I'm not doing any festivals this summer theres a few good bands I'm looking forward to over the next few months. Look at the bands and the price of the tickets. Note that The Damned and Girlschool are with Motorhead (Not written on the ticket) For me,even at £25 thats the one that stands out. I guess the question I'm asking is do you think theres value for money or do you think some of them are a bit steep?
For me starting with tonight,The Wedding Present at £12 is about right. A Jimmyless Sham 69 at £8 is great as is a £15 Buzzcocks ticket. As mentioned above,for the 3 bands the Motorhead gig is the best value. I would happily pay £25 just to see The Damned or Motorhead again anyway and chuck in Girlschool = bargain!
Which brings me to The Specials. Support act not confirmed and £32.50p without their main man. Is that value? Would you pay it? It does seem a little steep but it is The Specials so sod it,its worth it to me. Maybe not as good value as some of the above gigs but I didn't hesitate to purchase the ticket. Where do you draw the line though? By rights this should of sold out on day one but tickets are still on sale. If it doesn't sell out then its simply because its too bloody expensive for alot of people in the current economic climate. With that in mind,do you think they are taking the piss?
Requested by gobshyte over at the excellent http://mondo-de-muebles.blogspot.com/ here is the 12'' version of Sham's biggest chart hit. Some may argue it was also their worse! The four B-sides were recorded at the Roundhouse a year eariler and give you a flavour of how their gigs were disrupted by violence (and also what a great live band they were and hopefully still are......I'll soon find out on the 31st July)
