Tourstart 28.3.05 London Brixton Academy

I think the "strictly no sales" rule is not meant to prevent fans to pass on a ticket to another fan. It's meant to scare away the "greedy ticket touts", although the price itself should be enough to scare them away.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Brian_Mays_Wig wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]ianshome wrote: [/QUOTENAME]its the going rate what did you expect to pay? other uk dates wont be any cheaper if you look at paris/barcelona they equate to be dearer for the best seats[/QUOTE]



No it aint. Velvet Revolver tickets for next week are £25. I paid only £22 last september.[/QUOTE]

velvet revolver are hardly queen with due respect i meant in comparison to other top artistes

I guess I'm a bit out of touch these days, but £55 for the Brixton Academy looked like a lot to me!

Brixton tickets are usually £15 - £25. So this is a rip-off, saying that its one of my favourite venues, the slope means its a good view no matter where you are, and Franz Ferdinand rocked last year.

I paid £65 for Prince tickets back in 2002, so I'd be willing to pay again.
I won't be going though as I didn't join a mailing list for news on a band that didn't exist until after the day of speculation.
All a bit of a pathetic way to do things really.

There are conceivably going to be a lot of tickets won by people that have no intention or are unable to get to London for the show. that means that, theretically, EVERY ticket could be won by people that can't attend.

Surely it would have been better to do it where the Brixton show is ONLY available to UK members of the fan club and then, as the tour goes along, have a small club date like this in each city and ONLY available to people that are members of the fan club in that country. That way, the loyal are rewarded and the band get to play small venues which they far prefer.

All QPL want is to generate as much cash as possible - if that means pissing a few fans off then so be it - the band will still tour regardless of what people think and Mr Beach will sit there quietly rubbing his (what I assume to be) greasy little hands together.

Hopefully John will have nothing to do with all of this whatsoever and remain with dignity intact.

There are conceivably going to be a lot of tickets won by people that have no intention or are unable to get to London for the show. that means that, theretically, EVERY ticket could be won by people that can't attend.

Surely it would have been better to do it where the Brixton show is ONLY available to UK members of the fan club and then, as the tour goes along, have a small club date like this in each city and ONLY available to people that are members of the fan club in that country. That way, the loyal are rewarded and the band get to play small venues which they far prefer.

All QPL want is to generate as much cash as possible - if that means pissing a few fans off then so be it - the band will still tour regardless of what people think and Mr Beach will sit there quietly rubbing his (what I assume to be) greasy little hands together.

Hopefully John will have nothing to do with all of this whatsoever and remain with dignity intact.

Eggy, why don't you join the QZ tour mailing list, maybe you get in touch with someone who is entitled to enter the lottery but does not need both tickets.

Good idea Barb, will do. I'd rather pay double the amount for Brixton.
Earl's Court is a shitehole and thats the only place I can see them playing in London. Hope I am wrong though!

Eggy, out of curiousity, what do you feel are the best venues to see a group in London are?

Earls' Court you say is crap now...how about Shepards Bush?

Just wondering, as i'm not from the area and am trying to gather valuable info such as this if they ever do announce the full list of Tour Dates.

I'd love to hear what venues you have been to that you rate as top notch.

Shepherd's Bush would be great.

The Astoria - small but a bit of a flea-pit.
The Forum - ok
Hammersmith Apollo - top drawer
Docklands Arena - great acoustics
100 Club - even smaller and would be my choice.

Thanks Benn..

I always thought the Shepards Bush would be a good venue for them to play. The fact that The Cross played there back in their day probably has a lot to do with it.

I entered the lottery. If I get tickets and its not feasible for me to go then I'll get them to you Eggy or whoever else would want them that will reimburse me. The only reason I'm not too sure I could get there is its a week before our Spring Break. It'd not look good for me to take a week off work right before they give me a week off for Spring Break. But I've never been one to give a crap what made me look good or not and time off work is my favorite thing!!!

Let me know if I can help anyone though.

Lisser, if my other plan fails, I'd be extremely happy to take them from you! ;-)

Brixton was chosen because it was Brian's first choice of venue when he promoted the BTTL album - the show was such a personal success that he was enthused by the whole thing. I guess that stuck in the memory.

I like Brixton, its quite far down on the tube buts a good venue, and the Wetherspoons there is dirt cheap, exactly the same can be said for Hammersmith, except its a nicer venue but more expensive. I've only ever been to Hammersmith when its seating too, if Queen played there i'd want standing!

I like Shepherds Bush, Saw The Killers and The Zutons there, you can always get close to the stage.

Astoria is a dive, but the upstairs is alright to get out of the way.

The last two are far too small for a Queen gig, as is Hammersmith really.