dinny wrote:

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My mum vetoed it on the grounds it's in Brixton (which is apparently dodgy) and because she seems to have lost the ability to be positive about anything. I offered to buy her a ticket as well and all!! Talk about generous :P

I'm trying to figure out a way around it though, so if you can think of anything it would be most appreciated :D

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probably too late now, but may be worth mentioning that it is right next to a police station & that will be plenty of other like minded people there, so you'll practically have an escort to & from the venue

anet wrote:

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looks like Pulp is currently more popular than Morrissey!

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 Why wouldn't they be?  If it was Morrissey and Marr play The Smiths, then perhaps it would be close, but as he does a lot of the less than great solo material then Pulp doing their greatest hits and more is always going to be mroe popular.  Also Pulp tickets were £10 less.  Given what some acts are charging these days, Pulp is a bargain.

Anyway my wife will be happy I got the Morrissey tickets this morning, sadly not at the Palladium, but instead at Brixton, but it will probably work out better as it is a Sunday night.

weed wrote:

Well I like Pulp and I like Morrissey as well... but which one is better... only one way to find out... FIGHT!!!!

I can't believe it's sold out so quickly!

That I would like a ticket for.   Pulp would win due to sheer numbers, but I think Morrissey would have most of Pulp on a one to one basis, bar Nick and probably Steve.

I really wasn't surprised it sold out so quickly after the publicity surrounding Glastonbury and Wireless.  By the time they have done T in the Park and Reading/Leeds the weekend before, a lot of people will want to see Pulp, especially if the shows are broadcast on the BBC.  

legendarygirlfriend wrote:

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Oh well Pip, that is not so bad in the end!

I wanted both dates, but only managed to get for the second, I shouldn't be so greedy though as I am seeing them at Leeds, and already seen them twice this year...

I am totally skint though, also got a Moz ticket for Brixton (as it;s by birthday!!!) SKINTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT is the word of the day!!!!

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 Skint is definitely the word of the day!

If Pulp do tour in the winter I'm going to have to delve into my savings or eat beans on toast for a month!

Jazza wrote:

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where did you hear that there had been "unprecedented demand?"

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ArrGee wrote:

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weed wrote:

Well I like Pulp and I like Morrissey as well... but which one is better... only one way to find out... FIGHT!!!!

I can't believe it's sold out so quickly!

That I would like a ticket for.   Pulp would win due to sheer numbers, but I think Morrissey would have most of Pulp on a one to one basis, bar Nick and probably Steve.

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PROBABLY Steve? He'd take Mozz down easily.

Sleeve wrote:

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PrOBABLY Steve? He'd take Mozz down easily.

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Not so sure, Morrissey does a fair amount of weights and has bulked out a bit in recent years.  I reckon it would be close.

Jazza wrote:

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just looked up tickets on ebay to see how much people are selling them for - really sickening. I thought there were just a few selling tickets but there are pages of bastards selling tickets at ridiculous prices. Im outraged, probably there were more people who bought tickets just to sell them than people who want to go and actually managed to buy a ticket

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 I wish ebay and other ticket selling sites + the government would get knock their heads together and sort this out. There was talk of it a couple of years ago and wasn't there a bill passed but as far as I can see there's been no change. Should be illegal to sell a ticket for more than it's face value.

There appears to be alot of e-tickets for sale. See Tickets didn't even give the option of an e-ticket when I bought mine, did others sources?

LeoVK wrote:

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We are also now living in a world where a search for Pulp on iTunes will bring up the whole catalogue...even the old Fire albums...so buyers are bound to have got curious and had a listen to the pre-Island years. 

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I don't think I'd really want them to play anything pre-Separations.  After all the line up was quite different, so you'd probably end up with half of them walking off while Jarvis, Candida and Russell did their bit.

I'm not sure people know too much Pulp outside His 'n' Hers and Different Class judging by the response of the crowd at Wireless.  

Ticket came in the post today. Yah.  Circle unreserved, whatever that means. Probably right at the back behind a pillar or something.

Eamonn wrote:

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It's a great venue, only recently went there for the first time (the first two Suede album shows in May) and had a great view, with perfect sound both nights.

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Yeah same here, for the first Suede show. I thought it was a proper class venue like.

Sleeve wrote:

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Isn't it shitty how tickets are just A4 print outs these days?

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 that and the fact they charge you £2 for the privilege of using your own fucking printer!!

LeoVK wrote:

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Not that I am really considering doing it but, just out of interest really, has anyone ever purchased a ticket from one of the dodgy touts that you get outside train/tube stations/venues? 

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 Yeah, I did while walking from Brixton station to the Academy for Suede's Dog Man Star show in May. The guy (''geezer'' probably describes him more aptly) was calling out he had tickets for sale and my sister and her boyfriend wanted to come at the last minute but it was sold out so I asked to see how much he was selling them for. He said £50 each (face value £32 I think), I said I'd have to ring her to see if she fancied paying that much (I already had two tickets so just needed one more) but I told him she probably wouldn't. We walked on to the venue chatting a bit and he said ''I tell you what mate, I'll give it ya for forty''. I rang my sister, she said that was fair enough so I paid him.

