fnksoul said:

Gee1973 said:

Whether the record company pay or not, it's still not revenue generating. He had 10 security at LLH's flat, that's half the money right there, and you have to expect there will be considerably more tonight.

Weather he makes money from the gigs or from the label, him and his team will be getting paid one way or another. Could be the tour is sponsored by some brands, Events i've managed in the past with some top artists had sponsors from Coca-cola and things, this boosts revenue, I guess we'll never know, but he wont be doing it for no profit thats for sure.

Sponsors means contracts. Considering this is a tour still in the making I can't see it, what if he decides he's had enough tonight and heads home again? No deal done on that basis.

TheEnglishGent said:

Sly said:

PREDOMINANT said:

I am in Queue and thinking about quitting. Wasted journey, standing in the rain, gotta love Prince.

Hang in there my friend.....the moment Prince wanders on stage and strikes that firsr chord you'll be wondering why you ever thought about quitting at all!

DaveT said:

PREDOMINANT said:

I am in Queue and thinking about quitting. Wasted journey, standing in the rain, gotta love Prince.

Hang in there my friend.....the moment Prince wanders on stage and strikes that firsr chord you'll be wondering why you ever thought about quitting at all!

That's right, don't give up now!

Tony is in the line Dave, he's freezing and hungry but I think one of them is going to leave the line briefly for KFC and beer!

Why does he do this? He knows the people watching this show tonight will have had to have queued in the pissing rain for over 5 hours (probably 10 hours as thats when he confirmed tonight's show). Why? Because he knows we will. Thats just not right.

Have we actually had a press conference that has told us anything apart from stand in line from 9am in the rain?!

DoMeBaby69 said:

DaveT said:

Hang in there my friend.....the moment Prince wanders on stage and strikes that firsr chord you'll be wondering why you ever thought about quitting at all!

That's right, don't give up now!

Tony is in the line Dave, he's freezing and hungry but I think one of them is going to leave the line briefly for KFC and beer!

My sister works very close to there, but she's out in India at the mo....if she wasn't I'd have put a call in for her to pop over with some McDonalds and coffee for the guys. Hope Tony is keeping his spirits up. Chance of seeing Prince tonight would keep me going, but its an evil day out there weather wise!

Starting to get a bit irked now


Was all up and ready to head down to Landan Tann in the hope there might be the slightest chance of getting a ticket but looking at pics and tweets now, it just seems pretty inevitable I will ultimately face disappointment.

Now fair enough if this all pans out with a series of shows announced by the end of today but if this the way things are looking to be then I am really gutted.

I know there's been the whole

"finish when people don't want us no more..."

"move to bigger venues..."

etc etc


but I want to see all this information written or typed or anounced in some way shape or form(!)

I know i'm asking for the impossible in prince world but my exitement and enjoyable anxiety has now just turned into frustration

DaveT said:

DoMeBaby69 said:

That's right, don't give up now!

Tony is in the line Dave, he's freezing and hungry but I think one of them is going to leave the line briefly for KFC and beer!

My sister works very close to there, but she's out in India at the mo....if she wasn't I'd have put a call in for her to pop over with some McDonalds and coffee for the guys. Hope Tony is keeping his spirits up. Chance of seeing Prince tonight would keep me going, but its an evil day out there weather wise!

Sounds like spirits are high, certainly the majority of those in the line now will get in, just as long as loads of friends of others in the line don't start piling in at the last minute. I think everybody there who has braved the elements to see Prince tonight should see him.

Llanishenlad said:

PREDOMINANT said:

I gave up, feet are freezing and wet. I am too old for this shit. I hope that by dropping out some more hardy soul gets to see a great gig.

I feel for you dude! its still a LONG wait. Big shout to anyone willing to tough it out and hope that those of you that have queued and played by the rules get the reward!

If 500. People they get in proving no que jumpers and 1 ticket per person.

They will have people on guest list and Lianne friends.

They all young last night her mates.

Chops said:

PREDOMINANT said:

I gave up, feet are freezing and wet. I am too old for this shit. I hope that by dropping out some more hardy soul gets to see a great gig.

I feel for you dude! its still a LONG wait. Big shout to anyone willing to tough it out and hope that those of you that have queued and played by the rules get the reward!

Hear hear!

Llanishenlad said:

Starting to get a bit irked now


Was all up and ready to head down to Landan Tann in the hope there might be the slightest chance of getting a ticket but looking at pics and tweets now, it just seems pretty inevitable I will ultimately face disappointment.

