Oasis

[snoelb]

5 minutes ago, Joey Peeps said:

 

They were much more popular than Blur in the 90s too. 

Yeah, Blur reached their peak of popularity just in time for Oasis to emerge and dethrone them. It was a pretty short-lived period really. I suspect Blur ended up all the better for it though.

[balti-pie]

Its great to have a thing to do on holiday - gigs and footy matches are my favourite things to do when i'm elsewhere 👍 I cant say that ive dropped £400 on watching Clachnacuddin in the Highland league though, by throwing in the price of the flight and the travelodge, cos its just one of the attractions of scotland when i'm there 

[balti-pie]

1 minute ago, snoelb said:

Yeah, Blur reached their peak of popularity just in time for Oasis to emerge and dethrone them. It was a pretty short-lived period really. I suspect Blur ended up all the better for it though.

 

*Narrows eyes and looks at profile pic*

 

hey, you're not impartial here! 😄 It doesnt half seem harsh to compare blur and oasis though, blur are absolutely streets ahead by any metric other than popularity. (sigh, in my opinion . . . )

[Henrik]

52 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Oasis fans are just a bunch of flag-shaggers, Reform voters, and w*nkers according to Simon Price of the Guardian...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/aug/28/stop-the-celebrations-oasis-are-the-most-damaging-pop-cultural-force-in-recent-british-history

 

I refuse to believe a single person on earth takes The Guardian seriously. 

 

Absolute litter. It's up there with The Sun. 

[snoelb]

3 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

 

*Narrows eyes and looks at profile pic*

 

hey, you're not impartial here! 😄 It doesnt half seem harsh to compare blur and oasis though, blur are absolutely streets ahead by any metric other than popularity. (sigh, in my opinion . . . )

😁

(agreed 👀)

[Gnomicide]

I've got tickets for 6 gigs between now and Christmas, comes to £153 in total. Now obviously none of them are of the stature of Oasis but it does feel like a better way to spend the money.

 

All but one of the acts probably need that cash, too. 

 

I do quite like Oasis but don't think I'd go over £80 for them, and I'd want to be able to get the bus home.

[Hirstys 12th Pint]

9 minutes ago, snoelb said:

Yeah, Blur reached their peak of popularity just in time for Oasis to emerge and dethrone them. It was a pretty short-lived period really. I suspect Blur ended up all the better for it though.

 

Blur definitely a slower burner.  As a debut album Leisure was decent but obviously did not have the same impact as Definitely Maybe.  Even Modern Life is Rubbish did not reach the heights even though a great album.  

 

So really it took until album 3 to really take off.  Parklife is a masterpiece - The Great Escape and equivalent of Be Here Now.

[4AssedMonkey]

36 minutes ago, Gnomicide said:

I've got tickets for 6 gigs between now and Christmas, comes to £153 in total. Now obviously none of them are of the stature of Oasis but it does feel like a better way to spend the money.

 

All but one of the acts probably need that cash, too. 

 

I do quite like Oasis but don't think I'd go over £80 for them, and I'd want to be able to get the bus home.

 

Made me think about my own purchases so had a look. Through all of 2024 (exc. Glasto) I'll have been to 9 gigs with the total cost of tickets coming in just under £300.  Only need/needed 2 hotels so drove/will drive or use public transport for the others.  Trying to put a total cost on that, I think it will be around £600-£650.  For 9 nights out seeing around 20 different acts in cool intimate venues (and I can only think of one act out of 20 I didn't enjoy).

 

Given that attending one stadium sized gig for a large act and staying over somewhere would cost about the same, I know where I prefer to spend my money.

Edited August 30, 2024 by 4AssedMonkey

[-TLR-]

i'm scared to even think about what i've spent on gigs this year, not even considering anything else, there is 4 x Bruce shows already done... plus heading off to New Jersey for Bruce in a few weeks... so umm... yeah... daaaaaaammnnnn

 

 

actually... probably best not to think about it...

 

 

[fullfathom5]

Unique pre-sale link arrived. It's locked to the email address and have to have that account registered with Ticketscum.

Edited August 30, 2024 by fullfathom5
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[CaledonianGonzo]

Can't believe The Guardian's printed that people should have been listening to the Manics instead!!!

[efcfanwirral]

Got my code

[Yokel Again]

What time is the presale?

[efcfanwirral]

Just now, Yokel Again said:

What time is the presale?

7pm - 10pm apparently, which is interesting for them to say. Wondering if they've gone small on the numbers 

[Dales]

6 minutes ago, fullfathom5 said:

Unique pre-sale link arrived. It's locked to the email address and have to have that account registered with Ticketscum.

 

Mine just arrived, it will be interesting whether we were selected or will everyone who entered get one?

[MilkyJoe]

1 minute ago, Yokel Again said:

What time is the presale?

7pm

[MilkyJoe]

Just now, Dales said:

 

Mine just arrived, it will be interesting whether we were selected or will everyone who entered get one?

I think if everybody got one it would outstrip availability...

[HumbugD]

3 minutes ago, Dales said:

 

Mine just arrived, it will be interesting whether we were selected or will everyone who entered get one?

definitely random selection, I didn't get one but my mate who signed up for a laugh did

[Crazyfool01]

11 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Got my code

Do you have a surname near beginning of alphabet ? 2 mates have got them with surnames beginning with b …. Mate wondered if it’s alphabetical 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, Crazyfool01 said:

Do you have a surname near beginning of alphabet ? 2 mates have got them with surnames beginning with b …. Mate wondered if it’s alphabetical 

I got one and I'm towards the other end of the alphabet 

[sedra]

No code yet for me 🙄

[Crazyfool01]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

I got one and I'm towards the other end of the alphabet 

Theory blown . Thanks 

[wozwebs]

Mate has received one, surname begins with W. I sent in a fair few using different email addresses I have and nothing yet.

Presume sending thousands though and with unique codes a slower process than bulk emailing in one go?

[MilkyJoe]

I would be surprised if all the codes were sent out at the same time. Be interesting to see if they trickle out during the next 4 hours.

[efcfanwirral]

18 minutes ago, Dales said:

 

Mine just arrived, it will be interesting whether we were selected or will everyone who entered get one?

Out of my group of 14, nobody else has one apart from me