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Post by curiousgirl on Dec 7, 2017 22:11:31 GMT
I live here Detroit, and whilst I see your point, many people have a lot less money these days due to Brexit and lack of good jobs. They might have gone for the old ticket prices but not for the higher ones, especially without Rick. What's it like with other bands there? Closer to sell-outs more often than CQ? I'm sticking with people just not interested in them nowadays. And that's fair enough. I don't know because I don't go to enough gigs.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Dec 7, 2017 22:41:29 GMT
Nothing to do with that IMO. I live here Detroit, and whilst I see your point, many people have a lot less money these days due to Brexit and lack of good jobs. They might have gone for the old ticket prices but not for the higher ones, especially without Rick. It is a fair comment, I could not make the reunion gigs because I did not have the money to go. Many people have not had a pay rise in years, so by now with everything that's happened the fact that the gigs are not selling is not a suprise.
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Post by bridsparegular on Dec 7, 2017 22:56:19 GMT
I live here Detroit, and whilst I see your point, many people have a lot less money these days due to Brexit and lack of good jobs. They might have gone for the old ticket prices but not for the higher ones, especially without Rick. What's it like with other bands there? Closer to sell-outs more often than CQ? I'm sticking with people just not interested in them nowadays.
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Post by bridsparegular on Dec 7, 2017 23:00:59 GMT
My initial thought was 'how embarrassing for a once giant of a legendary UK Rock Band' On reflection, I'm actually glad that any few 'hard-core'left and now even the casuals are refusing to be sucked in to forking out their hard-earned (or pension) to put up with this shit any longer...rant over...
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 8, 2017 11:24:33 GMT
I live here Detroit, and whilst I see your point, many people have a lot less money these days due to Brexit and lack of good jobs. They might have gone for the old ticket prices but not for the higher ones, especially without Rick. What's it like with other bands there? Closer to sell-outs more often than CQ? I'm sticking with people just not interested in them nowadays. Its hard to tell. Im sure the ticket price put alot of people off. Times are harder but not that much harder than 12 months ago when the gimmick of an end of electrics pulled double at least the crowd last year. For health reasons Ive attended a handful of gigs locally. All had sold well. So its not just the money.
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Post by freewilly on Dec 8, 2017 11:57:35 GMT
If people think the act are worth it, they'll pay it. No matter the price
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Post by kachunk on Dec 8, 2017 12:10:52 GMT
On the old official MB,when asked why Quo’s record sales had plummeted to practically nothing since Ain’t Complainin’,Quoling stated that “people had grown up,got married and had kids and got themselves a mortgage,so they can’t really afford to buy the albums”. Curious Girl is most certainly no Quoling and is just putting forward a possibility. Most of us will,I think,take the view that Rossi’s chickens have finally come home to roost.
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Post by curiousgirl on Dec 8, 2017 12:18:05 GMT
If people think the act are worth it, they'll pay it. No matter the price Agreed. I was thinking of the more casual fan, upon which they have relied for so long. If they, the casuals aren't sure what they're getting (switching from acoustic to electric), higher ticket prices after LNOTE, plus a massive change in lineup - Rick is key here - why would they risk it? Up until now, it was a trusty formula for a reasonable ticket price. Compared to other artists who charge around £80, Quo were a reasonable night out, for the casual fan.
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Post by markquo on Dec 8, 2017 13:25:42 GMT
On the old official MB,when asked why Quo’s record sales had plummeted to practically nothing since Ain’t Complainin’,Quoling stated that “people had grown up,got married and had kids and got themselves a mortgage,so they can’t really afford to buy the albums”. Curious Girl is most certainly no Quoling and is just putting forward a possibility. Most of us will,I think,take the view that Rossi’s chickens have finally come home to roost. How is old Pete “anger management issues” Quoling these days ? Anyone hear anything from him ? Cheers
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Post by freewilly on Dec 8, 2017 13:30:36 GMT
On the old official MB,when asked why Quo’s record sales had plummeted to practically nothing since Ain’t Complainin’,Quoling stated that “people had grown up,got married and had kids and got themselves a mortgage,so they can’t really afford to buy the albums”. Curious Girl is most certainly no Quoling and is just putting forward a possibility. Most of us will,I think,take the view that Rossi’s chickens have finally come home to roost. How is old Pete “anger management issues” Quoling these days ? Anyone hear anything from him ? Cheers Thought I was talking to him in Manchester in 2013... Then he said Burning Bridges was shit so I knew it wasn't him
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Post by charles on Dec 9, 2017 1:13:00 GMT
So you've met someone with ears. Big deal.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Dec 9, 2017 8:15:36 GMT
I can see an elephant in that room though
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Dec 10, 2017 0:25:00 GMT
Nothing to do with that IMO. I live here Detroit, and whilst I see your point, many people have a lot less money these days due to Brexit and lack of good jobs. They might have gone for the old ticket prices but not for the higher ones, especially without Rick. Yes it is. It was the first thing I noticed, the rise in ticket prices. Obviously if all had been well, I wouldn't have let that stop me, but I noticed and I resented it ... the cost of tickets plus charges I saw were more than I've paid for next year's Iron Maiden gigs, or similar, and Maiden are now a much bigger band with a much bigger stage set. Trying to go out with Aquostic AND putting up their prices ... even if they needed to, to cover costs ... has not I think proved a good move.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Dec 10, 2017 0:29:36 GMT
If people think the act are worth it, they'll pay it. No matter the price Agreed. I was thinking of the more casual fan, upon which they have relied for so long. If they, the casuals aren't sure what they're getting (switching from acoustic to electric), higher ticket prices after LNOTE, plus a massive change in lineup - Rick is key here - why would they risk it? Up until now, it was a trusty formula for a reasonable ticket price. Compared to other artists who charge around £80, Quo were a reasonable night out, for the casual fan. I think that pretty much nails it, as far as I can see, CG.
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Post by unspokenwords on Dec 11, 2017 22:57:49 GMT
The photos from within the recent Newcastle concert were on the lighter side discussion and reports of the event.
They have now mysteriously disappeared and a separate topic created questioning whether the attendances are really down and only a myth, in the words of the poster ...'message boards are 10% fact and 90% bull$hit'
It is good to go on the other side for a good laugh some time to see how the flat earth believers, climate change deniers and 'CQ are the real Status Quo' think. They are probably gearing up, now that Francis is unwell, to welcome his replacement and Quo will then be even better than ever and of course the real, and one and only. Quo, as usual!
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