Sonisphere cancelled

[QUOTE] [b]brENsKi wrote:[/b]
well 2/3 rds of it were doomed from the get-go
doesn't take a rocket scientist to work out that queen minus freddie plus adam lambert and kiss minus ace/peter or plus ace/peter for that matter
is not the greatest ticket seller ever..even the touts/scalpers couldn't be arsed
perhaps now, brian, roger, gene and paul will all retire (finally) with whatever modicum of self-respect remains[/QUOTE]

In 2010 KISS performed their most successful, longest U.K./European tour so far.

Had nothing to do with Peter and Ace.

Know what you're talking about next time, dumbass.

Brian, Roger, Gene, and Paul will continue to do whatever they want to do.

KISS will be touring in the U.K./Europe next year on their "Monster" world tour.

You can piss off.

[QUOTE] [b]Russian Headlong wrote:[/b]
KISS are better with Eric and Tommy than with Peter or Ace. Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr were better than Ace and Peter too.[/QUOTE]

Eric Carr/Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick/Eric Singer

Eric Singer/Tommy Thayer


All better than Peter Criss/Ace Frehley.

So, this Sonisphere thing was just a big marketing strategy for the Queen Extravaganza, huh?

Cheers,

Ogre-

It's official

http://sonisphere.co.uk/news/sonisphere-knebworth-is-cancelled/

"We are disappointed to hear of the cancellation of the Sonisphere Festivals as we were very much looking forward to performing with Adam Lambert and particularly as the venue was Knebworth, our last stand with Freddie. We apologise for the disappointment to all those who were looking forward to seeing us. We are working to see if we can redress the situation at some other venue."

Roger Taylor and Brian May

Hrm, I'm not sure what to think of this. Not complaining, but I was interested to see how it would turn out.

To further fuel the off-topicness, I prefer Ace to any other KISS lead guitarist, not hugely fond of Peter though.

let's hope bri and rog take this as a sign that there are people with other opinions than those voiced in Brian May's incoming mail...

you can't blame anyone, but there's no denying that had any of the 3 headliners been a major act, enough tickets would have been sold to make the festival happen.
i.e = neither KISS, FNM, or Queen & kk are appealing enough for sonisphere

furtermore; I bet had they gotten Aerosmith instead of either KISS,FNM or Qkk - they would have sold enough tickets

I wonder how many tickets had actually been sold ?Brian and Roger should do a indoor arena type tour,playing to crowds of 2,000 Queen fans.At least Brian and Roger know that they are not the big draw that they once were.Its a shame but it was always going to be a big ask to fill Knebworth with a unheard of singer 40 years younger than themselves.

To be fair, all this hate versus the AL project remaind me to the begining of the Q+PR thing, now, a lot of people want Paul back, even people who lost the thing in his time for his hate, thanks to Paul i saw Brian & Roger, and was a fantastic night!

Remeber the first Paul gig, in South Africa? Was very very bad, but with training they did great things.

I can't judge Alan works with only one gig of 10 mins. But i can judge Brian & Roger work, and is usually great, if they choose Alam is his is life after all. If they come to my country, i'll go to see they, just for Brian and Roger, who knows? Maybe they'll do something impressive, maybe they could use Adam's vocal range to play rarities of their first albums (could be great a cover of March Of The Black Queen full)

Yep what a load of shit i got a sameday loan to get my ticket early and now WTF??? this is all i get a email saying>........
It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the
cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012.

Putting the festival together in what is proving to be a very challenging
year was more difficult than we anticipated and we have spent the last few
months fighting hard to keep Sonisphere in the calendar.

Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that we would be unable to run the
festival to a standard that both the artists and that Sonisphere's audience
would rightly expect.

We want to express our deepest regrets to the artists and to thank all the
staff, suppliers and contractors who worked so hard with us to try and pull
off what has proven to be an impossible task and we know how much they share
in our disappointment. We also want to send a huge thanks to the Sonisphere
fans who stuck by us and we are so sorry that we can't fulfil what we set
out to do.

A full refund will be processed back onto your card, please allow 5-7
working days for the refund to clear.

If you have any further queries please do not hesitate to contact
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"Remeber the first Paul gig, in South Africa?"

It was as good as Q+PR got, honestly. It was the only time Paul ever sounded like he wanted to be there, and the only time he put any effort in.

Ok we could all post saying Queen should do a gig for the fans who have bought tickets but after all these years as a loyal fan im gettin pissed off now..

It was as good as Q+PR got, honestly. It was the only time Paul ever sounded like he wanted to be there, and the only time he put any effort in.
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Was embarrassing! We Will Rock You was funny because even Paul was worried for how big was the mistake in the third verse, i feel bad for him at that moment '' Buddy you're am... Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.. Rock You! ''

Well, Paul Rodgers is Paul Rodgers, and is a great singer, he only has is own style, i can't blame him for sing in his way, not in the Freddie way. The only thing i don't like about Paul is in two years he didn't learnt the lyrics of Radio Ga Ga. :)

Lyrics apart, he put a lot of energy in his first tour with Queen, and he lost those ''energy'' at some point of the Cosmos Tour, is saw them in one of their last gigs in Europe before South America, and i can tell you he has the man with more stamina on the stage (Roger & Brian were great too, but more shy, don't know why). He really want to conect with the audience, and he did it)
Maybe something went wrong in South America.

[QUOTE] [b]brians wig wrote:[/b]
Haha!
I hope it's down to poor ticket sales and they get the message that no one's interested in Lambert.[/QUOTE]

You are correct, the fans have spoken, the show doesn't go on without Freddie.

Queen alone should have been enough to sell out the concert but they sunk the Sonisphere ship with Lambert. Hey Lambert you’re not in Kansas anymore. Nobody especially in the U.K. took a liking to having an amateur act fronting their beloved Queen.