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Just out of interest, I wondered how many people are likely to turn up to these concerts this month?

It been poorly advertised and promoted, I wonder if they're lucky to get five thousand people turning up.

The wife wanted to see B*witched, but went against forking out £60 for the privilege

C'est la vie

If nobody shows up they'll blame it on the weatherman.

 :bye:

Blinktit is married?

Yikes

Oooh, good shit 90's pop music knowledge

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A friend of mine has been out in Oz for the last 18 months.  She's coming back for 3 weeks in July and one of my friends thought it would be a good laugh to go to the second night.  I'm on holiday, but there's about 8 of my friends going. 

Not Westy is it?

My youngest son who is 19 and my 18 year old and 22 year old step daughters are going to the 2nd of the gigs.

My sister's going

Not unless that's a nickname for Esther?

Would have like to have gone to the 2nd night but cant afford it at the moment

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10534094.Still_lots_of_tickets_for_summer_concert/

Tickets and details needed to be made available a lot sooner for this to be a success - it all feels a little unorganized and rushed to me. I do want it to a success thought

None of the line ups appeal to me so I wont be going.

Discount tickets available :

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10543270.Residents_offered_cheap_concert_deal/

Might help someone (with no music taste!).

It has not been arranged at all well, my kids ordered the tickets the day they went on sale and still have not recieved them. We did this week though have an email stating that there is a delay in sending out the tickets due to some problem with the organizers of the event.

Poor service that so needed some pre planning in place before annoucng it.

Given your reservations about this, are you at all worried that the pitch is going to be ruined...for me that's all that matters.

I think as long as the pitch is protected there "shouldn't" be a problem but if suitable protection is not there then it could be a major "shot in own foot".

I wouldn't think that Marcus is very happy about it though with protection or not.

I'd have thought it inevitable that the pitch will be damaged....grass is quite a resilient plant, but it is still a living thing and needs looking after.

A great shame, because the pitch in the last few years, has been one of the few STFC related things that we can take a pride in.

Something to moan about though isnt it  :D

This is league one, the ball can't spend more than two minutes on the turf for any match.

That question was asked on Wednesday, the stage itself is on SB I think and they guaranteed there would be no problems with the pitch and that they had pumped the same amount of money as has been spent on it in the past during this summer!!

I'd prefer to debate about it...maybe my concerns are unfounded.  I'd like to hear from Grubby or McPhlea, exactly what the plans are to protect the pitch and their thoughts on the efficacy of the proposals.

:Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :zzz: :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick: :zzz:

The news that the current groundstaff and levels of investment were being retained was a positive when announced a while back...but that doesn't mean the pitch wont be affected if these gigs are not run properly.

You can call Jed what you like, but I don't think he'd go to the bother of spending the money relaying the pitch if it was going to be irreperably damaged after the concerts.

It's probably not going to be as immaculate after the concert as we'd like, but I have faith in mr Cassidy to do his best to turn it back into the bowling green it was last season.

Apparently there is 'safety armour' for the pitch.

My only concern was how they're going to fit 6 concerts in over the course of the season.

Some people are saying the lack of sales is down to who's on but I don't buy that. The reunion for example sold out 20,000 at the o2. There are plenty of people out there with shite music taste.

Only thing I can see is they are a bit pricey

Me and my friends have appalling music taste but none of us are going? Well unless my friend that works for Excalibur can get us in on a Freebee?

True...must go out and buy some earmuffs.

On the one hand, it's a shame it hasn't been that well organised (publicised) given the future prospect may take a bit of a hit.  On the other hand, it has already earned about 6 times what we allegedly earned from a well organised Elton John or Bryan Adams concert.

They've dropped the prices.  There was a stall in town selling them and one outside Asda, I think there were others elsewhere in Swindon.  Not sure where that leaves people who've already bought tickets at the higher price.  My friends aren't happy and are going to try and get the difference back.

There are plenty of examples of pricing being changed as demand fluctuates.  Holidays, airlines, cruises, etc.  Same goes for footie games as well, hence the whines that can usually be heard if matchday prices fall to low from those who have purchased a season ticket.

