indigomoonbeam said:

Doctorfunk said:

indigomoonbeam said:

I take it you agree ? Lol Good I thought it was only me hoping and praying that no more details about Manchester are announced until the day, I'm already struggling between panic, dread and utter excitement. As it is I can't stay over so Friday is all I have to look froward to and I haven't even booked the day off yet. If I hear the venue is announced early or tickets are going on sale in advance I'm gonna b gutted.

At least everyone has a chance of attending if tickets go onsale online instead of a selective few who can queue all day

egansmind said:

I cannot see how it is fair for everyone by doing short notice queing with no tickets in advance

I live in Cardiff which is 2.5 hours away on the train and with no chance of getting back at night so a hotel is required.

There is no way I would go to London and queue all day and risk not seeing a gig after spending all that money on travel and accomodation

What about families etc, they cannot just leave and queue all day.

Tickets on online works for 99.9% of artists so I dont know why Prince would make his fans queue up in the cold for 10-14 hours. That isnt fair

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Stranger said:

Doctorfunk said:

egansmind said:

I cannot see how it is fair for everyone by doing short notice queing with no tickets in advance

I live in Cardiff which is 2.5 hours away on the train and with no chance of getting back at night so a hotel is required.

There is no way I would go to London and queue all day and risk not seeing a gig after spending all that money on travel and accomodation

What about families etc, they cannot just leave and queue all day.

Tickets on online works for 99.9% of artists so I dont know why Prince would make his fans queue up in the cold for 10-14 hours. That isnt fair

I'm not sure any of this is fair, I too have family and I too live in Wales, London is virtually impossible and Manchester won't be easy either. All I'm saying is once you've chosen one way for London you shouldn't now change it for Manchester. It may seem selfish but the fact i can probably go to Manchester and wait for announcement is lucky for me but it is also how all the dates so far have been handled. If I arrange Friday off work when I go back to the office and then I hear tickets are available via a website and I miss out because I'm in the office when the pre sale takes place then I will have booked a day off for nothing, and that wouldn't be fair either. In truth, none of this is perfect. If it had a choice I'd prefer advanced tickets for a tour, all the dates, all the venues all at the same time. It is what it is. I'm sure, like me, you have read all the reports from the shows and thought....why London only?

I dont mind that it is London only to be honest but a tour schedule/plan would have been good so I can make arrangements to go. i.e. book time off work, buy a ticket, book a hotel, transport etc

He done proper gigs in the States so I dont see why he couldnt do the same here.

How many people has he played to so far with these shows, not many if you look at the bigger picture. (3% of his fans maybe)

I am not saying he needs to do the 02 again but his management need to do things that is practicle to the other 97% of his fans in the UK

I am a little cheesed off to be honest my friend and I dont mean to rant at you !

egansmind said:

egansmind said:

Doctorfunk said:

egansmind said: I'm not sure any of this is fair, I too have family and I too live in Wales, London is virtually impossible and Manchester won't be easy either. All I'm saying is once you've chosen one way for London you shouldn't now change it for Manchester. It may seem selfish but the fact i can probably go to Manchester and wait for announcement is lucky for me but it is also how all the dates so far have been handled. If I arrange Friday off work when I go back to the office and then I hear tickets are available via a website and I miss out because I'm in the office when the pre sale takes place then I will have booked a day off for nothing, and that wouldn't be fair either. In truth, none of this is perfect. If it had a choice I'd prefer advanced tickets for a tour, all the dates, all the venues all at the same time. It is what it is. I'm sure, like me, you have read all the reports from the shows and thought....why London only?

I dont mind that it is London only to be honest but a tour schedule/plan would have been good so I can make arrangements to go. i.e. book time off work, buy a ticket, book a hotel, transport etc

He done proper gigs in the States so I dont see why he couldnt do the same here.

How many people has he played to so far with these shows, not many if you look at the bigger picture. (3% of his fans maybe)

I am not saying he needs to do the 02 again but his management need to do things that is practicle to the other 97% of his fans in the UK

I am a little cheesed off to be honest my friend and I dont mean to rant at you !

