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1 hour ago, iforaneye said:
This is an arena tour with 1 venue at that capacity in Leicester. He sold two nights at the Hydro in minutes + Aberdeen arena (13,000), Liverpool, Leeds, Dublin, Belfast, Cardiff, 2x Brixton, Newcastle and Norwich.
Norwich, Leicester and Bournemouth are small venues.
I'm in Aberdeen and he hasn't sold out Aberdeen. There is standing tickets on Ticketmaster for £35 this second.
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Kendal Calling used to broadcast the festival live and host recorded sets too.
I can't see any link this year. Have they stopped doing it, or where do I find it?
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12 hours ago, iforaneye said:
Funny to read this. A year later and Gerry is too big an act for Belladrum to even dream of booking him.
Too big for Belladrum?
His tour later this year involves playing in venues of 1500-2000 capacity.
I don't think he's out of the reach for Belladrum at all. I'd rather they left him for places like TRNSMT though.
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Underwhelming is an understatement..
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Thousands of people under the influence of alcohol will always see some issues.
I don't imagine the crime figures would be any worse(probably better) with the equivalent amount of people out on the town for the night.
I've never felt unsafe.
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17 minutes ago, Comfy Bean said:
My brother and sister were there. Set list marginally better than Kendal by the looks of it.
Did you see Colonel Mustard ? Word is they were on good form. KC should get them back and give them a decent slot :-)
I watched about 4 songs and that was enough for me.
I put them in the same category as the hotpots. They both get the crowd going, but they just aren't for me.
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Seen them tonight at Party at the Palace in Linlithgow. It's a small festival and I expected them to do their big hits given the small audience and lack of James fans. They didn't.
The amusing part was where Tim Booth said "we never have a set list. We just play the songs the crowd want".
Crowd vocally "oh sit down.........."
Tim "we don't do requests either".
I had a chuckle.
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A bit late now, but buy one of the phone charging banks from Amazon.
I've bought a few products from Anker and have always been happy.
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On 7/8/2018 at 5:37 PM, SloopJohnB said:
I reckon you’ll need to take them in empty and fill up from water points.....otherwise they’d be ideal for smuggling ?
They were handing out clear water pouches last year and never checked them. I'm sure most people filled them with vodka before going in.
The blue bottles look like they'll open up more options of drinks that can be smuggled.
KC must have the most lenient searches going into the arena ever. Some people got 5l kegs in whilst plenty of people also got glass into the arena.
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On 7/3/2018 at 10:32 PM, devilman said:
Galbraith has a history of running festivals and then selling them or killing them. I fear for this one now then. It'll have to turn a lot more "ned" for him to recoup his money in the short time it normally takes him to kill a festival. The future is not bright. Fortunately though, it's too far North for most of the "here we fucking go" crowd to travel to it so maybe he has a different plan. Will be interesting to see how it goes next year then.
I see they've just added Gerry Cinnamon.
He is very much a "here we ******* go" attraction.
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It's worrying for the music festival scene in Scotland. Too many aren't doing well at all and selling off Belladrum isn't a good sign.
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16 minutes ago, Jonesy1 said:
Think it'll be back to 3 days next year. 5's just a tad too much, think it showed this weekend.
It's way too much. Watching on the TV there is plenty of space for the Killers.
Why do it Friday and Sunday night this week and not Friday and Saturday?
Not only is it 5 nights, but they are pulling Bruno Mars' gig on Tue or Wed as being part of a ticket deal. It's also on the Green.
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Loved the band and Scott was a nice guy.
It was always clear he was a troubled soul. Still never thought this would happen.
RIP Scott.
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13 hours ago, Comfy Bean said:
It was the song about his mum dying and he go pissed off at folk talking through the intro.
All got a bit messy and he abandoned it and they played something else.
They played Moving On later in the set.
I've no idea what the song was they skipped. They barely even started, but it was very slow.
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14 minutes ago, jamj said:
I bet the ones that boo'd wanted sit down and laid played too........on repeat all night......
It was more the way he stopped the song and then made it sound like an insult toward the crowd. It didn't come across well at all.
It's a big ask to expect complete silence.
