do a tour rather than a residency, then there's more chance he'll be at a town near you, rather than having to pay allot of money for travel/hotels to travel to somewhere like London.
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japanrocks said:

yes i would risk it, i bought a ticket to Dublin sure it was canceled but i still went over and had a good time, i got a refund for my ticket and the hotel etc didnt cost that much, so it wasnt like i lost a fortune i doubt it cost me anymore than a couple of nights out in London and i got to see Dublin. As for aftershows i would buy a ticket even if he isnt confirmed to play i went to 14 aftershows at the 02 and he only didnt play at 4 or 5 of them and even when he didnt i had a good time listening to the NPG, i even look back at the Dr John night and smile at the memories . Maybe it helps that i go in not expecting to much and am pleased with what i get.

I tend to goto a show I've paid for expecting to see what I paid for, when I booked the aftershow tickets I couldn't believe Prince would play all them, but then again, I didn't believe they would sell aftershow tickets without him playing, so I bought them on a chance and I accepted that risk, so it was my fault, but I've learnt and wouldn't do that again, I'm just curious what peoples approach will be now after recent concerts and in the current financial climate.

If he prices the tickets at £31.21 again, they will sell really well, with most concerts for big artists these days being nearer a £100, gutted the new album isn't called 1000, £10 ticket would be great

funny how the term 'residency' has become part of Prince jargon...

Yes I would and it better be good!

rbrpm said:

Yes I would and it better be good!

conciousone said:

conciousone said:

I'd go. But I'd be more carefull and pick a venue close to my hometown (Rotterdam). I can easily tavel to Paris or Berlin by train.

darlingfloor said:

I can get easyjet to Berlin from Liverpool, so that would be good, its strange with the possibility of a residency, you'd normally say a european tour would include the major cities ... London, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Berlin, Rotterdam, Brussels etc, similar for a US tour, but the residency changes all that, so you never know where you'll end up !

I'd be surprised in the current economic climate if he does a residency, to draw in a big crowd for 10+ nights would be more difficult now, lots of people won't be paying the expense to travel far away/stay over in a big city, there's more chance of filling arenas if he appears local to the fans, to cut down expense for the fans.

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