London Date for Rats - Thursday, 7 August 2008 - 100 Club (NOT ELECTRIC BALLROOM)

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

London Date for Rats - Thursday, 7 August 2008 - 100 Club (NOT ELECTRIC BALLROOM)

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

RE: London Date for Rats - Thursday, 7 August 2008 - ELECTRIC BALLROOM

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
So, are you going ArrGee? I wonder how tickets will sell.
Interesting angle on the article, no mention of any of the other Rats and it talks as though they were the band. Are they calling themselves simply The Rats now?

Almost certainly; bar cancellations or holidays. Thursday night in Camden saves a trip to Blackpool. Dunno who I'll get to go with me, I'll give Ian a call smile

The tickets are a bit more than I'd expect (Futureheads are doing a May gig and tickets for that are only £12.50), but not totally unreasonable (less than £20). I suspect they will sell enough

As far as I know they are calling themselves The Boomtown Rats.

An an aside, the Greedy Bastards played the venue with Geldof and Fingers back on 16th December 1978....

...five months after it had opened to see Thin Lizzy play with Bob Geldof, Paul Cook and Steve Jones. Phil Lynott was good, he worked for me a lot, he says. And whats the other boy called? A big tall boy from Dublin who played rock - Bob Geldof, thats it! I remember one night there was Phil and Geldof and some other lads, there were three famous groups and I put them all together and I said, How much do you want? They said they wanted 75 per cent of the door and I said, Youre a right crowd of greedy bastards! When I went back to the Ballroom, there was a big poster with The Greedy Bastards written on it.

http://www.electric-ballroom.co.uk/history/history5.html

The full Lizzy lineup reconvened the following day, to set out on its next U.S. tour; no sooner was the group back in London, however, than Lynott, Cook, and Jones were scheming a second Greedy Bastards show. Downey, Gorham, and Moore all returned, together with the Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, although Geldof's contributions were largely confined to a clattering version of his own "Looking After Number One," itself part of a closing salvo that breezed on through "Pretty Vacant," a maniacal Christmas jingle, and finally, the R&B stormer "Hard Driving Man."

http://www.answers.com/topic/greedy-bastards?cat=entertainment

-- Edited by ArrGee at 15:55, 2008-03-22

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

I agree, the tickets are a little pricey, given that Bob couldn't sell at around that price. It will be interesting to see if they sell. You might have a gig all to yourself biggrin

Camden is better for me, but I still wouldn't make the effort on a Thursday evening, unless it was local to me.

oshora · CRAZY

Wow! I would love to fly over for this gig! I'll check into flight, hotel, and car expenses. I'll post my itinerary if it is possible for me to make this trip! Atlanta has good fares non-stop to Heathrow and I have a lot of Marriott hotel credits! Now if I can use my international drivers license - driving on the other side of the street would be a challenge! Yikes! May have to taxi everywhere...

CIAO! Linda

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Just use the underground or buses in London, you can't go wrong.

Ian · House on Fire

ill go withya ArrGee lol

Derek The Dane · V Deep

If I can get cheap flights then I will come.Camden is great for me.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

If there's enough interest, could have a forum get together prior to the gig followed by an all nighter at Oshora's hotel smile

Always amazed at the level of devotion to bands with people getting flights et al. I can just about drag myself onto the tube to see bands.
Oshora, a word to the wise about driving in London. Forget it! Not really possible to park most of the time without paying through the nose.

Nearby Regent's Park has a nice Marriott smile

http://www.marriott.co.uk/Channels/hotels-uk/hotels/travel/lonrp-london-marriott-hotel-regents-park/

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Don't forget the congestion charge if you are driving centrally. What is it, about £7 now?

Why can't this be at the weekend?? furious

Sounds like a good Rat meet.

ArrGee it really is worth travelling to see bands. There is something about going to another country and seeing them play elsewhere, well as long as they do actually play! But, if you have the time, you can combine with a couple of days break and seeing another city. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to see any of Rome or Milan, but we had a good long weekend in Amsterdam when we saw the Rolling Stones.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
ArrGee it really is worth travelling to see bands. There is something about going to another country and seeing them play elsewhere, well as long as they do actually play! But, if you have the time, you can combine with a couple of days break and seeing another city. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to see any of Rome or Milan, but we had a good long weekend in Amsterdam when we saw the Rolling Stones.

