wow, just read a great post on the likely loss he has made so far & I am humbled. I can be so critical at times BUT just want to say a huge thanks for the gigs so far. Hell even at 70.00 that is a bargain [how much you pay for Beyonce' once they hit viagogo, seatwave etc? - try 200.00= for half decent seats]. Without going into a maths lesson it is clear & obvious that over the lasr 3 gigs he would have lost a tonne of cash from his own pocket.

So a HUUUUUUGE thanks to you Mr. P.

Any other purple heads care to say tahnks then please do [please DO NOT moan about the lack of presale tix..at £10 quick a ticket we can't complain!]

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I do think this was a last minute change.

The publicity of the Camden shows should have meant this would be a sell out, but with 2 hours to go the Q was only around the 1000 mark which would have been a disaster for him.

So to change it to his favour and make great PR the price was dropped to the same as last week.

He would have lost more than it cost last night if it was only half full.

And he was right, as the amount on here was saying they would go as soon as the price went down.

Didnt bother me either way as i was prepared to pay £70.

I don't know how he's doing it but Prince has a smart way of making money, he'll breakeven or walk away with a nice profit by the end of his tour I'm sure......

Maybe a newspaper or mag would pay him for a EP ?

The Hits must be higher in the charts i guess?

The Brit Awards are next week 19th? - another gig?

dont think he actually is making money with this so called tour...

LEWISTAYLORFAN said:

Sorry I think £70 is alot to wait inline for hours without a promise of a ticket or seat. In case you have not noticed the UK is in a bad recession. If you booking from the comfort of your home then top price £50 if that. Factoring in he not playing much of his old stuff and it new material and the album not out yet and most fans do not know this 3EG stuff because he drip feeding it on you tube then £50 top price IMHO. I would rather vomit than pay top money to see Beyonce she is not soul to me. So considering he is giving the tickets away for £10 but waiting a long time in queue yes it is a bargain. So I thank the purple royal highness.

I think you've missed the point. This is not about old stuff, it's about Prince playing what he wants to those hardcore enough to go with him. £70 is not pricy for a big name act nowadays. Look at the price of VIP tickets for big acts to get an up-close experience. The Police charged £90 for tickets in a stadium (Twickenham) about 5 years ago. A big act in a small venue should cost more, £70 is pricy, but not unreasonable. £10 is a bargain.

Name artists you can see for £10. RU40 (a UB40 tribute!) are £12 and Heaven 17 are £30.

powersoul99 said:

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I do think this was a last minute change.

The publicity of the Camden shows should have meant this would be a sell out, but with 2 hours to go the Q was only around the 1000 mark which would have been a disaster for him.

So to change it to his favour and make great PR the price was dropped to the same as last week.

He would have lost more than it cost last night if it was only half full.

And he was right, as the amount on here was saying they would go as soon as the price went down.

Didnt bother me either way as i was prepared to pay £70.

1000 x £70 = 70k

2000 x £10 = 20K

I think P did this one for the hell of it. The queue was already at 1,200 when they announced the price change. He CHOSE to loose money, otherwise he could have made four fold what he did. If it was about publicity, he could have taken the 70 quid, then announced free entry for the remainder. and filled in up in no time.

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

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SquirrelMeat said:

powersoul99 said:

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I do think this was a last minute change.

The publicity of the Camden shows should have meant this would be a sell out, but with 2 hours to go the Q was only around the 1000 mark which would have been a disaster for him.

So to change it to his favour and make great PR the price was dropped to the same as last week.

He would have lost more than it cost last night if it was only half full.

And he was right, as the amount on here was saying they would go as soon as the price went down.

Didnt bother me either way as i was prepared to pay £70.

1000 x £70 = 70k

2000 x £10 = 20K

I think P did this one for the hell of it. The queue was already at 1,200 when they announced the price change. He CHOSE to loose money, otherwise he could have made four fold what he did. If it was about publicity, he could have taken the 70 quid, then announced free entry for the remainder. and filled in up in no time.

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

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You missed the point, it's not about money, a half full venue that only holds 2000 people would be a disaster for a superstar like prince.

just see the Metro headlines "Prince can only get half audience if he charges full price".

