Im working in London for all of July and have tickets to the Divine Comedy show at the same venue a week earlier. If I dont get tickets for this Ill be one of those saddos with a cardboard sign outside offering my virtue in exchange for a ticket.

DC and Pulp at the Southbank a week apart is.. a dream.

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Get ready to be fleeced by dynamic pricing:

Standard entry
from £77 + £4 booking fee

Ticket prices may be adjusted without notice to reflect demand.

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uch.. FFS with dynamic, I've just forked out £60 for the membership

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 Hardcore!

They should do something like this for PulpPeople or the 2026 equivalent. Like the BBC show, it'll be half full of slebs and people who are not fans.

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Im working in London for all of July and have tickets to the Divine Comedy show at the same venue a week earlier. If I dont get tickets for this Ill be one of those saddos with a cardboard sign outside offering my virtue in exchange for a ticket.

DC and Pulp at the Southbank a week apart is.. a dream.

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 Yes, I have a half decent pair in front stalls for Divine Comedy, so fingers crossed for this.  Have to admit RFH is ticking  a lot of boxes for gigs after the suede takeover last year.

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Get ready to be fleeced by dynamic pricing:

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Ticket prices may be adjusted without notice to reflect demand.

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 Ugh.

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Divine Com can't even sell out the RFH!

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 It is effectively sold out with just 3 or 4 single tickets available.  My experience of RFH and Barbican is it is always worth having a look in the days before a performance as better seats will appear (returns from members) and you can end up with far superior seats than the pre-sale.  May not work for pulp, but certainly worked for suede.

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I disagree with the comments on gig prices, and these ones for Pulp are comparatively cheap; £130 is the starting price for many artists (Stevie Nicks I think I paid that) these days in bigger venues with comparatively worse seats than most will get at this Pulp gig.

Back in the 90s everyone used to spend £12 on albums, with inflation they would be at least double that now. These days we can consume as much we like for £12 on Spotify. Streaming is far too cheap, and the gig prices simply reflect that; if anything you might even argue they are too cheap in some cases.

To add to that Pulp are playing - I believe - with a full orchestra.

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All you describe is the root of all problems : high prices have slowly become acceptable. The new generation does not know there was a time when gigs were affordable, the old one has given up and is willing to pay even thousands for a gig. 

You dont own things with streaming. I'm a massive streamer but i also buy everything on CD. One day Apple music or Spotify will go bankrupt, and gone is people's whole discography. Everyone pays 150 a year for music they don't own. How much of that could be forwarded to CD, or vinyls market ? A lot if it was coupled with streaming options.

To me prices for streaming should be higher and include few physical CD/year (5 or 10 ?) at a competitive price, with higher revenues for artists. Everyone wins and the big acts could lower the prices. Do they want to ? I doubt it. So in a way, we are all guilty of that system. me included. 

Its not even about this Pulp gig, since Pulp have still reasonable prices especially if there is an orchestra. It's just that its globally accepted now that gigs are expensive for whatever reasons. When there were/still is other ways. 

Agree, those prices only favor the casuals, because they are willing to pay anything and sometimes ridiculous amounts to go.

Bands could also sell tickets with options of a physical sale with it, at a smaller prices. There are solutions and ideas, but record label are more than happy in this situation. They negotiated terrible deals for artists with the streaming platforms. 

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It prices out many fans of decades-standing which is not a good thing.

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 I remember people complaining about the prices for Theatre Royal Drury Lane In 1994.  £8.50.

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 complaining is human nature, but honestly 8 in 94 is not 150 in 2026. There's a gap. 

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Less than £20 according to the Inflation Claculator!

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 Yeah, it's insane how it was slowly but surely accepted those prices. If people stop going, they would be cut them in half guaranteed, and they would still make millions. 

I choose to go only to gigs with reasonable prices now, and it that means not seeing my fav bands ever again, then so be it. I just cant enjoy a 1h30 music session at 200 unless there is something special (like the orchestra, and even then 200 wouldn't really be justified). It's just completely silly. 

As in every crisis, greed found a way to get richer. 

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Wythenshawe Park is around £77; so if we use an inflation calculator it's actually cheaper than it was in 1994. And that's before you even consider that you are watching a band with four more albums and decades more of experience.

The South Bank gig is an even worse comparison to the 1994 price of £8 as it sounds like they have a full string orchestra or whatever.

Some gig prices are getting silly, but I don't think Pulp's are when you consider how established they are, and their back catalogue. I think they are very reasonable. I wanted to see Oasis but couldn't justify the prices so gave them a miss.

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77 is still kinda acceptable, only just. It depends on the venue. If that's a festival, then prices complaint dont apply i suppose since there are many bands.

But 150 for a stadium ticket where you dont see anything, that's the line for me. I'd rather have a smaller event than 3 opening acts i dont want to see and then the band i want to see. 

Well done Calum!

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Seems to be moving quicker now.... come on...

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 Probably because there's bugger all left. 382 here

The "More tickets will go on sale this afternoon" message has vanished, just plain sold out now. Terrific.

Congrats to those of you who are going. Someone record the whole show please!

I refreshed and refreshed and then got two front stalls seats   Row N, fairly central.

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Wow...fair play. Thought you had convinced yourself it was too expensive 

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 It is too expensive, but for decent seats probably worth it.

The one that has Sold out on it from time to time.  Let it select best available

Barcroft wrote:

Thanks for the tip ArrGee, managed to get my sister two (she is 8 years older, so introduced me to Pulp), she's thrilled

 

 Glad to be of help!