I saw the Happy Mondays in Amsterdam, but I was living there at the time. The best thing about it was they were playing the relatively small Paradiso, whereas they were playing the likes of Wembley Arena in the UK. Also had tickets for Bowie in Paris when I worked there. However, I got sacked from that job, and wasn't able to get a flight to Paris for that night (let down by ahem friends).

I used to find trekking off to Wembley (Arena/Stadium) too much effort, and I got free tickets for gigs there. Shepherd's Bush is about my limit, as I live in east London, on the central line, so it's a one line journey. Even Hammersmith seems too far. (Sad to say after seeing the Rats there back in 1981, my last visit there was for another Irish troupe - Riverdance! It's a long story but suffice to say, we didn't get the tickets for ourselves, but were stuck with them on the night, so rather than waste them we went in - I know no one will believe that but it is true)

I guess if you live outside London, then you have to travel and stay anyway, so it can be worth traveling, especially if you are planning a weekend away. But I like to get home, even if it happens to be the next morning after the post-gig bash.....

oshora · CRAZY

Wow - I know that Marriott! Yea, I have the points. No problem pow wowing at my hotel room. It would be great to meet some of you - actually, more of a thrill than seeing BG! smile

Well - a close second! biggrin

Does anyone know if all tickets are sold out? I have been doing my usual travel, so out of touch lately. I can book the flight and hotel soon. Just want to make sure I can get a good ticket...

Later! Kind of getting excited! lol biggrin

-- Edited by oshora at 04:10, 2008-04-01

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

oshora wrote:
Wow - I know that Marriott! Yea, I have the points. No problem pow wowing at my hotel room. It would be great to meet some of you - actually, more of a thrill than seeing BG! Well - a close second!

Does anyone know if all tickets are sold out? I have been doing my usual travel, so out of touch lately. I can book the flight and hotel soon. Just want to make sure I can get a good ticket...

Later! Kind of getting excited! lol

-- Edited by oshora at 04:10, 2008-04-01

wouldn't woory about tickets. hundreds available. all standing.

-- Edited by ArrGee at 22:43, 2008-04-01

oshora · CRAZY

Well, I booked the Marriott and purchased one ticket. If it looks like a "go" I will get my airline ticket closer to July.

See you all there. If you want to get together, email me at loshora@msn.com and I will share my itinerary and we can plan further. Right now I plan on arriving Aug 6 and leaving Aug 9.

CIAO! biggrin

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

100 Club

musicmania · A Hold of Me

RE: London Date for Rats - Thursday, 7 August 2008 - 100 Club (NOT ELECTRIC BALLROOM)

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Yes, for other gigs it wouldn't be much. But as Bob couldn't sell at that price, I question whether it is too much for lesser known Rats??

Of course, I'd personally pay more for Bob and anyone I wanted to see, but I'm not the only consumer biggrin

.

When you say not well known bands, do you mean ones that might be up and coming and have some following - rather than an old band which broke up nearly 20 years ago wink

musicmania · A Hold of Me

I mean up & coming. Bands that broke up years ago & get back together know that their fans wil be nostalgic & milk it for all they can get. Our cheap gigs are still alot more expensive than the UK. Maybe we Irish are just stupid to pay over the odds weirdface

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

musicmania wrote:

Have I missed something?? The tickets are £18.50 which is less than E25 & ye think they are pricey??? Ye should see the price of concert tickets here. "Cheap" tickets would be E35 or £27 & that would be for bands not very well known. I've seen come back tours costing double that. Me & my friends have often paid up to E95 or £74. If its a band or artist I really want to see I figure its worth it.

There are a large number of gigs on in London any night of the week that can range from £10 to £70, but what surprises me is that very current and popular bands like The Courteeners (£11.50) The Futureheads (£12.50) and the Pigeon Detectives (£15) sell tickets for less than a reformed Rats or even 10cc (£22.50). The average price at the 100 Club is £15 (Wilko Johnson is just £13!)