I have some sympathy, maybe they could offer a discount on the next one as a partial credit, but ultimately it's always a risk you take with anything in life.

Brings me on to people who whinge about holiday prices fluctuating and trying to get money back.  It's half the fun trying to judge the right time to purchase.

Thats it exactly....if you want to go you will pay the price when the tickets are launched, if you arent bothered either way then they are the people that the reduced tickets are aimed at.

Trying to get money back is fucking pathetic, I have been to many football/gigs/festivals that I paid full price for yet others paid half price...and visa versa....trying to claim the difference back is tight and pathetic in the extreme.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10551771.B_Witched_can_t_wait_to_play_Swindon_s_County_Ground/?ref=mmnsp

More news about concert. Bewitched excited about it seemingly.

Perhaps this mentality is an Irish thing? A bit like Robbie Keane when he moves clubs. I mean Swindon Town are the club they supported as little girls so why wouldn't they be excited?

;)

Have we/they sold any tickets for this? Heard last night they'd only sold a few hundred and were thinking about calling it off. Which may be bullshit and of course either way the club still get paid but it wouldn't augur well for future such events being an ongoing revenue stream

The price is a bit steep and the quality of acts is shite so its hardly surprising really.

I read somewhere that 4500 tickets had been sold (last week). Someone from here has to go, maybe give us live feedback
Can I vote for fB to go?

Are the Jesus and Mary Chain playing then? Wish I'd known that, might have been tempted to go :)

I'm er... working. Probably.

I'd also heard 4500 but this was for the 2 days in total

They have dropped prices to £25 each over the weekend, I'm sure by next weekend they are going to be pratically giving them away wanting people in the ground as it would be embarrasing to the promoters surely with the acts they have got.

Do the folks who paid full price get a partial refund?

I bet they dont, the risk you take

Shouldn't have thought so, bit like when they do special promos on tickets at the CG, season tickets holders don't get a refund - and I wouldn't expect one!

Or when you buy something from a shop and find it on sale for half the price a week later.

Surely it is the acts that they have booked are the reason the tickets aren't selling very well. The ticket prices are about average if they had decent upto date acts.

Absofuckinglutely.

Are you taking Flash?  :)

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10561330.Ticket_prices_slashed_again_for_County_Ground_shows/

Looks like another price reduction.

Only a tenner now... bargain

Is that what they pay for people to go?

*sits smirking at the thought of those people who paid full price because they thought it would sell out*

People booked time off from work to phone in and book tickets the moment they went on sale.

That must sting a little now.

It's still £9.50 too expensive.

still people moaning that they paid full price.

entitled wankers.

I don't think there'd be that big a take up if they gave you a tenner to attend.

This has turned into a bit of a disaster really.  If they organise any future ones, nobody in their right mind is going to buy tickets at the initial price after the amount they've now reduced to.

Slash prices to try and get the place filled or keep prices the same and end up with a half empty ground?

Bit of a no brainer really, the aim of these concerts is make money

My mrs paid full price. Told her to complain and claim a refund.

why? if you buy something in a shop at full price and then see it's reduced to half price the next day, you don't go in demanding a refund do you?

No but for example, If I bought a shirt at full price and hadn't worn it and next day it was half price I would return it.

if it was unused, I would and then buy it again at the refunded price.

then what's the big problem with the club reducing the price?

are the club allowing people to refund the tickets they paid full price for and buy again for the reduced price?

No problem, but surely there's no problem in returning a ticket at the original price then buying the exact same ticket at half the price?

I think that sounds fair personally.

can't imagine why you wouldn't be able to do it, aren't the sales being handled by ticketmaster or such?

still think it's daft to complain about paying full price

There in lies the problem of jumping in with both feet. If you've paid a higher price, tough shit

Bought two from Asda today. 20 quid won't feel like a rip off even if its shit.

Wanted to get tickets today but the 'stall' at Asda claim they have not got any of the seated tickets at £20 only selling standing, want to go at the cheap price but if they cant be bothered to sell them I wont go, piss poor

They were on sale at the air tattoo today too (discounted price)

Surely standing prices would be the cheaper of the two anyway?

