Honestly Twickets is your pal.
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And this is one of the reasons Robert Smith is just brilliant. Love him!
It feels like so many people have done it literally for engagement on their socials. I didn't like them at the time, so I'm not fussed, but even I had Ticketmaster open in the background for about 20 minutes until I thought WTF am I doing?
I don’t think people have clamoured for Oasis tickets just to resell or social media clout.
Hype is a powerful thing. It’s just FOMO.
Hype is a powerful thing. It’s just FOMO.
Yeah fomo for sure. And inflated resale for a minority - but sounds like a big effort to curb that. As far as it can ever be.
Rob Smith is the best.
Rob Smith is the best.
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I never knew about Twickets, so I have signed up and put on two alerts, one for Dublin and one for the UK. The funny thing is is that it’s actually cheaper to hop over to England for a night than to stay one night in Dublin. I’m not from Dublin, so factor in the cost of diesel, tolls, extortionate accommodation, food and drinks etc..
One Ryanair flight, better priced accommodation in UK and you get to travel to another country works out better value.
It is totally.
I had two colleagues, one paid 150 to see Bruce Sprinsteen in Dublin, another paid 80 for the same concert in Barcelona. The Barcelona guy probably paid more overall but he got a mini holiday on the back of it (4 nights I think).
So yeah, if I'm to do the gig thing again I'd look outside of Ireland.
His side eye at the end is the icing on the cake!This is another reason
Interesting how quickly the video of Liam choking his girlfriend during an argument on a night out got swept under the rug. Hardly a ‘gentleman’ as someone commented here earlier.
'The Salad Way' had excellent reviews (quite right too, it's a fantastic album) but Covid killed the comeback, sadly. They were due to tour starting the middle of March 2020 and then... blam. Once the interminable lockdowns had ended the momentum had gone and inter-band squabbles and personal issues didn't help. As a side note, Marijne did a series of live listen alongs on Facebook during Covid which are well worth a watch, I think they're still up, though one or two of the songs have been silenced due to FB copyright issues (!!!)
I can say for definite
(is 'watermelon' just a Jack Monroe thread thing or Tattle-wide? I can never remember) there'll be no reforming any time soon, certainly not in public, but never say never - no line has been drawn in the sand. Meanwhile, Paul is doing his MartPaul project, Charley continues to be in All The Bands as well her own solo stuff, and Marijne recently did a Q&A chat thing in Worthing and sang at Jon Hunt's (last Salad bassist) album launch the other week.---
I notice Simon 'I invented Romo dontcha know' Price overlooks Nicky Wire's Michael Stipe AIDS commentA professional writer (Simon Price) saying it better than I ever could…
Of course he does.
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Threw Catatonia on the Spotify there in the gym. The memories came rushing back. They were a brilliant band, plus the Welsh accent is my most favourite accent ever. Sigh.I am middle aged.
The Welsh accent is the best
My mum had all the catatonia albums and used to.play them whilst doing house work.
I think that having a female singer with a lovely husky voice and Welsh accent really helps them stand out and sound fresh. I think there songs still sound distinct now, just think they have been a bit forgotten.
I think that having a female singer with a lovely husky voice and Welsh accent really helps them stand out and sound fresh. I think there songs still sound distinct now, just think they have been a bit forgotten.
I listened to International Velvet so much that my mum knew all the words to sing along to. I know many will say either Mulder And Scully or Road Rage but to me, their best song is Game On. While it's technically not Catatonia, The Ballad Of Tom Jones that Cerys did with Space is up there too.
An Irish fan of The Cure in the early 80s wrote a letter to Robert Smith, finding out his address through a friend who worked in audio, saying that he was trying to put a band together and just asking for general advice. Robert called him and said he'd love to hear some songs of his when he got them recorded. A year later and having formed a duo called Zerra One, he gets a demo tape to Robert who says that not only were the songs great, but he'd love for them to go on a three month tour with The Cure.
Support acts often get an awful deal from bands, having to buy on to a tour, but Robert told them that they'd be travelling with The Cure in their tour bus, they'd stay in the same hotels, have the same catering, use their lighting and sound engineers - all for free. Plus they'd be paid a fee per night and get daily expenses.
Robert even ended up doing the front of house sound for them after a few nights in, as he felt he could capture their sound better, knowing their songs.
He's deservedly always had a great reputation.
My favourite is International Velvet from the album, the Welsh song. I don’t know what she is saying but I love it.
sounds like I could be your mum!!!
Soooo, in the sequel of the 90s Britpop-battle, 2023 Blur doing Wembley and whatnot, Oasis doing their tour, Oasis have won. Opinions on that? Why are Oasis more sustainable than Blur?