Dreamer2 said:

I don't know how he's doing it but Prince has a smart way of making money, he'll breakeven or walk away with a nice profit by the end of his tour I'm sure......

Maybe a newspaper or mag would pay him for a EP ?

The Hits must be higher in the charts i guess?

The Brit Awards are next week 19th? - another gig?

I think tis wll be part funded by the Record label releasing the new album for promotion, he'll certainly walk away with some cash out of it in the end, venues all booked last min, which means low hire costs etc... He wont have been out of pocket by it anyway.

SquirrelMeat said:

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

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Yeah and he didn't deliver. £10 is approx $16.40. Prince makes out like he wants to be good to us, leads us on, then shits all over us with £10 entry instead of the £6.10 which would actually be $10. I think he hates us.

TheEnglishGent said:

SquirrelMeat said:

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

[Edited 2/10/14 14:15pm]

Yeah and he didn't deliver. £10 is approx $16.40. Prince makes out like he wants to be good to us, leads us on, then shits all over us with £10 entry instead of the £6.10 which would actually be $10. I think he hates us.

Its Crystal Ball all over again.

TheEnglishGent said:

SquirrelMeat said:

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

[Edited 2/10/14 14:15pm]

Yeah and he didn't deliver. £10 is approx $16.40. Prince makes out like he wants to be good to us, leads us on, then shits all over us with £10 entry instead of the £6.10 which would actually be $10. I think he hates us.

lol

powersoul99 said:

SquirrelMeat said:

1000 x £70 = 70k

2000 x £10 = 20K

I think P did this one for the hell of it. The queue was already at 1,200 when they announced the price change. He CHOSE to loose money, otherwise he could have made four fold what he did. If it was about publicity, he could have taken the 70 quid, then announced free entry for the remainder. and filled in up in no time.

He did say over a week ago that he wanted $10 tickets.

[Edited 2/10/14 14:15pm]

You missed the point, it's not about money, a half full venue that only holds 2000 people would be a disaster for a superstar like prince.

just see the Metro headlines "Prince can only get half audience if he charges full price".

I see your point, but if it were about the money and the publicity, he simple could have announced it 24 hours earlier. I just get the feeling at the moment he doesn't give a shit and he's enjoying himself. It is crap buisness practice, but thats been the story of Prince since 92.

SquirrelMeat said:

powersoul99 said:

I see your point, but if it were about the money and the publicity, he simple could have announced it 24 hours earlier. I just get the feeling at the moment he doesn't give a shit and he's enjoying himself. It is crap buisness practice, but thats been the story of Prince since 92.

yep, i think he's just having a blast!..suspect there's some big £ gigs already sorted around the corner to compensate?

SquirrelMeat said:

powersoul99 said:

I see your point, but if it were about the money and the publicity, he simple could have announced it 24 hours earlier. I just get the feeling at the moment he doesn't give a shit and he's enjoying himself. It is crap buisness practice, but thats been the story of Prince since 92.

It sure is, but aren't we doing well from it! If this doesn't finally shut up those that keep saying Prince is all about the money, then nothing will.

funkyhead said:

SquirrelMeat said:

I see your point, but if it were about the money and the publicity, he simple could have announced it 24 hours earlier. I just get the feeling at the moment he doesn't give a shit and he's enjoying himself. It is crap buisness practice, but thats been the story of Prince since 92.

yep, i think he's just having a blast!..suspect there's some big £ gigs already sorted around the corner to compensate?

Hard to read at the moment. 3EG suits small hot and sweaty venues. but it could also suit festivals. Not sure about arenas. He could bring in the NPG for arenas, but that might take away from the 3EG promotion. I think he is making it up as he goes, and for once, I quite like that.

SquirrelMeat said:

funkyhead said:

yep, i think he's just having a blast!..suspect there's some big £ gigs already sorted around the corner to compensate?