I guess he wanted to rest his weary legs

Bit of a joke this situation really. I'd be a bit pissed off if I'd paid full whack for a ticket. That said, those that did were happy to pay the price at the time.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10566532.Summer_session_ticket_price_row/?ref=mr

What a palava!

It's the law. You don't get refunds on concert tickets or tickets to most things and it's in the terms and conditions. As said previously it's like a holiday or buying a coat and then finding it for cheaper two weeks later, tough shit.

Hate the general public's cry baby culture. You take your chance paying early.

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Likewise a there are plenty of people who wouldn't skip a beat selling tickets to a sold out concert on ebay at a tidy profit if they were unable to go.

This, you take the rough with the smooth.

Problem is most people who have bought tickets for this won't be regular gig-goers as it doesn't really appeal to that market. They don't really have any grasp of the culture surrounding concert tickets.

Stage going up

http://instagram.com/p/cLnCHCDlIo/

I really hope the pitch isn't fucked...

Cassidy tweeted a photo of the pitch a few days ago with a comment along the lines of "bet it won't look like this next week". It appears the tweet has since been deleted...

 :(

Watching the cricket last night from Old Trafford, they've had a redevelopment (looks terrible to me, but what do I know. Where have the hanging baskets gone that Richie Benaud used to get excited about?)  One interesting feature though, was a temporary stand, which goes up for big games, and then down to accommodate a stage for gigs. If we are to have 6 or so gigs a year, then something like this would be a good solution for us...get rid of the Bank, and stick in a scaffolding job when needed.

Saw that too.


But then, Reg, we'd only have three stands. And you know who else has three stands? That's not really acceptable is it?

That box at Old Trafford looks horrendous.

As for the 6 gigs a year, if the two at the weekend aren't a success than I imagine the remainder of the gigs will be your average pub singer in the Legends.

Bormuff?  They're doing OK.

Given how things have gone so far this summer, doubt any of us would be the least bit surprised.

Looks like the concerts will go ahead this weekend, but at a cost to STFC.

I hope Jed & co aren't relying to heavily on revenue for these concerts in their business plans.

At what cost? Has something happened?

I saw rumours last night that they might be cancelled, but I just saw on twitter..

Gary Lawrence ‏@gazzaloz 23m
So the Big Summer Sesh goes ahead thanks to #stfc underwriting it. Poor ticket sales almost scuppered it.

At least the weather has been good this summer...

I don't think this board could organise a piss up in a brewery  ::)

Don't worry though, they know what they're doing....wait and see how it pans out  ::)

Apart from the board didnt organise the concerts did they. Its an external company.

Just a minor detail like

But we wouldn't want to let that get in the way of a good moan now would we!

Concerts are notihng to do with stfc so the board would not underwrite it, they get money regardless of how well it is attended

Unless the tickets have sold so badly that the third party company are about to go bust/can't afford to pay us or run the concerts.

With zero control over ticket sales or the product itself, it would be lunacy to underwrite it.

Hmmm.

Gary Lawrence ‏@gazzaloz 1h
So the Big Summer Sesh goes ahead thanks to #stfc underwriting it. Poor ticket sales almost scuppered it.

 emma stfc goodall ‏@emmag892 1h
@gazzaloz me being dumb but what do you mean by underwriting it??

 Gary Lawrence ‏@gazzaloz 46m
@emmag892 It means they are coming up with the cash to pay artists etc so concerts go ahead. See the paper tomorrow for full explanation!

Wasn't there some sort of insurance involved? so it pays out if the concert didn't happen. I'm sure i read something along those lines.

The board would be crazy to underwrite it....... :hmmm:

I'm pretty sure that last bit's not quite true.

when Jed did that presentation not too long ago, didn't he specify that it would bring in STFC between £300k - £1.8 million per year, depending on how well attended the event(s) were?

So we are paying for the acts then? Am i right in thinking that?

Thats the Collins money gone then ;)

I remember reading somewhere that we would make 300k regardless of how many tickets were sold.

Morhsead reckons the club should still make something overall. I reckon they are helping to make up the difference out of the 300k they will receive.

Sam morshead justs tweeted he believed the club pumped in a low six figure fee to get the concerts on

Bit of a blow though. Humph.