He has kinda given a plan though now, get yourself to manchester next weekend, I was pissed like you about all the shows being in London, and made up he's coming to Manchester so i feel your pain, but Honestly get yourself up here friday or sat, drive up, sleep in your car if needs be, or hotels dont cost the earth like london, I've not heard of alot not getting to see a show, if they have queued, some have got into two shows in a night, so he is playing to the demand

egansmind said:

I cannot see how it is fair for everyone by doing short notice queing with no tickets in advance

I live in Cardiff which is 2.5 hours away on the train and with no chance of getting back at night so a hotel is required.

There is no way I would go to London and queue all day and risk not seeing a gig after spending all that money on travel and accomodation

What about families etc, they cannot just leave and queue all day.

Tickets on online works for 99.9% of artists so I dont know why Prince would make his fans queue up in the cold for 10-14 hours. That isnt fair

I do agree with you, but these appear to be hype-building promotional events.. building a buzz for the new album. These are the kind of shows that get people talking. People missing out creates the illusion of huge demand. Prince tickets are the hottest tickets in town right now BECAUSE not everyone can get them. Everybody wants them, but only the luckiest get the chance. It may suck for most of us, but it's exciting and makes the media take notice.

However, I've never seen Prince live, and I'm dying to, so I sympathise with you. I would have no problem with not managing to go to these shows if I could have any faith that he'd come back to do 'proper' shows for the rest of us any time soon, but this is Prince. He hasn't been here in 7 years. He might never come back! Who knows?

Hopefully this visit will remind him that there is huge demand for him in the UK, and he'll come back soon for some large scale, advance ticket shows for ALL of his fans to enjoy.

A few people on Twitter have been moaning about the lack of hits and length of the 2nd gig

I would have happily swapped with them !!

Saw first show after queueing since 11.30am. Awesome show, but just wanted to say thank you and hello to the lovely people I met in the queue. Marion, Ronnie, son Callum, Harry, Sabrina, Clare, Finnish guy, Andy, the guy I met on Friday, and Maggie who I met on Friday. Hope you all had a brilliant night.

And, the whole point of this message, f*** you to the woman at the back of the stalls who ruined my night and many other people's by being such a f***ing b*tch. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. I know that if anyone reads this and experienced it they will understand. Peace and love x

Sorry for the negativity but am going to post anyway

TracyTracy said:

egansmind said:

A few people on Twitter have been moaning about the lack of hits and length of the 2nd gig

I would have happily swapped with them !!

Hits?! Prince might not swear anymore but i do. My opinion is fuck them. Basically.

Casuals need to read reviews before laying down their money. Morons.

If it keeps a few of them away from Manchester, all the better for real fans who know most of his stuff.

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aiden said:

TracyTracy said:

Saw first show after queueing since 11.30am. Awesome show, but just wanted to say thank you and hello to the lovely people I met in the queue. Marion, Ronnie, son Callum, Harry, Sabrina, Clare, Finnish guy, Andy, the guy I met on Friday, and Maggie who I met on Friday. Hope you all had a brilliant night.

And, the whole point of this message, f*** you to the woman at the back of the stalls who ruined my night and many other people's by being such a f***ing b*tch. Sorry, I had to get that off my chest. I know that if anyone reads this and experienced it they will understand. Peace and love x

Sorry for the negativity but am going to post anyway

Whoah, what did she do??

basically loads of pushing and growling, she had a purple lead coming out of her earpiece and a note book, i wasn't sure for ages whether she worked at the venue or something but i don't think she did. she had a go at me for putting my arms in the air at the beginning and then pushed another girl really roughly loads of times. she didn't seem to be enjoying herself much though

The pricing of these Hit N Run shows are so ad hoc. One show is $70, one show is $10, then another show some fans are let in for free during the end of show number 2 at Koko.

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aiden said:

I AM IN!!!

Excellent. Third show or squeezed in the end of the second?

SquirrelMeat said:

Marrk said:

egansmind said:

A few people on Twitter have been moaning about the lack of hits and length of the 2nd gig

I would have happily swapped with them !!

Hits?! Prince might not swear anymore but i do. My opinion is fuck them. Basically.

Casuals need to read reviews before laying down their money. Morons.

If it keeps a few of them away from Manchester, all the better for real fans who know most of his stuff.

[Edited 2/16/14 15:33pm]

I agree. In fact, I admire any artist that still pushes their new music. To be fair to Prince, there were more old than new. But not the obvious tracks. Shall we start the twitter rumour now that Prince will play just The News album in its entirely at manchester. The casual doves can stay at home.