Gigs

I don't buy any of the brothers excuses in the original fiasco (that they didn't know there would be dynamic pricing etc) - they have been in the business long enough to know how the ticketing companies operate and the options available.

I'm assuming Ticketmaster were the only option due to connections with the venues, but bands of that size have sway to set things up as they like. Maybe they can't pick the selling platform, but they can certainly influence pricing setup.

On the one hand I feel sorry for anyone who's bought a ticket of a resale site and might be out of pocket, but if they didn't buy from Twickets (the only official resale outlet, where you can't charge more than face value - the only good thing they did setup) they were taking a risk.

There are always other options - use a platform like Dice or setup a lottery access. But they are greedy, the press makes them

I wonder if there will be any buy-back option for the punters because otherwise all this latest Oasis news does is screw over fans who were desperate for tickets while presumably letting the touts face no consequence. Its not like the touts will refund anyone who is getting their ticket deleted.

Saw Thom Yorke at one of his "Everything" solo shows in Melbourne last night. Was absolutely stunning. His voice is as beautiful as ever. He played a mixture of Radiohead songs, his own solo stuff, a few new tracks and one or two deep cuts (Rabbit in Your Headlights was an unexpected treat), all the while switching effortlessly between piano ballads and thumping techno. The highlight for me was an acoustic version of Airbag, which he actually got the audience singing along to towards the end. Magical. The crowd were great actually, really into it, you could hear a pin drop during the quieter songs. He's still got it, such a talent.

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Thoroughly successful gig last night in a converted church for a fundraiser to raise cash to save our local pub.

Mates duo band kicked it off, and we managed to make the set look pretty fucking good too!

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And here is us twats rocking it

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Currently at Henge in Nottingham. Support act Mr Vast has just finished, more Mighty Boosh style performance piece than music act. While I was typing this, he's walked past with a phallic, asteroid helmet on, squirting water over everyone.

Now that's a band name! 😀

Palaye Royale at Wembley arena, it's their first time headlining a large arena and they smashed it. We were supposed to see them in Camden a few years ago and the car broke down at the services on the way there so it was nice to get to see them finally. He decided to sing a song whilst crowdsurfing in a rubber dinghy which was amusing, he also jumped from the rail in the seated area into the dinghy at the end 😂.

Support bands were all people I haven't heard of.
Hot Milk: pretty good and had a couple of excellent songs.
The Hunna: absolutely brilliant and I will be going to see them next year when they tour here.
See Stars: not bad, weakest of the 3 but still very watchable.

All in all an excellent night and a good drive back home with no issues which makes a change as they always close one of the motorways at night usually.

Big fan of Hot Milk. Their album A Call to the Void is well worth checking out.

Saw Kids in Glass Houses this week. It takes a lot for a band to really leave a lasting impression on me these days but man they were really fucking good live.

Saw Randall Munroe (xkcd) do a talk last night in Worthing. I'm guessing some people here might actually know who the fuck I'm talking about unlike anyone I've mentioned it to in person.

Was good, though had a Wimpy beforehand which was massively overpriced. A burger, chips and a Pepsi came to over £15. But yes, Randall was great, if a little nervous at first. Got a free copy of his What If 10th Anniversary book that came with the ticket, which we didn't know was included, so that was a nice surprise.

Nas illmatic 30th anniversary tour tonight at royal Albert hall. Just pulled up early to get some food, see a dinosaur and drink some beers.

Went to the theatre to see Warhorse today.

Those are some excellent puppets. People laughed, people cried, there are some really good folk songs in it, World War 1 looks like it was a miserable time.

Would recommend.

Black Stone Cherry @ Wembley Arena coming up Saturday with Skillet supporting. Always a very solid live band BSC so looking forward to it!

I've been at the Shiiine On festival at Minehead Butlins.
I saw 12 bands, but there were way more here for those with more stamina then me.
The Real People
Jim Bob
Reverend and the Makers
Kula Shaker
The Lightning Seeds
Echo and the Bunnymen
The Men They Couldn't Hang
Miles Hunt (Wonder Stuff)
Starsailor
Embrace
RATS
Fuzzbox

TIL, Dougs is calling Alastair a chav.