Now Bruce Springsteen can charge £50 for tickets and sell out, but most artists should probably be pitching between £10 & £20 depending on their popularity. With Geldof he was trying to sell tickets @ £25 at Shepherd's Bush whilst Franz Ferdinand who were probably the hottest band in the UK at the time were selling tickets for £20 (I had paid £10 to see them about 12 months earlier). Different audiences perhaps, but the price is a factor. Had Geldof sold tickets @ £15 a go at the 100 Club it would have sold out and generated a buzz. As I said £18.50 is a bit more than I'd expect, but the tickets in Crewe are a mere £9.50. £15 would be reasonable but I ain't worried about an extra £3.50.

Little reason to pay over the odds in Dublin, plenty of good free music down Baggot Street.

I think £25 for Morrissey is the most I've paid (and that was only for my wife, I'm not really a Smiths fan), and I got the Libertines as support to boot that night. Maybe a bit spoilt in London in that respect, but there are plenty of good gigs for less than £20. £74 for a gig? No way! I'd only pay that to have Pulp do their entire back catalogue in my front room.

-- Edited by ArrGee on Wednesday 20th of February 2019 04:21:00 PM

TheTopHat · The BoomTown Kid

Log on to www.ticketmaster.ie just to see what we have to pay over here. I've paid 70 euro a ticket for Radiohead and 80 euro for Neil Young this summer, 115 euro for the Stones in Slane last year, and not sure but abour 90 to see Roger Waters. However Thomas the Tank Engine only cost 30 euro per ticket, but ouch I had to buy 4 tickets.

By the way the Baggot Inn has recently reopened. I haven't been in since the relaunch but we all know ? its history (Thin Lizzy, Rats, U2, Rory Gallagher, Auto Da Fe).
Theres probably a cover charge, as before.

My local pub, which boasts live music doesn't have a cover charge. The Rats haven't played there but we have had U2 and Def Leppard in the past, albeit impromptu acoustic sessions.

nick

-- Edited by TheTopHat at 01:28, 2008-04-20

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

TheTopHat wrote:
Log on to www.ticketmaster.ie just to see what we have to pay over here. I've paid 70 euro a ticket for Radiohead and 80 euro for Neil Young this summer, 115 euro for the Stones in Slane last year, and not sure but abour 90 to see Roger Waters.

They have the same over here, but I just wouldn't bother seeing any band at that price, especially when you would be nowhere near the stage. There are enough good gigs for between £10 & £20, so why pay £75 to see Bon Jovi? (I find it hard to believe anyone would even pay to see them). This weekend, we have The Good, The Bad & The Queen plus Hard-fi for free! http://www.nme.com/news/the-good-the-bad-and-the-queen/35907

Some idea of London gigs & prices

http://www.timeout.com/london/music/features/2116/2.html

-- Edited by ArrGee at 11:17, 2008-04-22

ArrGee1991 · Dave

oshora wrote:

Well, I booked the Marriott and purchased one ticket. If it looks like a "go" I will get my airline ticket closer to July.

See you all there. If you want to get together, email me at loshora@msn.com and I will share my itinerary and we can plan further. Right now I plan on arriving Aug 6 and leaving Aug 9.

CIAO!

Are u here? Get to a internet cafe and let us know.

ArrGee1991 · Dave

Ian wrote:

ill go withya ArrGee lol

U coming along? U can pay at the door.

oshora · CRAZY

Hey - I have a ticket at the box office if anyone can get it. The ticket is under Linda Wasserman. Worth a try and you can have it for free! Hope someone can use it. Hope you do not have to show ID to get it. Good luck!

Sorry, but work has me traveling all August and my project manager would not let me off, not even for a quick flight to London. I am in San Diego/La Jolla, CA thru Aug 14 and then Victoria, Canada August 15 thru 25th. I will be home on the 25th, late at night. Then I get vacation thru September 7th. No rest for the wicked, I guess.

Sorry to have missed this concert. I was really looking forward to the concert (even though Bob was not going to be there) and meeting some of you. Really bummed... Another time, perhaps.

I know you will enjoy yourselves!