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12 minutes ago, LOCHLAND5 said:
Was that a Saturday night November 2014 ? Did the crowd grab Tim booths cock while he was crowd surfing ? If so I was there in the seats didn’t seem that empty ! All though I had been on the bevy all day with the cnumbty clan so I wouldn’t of known any how lol
I don't remember the penis bit, but I think it was 2014 maybe 2015.
They had pulled a black curtain right across the top tier.
The one thing that stood out was when they started off playing off a low key song and Tim suddenly stopped due to a little background noise.
He said something along the lines of "Glasgow on a Saturday night isn't place to be doing this........."
It came across as rude and the crowd did boo a bit. It was a bit awkward.
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4 hours ago, LOCHLAND5 said:
Errrrr party at the palace has some hefty corporate sponsors and it’s for charity !
The sun , Bauer radio , glens vodka to name a few !
I agree though RUN DMC as a headliner sucks pipe !
It's a very small and amateurish festival. It's not a big deal at all. Most of the custom is oldies that won't leave their deckchairs.
The Lightning Seeds nearly pulled last year after learning The Sun was involved. It turns out The Sun only sponsor the breakout stage and The Lightning Seeds reconsidered their last minute pull out. That stage was the size of a car and had bad pub bands playing any time I went up. It's not a big deal.
Likewise it's only supported by the local Forth radio and not across the Bauer radio network.
Is Glen's Platinum vodka a big hitter? They never had much presence other than a ball pit and the vodka being served behind the bar. The bars were empty all day. Never once did we have to stop as they had more people serving than drinking.
The festival is far too small to be worthwhile throwing big money behind. The capacity is 7000 and it was far from a sell out on Sunday last year.
They do give some money to local charities, but it's very much a profit making event.
The last time I went to see James Live was at The Hydro supported by Starsailor. The complete top tier and half the second tier was all closed off. Great band, but they aren't the attraction they once were.
They also headlined that farcical festival in Liverpool last year.
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15 minutes ago, LOCHLAND5 said:
How do we know they paid top cash ? i cant see james being cheap ................ they usually headline similar size festivals and still sell out arenas
James are headlining Party at the Palace in Linlithgow this year. It's only a small 7000 capacity festival.
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I really enjoyed my first visit to Kendal Calling last year. Sadly that line up isn't worth us coming back down this year.
None of the headliners interest me at all. Run DMC is a strange booking.
It should still be good fun, but I'll try something new this year.
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Add me to the list. I don't get them at all.
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Further announcements of Paloma Faith, The Charlatans and The Supernaturals today.
Amy McDonald had previously been confirmed as a headliner and Frightened Rabbit to headline the Hot House stage. Craig Charles is on the bill as well.
I like The Charlatans and Frightened Rabbit. Any McDonald is ok, but her days of being a headliner has past in my opinion. She didn't have the pulling power to sell out the 7000 capacity Party at the Palace.
I notice Paloma Faith has stepped up to an arena tour this year too. I didn't think she was that big and her recent TV performances have been disappointing. She sounds as if she sings through her nose now.
I'm half tempted. The last headliner has to be a big band to convince me.
What's the thought of everyone? Any good rumours?
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It's all a bit predictable isn't it?
Liam Gallagher has done very well to raise the profile of his new album. It'll be forgotten by July and his placement as a headliner will seem odd.
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On 21/08/2017 at 11:29 AM, Danos6 said:
I reckon Mumford and Sons might make an appearance and maybe Paolo Nutini.
Rick Astley as the token oldie act
As long as Rick brings along his new best friends.
There's some colourful language at the start.
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Presented with such interest who wouldn't take advantage of the demand?
I've heard figures from 25,000-35,000 for this year. It's always hard to guess, but I thought the top estimate was more accurate. There was a lot of people.
No Glastonbury and people avoiding Y Not there is a market there for Kendal Calling to be a big festival.
Question is will they do that and is it what the regulars want?
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Watching on BBC Scotland just now. The Selector are on.
The young ones have packed out the front and have paid zero attention. It is rude and they can't even hide it.
I'll need to go back to the IPlayer for Chvches.