BST Hyde Park 2015

[eFestivals]

sorry, what announcement?

[luckysalt]

How weird, they deleted the announcement....

Maybe its not going onsale next week after all I guess.

[justanothername]

Well that was a bit anti climatic then

[the wonderwhy]

I'd actually consider going, but chances are she's going to be at Glasto now.

I'm guessing she's also going to be the Marlay/Croke park announcements if they're actually happening.

[atomised]

Croke park press release said the act would be at press conference tomorrow at 1015am . If that is Taylor perhaps it explains this announcement being pulled if she's announcing full European tour

[Muppetmark]

also if BST is that weekend, whats happening to HRC?

[the wonderwhy]

Well it's not in Hyde Park anymore and it's not an AEG event so I doubt the date change will effect it.

[Muppetmark]

Well it's not in Hyde Park anymore and it's not an AEG event so I doubt the date change will effect it.

i know but ticket sales haven't been great since the move and now theres more on that weekend.

[jr1312]

i know but ticket sales haven't been great since the move and now theres more on that weekend.

With the acts they have this year they should be ok even with other stuff on that weekend. Admittedly only Libertines was a sell out but the rest did kind of ok last year

[5co77ie]

also if BST is that weekend, whats happening to HRC?

It moved to Clapham Common last year: http://www.efestivals.co.uk/festivals/hydeparkcalling/2014

[5co77ie]

There's a definite European wide promoter war going on at present with all the big boys moving into the same weekends as each other - see Rock Am Ring, and what Festival Republic said about FKP Scorpio, and Tinderbox Entertainment when they cancelled Hove.

Edited October 31, 2014 by 5co77ie

[jump]

With the acts they have this year they should be ok even with other stuff on that weekend. Admittedly only Libertines was a sell out but the rest did kind of ok last year.

Did they actually sell out tho? I know at least 3 days before they played it still hadn't sold out.

[Muppetmark]

With the acts they have this year they should be ok even with other stuff on that weekend. Admittedly only Libertines was a sell out but the rest did kind of ok last year

HRC had aerosmith and stevie wonder last year im just wondering if they're going to move their dates again.

[the wonderwhy]

The Script were the Croke Park announcement, it seems.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Did they actually sell out tho? I know at least 3 days before they played it still hadn't sold out.

I don't think any of last years dates sold out - tickets kept being released after sold out signs went up - and Black Sabbath and others had them on sale on the day for LESS thatn you could buy them online.

[LondonTom]

There's a definite European wide promoter war going on at present with all the big boys moving into the same weekends as each other - see Rock Am Ring, and what Festival Republic said about FKP Scorpio, and Tinderbox Entertainment when they cancelled Hove.

Surely doing that, they are just cannibalizing each others sales? There are only so many willing to go to gigs/spend money on live music in one weekend!

You'd think BST would be run better considering how well oiled the O2 seems to be for AEG!

[atomised]

Hyde park has always seemed a difficult sell whoever is in control of it.

Edited October 31, 2014 by atomised

[5co77ie]

Surely doing that, they are just cannibalizing each others sales? There are only so many willing to go to gigs/spend money on live music in one weekend!

Yup that's it exactly and whoever doesn't sell tends to go out of the market.

[atomised]

Pharrell is supporting the script at the Croke park gig

[LondonTom]

Yup that's it exactly and whoever doesn't sell tends to go out of the market.

Seems a rather risky strategy!

[Matt42]

There's a definite European wide promoter war going on at present with all the big boys moving into the same weekends as each other - see Rock Am Ring, and what Festival Republic said about FKP Scorpio, and Tinderbox Entertainment when they cancelled Hove.

Who promotes AC/DC or Foos?

[5co77ie]

Who promotes AC/DC or Foos?

Don't know who AC/Dc it was Kili last time I think, Foos is SJM/Metropolis Music usually

[Stuart1000]

Taylor Swift headlining Saturday 27th June.

Arguably the biggest popstar in the world just now and has done few live shows in the UK. Like her or not, she's a big booking.

[atomised]

But will it stay confirmed this time? She did sell out 5 nights at the o2 on the red tour.so very popular. It was a stunning show too. I took my daughter along expecting to hate it

[eFestivals]

Taylor Swift headlining Saturday 27th June.

Perhaps.

The announcement was withdrawn.