Now fair enough if this all pans out with a series of shows announced by the end of today but if this the way things are looking to be then I am really gutted.

I know there's been the whole

"finish when people don't want us no more..."

"move to bigger venues..."

etc etc


but I want to see all this information written or typed or anounced in some way shape or form(!)

I know i'm asking for the impossible in prince world but my exitement and enjoyable anxiety has now just turned into frustration

• Well said, I am with you on this. I am local but feel the same. We have been excited since 24th January over this. I do have to work and having spent Mon/Tue and now today watching and waiting I need to get on with my work and my life.
• I long for an announcement that tickets ofr dates will go on sale on Friday morning then we can log in, buy, make plans and enjoy.

jasontate said:

Loads of people have gone. I reckon 500 max in the queue

That's at 3:30pm. What are the odds of the queue being less than 1,000 at, say, 6:45 (when I get off work)?

Pretty slim, I bet.

jasontate said:

Llanishenlad said:

Starting to get a bit irked now


Was all up and ready to head down to Landan Tann in the hope there might be the slightest chance of getting a ticket but looking at pics and tweets now, it just seems pretty inevitable I will ultimately face disappointment.

Now fair enough if this all pans out with a series of shows announced by the end of today but if this the way things are looking to be then I am really gutted.

I know there's been the whole

"finish when people don't want us no more..."

"move to bigger venues..."

etc etc


but I want to see all this information written or typed or anounced in some way shape or form(!)

I know i'm asking for the impossible in prince world but my exitement and enjoyable anxiety has now just turned into frustration

Loads of people have gone. I reckon 500 max in the queue

Fuck it! I might just give it a go....

I'll end up regretting more that I didn't try...


As Del Boy once said "He who dares, wins"

Could you tell people around you that youre expecting your hairy welsh cousin you havent seen in years to arrive to pop in with you?

Rorywan said:

Well, in typical Prince fashion, the fans are being treated like shit. Used as PR fodder. How hard would it have been to post details about entry today? I feel sorry for those standing in the worst weather in years. I'm sure the gig will be amazing, but this was unnecessary IMO. Good PR though Prince.. "Fans queue for 10 hours in torrential rain" wonderful. I hope the rest of this tour is handled differently.

You're very right.

DoMeBaby69 said:

Rorywan said:

Well, in typical Prince fashion, the fans are being treated like shit. Used as PR fodder. How hard would it have been to post details about entry today? I feel sorry for those standing in the worst weather in years. I'm sure the gig will be amazing, but this was unnecessary IMO. Good PR though Prince.. "Fans queue for 10 hours in torrential rain" wonderful. I hope the rest of this tour is handled differently.

You're very right.

Would the queue be any different when P had put a small advert in the newspaper saying doors at 19:00, show at 21:00 ?

He did not cause the rain or your lack of proper clothing.

If P would have done this 'tour' in the Netherlands, people would have queued from the moment that the news was known. And when I say people, I mean too many people.

I am not saying that that is good but just as a matter of fact.

Anyone near Portsmouth want to share the costs?

If i got a train to waterloo how would I get to Camdan town without Underground?

udo said:

Would the queue be any different when P had put a small advert in the newspaper saying doors at 19:00, show at 21:00 ?

He did not cause the rain or your lack of proper clothing.

If P would have done this 'tour' in the Netherlands, people would have queued from the moment that the news was known. And when I say people, I mean too many people.

I am not saying that that is good but just as a matter of fact.

You may well be right - people started queuing at around midday for an alleged 2pm ticket sale. If they'd known that they were queuing for a 7pm door opening they might have done exactly the same.

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But it still would be nice to know in advance, don't you think?

.

And what possible good reason can there be for keeping this kind of information secret?? Who benefits? Nobody! The gig is going to sell out no matter what, we all know that.

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All that's been done is to make people stand in the rain and not tell them how long they'll have to wait, or whether they'll get in.

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There have been tweets about tickets going on sale at 2pm, or an announcement at 2pm, none of which turned out to be true. What is so wrong with giving out information???????

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andykeen said:

If i got a train to waterloo how would I get to Camdan town without Underground?

You can take the Northern Line up to Camden Town

They are a different union and not on strike

andykeen said:

If i got a train to waterloo how would I get to Camdan town without Underground?

Not all of the underground is not working today. Northern Line, which Camden Town station is on, is running a full service. Not sure how that ties in with Waterloo but if you can get the northern line from Waterloo, you're laughing.

udo said:

Yes.... not all tube lines shut.

Check here for the ones running.

http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl...fault.html

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