Weekly music wind-up
- Posted on June 29, 2007 9:07 AM
- 36 comments
It's been a big week in the world of gigs... The Spice Girls have announced their return to Pop world. The term "Wannabe" springs to mind. Imagine the dressing room requests for that lot - lettuce leaves and baby bottles these days. I'm keen to see whether they don the old platform heels and spandex Union Jacks. No doubt the concerts will sell out pronto; and we'll see nothing but Spice all over the daily rags. Right, I guess the tabloids need more Posh on their pages. Sigh.
Paris Hilton is out of gaol... which probably means a book or four and a few cameo concerts (milk it lady). I wonder if she's heard that Mean Girls (the musical) is hitting the West End. With her recent bout of 'experience' she'd be make a perfect on stage inmate.
Kaiser Chiefs are touring throughout November and December... after their performance at Glastonbury they too should 'milk it for all it's worth'. While Glasto sounded fun, it looked like a mud-soaked misery. I chatted to some guys yesterday who battled the elements as rubbish collectors - sounds harsh but in reality they fared better than most. More food than they could eat (dining with Emily Eavis) and front row vantage points for the likes of The Killers.
According to the lads, even mud trudging in torrential rain is now looked back on fondly as "The best Glastonbury memory of them all". Aw...
My pick of the day is Crowded House. I grew up with the sound of the guys belting out of my mum's stereo system - "Everywhere you go, you always take the weather with you" la la la.
If she played Crowded House she was in a good mood, Rod Stewart meant she was meloncholie and Neil Young meant she'd been arguing with my dad. You've just got to love music memories.
Let's hope the media works out whether Neil Finn and his sidekicks are Aussies or New Zealanders. None of them live in either country... so what the hell, lets throw America into the mix too.
The weekend is set to be a big ‘un. The Gay Pride Parade hits the West End tomorrow – featuring none other than Darren Hayes live at Trafalgar Square (3.15pm). Don’t know him? Understandable… he’s the former brunette crooner from Aussie band Savage Garden. From Oz to gay icon – it’s enough to make Kylie jealous.
The concert and other entertainment are free. Be there. Don't forget your feather boa.
- Gig gal
Comments (36)
Pauline Foster
How do you expect your true fans to be able to afford £275? Just like Maddona you have no regard for your true fans. I took my daughter and her friend to see you perform at Wembley Stadium, however she is going to be very dissapointed to hear that I can't afford one ticket this time round (never mind three!).
Your prices are disgraceful and encourage ticket racketeering. The black market is going to make a packet, but only the rich will be in pocket (because they will be the only ones who can afford to go to the gig) If they are not at the gig they will be in profit from selling tickets on!
Your plain greedy!!!
Posted on July 15, 2007 2:58 AM
latisha
i think the spice girls are an amazing band but $400 for a concert ticket in the nose bleed section is a bit absurd! i love them to death but afterall we, the fans, are the people who really make the spice girls famouse! after all without us buying their records, cds, and movies they wouldnt be so famouse after all!
Posted on July 17, 2007 4:28 PM
Emma
I really was so excited when i heard that the spice girls were getting back on the road, my first disappointment was only one gig in the UK :( but i thought never mind ill make the trip to london from nottinghamshire but then disappointment 2) the price! ive just left college and cant afford the ticket price, i went to sheffield to see them just as geri left so it would have been a dream to see all 5!! never mind ill have to keep on singing along to the radio!!
Posted on August 13, 2007 7:10 PM
kerry randall
I HAVE A DISABLED DAUGHTER CLAIR SHE DID NOT GET TO SEE THE SPICE GIRLS IN CONCERT WHEN THEY WERE TOGETHER AND THE TICKET PRICES NOW MEAN SHE PROBABLY NEVER WILL HOW ARE PEOPLE SUPOSED TO AFFORD THESE SORT OF PRICES...........
Posted on September 26, 2007 9:06 AM
Kelly
I totally agree with what everyone has written! Im 27 and have loved the spice girls for over 10 years!! I was very excited when I heard they were getting back together and I was going to take my little cousin! you have all just proven your money grabbers and not in it for your heart and your fans hearts!! good work, I wont be buying anything spice girl related to contribute to your bank balance ever again!
