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Reply #1800 posted 02/06/14 11:23am

SquirrelMeat

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FunkyAphrodite said:

Prince won't play any outside shows - i will be seriously surprised if he does. Don't forget one of the resons for cancelling the SOTT gigs at Wembley was due to the weather....and that was in June and it wasn't as bad as it is now!

That was the excuse. That wasn't the reason.

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Reply #1801 posted 02/06/14 11:34am

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small Ronnie Scotts rumour going about for tonight on twitter

"U have just given birth 2 a 7 pound Bambi..." SBE 9Feb14
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Reply #1802 posted 02/06/14 11:36am

kunoichi
I wish I could be in London for all the excitement! I've been following you all every spare minute I have. Haven't posted here since after the hop farm gig. Having been at the front of wembley and hop farm I don't think I could face the squeeze again. Getting too old for that. I disagree with using the bracelets like at wembley. Wembley front section got overpopulated by people selling their bracelets whilst on visits to toilets/food, and then telling security they had lost them. They had worked out how to remove them intact.
Stay safe orgers, there are fans all over the country following you
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Reply #1803 posted 02/06/14 11:36am

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3QuartersInAGlass said:

small Ronnie Scotts rumour going about for tonight on twitter

Yer,I just saw that,

  1. 5h

    You never know who's going to show up to the Late Late Show... Tonight check out and his quartet RT

so, what is the answer 2 the question of U
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Reply #1804 posted 02/06/14 11:41am

SquirrelMeat

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UH OH!

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Reply #1805 posted 02/06/14 11:44am

rolyateel

tiadalma said:

3QuartersInAGlass said:

small Ronnie Scotts rumour going about for tonight on twitter

Yer,I just saw that,

  1. 5h

    You never know who's going to show up to the Late Late Show... Tonight check out and his quartet RT

???
Looks like the main show & late show have been pre-booked for a while
I looked earlier & can't see any gaps in their schedule

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Reply #1806 posted 02/06/14 11:44am

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@timthorntonbass the same trio who played EB in Camden last night? wink

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@timthorntonbass @BennyLeBallon we'll see...

"U have just given birth 2 a 7 pound Bambi..." SBE 9Feb14
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Reply #1807 posted 02/06/14 11:46am

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tiadalma said:



3QuartersInAGlass said:


small Ronnie Scotts rumour going about for tonight on twitter





Yer,I just saw that,









  1. 5h

    You never know who's going to show up to the Late Late Show... Tonight check out and his quartet RT








had all my hopes pinned on this happening tomorrow when I'm free!!!
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Reply #1808 posted 02/06/14 11:49am

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SquirrelMeat said:

UH OH!

eek

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Reply #1809 posted 02/06/14 11:58am

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Whilst the Hit & Run aspect of these shows is good for the element of surprise it would be much more suited to aftershows. I would like to see a list of concerts where fans can buy tickets & its more structured. Shows at the Indigo2, Jazz Cafe, Ronnie Scotts are good venues but i think for fans outside London its pot luck whether theyll even get to see P where you cant really make last minute decisions to travel on a whim hoping youll be in the que to get in. Maybe Prince will do larger venues in the future where everyone has the opportunity to see him in concert.
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Reply #1810 posted 02/06/14 12:00pm

abigailj

This is gonna do my head in. I'm 100 miles away again now. By the time I get to central London, with no tubes, the chances ae that the line outside that place will be so long I wont stand a chance of getting in anyway. That's if it's even true in the first place.

Im supposed to be going to London tomorrow to wait for a show, whever it is, or isnt.

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Reply #1811 posted 02/06/14 12:13pm

fortuneandsere
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SquirrelMeat said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Close in spelling, but not so much with the geography. Hertford. lol

You are in Hertford!?!? That's where I lived for the last 20 years! Moved up to Cambridgeshire now. I'm out in Hertford tomorrow night. Duncombe bound!

Ugh Hertford, lived there half my life lol You must know Bengeo, ever run all the way up Port Hill?

The world's problems like climate change can only be solved through strategic long-term thinking, not expediency. In other words all the govts. need sacking!