Are we expecting a few hundred k drinks sales then?

Fair play to the club for not letting people down who have already bought tickets. The ill feeling regarding the prices hasn't done them any favours, this is a decent gesture.

They could have still taken the 300k even if the concerts were cancelled.

I suppose it could help to make future efforts more successful as well so the gesture may not be entirely altruistic.

Which will get completely overlooked.

Judging by lots of people trying to claim their money back thats a given.

Even if it wasn't their fault they will be blamed by most.

Its the promoters that need to be shot, can't see how the club will get the blame pinned on them

I worry that the general non-STFC supporting public won't be able to tell the difference between the club running it or a promoter. I think the clubs reputation will be damaged in the eyes of a few disgruntled customers who think CG gigs = STFC culpability.

Somebody blamed the board on the previous page of this very thread!

*Being devil's advocate.....

Of course the board deserve some of the blame for this shambles. If I rent my house out to a bunch of nutters who hold a massive party there, my neighbours, quite rightly, would not be happy with me, not the promoter.

Some would argue that the club signing up to this promoter, have endorsed them. If it all goes tits up, then Jed and Co should shoulder some of the responsibility.

Also if the board signed up to a promoter who put on a concert which was a rip roaring success do you think the board would be saying, 'oh no nothing to do with us guv, we just let out the ground'. Of course they wouldn't they'd be celebrating their fantastic decision to host such an event, and quite rightly so.

The whole thing sums up the towns attitude to music in general.

What people can tell something is shit and don't bother with it?

The concerts were organised with too short notice, as people would've organised holidays now as the kids are now off on holiday and it's the start of the two week shutdown at places like Honda.

Credit where it is due to the board for propping it up, but if it had been marketed correctly and priced correctly in the beginning they may end up with a better attendance than they are going to get

Playing my trade tomorrow looking after the crowd, wish I knew some of the support acts though...

I cant help but feel a tiny bit sorry for Jed and co,nothing ever seems to go according to plan for them .

Yet another cock up at stfc. Nobody will trust the so called organisers of the concerts after the pricing fiasco.
If the board are going to persist with these events I suggest they change promoters next time.

They should have a rave on the pitch, Helter Skelter style.

You'd be down for it Arriba

Ha. Too old for that now.

Never too old, ill bring the horns and whistles

It's not an 80's cover band: people were never going to go

Ha ha.  There's 20 of us old timers going to Brunel Rooms at the end of August to see Pete Tong on my birthday.  In fact I know hoards of people going that night and they're all over 35.  It'll bring back some memories and the youngsters won't know what's hit them  :D

If it wasn't for those meddling kids...

Think this might give a clue
If you can't tell the difference between a style of playing football and a business model, then you've got a problem. And bringing the two together doesn't solve it.
http://www.thisisswindontownfc.co.uk/news/headlines/10572968.Entertaining_fans_is_on_McCrory_s_agenda/

Looks like the event has been scaled down...

Luminites ‏@LUMINITES 54m
We've been told by the organisers of the Swindon summer sessions that today's show is no longer going ahead..

Luminites ‏@LUMINITES 35m
We're gutted not to see you guys in Swindon. The event has been majorly SCALED DOWN by the organisers.

Wow, the event is a major cock up.

Blame not important, but I suspect we will need to fins another 300K a year to meet our budget :(

Of the additional £2m in revenue the club forecast to receive per annum, £650k (iirc) was from concert profit. So guess it'll be more like £1.3m in extra revenue. How that translates into profit I do not know. For example, the catering deal will be £200k in revenue but also a £200k cost saving = £400k extra profit.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10573025.The_Robins_step_in_to_rescue_concerts/?ref=ar

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10574338.Line_up_for_tonight_s_Big_Summer_Session_gig_changes/

Sounds like its still going ahead but Luminites and McKNasty (whoever they are) have been replaced by a couple of punters from The Voice.

Although amsuingly on the advertiser website when you click on that page adverts for the shows pop up, still showing those who are not not coming.

Sadly whatever the whys and wherefores of it it was advertsied way too late. However if it is true that the cdirectors have put some money in to make sure it goes ahead then they do deserve some credit, not that they will get any.

