Arcade Fire

[bocumaroy]

Just now, Will-2609 said:

Yeah I'm pretty sure I saw Muse for like £30-odd at Manchester Academy on the Psycho tour, when their usual gigs at the time were probably around £60.

If Arcade Fire are charging full price for these gigs I should hope we'll get a proper show and not some shortened set filled with new songs.

I'm still gonna try because there'll be no travel costs and seeing them in such a small, local venue will be an experience. But if it's anything less than a proper, full set I'd feel a bit short changed.

I'd be surprised if it wasn't given that they're promoted just like any other gigs, rather than with a pseudonym/alias etc. 

[dentalplan]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Heh.  VIP tix for Pirate Keith and the lads last week in the Dam topped out at 1100 euros.

But then no risk of them playing Flashbulb Eyes.

 You bastard. 

Just now, bocumaroy said:

I expect £50+ for the arena shows but I always assumed they were way more expensive to put on. I don't know how it works between venue/promoter/band though tbf. 

Wouldn't be surprised if their arena shows became way more expensive this time anyway.

Yeah, imports are gettin' 'spensive across the board. But we get to keep our sovereignty, and you can't put a price on that.

[Gucci Piggy]

4 minutes ago, bocumaroy said:

I'd be surprised if it wasn't given that they're promoted just like any other gigs, rather than with a pseudonym/alias etc. 

Yeah that's a good point tbf.

[aidenlangan95]

The show in Sc**thorpe, at least, is in the round.

[Gucci Piggy]

3 minutes ago, aidenlangan95 said:

The show in Sc**thorpe, at least, is in the round.

The stage will take up the entire concert hall.

[kingcrawler]

Can't make that Edinburgh gig sadly but given the price plus travel and that I'm seeing them at Primavera the week before I'm not too fussed. Hoping for a small gig in Barcelona before Primavera similar to LCD last year. 

[nikkic]

Are we thinking a larger arena tour later in the year is a possibility then? 

[Mouseboy11]

1 hour ago, Will-2609 said:

Yeah I'm pretty sure I saw Muse for like £30-odd at Manchester Academy on the Psycho tour, when their usual gigs at the time were probably around £60.

If Arcade Fire are charging full price for these gigs I should hope we'll get a proper show and not some shortened set filled with new songs.

I'm still gonna try because there'll be no travel costs and seeing them in such a small, local venue will be an experience. But if it's anything less than a proper, full set I'd feel a bit short changed.

Don't know about Manchester but I specifically remember being pissed off Muse were stilling charging £50 when I saw them at Newport 

[Gucci Piggy]

Just now, Mouseboy11 said:

Don't know about Manchester but I specifically remember being pissed off Muse were stilling charging £50 when I saw them at Newport 

Oh really? I'm sure I remember them being quite a bit cheaper than their arena shows. Maybe not then.

[Mouseboy11]

Just now, Will-2609 said:

Oh really? I'm sure I remember them being quite a bit cheaper than their arena shows. Maybe not then.

May have just been a premium for having to come to Newport to be fair.

[FloorFiller]

17 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Are we thinking a larger arena tour later in the year is a possibility then? 

Possibly, although people said the same thing when they announced their intimate 2013 tour and then the arena tour never came 

What with the album not being released yet (and possibly not being released by the time of these small shows) you'd certainly hope/expect some more shows will come later on when it has been released (although it must be due in the next couple of months if they're lining up all these shows).

[evilduck]

4 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Oh really? I'm sure I remember them being quite a bit cheaper than their arena shows. Maybe not then.

The London arena gigs were like £85. We got shafted!

[Gucci Piggy]

24 minutes ago, evilduck said:

The London arena gigs were like £85. We got shafted!

Fucking hell, really? I'm sure Manchester Arena standing tickets were like £50, but I wasn't bothered enough to pay that much and only ended up going because my brother bought me a ticket.

[Odessa]

25 minutes ago, Will-2609 said:

Fucking hell, really? I'm sure Manchester Arena standing tickets were like £50, but I wasn't bothered enough to pay that much and only ended up going because my brother bought me a ticket.

Manchester Academy tickets cost me over £40 after fees and standing for the Arena was £65 + fees. Came to nearly £150 for a pair of them, I remember buying a pair for my brother, disgusting price. 

£45 + fees for Arcade Fire seems about as good as it was gonna be realistically. Has anyone seen what London Grammar are charging?! Coming in at nearly £40 after fees which makes these AF gigs seem a bargain.

[adequate8]

13 hours ago, iaintcool said:

I can't believe this! I'm from Sc**thorpe originally so I'm flying back there before Glasto (Family still live there) But I don't land until the 8th! Wish I held of another week before I booked my flights. Devastated

 

15 hours ago, Iron14 said:

Unfortunately we share that honour mate

another Scunny efester here! Manchester based now so was looking to get a FV castlefield bowl ticket but gonna venture back for the Baths gig (if I get tickets!).
 

I've not been since DJ Kev and Steve Birds Friday night club nights in 2001...

Edited May 16, 2017 by adequate8
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[evilduck]

1 hour ago, Will-2609 said:

Fucking hell, really? I'm sure Manchester Arena standing tickets were like £50, but I wasn't bothered enough to pay that much and only ended up going because my brother bought me a ticket.

£73.00 standing, but that was before fees and shit. I ended up getting one on the day for £48 and considered that a bargain

[bocumaroy]

2 hours ago, nikkic said:

Are we thinking a larger arena tour later in the year is a possibility then? 

Possibly yeah, no way that these would be the only shows. Could see it maybe being as late as next summer though if they're doing festivals again, with them probably touring the US and Canada then South America this year. 

[kaytee...]

Might give this a miss just being greedy I'm already seeing them in Manchester and just paid up for National tickets.

Don't think anything will beat having seen them in Blackpool anywah

[Lord Rooster]

Just booked the day after off work!  Now I just need to pray to the ticketing gods that I'm successful tomorrow.

Going from having no Glastonbury tickets and no gigs booked up for the year at the start of last month to being successful in the resale and getting tickets for two of my favourite bands would be quite the turnaround.  Almost too good to realistically happen...

[John_P]

Priced up trains and a hotel, so tempting! Think I'll have to make do with Manchester to save pennies for Glastonbury.

[Muppetmark]

the edinburgh gig is tempting but its a lot when you factor in accommodation and travel  

[Gucci Piggy]

Bit confused. Tickets are available online and from the box office so I was gonna go down in person and try that way as I guessed I'd be more likely to be successful, but the Baths Hall website says box office opens at 10:30am. Does anyone know (based on what venues usually do) whether they'll probably open it early at 9am, or whether the box office tickets will just be available from 10:30? Probably a stupid question but I've never bought tickets in person before.

[Hutchmaster]

1 minute ago, Will-2609 said:

Bit confused. Tickets are available online and from the box office so I was gonna go down in person and try that way as I guessed I'd be more likely to be successful, but the Baths Hall website says box office opens at 10:30am. Does anyone know (based on what venues usually do) whether they'll probably open it early at 9am, or whether the box office tickets will just be available from 10:30? Probably a stupid question but I've never bought tickets in person before.

I could completely wrong here, but they might save some tickets aside just for the box office?

[Gucci Piggy]

3 minutes ago, Johnkhutch said:

I could completely wrong here, but they might save some tickets aside just for the box office?

Yeah I'm assuming there'll be a separate allocation for box office but I can't work out whether they'll go on sale at 10:30 or whether box office will open early at 9.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Will-2609

[Gucci Piggy]

Found out it is 9am from box office.