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Eddie Vedder and Kaiser Chiefs special guests....
Kaiser Chiefs used to be great (I Predict a Riot, Ruby, et al)- saw them live about a decade ago, but since then they turned more in to a bubbly soft pop band with their last couple of albums....
Still might be good live, and hope they guest at some of the US shows
I agree, I saw them at Hyde Park opening for the Who in 2015. If you listen or watch their live performances Ricky doesn't sing like he use to. Also, IMHO they are not in a league with bands like Primal Scream or even Kasabian.
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Hairball
The Kaiser Chiefs were always more conventional Rock/Pop (which now has sadly become Pop/Crap) vs. those bands, but they were definitely on that level as far as popularity and success goes - in the UK anyways.
Two reasons for their downfall:
- Their main songwriter (and drummer) Nick Hodgson left the band in 2012.
- Vocalist Ricky Wilson became a judge on The Voice UK in 2013 (similar to Maroon 5's Adam Levine judging on the Voice US).
While Adam Levine/Maroon 5 never had much Rock credibility to begin with, Ricky Wilson did, but he threw most of it away by joining this show imo.
A shame as they used to be a really good band.
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The Kaiser Chiefs were always more conventional Rock/Pop (which now has sadly become Pop/Crap) vs. those bands, but they were definitely on that level as far as popularity and success goes - in the UK anyways.
Two reasons for their downfall:
- Their main songwriter (and drummer) Nick Hodgson left the band in 2012.
- Vocalist Ricky Wilson became a judge on The Voice UK in 2013 (similar to Maroon 5's Adam Levine judging on the Voice US).
While Adam Levine/Maroon 5 never had much Rock credibility to begin with, Ricky Wilson did, but he threw most of it away by joining this show imo.
A shame as they used to be a really good band.
I think you're being a bit hard on the Kaisers. I agree that the stuff with Hodgson was more to my taste. But Off Our Heads and The Future is Medieval both barely sold, they were fast approaching the fate of other bands who broke through in '05 (I'm mainly thinking of Razorlight). I think it's unfortunate, because there were some very good songs on that last album with Hodgson ("Dead Or In Serious Trouble" remains a favorite of mine). But people didn't really go for it.
So what do you do in an age when guitars no longer sell records or tickets? You can keep playing the same kind of music to an ever smaller crowd (Maximo Park, for instance, has chosen this option), or you can try something different. Taking the The Voice gig and making a couple of more modern sounding records have restored them to prominence - like it or not, it mostly worked (in the UK anyway). So it's hard to blame them. Coldplay's sound has gone through the same thing, incidentally, it just managed to so without the dip in the middle (and started from a slightly poppier place).
I do hate the way every album by everybody sounds like it was produced by Ryan Tedder in the last couple of years. New sounds are fine, but why are we all stuck on this particular one...
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Shocking news - a fan presale that works!
By being online just before Wembley sales opened at 1000 GMT this morning I got two seats in A4 ie the block directly in front of stage at face value (no "dynamic pricing" here)
The way the Who did it was you pre-ordered a copy of their new LP which generated a unique code which you used to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Easiest ever. Rolling Stones please note.
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johnnythunders
Shocking news - a fan presale that works!
By being online just before Wembley sales opened at 1000 GMT this morning I got two seats in A4 ie the block directly in front of stage at face value (no "dynamic pricing" here)
The way the Who did it was you pre-ordered a copy of their new LP which generated a unique code which you used to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Easiest ever. Rolling Stones please note.
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johnnythunders
Shocking news - a fan presale that works!
By being online just before Wembley sales opened at 1000 GMT this morning I got two seats in A4 ie the block directly in front of stage at face value (no "dynamic pricing" here)
The way the Who did it was you pre-ordered a copy of their new LP which generated a unique code which you used to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Easiest ever. Rolling Stones please note.