What a mess.  Surely this leaves the door for people to get refunds if the line up has changed at the last minute?

Nah, in multiple act bills there's always a clause saying the acts are subject to change- believe the most high profile case would be U2 dropping out of Glastonbury a few years ago.

Bless, at least Jed and Co are trying to make a go of things,  for this they have to be commended

they're not even The Voice finalists.Utter shambles.

"As a lifelong fan of the Luminites, I demand a refund" said no-one, ever.

To be fair, a fair few people may have bought tickets thinking they were the Lumineers

I'm starting to feel a bit sorry for the club/board.  They had the best of intentions.  We all know that development of alternative revenues streams is essential for any football club.  This one just hasn't worked out.  It's all a bit C-List, isn't it.

Hey...Ho...

C-list, do you mean cunt?  This fiasco would never have happened if Callum hadn't gone back to the cruises.

And thunder storms are coming tomorrow evening by the weather forecast.

Think most of them have vague aspirations of working their way up to C-List don't they? To add to the general air of piss-ups in breweries, apparently they brought the start time forward an hour today. Wonder how many people will not have heard and will have turned up at the original start time to find they've missed half the acts and even then they're not the ones advertised? Shambles would be putting it midly

Just drove down my street (Shrivenham Road) and parked up instantly while the concerts going on (sounds like shit) never get parked on my street if I arrive close to kick off when footballs on. Few friends in photos on facebook the place is literally empty.

Seen a few pics and it looks like the standing is about half a dozen rows deep and DR is practically empty.

I suspect tomorrow night may be a bit busier as there probably more interest in the 90's bands....I'll let you know though as I'm taking the Mrs

Err, guess we won't be having any more concerts again...

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Owch. What's that, 800-1000 tops including the seating?

Ooops. At least most of the pitch won't be fucked. Assuming tomorrow isn't any busier.

Oh dear

Pitch protection doesn't look too bad....

Would be interesting to know the attendance of similar concerts at other venues.

I think I can see my neighbour  :eek:

 What time was that photo taken tho

These gigs would have half filled the Oasis.

2,200 apparently

still going and sounds pretty lively. Hopefully the next one they do (if they do it again) will appeal to me, and be better organised.

That's fucking pathetic. I hope the guaranteed money was paid upfront.  Might not see anything otherwise I fear

Surprised there's that many

I had more people at my 40th birthday party - and I haven't got many friends.

There's 500 tops in that photo. No wonder tickets we're given away and acts cancelled. Tin pot chancers

Well I'm not sure where they all are in that photo?

Unless they manage to pull in some real top class acts, there seems little point in attempting this type of thing again.  Shame really, as it was going to be extra revenue for the club.

soapy tit wank

Portsmouth used to have more than that in front of the TE back in the day. I wonder if Eric was there tonight.
Maybe if spurs had told us which acts to put on it would have been OK.

Had a decent night overall. Walked in wondering where the hell everyone was but the quality of performance was decent and people got more and more into it as the night went on.

Negatives; half an hour or so gaps between the acts was silly and the event seemed to drag by the end.

Secondly - it was standard Swindon with the sluts and chavs becoming more prominent as the alcohol intake grew larger. Me and the mrs felt like we were in a nightclub from about 9.45 onwards.

Going tomorrow as well so will see what that brings. Hopefully more than 12 people in the stands.

That looks fucking embarassing...

Although is not mything in the slightest, I wanted this to be a success. For the town of nothing else. Katy B is a pretty big name in uk music at he moment (although maybe not amongst this forum admittedly), and the fact it's sold so poorly hardly sends a good message to promoters looking to get anything decent in the town I the future. Doesn't help the business case for that oasis development

reminds me back of back in the day when I did a bit of band promoting (not to this scale). Seems the people of Swindon just aren't interested, and hardly ever have been.

Fucks sake, boozy sluts. Should have gone.

Much better way to spend an evening.

Hang on a minute.  Who would a concert like this appeal to though?  There are plenty of comments earlier on this thread pointing out that the standard of the acts were pretty ropey.  I know I'm not in the target demographic for this - and, sure enough, I haven't the faintest idea who any of the acts are - but even if you are in your teens or 20s, the prospect of spending your Friday night watching a parade of also rans from a Saturday night TV show is not going to be that enticing, is it?