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Reply #1812 posted 02/06/14 12:15pm

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Come on Prince, give us a proper ticketed Brixton Academy gig. It's perfect for this band.
"My God it's full of Stars"
Indigo Club, September 21st 2008, 4.24am
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Reply #1813 posted 02/06/14 12:15pm

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jaypotton said:



tecstar said:


In this kind of situation you expect that some poor bugger (in this case me!) will queue all afternoon and my mate who couldnt get out of work came later to join me and effectively jumped the queue. Its something that, to a degree, you have to accept. What I did object to was a couple of people ahead of me queuing and at least 10 of their mates coming in as 7pm drew nearer. That was taking the piss IMO.




Sorry NO that is plain wrong. 1 person or 10 it doesn't matter. You were not there and should have gone to the back. I had a friend in the queue too and I was at work unable to get out too! But I didn't go and push in risking someone else who had been their hours in the rain not getting it. Sorry mate but you suck!



Said it already but there are two ways to deal with this:



1. EASY ONE - raffle tickets or comp slips (the venue seemed to learn for second gig of night). One per person, you aint in the queue you don't get in.



2. HARD ONE - reintroduce the NPGMC priority tickets for hardcore fans (obviously won't be able to do that for this "tour")



But that's the point - there was NO governance or management of the queue. It was a free for all and in that situation you know there is going to be some of this going on but you rely on people's integrity not to take the piss, and some people have more than others. There was a woman trying to get through the barrier and she was stopped. Had they handed out wristbands this wouldn't have happened, but they didn't so it was was it was. As it happened, anyone who did get pushed back got a better show! It a controversial topic, but I would have been more pissed off if there was security and they didn't stop people.
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Reply #1814 posted 02/06/14 12:16pm

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dewmass said:

Now we've dealt with queuegate and EnglishGent has very kindly taken all the blame biggrin where are we with other dates? Rumours seem to have ground to a halt. Wouldn't put it past him to fly back home tonight and that be all we get


I don't think the discussion regarding the use of the smiley has been dealt with satisfactorily... lol
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Reply #1815 posted 02/06/14 12:18pm

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Review of last night by Mojo Magazine

Www.mojo4music.com

Also, they are running an exclusive interview in the next issue (out 25 Feb)

It's been too long since you've had your ass kicked properly:


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Reply #1816 posted 02/06/14 12:30pm

jaypotton

tecstar said:

jaypotton said:

Sorry NO that is plain wrong. 1 person or 10 it doesn't matter. You were not there and should have gone to the back. I had a friend in the queue too and I was at work unable to get out too! But I didn't go and push in risking someone else who had been their hours in the rain not getting it. Sorry mate but you suck!

Said it already but there are two ways to deal with this:

1. EASY ONE - raffle tickets or comp slips (the venue seemed to learn for second gig of night). One per person, you aint in the queue you don't get in.

2. HARD ONE - reintroduce the NPGMC priority tickets for hardcore fans (obviously won't be able to do that for this "tour")

But that's the point - there was NO governance or management of the queue. It was a free for all and in that situation you know there is going to be some of this going on but you rely on people's integrity not to take the piss, and some people have more than others. There was a woman trying to get through the barrier and she was stopped. Had they handed out wristbands this wouldn't have happened, but they didn't so it was was it was. As it happened, anyone who did get pushed back got a better show! It a controversial topic, but I would have been more pissed off if there was security and they didn't stop people.

eek Er I really think you don't get it! What your friend did (with your permission/help) was push in front of people who had been there all day! Wrong WRONG WRONG!!!!! The fact there was no security or organisation is irrelevant to whether it was right or wrong!

'I loved him then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.' Mayte 21st April 2016 = the saddest quote I have ever read! RIP Prince and thanks for everything.
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Reply #1817 posted 02/06/14 12:30pm

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Rumours going around about Royal Albert hall tomorrow.

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Reply #1818 posted 02/06/14 12:32pm

jaypotton

SquirrelMeat said:

FunkyAphrodite said:

Prince won't play any outside shows - i will be seriously surprised if he does. Don't forget one of the resons for cancelling the SOTT gigs at Wembley was due to the weather....and that was in June and it wasn't as bad as it is now!

That was the excuse. That wasn't the reason.

What was the reason? I was one of those who had tix and was absolutely gutted it got cancelled. I remember going up to Wembley with friends to get our refund on the day of the planned gig. Sun was shining, it was glorious - rubbed a lot of salt in the wound!

'I loved him then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.' Mayte 21st April 2016 = the saddest quote I have ever read! RIP Prince and thanks for everything.
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Reply #1819 posted 02/06/14 12:33pm

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jaypotton said:

London Eye and Trafalgar Square in THIS weather! Count me out!