What are the ticket prices like ? I live near Swindon so I will almost certainly be there. I don't particularly like Wembley Stadium as a concert venue nor the seats on the pitch setup but it's the Who and I'd like to be there.
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johnnythunders
Shocking news - a fan presale that works!
By being online just before Wembley sales opened at 1000 GMT this morning I got two seats in A4 ie the block directly in front of stage at face value (no "dynamic pricing" here)
The way the Who did it was you pre-ordered a copy of their new LP which generated a unique code which you used to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Easiest ever. Rolling Stones please note.
What are the ticket prices like ? I live near Swindon so I will almost certainly be there. I don't particularly like Wembley Stadium as a concert venue nor the seats on the pitch setup but it's the Who and I'd like to be there.
Cheapest were £78, going up to £212 for best in the house. Not cheap, unless you are comparing to Stones tickets and then they are a bargain!
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Shocking news - a fan presale that works!
By being online just before Wembley sales opened at 1000 GMT this morning I got two seats in A4 ie the block directly in front of stage at face value (no "dynamic pricing" here)
The way the Who did it was you pre-ordered a copy of their new LP which generated a unique code which you used to buy tickets from Ticketmaster
Easiest ever. Rolling Stones please note.
What are the ticket prices like ? I live near Swindon so I will almost certainly be there. I don't particularly like Wembley Stadium as a concert venue nor the seats on the pitch setup but it's the Who and I'd like to be there.
Cheapest were £78, going up to £212 for best in the house. Not cheap, unless you are comparing to Stones tickets and then they are a bargain!
Thanks very for the info. Imho, £212 is ridiculous for the Who. And £78 for seats in the upper tier for any type of event there is beyond daft. I've been up there and the distance to the pitch is laughable.
I will still go, but will await a last gasp price fall. I can get to Wembley at short notice and cheaply. I was last there for Jeff Lynne in June 2017. I parked at Hillingdon Tube station then it's a £1.50 trip along the Metropolitan Line and the job's a good 'un.
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bye bye johnny
Pete Townshend shares behind-the-scenes look at recording of The Who's new album
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bye bye johnny
Pete Townshend shares behind-the-scenes look at recording of The Who's new album
Thanks, bye bye johnny!
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The show is still three months away, but right now ticket sales in Detroit appear to be anemic. They're really going to have to dramatically slash those prices ($200 for bad seats?) or risk playing to a mostly empty house.
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tatters
The show is still three months away, but right now ticket sales in Detroit appear to be anemic. They're really going to have to dramatically slash those prices ($200 for bad seats?) or risk playing to a mostly empty house.
[www1.ticketmaster.com]
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tatters
The show is still three months away, but right now ticket sales in Detroit appear to be anemic. They're really going to have to dramatically slash those prices ($200 for bad seats?) or risk playing to a mostly empty house.
[www1.ticketmaster.com]
i looked at some seats that were $100 for pearl jam & foo fighters. the who want $150. they are pretty good seats but sort of far away. baseball stadiums aren't that great for shows IMHO. think i'm going to pass this time on the who. i'm not super interested in seeing them with an orchestra. rather see them as a 5 piece! maybe 6. simon townshend does pretty good on the backing vocals & rhythm guitar. the whole thing just seems sadly bloated.
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tatters
The show is still three months away, but right now ticket sales in Detroit appear to be anemic. They're really going to have to dramatically slash those prices ($200 for bad seats?) or risk playing to a mostly empty house.
[www1.ticketmaster.com]
i looked at some seats that were $100 for pearl jam & foo fighters. the who want $150. they are pretty good seats but sort of far away. baseball stadiums aren't that great for shows IMHO. think i'm going to pass this time on the who. i'm not super interested in seeing them with an orchestra. rather see them as a 5 piece! maybe 6. simon townshend does pretty good on the backing vocals & rhythm guitar. the whole thing just seems sadly bloated.
Well we'll find out soon enough anyway as to the quality of the show, won't we?
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