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Thanks, managed to get one. Might need a pair of binoculars as it's the back row of the Balcony but better than nowt!

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Well done. If you want a better seat keep checking the Southbank web site.  We went to first night for suede and were in balcony, but whilst i was at the show I checked tickets for following night and there were two good ones together in the stalls, so I went again.  Very easy to return tickets and they give you a full credit (though they keep booking fee). 

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Are you going to see Holy Holy's last tour? Got a ticket for Sheps Bush.

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 Highly likely. Not got a ticket, but there seems to be plenty available. Will ask some friends if they are interested.

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Sorry, I meant that I had bought a back balcony one initially but then in the main sale managed to get a front stalls one so was happy to sell the balcony one which I now have.

I don't think the front stalls are worth £55 more - the sound is really good at the RFH from all sections and at least you'll get a full view of the stage from up there.

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 The front stalls are probably worth a bit more as you can run down the front .  That's what happened at suede.  I was happy enough where I was in the 10th row, especially as the youngsters sat next to me rushed off and gave me somewhere to put my jacket.

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Sorry, I meant that I had bought a back balcony one initially but then in the main sale managed to get a front stalls one so was happy to sell the balcony one which I now have.

I don't think the front stalls are worth £55 more - the sound is really good at the RFH from all sections and at least you'll get a full view of the stage from up there.

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Do you have any advice on how to sell or transfer the tickets? E-tickets will only be issued 24 hours before the event.

After a lot of refreshing on the sold-out website, my friend and I managed to grab some tickets (I believe they were released from cancelled or expired baskets) - but we ended up with two spare ones and now need to get rid of them.

If anyone is interested, please let me know - one is for the rear stalls (row HH, side), the other for the front stalls (row N, central), face value £140 each - which is bizzare, but they were both price category A.

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Ahh, if only you had two tickets! Still looking for two front stalls tickets if anyone has a pair....

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Do you have any advice on how to sell or transfer the tickets? E-tickets will only be issued 24 hours before the event.

After a lot of refreshing on the sold-out website, my friend and I managed to grab some tickets (I believe they were released from cancelled or expired baskets) - but we ended up with two spare ones and now need to get rid of them.

If anyone is interested, please let me know - one is for the rear stalls (row HH, side), the other for the front stalls (row N, central), face value £140 each - which is bizzare, but they were both price category A.

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 You can return them to RFH for a credit.

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Oh yes, but we´re not from the UK and we´re coming to London just for this (and Kes screening next day), so we´d prefer to have the money back.

Also, I´ve just seen that Twickets only allows listings once tickets are issued - do you know if there is any way around that, or do people usually wait until they have them? There would only be 24 hours left before the show.

Cehora wrote:

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ArrGee wrote:

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Cehora wrote:

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Do you have any advice on how to sell or transfer the tickets? E-tickets will only be issued 24 hours before the event.

After a lot of refreshing on the sold-out website, my friend and I managed to grab some tickets (I believe they were released from cancelled or expired baskets) - but we ended up with two spare ones and now need to get rid of them.

If anyone is interested, please let me know - one is for the rear stalls (row HH, side), the other for the front stalls (row N, central), face value £140 each - which is bizzare, but they were both price category A.

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 You can return them to RFH for a credit.

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Oh yes, but we´re not from the UK and we´re coming to London just for this (and Kes screening next day), so we´d prefer to have the money back.

Also, I´ve just seen that Twickets only allows listings once tickets are issued - do you know if there is any way around that, or do people usually wait until they have them? There would only be 24 hours left before the show.

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 You can list on twickets and deliver when you receive the tickets.  I have done that countless times.  Twickets may ask for proof of purchase, but you will have that.

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ArrGee wrote:

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Cehora wrote:

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ArrGee wrote:

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Cehora wrote:

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Do you have any advice on how to sell or transfer the tickets? E-tickets will only be issued 24 hours before the event.

After a lot of refreshing on the sold-out website, my friend and I managed to grab some tickets (I believe they were released from cancelled or expired baskets) - but we ended up with two spare ones and now need to get rid of them.

If anyone is interested, please let me know - one is for the rear stalls (row HH, side), the other for the front stalls (row N, central), face value £140 each - which is bizzare, but they were both price category A.

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 You can return them to RFH for a credit.

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Oh yes, but we´re not from the UK and we´re coming to London just for this (and Kes screening next day), so we´d prefer to have the money back.

Also, I´ve just seen that Twickets only allows listings once tickets are issued - do you know if there is any way around that, or do people usually wait until they have them? There would only be 24 hours left before the show.

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 You can list on twickets and deliver when you receive the tickets.  I have done that countless times.  Twickets may ask for proof of purchase, but you will have that.

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Has anyone tried selling or buying Southbank Centre tickets on Twickets? Did it work? I just found this on the Southbank Centre website and it´s a bit concerning...

Can I resell my ticket via a resale site?

The Southbank Centre takes a strong view on secondary ticketing. We may require the lead booker to attend (photo ID may be requested). Tickets can only be sold by the Southbank Centre, or one of our agent partners.

We try to identify touted tickets and we contact third person resale sites and ask them to remove the tickets, as resale is against our terms and conditions. 

 

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Most venues make different allowances for Twickets, as they can only ever be sold at face value (or less) - i.e. its legitimate fan-to-fan reselling, not profiteering by touts