Hard to read at the moment. 3EG suits small hot and sweaty venues. but it could also suit festivals. Not sure about arenas. He could bring in the NPG for arenas, but that might take away from the 3EG promotion. I think he is making it up as he goes, and for once, I quite like that.

agreed, never a dull moment in Purple Land!

funkyhead said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Hard to read at the moment. 3EG suits small hot and sweaty venues. but it could also suit festivals. Not sure about arenas. He could bring in the NPG for arenas, but that might take away from the 3EG promotion. I think he is making it up as he goes, and for once, I quite like that.

agreed, never a dull moment in Purple Land!

I think it all comes down to whether you've had a recent purple fix. After the last week, I'm getting him more than ever and reconnecting with him as an artist. If I missed the latest gigs because of distance or lack of management planning, I'd be frustrated! I was listening to Lets Go Crazy Redux in the car on the way to work this morning. Already it is 1000 times better than it sounded a week ago, because now, I can feel it.

funkyhead said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Hard to read at the moment. 3EG suits small hot and sweaty venues. but it could also suit festivals. Not sure about arenas. He could bring in the NPG for arenas, but that might take away from the 3EG promotion. I think he is making it up as he goes, and for once, I quite like that.

agreed, never a dull moment in Purple Land!

i really love it, he's like a musical banksy!! where's eee gonna strike next?!!

I seriously doubt that he was going to charge more than £10 anyway for the Empire gig, the £70 charge was all a ruse.

I think we'll see the £10 charge for the smaller venues (excluding Ronnie's if he plays there which seems unlikely as he seems to have upset the management there), and places like the O2 towards the end of the month for a more typical charge and advance booking (of only a few days though).

The small gigs are where it's at for me.

My take on this is, like a lot of things over the years, we will never know the real story. Its a 'Life ain't no fun without mystery' moment.

I stood right behind the guys with the placards in the queue. Had a heated debate with them about what they were doing, not because I thought it was wrong, but in the beginning it was bringing out the nasty side of some passers by. After what happened in the queue at the EB, I was in no mood for another tension filled night waiting to get in.

Like others have said, 70 quid was going to be a lot of money to pay, but when this hit and run tour of small venues was announced I was expecting to pay minimum of 100 quid or more. TBH, if tickets for these gigs were sold online, most of us would have got properly screwed over by the legalized ticket touts such as viagogo and getmein.

I personally think they took a gamble. If we fill the place for 70 a pop and there is no backlash, happy days. After a gig like that, the majority of us would have come out and said it was a bargain. Then the stunt with the placards happened, a lot of angry tweets were being sent. Mostly via people in the queue, and they probably thought this is not worth the bad press or risking a potential backlash. I am sure get enough of that after EB.

I personally thought when I heard it was 70, that it was a ploy to thin the herd and prevent the nonsense that went on in Camden. However, the ticket has 70 on it and 3EG's 'People Power' tweet more or less acknowledges the guys with the placards for the change in price.

Regardless, it was the best gig I have ever been to, I have waited 30 years to experience something as amazing as that, and would have happily handed over a lot more for such an experience.

With that said, Thank you Prince.

I'm not wealthy by any means but this was my first ever time to see Prince. I'd made my mind up & I was seeing him - the £70 we were initially told didn't deter me, nor did 5 hours freezing my butt off in the queue. When we were told it had dropped to a tenner we were all elated but all said the same - we'd have paid the £70. People I met in the queue all said I was in for a great show & they were right. I'd do it all again - I'm hooked! Yeah... great experience - thanks Prince!!!

It's a promotional tour - he'll make all the money back for sure.

I for one have bought some of the newer stuff having seen 3rd Eye Girl.

I'm sure plenty of other people will also be buying Prince music off the back off the gigs and him being in the news and he will tour later for larger ticket prices.

He may also have some high paying 'Private' gigs off the back of it.

nisha24 said:

I'm going to queue 21/22 February I just want to see him . Hope we all get a chance to see him £10.00 or £70.00 cheaper the ticketmaster )))💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Where will you be queueing? What inside info do you have?

TheEnglishGent said:

nisha24 said:

I'm going to queue 21/22 February I just want to see him . Hope we all get a chance to see him £10.00 or £70.00 cheaper the ticketmaster )))💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Sorry gonna call you on this... FAKE!

jaypotton said: