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Post by charles on Aug 18, 2017 11:49:40 GMT
Not according to Ticketmaster. Tried for Manchester there. Front row balcony on the first try and row EE and FF I got on the 2nd and 3rd search, which are rows in the front of the balcony to the side Always choose row FF.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 12:32:05 GMT
I accept the changes, none of them are 25 anymore. I also think however the "recreating" era is way past its sell by date and they could show much more innovation and change in the time remaining.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 18, 2017 13:16:14 GMT
On an artistic level, I entirely agree. But it's easier to keep the income rolling by not messing with the product. I don't see why they can't record something. I don't think it's doing them a huge amount of good just recording cute songs. How well did QPQ sell? There was some good stuff on that, but on the whole it was a bit floppy. They would probably get good reviews if they did one more album a bit more basic and raise the energy levels a bit. This would not actually require Francis to do the splits on stage or whatever.
Good even great albums can be made of four or five top tracks and good quality fillers/oddments, but Quo seem intent on sailing along with "just about good enough and hope for the best" now.
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 18, 2017 13:20:34 GMT
On an artistic level, I entirely agree. But it's easier to keep the income rolling by not messing with the product. I don't see why they can't record something. I don't think it's doing them a huge amount of good just recording cute songs. How well did QPQ sell? There was some good stuff on that, but on the whole it was a bit floppy. They would probably get good reviews if they did one more album a bit more basic and raise the energy levels a bit. This would not actually require Francis to do the splits on stage or whatever. Good even great albums can be made of four or five top tracks and good quality fillers/oddments, but Quo seem intent on sailing along with "just about good enough and hope for the best" now. Just about good enough would be post 76 recordings. After 81 it's been tripe and rubbish consistently. Great albums have more than 4 or 5 top tracks. They for me have nearly all. Take On the Level nearly all of them are simply great.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 18, 2017 13:54:02 GMT
On an artistic level, I entirely agree. But it's easier to keep the income rolling by not messing with the product. I don't see why they can't record something. I don't think it's doing them a huge amount of good just recording cute songs. How well did QPQ sell? There was some good stuff on that, but on the whole it was a bit floppy. They would probably get good reviews if they did one more album a bit more basic and raise the energy levels a bit. This would not actually require Francis to do the splits on stage or whatever. Good even great albums can be made of four or five top tracks and good quality fillers/oddments, but Quo seem intent on sailing along with "just about good enough and hope for the best" now. Just about good enough would be post 76 recordings. After 81 it's been tripe and rubbish consistently. Great albums have more than 4 or 5 top tracks. They for me have nearly all. Take On the Level nearly all of them are simply great. Please note the careful advertising get-out "can be" I've noted late in life that what makes a great album, for me, is the quality of its top tracks. Albums where every track is a top track are quite rare (depending on how fussy the listener is, I guess). I don't think there are any Quo studio albums with 100% tracks I couldn't live without. But the best tracks are the best of the best and there are usually plenty of them. That was almost the definition of a Quo album, to me. Then there is the kind of album where quite a few of the tracks aren't world-beaters but I enjoy them all and I particularly like the album as a whole album. Supposin is like that to me, but a lot of fans don't like it very much.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 13:57:59 GMT
On an artistic level, I entirely agree. But it's easier to keep the income rolling by not messing with the product. I don't see why they can't record something. I don't think it's doing them a huge amount of good just recording cute songs. How well did QPQ sell? There was some good stuff on that, but on the whole it was a bit floppy. They would probably get good reviews if they did one more album a bit more basic and raise the energy levels a bit. This would not actually require Francis to do the splits on stage or whatever. Good even great albums can be made of four or five top tracks and good quality fillers/oddments, but Quo seem intent on sailing along with "just about good enough and hope for the best" now. After 81 it's been tripe and rubbish consistently. Maybe yes - in your opinion. Other views, which would include my own, suggest that there are plenty of decent songs that CQ could have played of their own catalogue and built an audience based around a freely evolving set that compromised some of those at a time, along with some regular hits. Instead they sat rigid static on a core large number of hits and a tiny minority of catalogue which included an even more microscopic percentage of their own songs - and built an increasingly casual audience around those, who are resistant to change, simply because it never has changed.
Its only (allegedly) become a tricky balancing act for them because they have deliberately steered things that way such that the audience is groomed mainly on hits and not even the legacy of CQ, let alone the original era. That doesn't however mean that a much more expansive policy doesn't make sense or wouldn't give a much appreciated shot in the arm. But what might make sense, doesn't always translate into practice and this band have become exponents of that
But suffice to say, I don't buy this safety first product thing - with Rick gone, its a certain cul de sac of fast diminishing returns. Especially based on the hubbub over the tour programme.
The percentage of casual audience or those who like an entertainment night out with 'no surprises' they might lose could be made up by another percentage of disillusioned fans who would be tempted by some fresh songs and a balanced refreshing of the existing set. All backed by some proper, gimmick free promotion.
Many on this mb who finished being interested in Quo 100% completely a few decades back wouldn't be interested at all in this, but some other of us might be prepared to be give it a chance.