Posted on October 1, 2007 11:37 AM
alysha ciminelli
omg i cannot believe this is happening, the spice girls are actually together i might come and see you beautiful girls in sydney. because i love you guys soo much. keep up the good singing and work. luv you're biggest fan. alysha xxxooo
Posted on October 2, 2007 6:27 AM
Chris Hannam
What, you can't afford £55 quid to go see the Spice Girls? Which for the planned scale of the concert is pretty cheap.. apparently the stage et all is going to be amazing. Just like with madonna you get what you pay for!
Posted on October 2, 2007 5:45 PM
jeanette paton
The spice girls are well past there sell by date why don't they just leave it for the younger ones !!!! dont you think posh has enough money living with her hubby
Posted on October 2, 2007 9:31 PM
Nikita Payne
I love the fact they they are doing 1 last tour !! I also think that the spice girls will never b past their sell by date as they dont have 1 !! as i little girl i grew up with the spice girls and i can tell you that every girl in my era at some time danced around their bed room 2 the spice girls songs and i cannot w8 2 see them in london! The tickets iv baught are only £62 and thats with a £7 boking fee !! the prices every 1 is mentioning on here are the prices people are flogging their tickets at 2 make a profit !! Although some people may not want 2 c the girls there are loads that do and im proud 2 b one of them x x x
Posted on October 2, 2007 11:25 PM
sophie
To me the spice girls package has always been about good marketing but never about talent or charisma (they can't sing or dance on their own, let alone together).Once again the price for their concert is down to good marketing.
Posted on October 3, 2007 9:39 AM
Irina Jefremova
So unhappy now :( Used to be the biggest Spice Girls' fan in the whole Lithuania for many many years, and my biggest dream was to see them live - would have gone to Estonia those days!! But mum never let me as I was under 18 and she thought it was too risky :/ And now - hey, hey! - a Spice Girls' reunion! And - oh my God! - I do actually happen to live in the UK, so ... why would I not go to see the gig and make my childhood dream come true?? Because I simply can't afford to buy a ticket :( Hell yes, life is unfair :(
Posted on October 3, 2007 7:00 PM
tasha
From the age of 9 till this day i hae always thought of the 'spices girls' getting back to do a come back. Me n ma mates were all up for coming to watch our childhood idols preform. As we never got to see em wen we was younger! now there back and doing at tour its AMAZING!!! so happy. looking at that picture tho they are themselfs there not the spice girls we all know and love. missing who they are. there image has gone. there prices have grown! but there nothing today n they expect ppl to pay that!! Sort out the prices then maybe they will have there truest fan screaming at them to sign another song. Until then its just ppl that can afford it n say '' Yer i was there ''!
Posted on October 3, 2007 10:34 PM
imelda
Fortunate to have seen the Spice Girls first time around, my daughter and I had a fab time........worth every penny but not so lucky this time didn't get tickets!!
Posted on October 3, 2007 11:21 PM
Becky
OMG!! this tour is what ive been waiting for since i was 8!! the spice girls are the best girl group known to man!! the tickets are priced good i fink seeing as i was prepared to spend like 100 pound!! if people were true fans then 55 quid is nutin!! im 17 now and me n ma mates cnt wait..even if there not all the same as they were....theyr gna do a bit at least were they go bak in there old skol clothes!! either way we cnt wait... GIRL POWER!!