I don't think Swindon folk are going to be any more or less likely to support good acts if they're on offer.  The numbers simply reflected the quality of the line up.

Swindon has a pretty rich musical heritage...this for example.

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/10567608.Remembering_when_Swindon_was_centre_of_a_punk_explosion/

Let's be fair, here.

The 'event' had nothing to do with STFC - the club just offered the venue for hire to the promoter.

If it turned out to be absolute shite, that falls in the promoter's lap

Wow, I thought this paragraph was going to be followed by "...well this was something like that would've been..."

Arriba, who are the "tin pot chancers" here?  We hired the venue out, it didn't work out for the promoters obviously but the directors underwrote it this week to avoid it being cancelled - and it was not STFC money being used, but their own!!

This.

Not too sure why the promoters went for two nights anyway - suppose it keeps certain costs down but I would think that Peter Andre was going to attract a far bigger audience so why not have more acts on the one day?

Swindon has always been a strange place for entertainment - if Elvis were to re-appear backed by the Beatles it would probably not be a sell-out!

Didn't Elton John and Brian Adams sell out?

Pretty sure Elton sold out completely, Brian Adams was pretty close to a sell out but they didn't use the Town End

Not really,they have always been commercial acts.

Badum tish

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I went to the Elton concert, it was a virtual sell-out, although I think you could still buy some of the cheaper tickets right up to the day.  Didn't go to the Bryan Adams concert, but I understand there were not quite so many there but still a good turn-out.  My daughter went to a Bruce Springsteen concert in Leeds on Thursday evening, total sell-out for that one.

I think comparing Elton John and Bryan Adams to a bunch of 80/90's acts and reality show rejects is a little bit like comparing a friendly with tottenham to FGR though to be fair.

Just went past and there is a huge queue for tickets and couldn't get parked down my street (as opposed to last night when I pulled up at 8.10 and parked up right outside my house) County Ground Hotel is also looks rammed. Lots of people seem to be going as a last minute thing it seems.

Thousands....

Swindon Advertiser ‏@swindonadver 5m
[Swindon News] It was all right on the night: THOUSANDS of pop fans packed the County Ground last night to enj... http://bit.ly/1buP19U

How many 'thousands'?  About 0.7?

It looked fewer thank 2K, maybe more turned up later. Or didn't turn up because of the cancellations. Didn't look like 2K from the picture posted on here.

I think there should be a good 4-5,000 in there tonight judging from the crowds outside which are much larger.

I guess this was why the board underwrote the gigs. They either gave up the £300,000 if they were cancelled or put a six figure amount down and to underwrite and hope to make some of it back off the drinks and such.

won't the drink money go to the catering company we did a deal with

The stage is over part of the pitch and the standing part is to the halfway line hopefully the pitch is well protected
There was 2000 last night I expect a few more tonight

I thought that was only soft drinks and food?

Even so it could have been a case of lose £300k or spent £100k to underwrite it and pocket the £200k

  :badmood:

They would have got the 300k regardless

Then you have to wonder if it was worth putting a six figure fee up then really.

They may still recoup some of what they had to pay out (that's just a guess)

Another guess is that they may have done it with future concerts in mind as having these cancel would do little for the credibility of further attempts.

I could not think of a worse place to be right now. Watching a load of 90's rejects in the pissing rain with a load of Chavez sounds like hell on earth.

Are there a lot of Latin Americans in then?

Hugo? Isn't he dead?

Maybe The Zombies are guesting?

None of us have read the contract. None of us have a clue what the deal is.

Except Chang, obviously.

Not if the promoters go bust they won't. Which must still be a possibility - certainly the ticket sales won't have made anywhere near enough to cover the £300k payout, never mind the £100k+ bailout and whatever other costs the promoters have incurred. Don't think we'll be seeing much, if any, of that £300k tbh

People on Twitter are saying that the powers gone out at the County Ground. I reckon Jeds got a gipsy curse on him.

