The Milton Keynes Bowl is a hell-hole of a venue- it's a bummer for London based fans to get there. Crap public transport links, few hotels and the carpark is usually a mudbath/bog.

I feel sorry for people with Bon Jovi tickets-
they've been hoodwinked big-time.

Twickenham has just been officially confimed.

They held back tickets for all the Wembley concerts. You can now even buy Bon jovi MK tickets here;

[www.seetickets.com]

Ok now Twickehman is official...can we get dates??

Adrian-L Wrote:
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> Twickenham has just been officially confimed.


Nothing offical from what i can see...only a mention on nme.com?

Just been confirmed on Virgin....Wembley shows moved to Twickenham on same dates

Well done Stones management for having these contingency plans!!

The Cabbage Patch (home of the Eel Pie Club)
it is then,for pre show drinks!





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ON THE SAME DATES?? AGAINST ALL THOSE RULES ABOUT NO WEEKDAY SHOWS...ALL I CAN SAY IS HOOOORAAAYYY! AND<<<SHUDDER>>>thank you mr.cohl

the local councillors will be driving around in spanking new Rolls Royce's , with the backhanders they must have taken, to secure a midweek Twickers concert.

official on bbc.co.uk:-

[news.bbc.co.uk]

Fair enough. At least they didnt keep us waiting until May or June before announcing it.

Realistically, its the best alternative venue we were going to get, plus at least its on the original dates. So, a minor inconvenience.

fair-play to Michael Cohl, i'll be the first to knock him, but on this occasion he deserves words for praise, for putting in place sensible contingency plans.

Those poor schmucks with Bon Jovi tickets, have got to see their
band, at the shithole that is Milton Keynes Bowl.

I didn't go to Twickenham last time.
Will the pitch seating blocks be comparable to Wembley?

Oily.

'Those poor schmucks with Bon Jovi tickets, have got to see their
band, at the shithole that is Milton Keynes Bowl.'

Shit gig at a shit stadium......

Yep, Twickenham is the next best bet.......just need to get some tickets now!!

Don't suppose they will be able to fit the 'on-stage' seats into Twickers?

milton keynes bowl ain't no stadium dude,
its a mudfield in the middle of nowhere.

This is from the Beeb article.

<<<<<<<< All original tickets for the relocated Take That and Bon Jovi concerts will remain valid, while Rolling Stones ticketholders will be issued with new tickets for Twickenham. >>>>>>>>>>>>>

Any ideas what this actually MEANS ? Do we get Wembley ticket refunds and then the ticket buying process for Twickers starts all over again, or do they simply re-issue; in other words print tickets with Twickers written on them instead of Wembley ?

Have the TT and BJ tickets been printed and the Stones not?
Maybe that's what gives.

Oily.

Twickers is ok with me apart obviously hoping to see them at the new wembley and was hoping for weekend dates to save on holidays from work, but as long as the ticket arrangements are more or less the same im fairly happy.

news at ticketmaster:


"Please note that the Rolling Stones events scheduled for Wembley Stadium have NOT been cancelled. Both events will now take place at Twickenham Stadium on 20 and 22 August. All tickets will remain valid for the dates at Twickenham, and we will be in touch shortly via letter, or email with ticket details".

let me hear you say ~*YEAH!*~
[lighting extra helpings of Same Seating Incense ... ]

natural-born-stonesfan Wrote:
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> news at ticketmaster:
>
>
> "Please note that the Rolling Stones events
> scheduled for Wembley Stadium have NOT been
> cancelled. Both events will now take place at
> Twickenham Stadium on 20 and 22 August. All
> tickets will remain valid for the dates at
> Twickenham, and we will be in touch shortly via
> letter, or email with ticket details".


Well, that's good news. I just hope those of us with Block A, row 6 tickets will still be in block A, row 6 and not Block Z, row 50!!

riffhard72 Wrote:
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> Well, that's good news. I just hope those of us
> with Block A, row 6 tickets will still be in block
> A, row 6 and not Block Z, row 50!!


That's exactly what I'm a bit worried about also, since I was lucky enough to get first row tickets in block A for both shows.
I think this change of venue is rather unfortunate, but it's a good thing though the concert dates remain the same.

paulywaul Wrote:
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> This is from the Beeb article.
>
> <<<<<<<< All original
> tickets for the relocated Take That and Bon Jovi
> concerts will remain valid, while Rolling Stones
> ticketholders will be issued with new tickets for
> Twickenham.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>&g
> t;
>
> Any ideas what this actually MEANS ? Do we get
> Wembley ticket refunds and then the ticket buying
> process for Twickers starts all over again, or do
> they simply re-issue; in other words print tickets
> with Twickers written on them instead of Wembley ?
>
>
>
the latter. Not a problem as no tickets have been printed yet, just that the tickets will now have a different venue listed on them

I dont envisage any problems with allocations of the ticket numbers that we already have (ie pitch seats). The dimensions of the pitches at both stadiums will be relatively similar so it should just be the same

How can you pack 160,000 into 100,000.

By not selling 160,000 tickets!

Oily.

>> How can you pack 160,000 into 100,000. <<

who said they've sold 160,000 tickets??
since they had the foresight to reserve a second venue, they would notice that there's a difference in capacity, right?

phd....cse :-)

with sssoul Wrote:
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> >> How can you pack 160,000 into 100,000.
> <<
>
> who said they've sold 160,000 tickets??
> since they had the foresight to reserve a second
> venue, they would notice that there's a difference
> in capacity, right?
>



yup....52,000 for Twickenham last time - but in fairness, they could have squeezed some more seats on the pitch. Maybe they'll have a couple of thousand more people at these shows.

The shows that were switched to Milton Keynes are also going to a venue with a smaller capacity - and theyre still selling tickets. So, I assume that everyone who had booked Wembley had the foresight to hold several thousand tickets back.



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