Spent the next hour waiting for her to arrive. I was worrying about the ticket as it had a different type-set and font to the ''legit'' ones I had collected from the ticket office earlier. I decided to try it out while waiting as the queue was beginning to swell. Got to the entrance, held out the ticket for it to be scanned by one of the attendants and a loud alarm noise came from the scanner. ''Shit!'' I thought. Some burly security guy led me to the ticket collections window and they asked me where I had bought the ticket. I showed them the genuine ones I had bought myself and the woman said that the one from the tout hadn't come from the same source. I said I hadn't bought the dud, my friend had, who I was waiting for. I knew they would show no mercy to buying from touts. She told me I wouldn't be able to enter with it. Feeling conned, I went back outside, rang my sister to tell her that her trip was going to be a wasted one. She finally arrives and says ''Don't worry Eamonn. I met this kind man on the way who said he'd sell us a ticket for face value''. I glanced over and to my disbelief the same tout as before stood there bold as brass, looking ever bit the dodgy chancer, shaven-headed and ear pierced. 

'You cheeky f-er! That one you sold me was a dud!'' I said.

He started saying something along the lines of ''Calm down mate. Listen, I buy and sell tickets all the time, so if I've sold-on a dodgy one it's cos I was sold it meself. D'ya get me?''

''Well there's no way I'm gonna let her buy another one off you.''

''Alright mate, look. Take this ticket (he opened an envelope with a few more tickets enclosed)..and see if it works. I'll stay here with your sister and her fella and you queue up.''

Still feeling pissed-off I went back to the queue, held out the new ticket to the scanner and it worked! Looked over to my sister at the barrier and waved her up and in the end it worked out ok. Still paid the cheeky tout 40 quid for a 32 pound ticket after he caused all that hassle but it could have been a lot worse!

The touts are canny...there's no shortage of them outside the academy in Brixton but even with a fair few coppers outside spot-checking that people aren't selling tickets, they manage to evade them.

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 Yeah, I did while walking from Brixton station to the Academy for Suede's Dog Man Star show in May. The guy (''geezer'' probably describes him more aptly) was calling out he had tickets for sale and my sister and her boyfriend wanted to come at the last minute but it was sold out so I asked to see how much he was selling them for. He said £50 each (face value £32 I think), I said I'd have to ring her to see if she fancied paying that much (I already had two tickets so just needed one more) but I told him she probably wouldn't. We walked on to the venue chatting a bit and he said ''I tell you what mate, I'll give it ya for forty''. I rang my sister, she said that was fair enough so I paid him.

Spent the next hour waiting for her to arrive. I was worrying about the ticket as it had a different type-set and font to the ''legit'' ones I had collected from the ticket office earlier. I decided to try it out while waiting as the queue was beginning to swell. Got to the entrance, held out the ticket for it to be scanned by one of the attendants and a loud alarm noise came from the scanner. ''Shit!'' I thought. Some burly security guy led me to the ticket collections window and they asked me where I had bought the ticket. I showed them the genuine ones I had bought myself and the woman said that the one from the tout hadn't come from the same source. I said I hadn't bought the dud, my friend had, who I was waiting for. I knew they would show no mercy to buying from touts. She told me I wouldn't be able to enter with it. Feeling conned, I went back outside, rang my sister to tell her that her trip was going to be a wasted one. She finally arrives and says ''Don't worry Eamonn. I met this kind man on the way who said he'd sell us a ticket for face value''. I glanced over and to my disbelief the same tout as before stood there bold as brass, looking ever bit the dodgy chancer, shaven-headed and ear pierced. 

'You cheeky f-er! That one you sold me was a dud!'' I said.

He started saying something along the lines of ''Calm down mate. Listen, I buy and sell tickets all the time, so if I've sold-on a dodgy one it's cos I was sold it meself. D'ya get me?''

''Well there's no way I'm gonna let her buy another one off you.''

''Alright mate, look. Take this ticket (he opened an envelope with a few more tickets enclosed)..and see if it works. I'll stay here with your sister and her fella and you queue up.''

Still feeling pissed-off I went back to the queue, held out the new ticket to the scanner and it worked! Looked over to my sister at the barrier and waved her up and in the end it worked out ok. Still paid the cheeky tout 40 quid for a 32 pound ticket after he caused all that hassle but it could have been a lot worse!

The touts are canny...there's no shortage of them outside the academy in Brixton but even with a fair few coppers outside spot-checking that people aren't selling tickets, they manage to evade them.

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 to make matters worse... i went to that gig and i had a spare (physical ticket) which i couldn't shift for love nor money! ended up selling to a tout for a tenner!

ArrGee wrote:

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See tickets still haven't sent tickets, so with everyone on or about to go on holiday, back to the shambles of meeting people on the night who get held up at work/on trains etc.   Not really that helpful having the bank holiday that weekend either Shame there were no e-tickets on the pre-sale, I could have just sent them by email.

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 Indeed! I'm on holiday the week before the gigs and arrive back in London on the Tuesday. I may have to head back north just to pick up my tickets for the 31st then head straight back to London if they don't arrive before I go away.

Deebs wrote:

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Indeed! I'm on holiday the week before the gigs and arrive back in London on the Tuesday. I may have to head back north just to pick up my tickets for the 31st then head straight back to London if they don't arrive before I go away.

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Luckily I live in London, so don't have that hassle, but I can guarantee someone will be saying they can't make it and can I get rid of the ticket.  At least when I give them the ticket they have to do it.  Don't understand why tickets can't be sent out a month before, especially in holiday season.

legendarygirlfriend wrote:

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in fact two, my friend really wants to come, please let me know if you have any spares for the first night. x

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I sent you a PM yesterday.