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not at all, I fully endorse the recent article by Matthew Jeffery
Re: Celebration - I have been in 2022, 2024 and 2025 - each has been good for different reasons. From my limited experience of 3 events, I'd say they continue to evolve, somethings work, other things perhaps less so. It's more that I would personally give The Estate a little more leeway here, rather than carping on about they should do this or that - as they will never please all of us, all the time. Plus, to me, it is better to have Celebrations than not. There will come a time, when the bands are too old and we will be as well, that they probably will not work.
"They will never please all of us, all the the time". That's a true statement. But my question would be, have they actually pleased ANY of us at ANY time? I'm talking about the current top dogs now. These guys can't take credit for the 1999 set or the SOTT set etc. So what have they actually done so far that could be considered a positive move that has pleased even half the fan base? And this is not a bad faith argument. I'm genuinely asking because I can't think of anything. | |
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mattosgood said:
not at all, I fully endorse the recent article by Matthew Jeffery
Re: Celebration - I have been in 2022, 2024 and 2025 - each has been good for different reasons. From my limited experience of 3 events, I'd say they continue to evolve, somethings work, other things perhaps less so. It's more that I would personally give The Estate a little more leeway here, rather than carping on about they should do this or that - as they will never please all of us, all the time. Plus, to me, it is better to have Celebrations than not. There will come a time, when the bands are too old and we will be as well, that they probably will not work.
Your fortunate to have the level of disposable income that allows that level of financial output to be sometimes gratifying. I, too, could afford the expenditure. Of everything they've offered, I MIGHT spend $50 to see the npg/revolution perform, but certainly only if they were proximal to my location. I love Prince, but none of what they offer provides value or entices me to travel or enhances my love and understanding. That celebration is the only thing on offer for the 40+ year hard-core fans that supported Prince through his lean years, it's kinda a joke. [Edited 4/16/26 13:03pm] |
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