Oasis reunion

[blueparrot]

Gallagher: Working class lacking 'a voice' in music biz

Noel Gallagher says there aren't enough working class people in the arts in the wake of the row between James Blunt and Labour MP Chris Bryant.

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Not saying they didn’t use their background when it suited. Rock stars from the beginning have used their backgrounds when they wanted to all the way back to The Who. Doesn’t mean they ever represented them .Look at Daltrey.

 

[mexico1970]

Not saying they didn’t use their background when it suited. Rock stars from the beginning have used their backgrounds when they wanted to all the way back to The Who. Doesn’t mean they ever represented them .Look at Daltrey.

Now they are out in the open it seems, rich entitled and not a voice for the underclass.

But as you rightly say, they are rich so they don't give a fuck.

 

[BLUEinTheUSA]

But it was £355 for THAT ticket - bit like when you return something to a shop, it gets refunded at the value you paid not the current value of it (if that makes sense).........

Yea, I get what you're saying. I just feel like this gives resellers a sort of price hike precedent, if you will, in case of any legal recourse that could potentially rear its head "if" any resold tickets are declared null and void.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Yea, I get what you're saying. I just feel like this gives resellers a sort of price hike precedent, if you will, in case of any legal recourse that could potentially rear its head "if" any resold tickets are declared null and void.

Who knows mate - you may well be right.

Just how I think it will be penned.....

 

[BLUEinTheUSA]

Who knows mate - you may well be right.

Just how I think it will be penned.....

Fair. It's just a really shitty situation whichever way you look at it.

 

[jrb]

The unhappy backlash across social media is growing.

 

[PinkFinal]

Is the return of Oasis a government psyop?

Noel and Liam Gallagher are back after 15 years apart. Did Keir Starmer force them out of retirement to drown out our national decline? Is the reunion an MI5 conspiracy to stoke nationalist fervour? Maybe!

www.dazeddigital.com

 

[Nightmare Walking]

The unhappy backlash across social media is growing.

No one has a divine right to go and see anyone, just because they were there at the beginning or a so called bigger fan.
I'm grateful that I got to see Oasis at most of their seminal gigs. I don't begrudge anyone else getting the opportunity now.
The only issue I have is the dynamic pricing. Why not just set the price at 225 and everyone pay the same? The tickets were ridiculously priced at £150.

 

[svennis pennis]

The unhappy backlash across social media is growing.

Judging by that whoppers profile picture it looks like one piss throwing, coked up gorilla won’t be in the crowd so that’s a plus.

Tried and failed to get tickets like many others, disappointed about it but not gutted and won’t begrudge anyone that did get tickets or how much they paid either. The surge pricing is shite, Springsteen did it first (I think) and it caused outcry but not to this level. They aren’t the first to do it and they won’t be the last. This unfortunately is the modern way of selling enormous gigs and reacting to the demand.

Oasis, whether you like them or not have crossed generations. I for one am really happy they are back, they are a huge part of my growing up and the last band I bonded with my Dad over before he passed when I was 11. There will be a huge mixture of sentimentally and nostalgia at those shows, but also massive excitement for a new generation to see them and I think that’s great, they won’t give two shits that some bitter old bastards saw them in the 90s playing top trumps. I saw the Stones for the first time on their 50th anniversary and it was fucking brilliant, every living member played that night and I still buzz off the memory of it even now.

Good luck to Liam and Noel, they can enjoy their retirement, know their kids are sorted forever and they can put to bed the band whenever they choose knowing they gave it another go.

 

[Lavinda Past]

The unhappy backlash across social media is growing.

'Real fans'... There's no such thing in relation to music acts. I don't recall ever having, or hearing of, an Oasis season ticket. Someone even suggested that all City season card holders should have been given a 'priority slot' for tickets... What next? Rag fans getting priority for Simply Red tickets?

Some folk rrally are full of their own self-importance. It doesn't matter how 'big' or 'real' a 'fan' you think you are... If you didn't get a ticket, tough shit.

 

[MCFC Wirral]

Good point about the album cover a page or two back. This is Berwick Street in Soho, London. You can see Sister Ray records in the background.

 

[ancoats]

Reunion tours have been all the rage for a while now. Used to be money was made by record sales, now its the other way round.

Yeah lots of the 1980s groups have done tours again and demand is still very high, But the Oasis reunion has blown everybody away with the demand for tickets at crazy prices and fans willing to pay

This is the new way of making big money because of internet piracy, (Live Music) will be the new judge of how good you are, Oasis's 1 million UK ticket sales are this week's number 1

 

[chesterbells]

'Real fans'... There's no such thing in relation to music acts. I don't recall ever having, or hearing of, an Oasis season ticket. Someone even suggested that all City season card holders should have been given a 'priority slot' for tickets... What next? Rag fans getting priority for Simply Red tickets?

Some folk rrally are full of their own self-importance. It doesn't matter how 'big' or 'real' a 'fan' you think you are... If you didn't get a ticket, tough shit.

That was Natalie Pike iirc, and I think she was joking mate ;-)

 

[OB1]

Yes I understand that, just that as I understand it Ticketmaster won’t get the extra money from the ticket sale price and the dynamic pricing.As far as I know, could be wrong ,the ticket seller makes their money from the booking fees, and the ticket money goes to the promoter and artist. Then that money is used to pay the venues and all other costs of the tour.

I don’t know if Ticketmaster get any sort of cut from the ticket money but they certainly charge enough in fees. I’ve never actually bothered to check if the booking fees vary with the ticket price but they were nearly £30 on my ticket, which must be a very substantial profit margin.

I don’t know who invented dynamic pricing software but no doubt TM need to offer it to clients to stay competitive.

I assume the artist approved it’s use but it could just be down to the promoter.

 

[chesterbells]

In a few years they'll be playing Delamere forest

Did you go to the Noel Gallagher gig there a couple of years back? He was brilliant, the best of his solo stuff and some Oasis classics in the second half.

I didn’t bother with even trying for these reunion concerts but I’d go and see him and his band again.

 

[dickie davies]

Did you go to the Noel Gallagher gig there a couple of years back? He was brilliant, the best of his solo stuff and some Oasis classics in the second half.

I didn’t bother with even trying for these reunion concerts but I’d go and see him and his band again.

Simple Minds was the last band I saw there

 

[chesterbells]

Simple Minds was the last band I saw there

Yep, there too, enjoyed that one also.
I recall them playing the 3 opening tracks, then the first time Kerr spoke to us was to say ‘Blimey, I’m knackered already’.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Did you go to the Noel Gallagher gig there a couple of years back? He was brilliant, the best of his solo stuff and some Oasis classics in the second half.

I didn’t bother with even trying for these reunion concerts but I’d go and see him and his band again.

I’ve seen the High Flying Birds a few times.. Brilliant e be every time…

I was at the Knebworth Saturday gig and we’ll be at Murrayfield next year as a family (our eldest lad is away working in July next year so we got tickets for an August show .. We’ll make a week of it by staying in Alnwick

Can’t wait..

 

[chesterbells]

I’ve seen the High Flying Birds a few times.. Brilliant e be every time…

I was at the Knebworth Saturday gig and we’ll be at Murrayfield next year as a family (our eldest lad is away working in July next year so we got tickets for an August show .. We’ll make a week of it by staying in Alnwick

Can’t wait..

Alnwick very pleasant too :-)
Enjoy.

 

[Lavinda Past]

That was Natalie Pike iirc, and I think she was joking mate ;-)

Natalie gets a free pass from me... I'll allow it!