From my daughter who is there soapy tit wank

www.upssystems.co.uk

I'll do you a deal Jed

Feel sorry for those out in the open tonight.

My friend has just posted a photo on fb of several of my friends looking soaking wet and fed up with the caption that Blue have gone home.  I assume that means they didn't end up performing.  Glad I'm on holiday or I would probably be stuck there with them!

Sorry to say there's a fair proportion of my soul finding this all very funny. Just when you think it can't get any worse.

If Blue have gone my girls will not be happy
 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick:

They were due on next when power went

Glad am sat at home in the dry now  :pint:

I doubt you are the only one with a bit of schadenfreude Jan. But I do feel a bit for the people who wanted to be there, and also fear our guaranteed 10 year 300K per annum deal may not see light of day.

Me:

From my sister, whose there.

How long until somebody blames the power cut and the weather on the board?

Precisely Batch.  Obviously nobody can predict the weather, but with the poor ticket sales and subsequent reduction of prices, who in their right mind would buy tickets for any future events?

According to fb, people are now leaving.  Not good, because I would imagine people will want a refund.  Who ends up out of pocket, will it be the club?

I assume they must have some kind of insurance in place to cover this, as a refund to all is likely surely?

Well the power cut may be County Ground induced. And STFC did rent the ground out. And I did just see someone who may have been Jed legging it towards the County Ground Hotel with 50 pences spilling out his pockets*.


* this is not true in any sense of the word. For a start the 'leccie' meter at the County Ground takes sixpences.

I'm quite sure I read somewhere that they do have insurance. I may be mistaken though.

Probably. I saw Morrissey at the Oasis a few years ago, he fucked off after one or two songs and everyone got a refund.

That's unlike him.

Was it over meat? Or something reasonable?

The poor lamb was ill. I think that was pretty much the last straw when it came to my Moz fandom.

Well I guess if he was really ill then not much to be done. I like his early stuff, but he can be such a female front bottom.

He is a massive massive cunt. The ill excuse has worn thin as he does it every tour.

I hope the people at the CG tonight get a full refund regardless of the fact that half of the acts performed. I presume it won't come out of STFC coffers either as the income was guaranteed regardless of attendance. Weather and drunken women aside, it sounds as if tonight was a bit more of a success than last night.

Just the legacy is leaves for future concerts, that's the worry. Perhaps if they aim for an different audience they'll get another chance?

You say that as though drunken women is a negative!

Drunken people generally are.

Seems to be tho those that have bought standing tickets for a tenner are being allowed to sit in the stands where the tickets were 20
So obv not anywhere near busy in those

In recent years that's been happening at Murrayfield for 6 nations matches. By the cheapest tickets you can, then walk around to the pricey seats once the game's underway.

I wish I knew this before I went! More money for beer.

Fair to say there won't be any more concerts then?  At least when the lights went out at home to Tranmere in 1992 we got to replay the fixture.  :D

They could try again next year, but for different target audience perhaps? A decent rock gathering would be good.

Weather no. Power cut? Well, maybe not the board but probably STFC if it was an electrical fault causing a power outage (i.e. internal to the premises) rather than a failure in the power supply. Although, this may not be bad news for the club/promoters. While it's obviously a PR clusterfuck, that ship had long since sailed anyway, and as someone else has pointed out the promoters may well be insured for the thing being abandoned due to this kind of eventuality (and if they're not, they deserve to go bust). That being the case, this may well be the only way they actually have any hope whatever of seeing any kind of return on the whole fiasco or at least stemming their losses. And maybe even having enough to pay our £300k or at least a chunk of it. Which they sure as shit couldn't have done on the back of the ticket sales. So this could be, for the promoters and the club anyway, actually quite a positive outcome. Although clearly not for the poor sods who shelled out, got piss wet through and didn't see the "artistes" they'd paid out for. On the upside, they were all shit, so everyone's a winner really

Power back on and Blue playing at the mo according to my daughter whos there

Bit of a bugger for all concerned, they'll have to shorten the sets or they'll overrun the 11pm curfew. I assume the 11pm thing is pretty universal..

