I've been to Royal Albert Hall just twice. The first time was a classical concert which was amazing, but the second time for a Pop show it was utterly dreadful. The sound was horrendous. You couldn't hear a single word sung or uttered from a microphone.

Ooh, Tate Modern would be amazing - I work just around the corner.

Must. Stop. Speculating.

Why do I feel that there is going to be a lot of dismay and dissapointment ahead...

....Fans not being able to get tickets for small venues that are vastly overpriced etc etc

onecrush said:

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Whitnail said:

I saw Placebo at the 02 Academy in Brixton lately, that would certainly suit his 3rdeyegirl concept and the sound is good there as well. Hammersmith is another venue I would love to see him play in.

Saw Prince at the Brixton Academy on the Jam Of The Year Tour, was amazing in that venue and yes, 3rdEye would definitely work there. He did Hammersmith also on the ONA tour, was also amazing.

I don't care what venue he chooses, or however much it costs....

Just praying I can get a ticket for even a couple of shows.

I'm seriously shaking on the inside! The nervous energy in me vibrating through my whole being!! Please Lord, let me be lucky enough 2 get a ticket!

skilletnomicrowave said:

Lol! Prince always knows when I'm broke.

That's why you got to sock away some bux when you can and have a Prince concert chest ready for when he announces short notice stuff.

when is the $200 a ticket phase going to be over? lol. it's almost impossible to catch more than one show. i don't have that kind of money. even if i wanted to fly over the Atlantic and see him.

Prince is always going to think of the UK as just London and it would not suprise me if he just plays London. Really worried on ticket prices.

Royal Albet hall is bad for rock/pop gigs although saw Harry Connick JR and he was playing big band/jazz music and it sounded great so we could have a bit of a mixed sound.

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So it seems it is going to be pretty last minute on details like where and how much? So we have to be glued to this for 10 days? Maybe see you there? I would love it to be the Union Chapel which is a great venue but that would be a real stampede for tickets.

peachwish said:

Prince is always going to think of the UK as just London and it would not suprise me if he just plays London. Really worried on ticket prices.

Royal Albet hall is bad for rock/pop gigs although saw Harry Connick JR and he was playing big band/jazz music and it sounded great so we could have a bit of a mixed sound.

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Just a few years ago he performed in Kent....of all places.

there will be more European dates according to a dutch newssite...

jamiestarr1uk said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I hate the royal albert hall. The acoustics are truly awful

Its fully booked anyway, Brixton barely has any dates, we could elliminate some venues if we're bored. I've checked 2, im done!

So what is actually happening? We have an announcement that there's going to be an announcement. This is so Prince.

Its the BRIT awards on the 19th......mmmmmmm

rafael said:

there will be more European dates according to a dutch newssite...

I'll definately keep my eyes and ears open for that German gig!

It's about time!

Prost!

So he's supposedly starting a tour of the UK in 10 days, but none of the dates or venues have been announced?!

Well, it will be interesting to see how organised it is, how easy it will be to get tickets and how many shows he will do.

If they are small venues, there won't be a problem if we all over subscribe trying to get tickets, but I'm up for a pact with the usual purple heads on here to cover our collective backs.

Aside from a couple of friends who I always get tickets for, I'm happy to share the spares here first with the orgers at cost to avoid us having to battle the secondary market and ebay.

If we work together I'm sure we can secure the small venues for each other.

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fnksoul said:

I think it seems a bit quiet to be fair this announcement doesn't seem very official, no noises coming from prince manager of the 3rd eye twitter. Maybe I'm clutching at straws that's it's not just London venues? Haha

Its on BBC from an official press release. It hints at outside of London too. I'm hoping Cambridge.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...s-25876661

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SquirrelMeat said:

Well, it will be interesting to see how organised it is, how easy it will be to get tickets and how many shows he will do.

If they are small venues, there won't be a problem if we all over subscribe trying to get tickets, but I'm up for a pact with the usual purple heads on here to cover or collective backs.

Aside from a couple of friends who I always get tickets for, I'm happy to share the spares here first with the orgers at cost to avoid us having to battle the secondary market and ebay.

If we work together I'm sure we can secure the small venues for each other.

I'm with you on this one and happy to buy what I can to sell at cost to Orgers. Already thinking through best way to get tickets...spend hours on the internet, ticketmaster fiasco of systems crashing, frustration, remember it all from 2007 O2 gigs or go into London and buy direct from venue when sales commence.

I'm sure demand from celebs will be high for their freebies, then we have the touts to contend with....BRING IT ON

Tottenham Hotspurs training ground in Enfield will be a good place for a gig Prince.

ConsciousContact said:

Tottenham Hotspurs training ground in Enfield will be a good place for a gig Prince.

Prince could get Lamela to work the door. At least then he could contribute something positive. Or AVB could take on managing the tour as his next "project"