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Post by blagult on Feb 22, 2021 10:56:31 GMT
Yeah it was strange. Before the 79 tour I would agree with you. And to be honest at that time in certain area’s you would probably be right. London, Glasgow etc.. But I think with regard to the North East. The area had changed considerably between 77-79. Socially deprived it was a hotbed for certain generations turning to Punk/ New wave. It was massive here. There were venues where a lot of the Punk Bands were given early gigs and it just went Balistic. Quo were rapidly feeling outdated especially after the 2 preceding albums which to a lot of fans were very disappointing. All the above had a massive impact on the numbers for that tour up here. I would also guess a percentage of loyal Quo fans crossed over as well. To be fair though if they had just done those 2 nights then all good. Packed out. But they overstretched with 4.
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Post by matt on Mar 11, 2021 19:42:29 GMT
That’s interesting to hear. I only went post 89 but you do assume all the old gigs would have been sell outs.
Trying to think of the worst attended gig I’ve been to
Sheffield city hall 1989 Newcastle arena 1996... 🤔
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Post by rockinoldgit on Mar 30, 2021 9:30:20 GMT
The 28th at Hammy, my first gig. Lot's of dry ice (or something) on stage. Loud and rockin'. Up to "the smoke" for the day with 3 mates in one of their dad's car. We didn't trust my old Vauxhall Viva to get us there 🤣 Great memories. I bought the LP and cassette!😂 Not the cartridge though. I don't think they ever got to the wilds of Swindon.🤔 Thanks for posting all these interesting old posters/adverts. 😊
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Post by mortified on Mar 31, 2021 8:44:13 GMT
Yeah it was strange. Before the 79 tour I would agree with you. And to be honest at that time in certain area’s you would probably be right. London, Glasgow etc.. But I think with regard to the North East. The area had changed considerably between 77-79. Socially deprived it was a hotbed for certain generations turning to Punk/ New wave. It was massive here. There were venues where a lot of the Punk Bands were given early gigs and it just went Balistic. Quo were rapidly feeling outdated especially after the 2 preceding albums which to a lot of fans were very disappointing. All the above had a massive impact on the numbers for that tour up here. I would also guess a percentage of loyal Quo fans crossed over as well. To be fair though if they had just done those 2 nights then all good. Packed out. But they overstretched with 4. 1979 was one of those strange years and the only time I can remember them struggling to sell tickets. During this era I mean. It was probably quite localised, like you say, but management and/or promoters obviously just took the band's success for granted totally ignoring the tsunami that was punk and new wave. Punk didn't just attract youngsters. It grabbed a lot of us. Quo fans were not immune. I was in my early 20's by this point and a very large percentage of my singles collection is probably new wave stuff. Looking back, it was all a bit odd at the time. They didn't really tour to promote If You Can't Stand The Heat, Whatever You Want or Just Supposin'. Not as such. Well, not in the UK. So by the time of the 1981 tour, there were half a dozen songs in the set none of us had heard live before.
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Post by ant on Apr 2, 2021 8:05:21 GMT
Don't forget that in 1979 there were a hell of a lot of bands to see. I was at the 1979 Newcastle gig (one of them - my second Quo gig) but I was going to a good quality rock gig at the City Hall and/or Mayfair virtually every week. And I mean name bands. The tickets were ridiculously cheap (£2.50 or so) but still a lot to spend.
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Post by mortified on Apr 2, 2021 8:12:42 GMT
Don't forget that in 1979 there were a hell of a lot of bands to see. I was at the 1979 Newcastle gig (one of them - my second Quo gig) but I was going to a good quality rock gig at the City Hall and/or Mayfair virtually every week. And I mean name bands. The tickets were ridiculously cheap (£2.50 or so) but still a lot to spend. That's true. I did a huge number of gigs between 1979 and about 1982. Probably like Newcastle, there were big name gigs on every week and sometimes every night. Just used to wander along and pay at the door for many of them.
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