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charlierc

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  1. As I recall, it was Pulp/Strokes co-headlining, but with a different act closing as per different halves of the split site arrangement for R&L (Pulp then Strokes at Reading, Strokes then Pulp at Leeds).
  2. It's weird how Lollapalooza Berlin is a continual disappointment when the brand can pull out decent line-ups at its premier Chicago event.
  3. The UK shows were originally meant to be a month from now, so presumably anyone who'd scheduled hotels and travel and all the rest is going to be narked.
  4. Moby’s 2024 UK and European tour dates are: SEPTEMBER 19 – The O2, London, England 21 – Sportpaleis, Antwerp, Belgium 22 – Velodrome, Berlin, Germany 23 – Mitsubishi Electric Hall, Düsseldorf, Germany 24 – Le Zenith, Paris, France Space is there for an extra date on the 18th too.
  5. I don't know if an independent regulator will necessarily solve something like the anti-refereeing conspiracy clubs like Nottingham Forest, whose owner seems to have genuine hatred for the officials, or something like the Man City case, which increasingly feels like something other than just a FFP breach given what's been discussed by financial pros. But I'm aware transparency is one of those things a lot of people are for in theory but botch when trying to make happen in practice. So I'm aware of the scepticism some might have for it work. Not least given this is being trialled by the UK government, an institution well known for its transparency or firm regulators. Some clubs, I can see the appeal. I know the touch-paper was Bury and Macclesfield being destroyed by terrible owners, and the current nightmare being seen at Reading (18 points deducted in 3 seasons and an owner that seems to be actively be trying to run it into the ground).
  6. I know some are on board - a few lower league clubs have been strongly in favour of some of the concepts that have been brought up. I'll wait to see how this looks in practice. There's every possibility this could work to do the things that they wish to do, there's equally the possibility of it being another VAR and not working as planned.
  7. Correct. He has tour dates in Eastern Europe and is doing a few Western Euro festivals, but this is his first UK date.
  8. Well Pulp last year were a big draw. Pretty much everything sold out, including to a 40k+ crowd at Finsbury Park, while they went down well as bill toppers at Isle of Wight, Latitude and Neighbourhood Weekender. I'm aware Glastonbury is a different kettle of fish to IoW or Latitude but it's still decent numbers.
  9. Music is always a fluid thing but yeah. Tbh it even feels like a slower model on last year, let alone then when it clearly had a decent budget to play with.
  10. Maybe they've decided they didn't want to have Royal Blood sarcastically applauding the crowd again.
  11. In a slightly different vibe...
  12. Ah the actual quote reads, "it’s about £50 for 10 or more bands, all in" So might still be more than 3 just yet.
  13. Well I guess that's one way to get in.
  14. Think he told NME the idea was ten acts for the one day. There were 7 announced in the first thing yesterday, so that means 3 to go.
  15. Muse at the same venue last year was £95. So yeah, as far as pricing goes, it's really impressive to see someone just go all in and try to do it their way instead.
  16. One other element is this - Nottingham Forest have made a big song and dance that they think they would have been compliant if they had sold Brennan Johnson before the PL accounting deadline of June 30 because of the way homegrown academy product sales are calculated. However, they wanted more money than the only pre-30/06 bid they got and couldn't finish the deal until transfer deadline day 3 months later. So this does raise an interesting question as to whether multiple clubs will need to sell before then and if anyone will want to.
  17. This is quite the left field announcement indeed.
  18. Either it's a very big wardrobe or you can fold yourself up into a very small form.
  19. An excuse to repost the extended version:
  20. I suspect it doesn't work like that and that we'd probably get more than 6 off if we decided just to throw the GDP of somewhere like Vanuatu at our squad. I'm assuming that Everton were included because it's the only real precedent that they have to work off of, but there does seem to be a lot of room for doubt and confusion that the PL initially wanted to give 10 points and still have 6 while Forest have 4. Forest spending £250m on 42 players in the two years, to say nothing of the wages, since they got promoted is basket case stuff, and one where it doesn't seem like they can bring in stadium expenses like Everton, even if there is other stuff there. But pfft. Who even knows anymore. It's almost like setting up a big financial regulation without pre-written guidance on how to police it was destined to cause headaches.
  21. Well there may be no Glastonbury as it stands but if you do wanna spend a lot of money on seeing them...
  22. Never Gonna Give You Up was 21 years old when Glasto 2008 was on. So not far off Standing In The Way Of Control being similarly old, but not quite.
  23. Not sure if this is a one-off or part of a full tour.
  24. I assume they'll play England at Glastonbury, so maybe lob in that one too.
  25. Pair of other UK dates also announced:
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