For Queen fan Club members only!

Mr Scully

I still sense some bitterness! Your site is very good however I would prefer if you didn't make this personal which it seems to me you are by attacking Jacky and Val the way you are. If you have so much available time why not get involved in the Fan Club and give some constructive help/advise to the two ladys. I only wish I had the time to. You are like myself entitled to your opinion and as I've said I respect that but disagree with you. Also there are still a hell of a lot of people out there who's lives are not lived online and still rely on the fan club for their information.

I know you think I am probably quite sad but I still get a buzz when the Fan Club magazine arrives just like I did all those years ago as a spotty 15 year old!

Nice sentiments there Rich Tea...

I'll admit that i too still get a bit excited when the latest issue of the Mag shows up. Sure it's thinned over the years, and a LOT of the pix in there seem to be reprints we already all have...but it's still something to look forward to.

So is the FC still a expense for QP? I thought they were independent? This is why things have been the way they are...lack of real "plusses" i mean.

I do agree that there are many things that coulc be done to improve it, but let's face it gang, in this day and age thanks to the internet it's not going to happen without membership dollars rolling in.

If the Club could bulk up it's membership again then perhaps we would start seeing such improvements. But the chances of that happening now are pretty slim to say the least.

I also agree that the FC still does serve a purpose to those who do not have internet access. I was once one of these people...and it was very fustrating. When the FC Mag would arrive it was quite a event, as i had no other connection to learn about what was going on. As hard as it may be, there are still loads of people out there who do not have a computer, or such access. The FC still means a lot to these folks, so saying it no longer serves a purpose is'nt really true from that perspective.

Love it or hate it...the Fan Club still exsists, and this year is it's 30th anniversary. Amazing really!!

I let my membership lapse a year or so ago. The buzz was gone. Most of what was in those magazines, I had gotten from the internet weeks ago. Payment by credit card and an on-line fanclub merchandise site were always "Coming Soon". Too many empty promises to pay $29 ($15 in postage alone) for four pamphlets.

"If you have so much available time why not get involved in the Fan Club and give some constructive help/advise to the two ladys"

More than two years ago I offered them to make a members-only section for their site... make the website interactive. If I remember well, they haven't even bothered to reply. Now it's 2005 and the site is still absolutely static... from graphical point of view quite good but the site doesn't offer anything at all and its structure is like from mid 90's. I know I criticize the QOL site often but as for interactivity, QOL deserves 5 stars, compared to QFC.

Let's stop this discussion - we're here to discuss above all the new tour.

And the show isn't for fan club members only, is it? You only have to be a member of the on-line site to win and then you can get 2 tickets which presumably you can give to whomever you like.

Lack of clear thought and planning.

Honestly, is there any reason to think this is going to be extremely hard to get tickets for? I suspect the tickets are going to not be quite as sought after as they were in 1986.

The Brixton tickets are going to be the most sought after as it's an "EVENT" for the core support, as much as we grumble about the QFC/QOL lottery we ALL want to be there so why didn't they chose a bigger venue?!
Looking at the ticket sales for the other European concerts maybe there won't be a panic for UK gigs as sales don't seem to be that great so far but promotional work hasn't started yet.
As others have said on this forum the whole organisation of this tour and the drip feed of information is an absolute feckin disgrace compared to the professional way things were done in the past!!

In all honesty, I'll be surprised if any of the arena shows actually do sell out. You have to remember that there is a huge core of support / fans that thik this is all a complete disgrace tand that Freddie's memory is being tarnished by the whole thing. These people are unlikely to buy tickets.

There is also a core of regular music fans that are goingto be affected by the adverse publicity the whole thing has received and, whereas they may have gone along to the show out of curiosity, they are likely to avoid the whole thing like the plague.

I don't know about England but I'm pretty sure these gigs will be a huge success in Europe - it's a completely different league than Brian's solo tour and Brian was still able to sell at least 5000 tickets in most countries.

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Benn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]In all honesty, I'll be surprised if any of the arena shows actually do sell out. You have to remember that there is a huge core of support / fans that thik this is all a complete disgrace tand that Freddie's memory is being tarnished by the whole thing. These people are unlikely to buy tickets.
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But you'll also have a lot of ppl who are not close-minded, people musically open, generally ROCK fans; and when they hear about Queen playing with Paul Rodgers (unlike most of Queen fans they'll know who he is...)- they'll go and buy tickets! For it may be a great rock gig. Some Queen fans think it's digrace? Brian and Roger don't need all of them to sell those dates... General public will join, ppl who do not own NOTW in 5 different formats... They're not going to complain about Paul Rodgers sounding like Paul Rodgers... which may make the whole experience better...:S
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DO NOT FORGET PAUL RODGER FANS!
In all discussions we seem to forget them. They'll join as well; and some Free / Bad Company tracks ARE going to be played, wheteher we like it or not. This tour may be attractive not only for Queen fans...
IN FACT- that may be the strenght of it...

*As far as I'm concerned*., the more Free tracks they play, the better! I'd far rather hear Don't Say You Love Me than We Will Rock You or Radio Ga Ga.....

[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Benn wrote: [/QUOTENAME]*As far as I'm concerned*., the more Free tracks they play, the better! I'd far rather hear Don't Say You Love Me than We Will Rock You or Radio Ga Ga.....[/QUOTE]
Couldn't agree more...

Being with Benn and Fenderek here. I don't understand all the whinning about Paul Rodgers singing with Queen. Freddie is not here and this is for sure. We couldn't do anything with it. So lets look forward to something new.

May + Taylor + Rotgers is more I could ever expect (as I didn't see Queen live). And time will tell, if this could work. I hope it could.

Benn you are right about the (not)sold out arenas.Pricing is key to this. Of course we'll all trip along but you don't fill stadia with hardcore people. Those who maybe see 4 or 5 decent shows a year are the bread and butter. Basing the idea on 2 people going thats 120 quid out of a household budget just for tickets.A lot of cash. Freinds i've spoken too who are very keen and admire Queen have no intention of going due to the price. At 30 - 35 quid they would have been there.Be warned band members...

I agree. I think the prices are too high.
Last year I saw David Bowie for half the price of what a Queen ticket is going to cost me.