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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 24, 2017 12:53:56 GMT
800 or so at the convention. Was it sold out?
There are FF groups on FB with thousands of members. The reunions sold very well and quickly in the UK, despite little promotion
It was really great to see the convention clips. There's not many of us on message boards now.... this can give the impression that there's not many hardcore fans anymore. But the evidence suggests they are still out there....
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Post by freewilly on Oct 24, 2017 13:11:28 GMT
800 or so at the convention. Was it sold out? There are FF groups on FB with thousands of members. The reunions sold very well and quickly in the UK, despite little promotion It was really great to see the convention clips. There's not many of us on message boards now.... this can give the impression that there's not many hardcore fans anymore. But the evidence suggests they are still out there.... There is a lot like Davy out there.
He felt cheated by the way the dates of the reunion tour came out and were sold, hasn't been back or bought anything since.
Then, 1984 done a lot of damage I would have thought. Not trying to be insulting here but, I've heard from gig reports in the past from 1986 and have heard it a tiny bit on one or two bootlegs, chants of "There's only one Alan Lancaster" were sung by a handful.
I also know for a fact people I know off just got sick of them and stopped following
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Post by paradiseflats on Oct 24, 2017 13:45:45 GMT
Define hardcore ?
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Post by freewilly on Oct 24, 2017 13:51:09 GMT
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 24, 2017 15:22:48 GMT
Think you know what I mean !
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 24, 2017 16:26:12 GMT
The hardcore seems to depend on who you want to be in your club. I met quite a few people during the reunions who loved Quo in the past but didn't feel any need to do it again. OK their loss you might say, but they seemed to sleep well'o nights with their good memories.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 24, 2017 16:34:14 GMT
800 or so at the convention. Was it sold out? There are FF groups on FB with thousands of members. The reunions sold very well and quickly in the UK, despite little promotion It was really great to see the convention clips. There's not many of us on message boards now.... this can give the impression that there's not many hardcore fans anymore. But the evidence suggests they are still out there.... There is a lot like Davy out there.
He felt cheated by the way the dates of the reunion tour came out and were sold, hasn't been back or bought anything since.
Then, 1984 done a lot of damage I would have thought. Not trying to be insulting here but, I've heard from gig reports in the past from 1986 and have heard it a tiny bit on one or two bootlegs, chants of "There's only one Alan Lancaster" were sung by a handful.
I also know for a fact people I know off just got sick of them and stopped following
Davy's lucky not to be an Iron Maiden fan then, he'd not have lasted long the way they scattergun their gig dates ... I admit I was miffed when they changed the December Aquostics to Electrics, just because the cheap seats had gone and I didn't get to do my usual try-and-pick-the-exact-seat-you-want quest, but there must be more to it than that, because I wouldn't have let that stop me in the past. There were not that many cries for Alan in 1986. There were not that many people calling "4500 Times!" either. That didn't mean we didn't want them. The fans I knew when I was hanging out in the 80s were largely the same fans I knew in the 90s - I could see hats I recognised in the front rows sometimes. We are like those flying insects that are apparently no longer waiting around for windscreens (except Davy's ) any more ... lots of subspecies.
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Post by tramper on Oct 24, 2017 20:38:47 GMT
800 or so at the convention. Was it sold out? There are FF groups on FB with thousands of members. The reunions sold very well and quickly in the UK, despite little promotion It was really great to see the convention clips. There's not many of us on message boards now.... this can give the impression that there's not many hardcore fans anymore. But the evidence suggests they are still out there.... it wasn't sold out. And believe me there was a lot of hard core fans. Also a lot of young fans, who were obviously into the ff. Strange !!
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 25, 2017 11:57:57 GMT
Well, there were several thousand very passionate fans who loved the reunions - I'd say 90% of the audience or more knew every word to every song. What proportion of them would be interested in a JCQuo gig or similar heavy Quo event? Guess the proportion will be quite low, perhaps 15% or so. The convention was well advertised - but given who was there I think the crowd probably can't be topped again for anything. Mrs Flittersnoop - I remember the hats So yeah we are many subspecies and difficult to define. But "active" hardcore....my guess now would be about 1500/2000 in the UK.
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Post by piledriver62 on Oct 25, 2017 15:47:35 GMT
The hardcore seems to depend on who you want to be in your club. I met quite a few people during the reunions who loved Quo in the past but didn't feel any need to do it again. OK their loss you might say, but they seemed to sleep well'o nights with their good memories. I'm in that category, went to both Saturday night Hammys , both amazing, '2013' was something else , but apart from watching RPJ and John QUO's knocking out possibly one of the best BFM ever there's been absolutely nothing good about the brand 'status quo'. If 'hardcore' is only listening to the classic albums then yes I'm 'hardcore'.
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Post by raotwsht on Oct 26, 2017 15:41:31 GMT
Well, there were several thousand very passionate fans who loved the reunions - I'd say 90% of the audience or more knew every word to every song. What proportion of them would be interested in a JCQuo gig or similar heavy Quo event? Guess the proportion will be quite low, perhaps 15% or so. The convention was well advertised - but given who was there I think the crowd probably can't be topped again for anything. Mrs Flittersnoop - I remember the hats So yeah we are many subspecies and difficult to define. But "active" hardcore....my guess now would be about 1500/2000 in the UK. Surely it has to be at least 4500!!
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Post by markquo on Oct 26, 2017 15:46:40 GMT
I’d say there’s more hardcore FRQ Fans than SQ fans Cheers
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Post by Railroad17 on Oct 26, 2017 15:58:16 GMT
I hadn't bothered since the Perfect Remedy tour.Try as I might it was just not Status Quo,In 2010 they played in Greenwich so I went because it was very local.I must say they were a different proposition altogether and really very good indeed.I joined the board and it was there I got the reunion rumours and thought I'd hang on for a while.The reunion got the reputation back as a serious rock band,for a while anyway.Since then they've become a laughable show band with not a shred of credibility.
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Post by Railroad17 on Oct 26, 2017 16:42:15 GMT
I hadn't bothered since the Perfect Remedy tour.Try as I might it was just not Status Quo,In 2010 they played in Greenwich so I went because it was very local.I must say they were a different proposition altogether and really very good indeed.I joined the board and it was there I got the reunion rumours and thought I'd hang on for a while.The reunion got the reputation back as a serious rock band,for a while anyway.Since then they've become a laughable show band with not a shred of credibility. Was that the gig where they were giving away a free pair of Jacob Rees Mogg to everyone who turned up?.... Right again Davy. Very Captain Rum of you.
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Post by Railroad17 on Oct 26, 2017 20:45:24 GMT
Right again Davy. Very Captain Rum of you. Thought so. I missed that one. I'll model them next time I'm in Glasgow..a magnificent offer.
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