Blur

[LondonTom]

Why miserable?

[rug568]

happy days

[Justiceforcedave]

Atmosphere was seriously bad in August. Most of the people there were there for the Olympics and when they stopped showing the closing ceremony footage on the main screens i'm pretty sure i heard a majority of the crowd boo. (and this is the point the headline act of the day were walking on to stage). The Majority of the people there sang more god save the queens than blur songs

[rug568]

All they had to do was look at twitter to see there were way more than 'tens' of complaints.

[rexclark]

I've said it all along, if Blur play I'm there.

[VCK]

Not surprised they're rumoured, but still great, because it's Blur!

[Andy0808 v3.0]

Justicefordave

that reply is a disgrace, the thing with hyde park is, nothing will ever be done, unless everyone complained.. it's a miracle how events still occur there to be honest, i've been there every year since 2009, but i dont think i would go again due to the fact the sound just seems to get worse, as does the crowd.

blur 2009 remains as one of my best gigs ever, as does jay z in 2010, but arcade fire 2011 and blur 2012 will ruin that memory

[LondonTom]

While the sound was poor, i thought the facilities for Blur were in general worse than that...the bars (I don't mind the actual queue so much but at least organise it well) , toilets (FECKING QUEUE FOR THE MENS?! Just get a giant troth and be done with it!)...the area they hire out isn't/wasn't big enough on this occasion with all the extras around the sides. I am going presume most of the blur issues were simply because of it was set for the london live thing rather than as actual gig (never been before so it's presumption )

[mrtourette]

Justicefordave

that reply is a disgrace, the thing with hyde park is, nothing will ever be done, unless everyone complained.. it's a miracle how events still occur there to be honest, i've been there every year since 2009, but i dont think i would go again due to the fact the sound just seems to get worse, as does the crowd.

blur 2009 remains as one of my best gigs ever, as does jay z in 2010, but arcade fire 2011 and blur 2012 will ruin that memory

[2rare2die]

There's nothing that can be done about the sound, which is probably why they don't entertain any complaints about it. It's as good as it's going to get so for them there's no problem. It's the venue and location that are the issue.

[thesecretingredientiscrime]

Justicefordave

that reply is a disgrace, the thing with hyde park is, nothing will ever be done, unless everyone complained.. it's a miracle how events still occur there to be honest, i've been there every year since 2009, but i dont think i would go again due to the fact the sound just seems to get worse, as does the crowd.

blur 2009 remains as one of my best gigs ever, as does jay z in 2010, but arcade fire 2011 and blur 2012 will ruin that memory

[GuitarManDan15]

I agree the picnic blanket brigade were out in full force but I had a great time. Thought Blur were amazing! My mate who could probably produce a list of complaints after having a threesome with Emma watson and Beyonce thought it was great too.

Probably wont go to Reading next year, outgrowing the undercard but if blur and a handful of other bands peak my interest might buy a cheap ticket last minute

[sjseabass]

I agree the picnic blanket brigade were out in full force but I had a great time. Thought Blur were amazing! My mate who could probably produce a list of complaints after having a threesome with Emma watson and Beyonce thought it was great too.

Probably wont go to Reading next year, outgrowing the undercard but if blur and a handful of other bands peak my interest might buy a cheap ticket last minute

[thetime]

Can't see there being cheap last minute tickets if Blur play...

[rug568]

You could get cheap tickets last year, and the foos are probably bigger, if not at least the same size as Blur.

[mrtourette]

Then why use it as a gig venue? Them saying 'well that's as good as it's going to get, so don't complain' is pretty shoddy in my eyes, if you're paying to go and see someone perform, the least you would expect is to be able to hear them properly.

[Bisque]

as does jay z in 2010

[Andy0808 v3.0]

That really was a great gig & pretty loud too. I did think earlier in the day even for acts in the tents the sound was very bass heavy (fair enough I was there watching Blame & Devlin) but pretty quiet.

I'm sure that most people that go to gigs in Hyde Park wouldn't have noticed sound issues (prove me wrong here) but regular festival & outdoor gig goers would have a problem with the quality.

[sjseabass]

Depends how many dates they play, they struggled when they had stadium selling bands like muse and foos.

[thetime]

True, but both of those were considerably more heavily exposed in this country before they played R&L. I just find the idea of Blur playing R&L as an English exclusive next year (as I assume if that happened they'd play T too) and it not selling out weird.

[Justiceforcedave]

,,

But foos and muse have alot more fans than blur. Blur were on the wane when they split originally, they have done the coneback will they sell the same level next summer? Will blur fans pay 200+ to see blur? They are a big pull for my age group but fir the 16-21 age group, im unsure.

[thetime]

,,

They would have been a big pull for me, had I not seen them at Hyde Park this year. They'd clinch it with a couple of other good headliners or a good undercard but they wouldn't be the reason for me buying my ticket.

[jump]

But foos and muse have alot more fans than blur. Blur were on the wane when they split originally, they have done the coneback will they sell the same level next summer? Will blur fans pay 200+ to see blur? They are a big pull for my age group but fir the 16-21 age group, im unsure.

[thetime]

Only in terms of quality as they were still a draw but the new material at the time was shit mostly due to Graham Coxon

Edited October 7, 2012 by thetime

[jump]

Not so sure, I saw them on one of there last uk tours at the nec and all the seating was closed of and only standing if I remember correctly...

They were on the wane same way pulp were.