LOL How you you play the London eye?? Prince in one pod and the fans cramming in the other?

Ha ha that would be hilarious and totally unique!!!!

'I loved him then, I love him now and will love him eternally. He's with our son now.' Mayte 21st April 2016 = the saddest quote I have ever read! RIP Prince and thanks for everything.
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Reply #1820 posted 02/06/14 12:34pm

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Ronnie Scott's is fantastic venue. Will be very jealous if that rumour goes ahead. Would love to see him there.
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Reply #1821 posted 02/06/14 12:36pm

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SquirrelMeat said:

  • In regards to “queue jumping”, I don’t think it is black and white.


  • I’ve been going to Prince Gigs since 1986, and for all the non standard shows (i.e., where you couldn’t pre book seats) there has always been fans letting in other fans be it overnight at Wembley Arena and Stadium, Hammersmith, hell, most after shows.


  • In all those years, I never did it myself, and I was peeved when others did. I always joined the back and got there early. But I understood why they did it. Not everyone could get there when I could.


  • Some people object from the moral high ground of “first come, first served”, and choose to ignore the fact that they were in the privileged position of either close proximity, or the flexibility of work. This, in effect, gives them an unfair advantage over may others.


  • They could claim, “tough shit, that’s my luck”. But equally, someone who has a friend in the queue could claim “tough shit, that’s my luck”. As the saying goes, you make your own luck.


  • To me, there is a difference in diehard fans looking after diehard fans, to some of the piss heads in the queue last night who had nothing better to do and let 10 friends in because they wanted to check out what Prince was like.i>
  • At the end of it all, I blame the planners. Amateur at best. There are easy ways to deal with first come first served fairly, or they could avoid it completely and worked out a typical fan based system.


  • But ask yourself this. If you were one of those further back in the queue and had received word that the back entrance to the ballroom (there is one) had opened early and you could run round and get in, would you have refused to use it, instead, asking security staff to inform those at the front?


  • If you had refused, even at the risk of missing out, then you are a better man or woman than me or, I'm guessing, the majority of the queue.


  • If you had run round, you are no different to anyone else making hay over an unfair opportunity.




Some very valid points there, the highlighted one was what really pissed me off yesterday. Especially the mob that pretended to be onlookers across the road from the entrance. That there wasn't a major fracas or worse was a surprise.
If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.

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Reply #1822 posted 02/06/14 12:36pm

dayzofwyld

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Rumours going around about Royal Albert hall tomorrow.

Before you try and start rumours please check to see if the Royal Albert Hall has other shows on tomorrow night...and they have!

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Reply #1823 posted 02/06/14 12:37pm

rolyateel

slightly off topic, but all this malarky made me dig out my old gig photo's

Prince @ The Forum aftershow 31st July 1993

http://web.stagram.com/p/650094202174200790_200097197

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Reply #1824 posted 02/06/14 12:39pm

2elijah

They probably just need to sell tix online. But even if they do and it's general admission, there is still also the problem of people dashing inside the venue to get up front, which happens a lot with general admission. Not unless they have an organized line entry of course, once people are inside the venue. The venue just needed to be more organized with the line and entry into the venue situation. Anyway, hope you all have fun at the shows.

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Reply #1825 posted 02/06/14 12:39pm

rolyateel

jaypotton said:

SquirrelMeat said:

That was the excuse. That wasn't the reason.

What was the reason? I was one of those who had tix and was absolutely gutted it got cancelled. I remember going up to Wembley with friends to get our refund on the day of the planned gig. Sun was shining, it was glorious - rubbed a lot of salt in the wound!

I can only remember it being blamed on the bad weather forecast

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Reply #1826 posted 02/06/14 12:41pm

tembatom

Any 'news' about tonight?

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Reply #1827 posted 02/06/14 12:45pm

dayzofwyld

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Any 'news' about tonight?

Why what's happening tonight or are you too lazy to read a few lines back?

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Reply #1828 posted 02/06/14 12:48pm

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Hammersmith has cock all booked for February, 7th, 9th, 15th, 22nd, 23rd and 28th are the only nights with stuff on smile

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Reply #1829 posted 02/06/14 12:50pm

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Rumours going around about Royal Albert hall tomorrow.


I'm seeing Cirque Du Soleil at Royal Albert Hall tomorrow night
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