Sincerely,
Linda
Sad in La Jolla hmm

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Hi Linda

How absolutely gutting! Sorry to hear about you having to work. Unfortunately I won't be able to use your ticket, not sure if anyone else around here is able to. Did you book flights? Hope you didn't lose too much on it. Might you get a chance to do it again later, they are touring next year too.

ArrGee1991 · Dave

oshora wrote:
Hey - I have a ticket at the box office if anyone can get it. The ticket is under Linda Wasserman. Worth a try and you can have it for free! Hope someone can use it. Hope you do not have to show ID to get it. Good luck!

You should have asked for a refund a while back. Could have said the 100 club was too far to travel to. Of course you could just contact them and say you spent the evening at the Electric Ballroom waiting.....

-- Edited by ArrGee1991 at 11:41, 2008-08-07

oshora · CRAZY

Hi,
No biggie, just thought someone might be able to use the tix.

Yes, work for me is pretty grueling right now until end of August.
I was able to cancel flight and hotel without losses.

I will see if next year is better for us as far as personal travel. This year we have been struggling, such a poor US economy. That's why I have stepped up my travel - more bonus money.

Any one interested in buying a home in Kennesaw, GA? We got one for sale!

I hope all of you had a great time. I envy you! smile

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee wrote:
£74 for a gig? No way! I'd only pay that to have Pulp do their entire back catalogue in my front room.

And I did pay £55 plus fees to see them at the Royal Albert Hall and to be fair they did play most of the back catalogue. I will smash my ticket price record for a gig next week. £89.50 (including fees which break down as; £10 service charge, £1 facility fee and £3.50 to collect the ticket!) for The Who, but the seat is pretty good, Block A on the aisle at The O2.

Mark L · Loudmouth

Each to his own, but there is no way I would pay that to see any rock star. Daltrey is worth tens of millions and unless this is a charity gig, with a sizeable amount going to the Teenage Cancer Trust or similar, nigh on £90 is outrageous profiteering. The title of your other new post today springs to mind.

Most ripping off is committed at 90 quid.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Mark L wrote:
Each to his own, but there is no way I would pay that to see any rock star. Daltrey is worth tens of millions and unless this is a charity gig, with a sizeable amount going to the Teenage Cancer Trust or similar, nigh on £90 is outrageous profiteering. The title of your other new post today springs to mind.
Most ripping off is committed at 90 quid.

I thought I'd better see The Who before they got "old" and died.

I would have preferred to have seen then at the TCT gigs with Wilko Johnson supporting , but I got the ticket for this first. It was due to take place at end of December but got postponed.

For TCT at Albert Hall, only choir tickets remain at £85 plus fees, but the good seats were £150 before adding fees which would probably make it about £170.

I will only see The Who twice, but I am paying for it. I forked out another £80 for the Hyde Park show, but then I do get another four top notch support acts (Gaz Coombes, Kaiser Chiefs, Johnny Marr & Paul Weller). Still cheaper than the Stones and their £450 plus tickets.

£50 is my normal limit though. My jaunts to Dublin, Cork and Cambridge to see The Rats all ended up costing less than £50 each. That's if you exclude the cost of liquid refreshment, but that cost is much the same no matter what.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

What are you doing resurrecting these old posts? I was getting rather excited and thought this was a new date. Stop it!!!

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ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
I was getting rather excited and thought this was a new date. Stop it!!!
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Sure. I was actually searching for Greedy Ba$tards and it came up and then I noted how I wrote I wouldn't pay £74 for a gig nor travel to one...

ArrGee wrote:

I can just about drag myself onto the tube to see bands.

I suppose I did break with that in recent years, but I'm back to that philosophy. If I can't get there on the tube, it ain't happening! I blame suss for inviting me to Whyteleafe. Thin end of the wedge.

PS The DLR and the Overground count as the tube, as they are my main modes of transport once I get to sunny Stratford.

JoanOfArc · The Fine Art of Surfacing

i was at the 100 club a few weeks or so back

watched sex pistols and souisie and the banshees tribute bands...

great stuff

100 CLUB 100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL (NB: change of venue)

100 CLUB
100 Oxford Street, London W1D 1LL (NB: change of venue)