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 18, 2017 14:04:43 GMT
Just about good enough would be post 76 recordings. After 81 it's been tripe and rubbish consistently. Great albums have more than 4 or 5 top tracks. They for me have nearly all. Take On the Level nearly all of them are simply great. Please note the careful advertising get-out "can be" I've noted late in life that what makes a great album, for me, is the quality of its top tracks. Albums where every track is a top track are quite rare (depending on how fussy the listener is, I guess). I don't think there are any Quo studio albums with 100% tracks I couldn't live without. But the best tracks are the best of the best and there are usually plenty of them. That was almost the definition of a Quo album, to me. Then there is the kind of album where quite a few of the tracks aren't world-beaters but I enjoy them all and I particularly like the album as a whole album. Supposin is like that to me, but a lot of fans don't like it very much. Supposing for me falls into the good category. For me there are few if any great tracks on it. But lots of good tracks. There's nothing long with a good album either. I reserve great for the rare albums that are simply above nearly all others. It doesn't down play a band Quo or any other to say the albums good and not great. Take an album like Back to back. For me it's ok. Poor if judged against On the level or Hello. But it has a few good tracks. A few pretty poor tracks. Not a single great one. Although I've always really liked Ol rag blues and Too close to the ground. I accept a great album doesn't have to be all great tracks but take Quo 77-till now. The great songs became fewer and fewer and the ok to poor songs became poorer and poorer. Not one of those albums has enough top draw songs to make a great album. If you chose the best then yes you could have a cracker.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 14:26:55 GMT
Gene Pitney still going ? 🤣 I hope not he's dead 😮 Sadly Gene has been singing "Twenty four hours from Tulsa" up in heaven since 2006, great voice though right to the end.
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Post by azza200 on Aug 18, 2017 23:35:20 GMT
how many years have they been doing these "winter tours" i mean doing "winter tour" yearly surely can't just be for money and to keep their road crew in work i mean other bands tour for several months of the year say 6 months say or 2 years if its a big tour to promote a new album or anniversary of an album and that it is it they don't start touring again over the winter till xmas
Quo's problem to some extent is the endless tours year in year out ok they put out albums etc yet dont ever play alot of songs of each new album to promote it have they its always the same old setlist with one or 2 songs of the new album max played.
Taking a long break for 6-8 months is what they all need to become fresh again i would think the shows is a polished turd as its so repeated every year the fake winks fake audience repeated chats by Rossi the ticks by rhino are so rehearsed. They all need to take a break away from each other.
Because the average joe and mr and mrs smith surely arent waiting around to see imitation quo at xmas time every year are they highly doubtful.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Aug 20, 2017 7:57:30 GMT
The UK leg of the FRQ (Electric) Winter Tour:
Sun 26th Nov O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK Mon 27th Nov City Hall, Sheffield, UK Weds 29th Nov St David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK Thurs 30th Nov Hexagon, Reading, UK
December 2017 Sat 02nd Dec International Centre, Bournemouth, UK Sun 03rd Dec Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK Tue 05th Dec Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, UK Wed 06th Dec City Hall, Newcastle, UK Fri 08th Dec Eventim Apollo, London, UK
OR: JCQ November 2017 Fri 3rd Nov The Zephyr Lounge Leamington Spa, UK Sat 4th Nov The Plug Sheffield, UK Sat 18th Nov The Tivoli Buckley, UK Fri 24th Nov The Wharf Tavistock, UK
Decmeber 2017 Fri 1st Dec Dingwalls London, UK Thurs 7th Dec The iron Road Evesham, UK
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 20, 2017 8:00:53 GMT
The UK leg of the FRQ (Electric) Winter Tour: Sun 26th Nov O2 Apollo, Manchester, UK Mon 27th Nov City Hall, Sheffield, UK Weds 29th Nov St David’s Hall, Cardiff, UK Thurs 30th Nov Hexagon, Reading, UK December 2017 Sat 02nd Dec International Centre, Bournemouth, UK Sun 03rd Dec Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, UK Tue 05th Dec Clyde Auditorium, Glasgow, UK Wed 06th Dec City Hall, Newcastle, UK Fri 08th Dec Eventim Apollo, London, UK OR: JCQ November 2017 Fri 3rd Nov The Zephyr Lounge Leamington Spa, UK Sat 4th Nov The Plug Sheffield, UK Sat 18th Nov The Tivoli Buckley, UK Fri 24th Nov The Wharf Tavistock, UK Decmeber 2017 Fri 1st Dec Dingwalls London, UK Thurs 7th Dec The iron Road Evesham, UK JCQ not a single gig in the North.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Aug 20, 2017 8:06:23 GMT
....only because Sheffield is in Saaarf Yorkshire! but I know what you mean.
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Aug 20, 2017 8:33:13 GMT
Hammy? Other cover acts there as well, I see ... Why no O2? Hmmmmm
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Post by curiousgirl on Aug 20, 2017 9:36:02 GMT
Hammy? Other cover acts there as well, I see ... Why no O2? Hmmmmm Because it was going to be Aquostic. And by the time they switched, I would have thought a) there might be a cancellation charge to the Apollo Eventim group. b) the O2 might well have been booked up. The test will be next winter.
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 20, 2017 9:44:17 GMT
Hammy? Other cover acts there as well, I see ... Why no O2? Hmmmmm Because it was going to be Aquostic. And by the time they switched, I would have thought a) there might be a cancellation charge to the Apollo Eventim group. b) the O2 might well have been booked up. The test will be next winter. To be fair I think this Winter is a fair test. Roughly Hammersmith is half of what they have pulled at the 02. So it would show they have reduced pulling power if they cannot sellout Hammersmith.
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