I was hoping it would've been a success alothough not my taste in music. This whole clusterfuck will give the club a bad name. even though its got nothing to do with the board. The mongs on Fb have a short memory saying swindon cant organise anything, forgetting, Bryan Adams, Elton John, Biffy Clyro and that Radio 1 thing.

Let's be honest, Peter Andre only has one song so a short set would be fine.

Insania?

Didn't radio 1 organise the the radio 1 thing

I think it was BBC Radio 3.

The power cut was just the stage. It seemed all the elecricity for the stage was being supplied via a different power source as I saw a black cloud go up from somewhere behind the SB turnstiles.

And why is Andre headlining? He's only had one hit as far as I can remember. (I left before the tosser went on stage).

And I can confirm everyone who bought a ticket, even just £10, was told they can sit anywhere, so what was the point offering £20 reduced tickets?

And there were quite number of people who hadn't heard the weather forecast ...

probably, just highlighting it as a positive, as some people seem to have forgotten about it.

Thought that too but apparently Andre still on

Couple of heartwarmers off my FB

Spurs told Jed to turn the music off  :sherlock:

Don't know owt about this band....but whenever I think of Clyro, I think of Francis Kilvert, Victorian diarist, and vicar of Clyro....
Wiltshire boy...who also details life near Chippenham at the time. Kilvert seemed to have a thing for young country wenches, but seemed to control his baser instincts...great read, sort of stuff that Leefer might like.

I've wondered why the name of the band as Clyro is a tiny place that time forgot...apart from the wonderous Kilvert stuff.

Blame it on the weatherman

Bar some people who seemed set to whinge about it regardless (one guy complaining about stage hands on stage during songs. Clearly never been to any gig before), the general feedback I've seen on twitter looks fairly positive for last night. Good stuff

My sister loved it

She's probably a fucking chancer. Mooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.

All 3 of of my kids although they got drenched loved every minute of it and would happily do it again.

  :nod: :nod:

As for the bands...i heard it in Stratton near midnight so god knows what the poor fuckers in Shrivvy Road thought of it all :badmood:

Better fare on the table next time please gents,people dont mind paying big money to watch half decent acts.

Glad to hear some good news that people enjoyed it. Now to reveal the profit and what the pitch is like!!

Admins: please merge this with "Friday Joke Thread"

Went to the one last night, it's a shame they didn't advertise it properly, because the Reunion people should have drawn in a crowd of 10,000, especially if ticket prices had started off reasonably. 5ive mentioned they were touring in Oxford which got booed and they couldn't understand why which was funny, it will be interesting to see how having the stage on the pitch will affect it, hopefully not too much, but it's not the smartest of moves having all of that on half the pitch 10 days before it's due to be played on.

 Any news on the pitch? 

Jed tweeted on Monday that the pitch was fine.

I think it was Tans who retweeted some pics of it yesterday.  Looked scuffed up to say the least.  But Marcus Cassidy earlier said it was in good shape and playable!

Thats good news then! Reg you must be over the moon!

It was a bit roughed up in a few places on the touchline by the DRS as they had no covering on the pitch, but they were letting people walk from the stand to the pitch.

There's a lot on here who do not believe, or want to believe what Jed says!!

Right so we've got analysis of the pitch situation from McCrory and Tans.. :hmmm:

The person who tweeted the photos originally has took them off for some reason

So you're saying your evidence is based on an unreliable source...

I think it was one of the groundstaff who posted them

Was the shrivvy terrace still there?  :)

I saw a photo, there was like an outline of where the stage and protection had been where the grass was crushed and lighter. I guess it depends on your definition of 'fine' it's not great, but I think our ground staff can get it back to almost as good as the rest of the pitch. It's certainly not an unplayable area or anything.

Don't believe him, they have probably sold the grass while it was covered.

I hear Brentford recently came into possession of some pretty sweet grass.

I had a walk around the pitch yesterday, it's fine. There are patches of discolouration around the Stratton Bank goalmouth, but that's purely superficial. The surface itself isn't damaged, there aren't any noticeable dents or troughs or bits of pitch coming off. Really not too bad at all, the protective matting did its job.

That's good news. Plus there is a week before we need to play on it, so it'll hopefully be good as new anyway.