Posted on October 4, 2007 3:37 PM
korey
ello , when i here'd you was
doing a consert (i was off my head).And was going to get tickets but ,when i here'd you wasn't coming to Birmingham i was so upset that i could cry.Because ive been such a big fan for years and the only nearest place i can go is London and my mom wont let me go.so im just asking can u please try and sing in birmingham.Because if you do i'll be so much happier and will defo be there. Thank you x
p.s. good luck
Posted on October 8, 2007 11:10 PM
KAREN SMART
when i first heard that the spices were doin a one off performance i was so excited,(im the mum of a once 5 year old, now 15) and was very disappointed that the tickets were £275 ish, i told olivia that we couldnt possibly afford to go, but i have just got 2 for £75 each, why? can anyone explain to me.. still looking forward to 18th jan, even though i am 39!!! well done spices,,
Posted on October 9, 2007 4:24 PM
hollie
yeh i am excited but its not fair cos i wont get to see them - i would like them to come to newcastle upon tyne. thankz
Posted on October 11, 2007 7:44 PM
scott
I am the worlds biggest fan of the spice girls [especially melanie c]. people have got to remember that its not the girls that put the prices on the tickets and its not just the girls that are getting paid!! there's the band, the dancers, the management team and everyone else involved including the price of the arenas that the concerts are being held at!!!! so u see they are far from greedy!! Anyway girls i have front row seats to the december 18th gig and i cant tell u how excited i am to come and see you love u all,xxxxxxx c u soon xxx
Posted on October 12, 2007 7:37 PM
Laura
I wanted to see the Spice's and bought 2 tickets for my friend and I now she doesn't want to go cos of the travel to London etc (we live in Glasgow) and i can't sell them. I am not being greedy like people have suggested others are, I only want to cover my cost to advertise here and the booking fee on top of the £75 ticket. Some people do have genuine reasons and just want to break even! So if anyone wants to go on the 11th Jan I have tickets on this site, I'll even sell them at a loss I guess if i have to unless someone wants to come with me!?
Posted on October 19, 2007 3:53 PM
pat
Spice girls, about time you realized your all old mums. Do your bodies and youre partners a favour and pack it in. There are many more people out there with more talent,getting less money than you.Just shows what the world has come to making people like you so rich.
Posted on October 24, 2007 7:14 PM
Lynda and Roxy
The spice girls are great, we have always been their biggest fan and we can't wait to see them perform together again. Every time you're songs came on air we would always higher the volume up to get everyone dancing to it. We are also a biggest fan of Melanie C so we know it's just going to be fab!
See ya XX
Posted on November 2, 2007 6:05 PM
jackie from leeds
At 35 I AM spice girls biggest fan, so much i have an 8 year old daughter called SPICE, we would love to see the spice girls, anywhere, anytime, but like most people cant afford it, all donations welcome to make a dream come true, he he xxx
Posted on November 4, 2007 7:18 PM
krys
Spice Girls - Suppose your back together cos you can't make it on your own, oh well - good luck.
Posted on November 5, 2007 1:00 AM
Sportyrocks
Don't care how much my ticket costs as long as they put on one last great show.
Vive 4Eva!!
Posted on November 5, 2007 9:34 PM
Angelina
I love the Spice girls. And me and my sister have been waiting for this day to come. but theres one slight problem.... we cant pay 250 for the concert. let alone that the seats are at the very back. The amount for a good seat in the front- like 700 dollars and 2 of those would cost 1400 dollars. so i guess for all those people who have paid 50 dollars for a seat and wont tell us people who really want to go. i guess we wont ever get to see a concert of the spice girls ever. seeing as its there last one. ohh well for all those people who wouldnt tell us. you are soo mean.
Posted on November 11, 2007 1:44 PM
Paris n Nicole
OMG we like totally love these guys they should tour in America more often we have only seen them 3 times cya luvya bitches xxx
Posted on November 11, 2007 4:17 PM
Spice Girls
Hey guys
thank you for all the comments
its nice to see you at all these tours even though they arent that cheap and we are very sorry
hope to see you soon
Posh Ginger Baby Sporty and Scary
xxxxx
Posted on November 11, 2007 4:20 PM
T-Pain and Chris Brown
yo
wassup wid u guys
dis is chris brown n t-pain
hope u is all gunna b buyin our new hit kiss kiss
u gotta b luvin dese chicks
laters
x
Posted on November 11, 2007 4:32 PM
Amy n Han
omg ur such nerds y wuld u pretend 2 b famous ppl dats just soo retarded
we love spice girls xxx
Posted on November 11, 2007 4:55 PM
Silly n Billy
oh no
Posted on November 11, 2007 4:56 PM
hannah
yh init ure soo wierd !!
id neva do sumfin lyk tht
very strangeeeeeeee
xx
Posted on November 15, 2007 6:51 PM
Amy
OH MAN
Posted on November 18, 2007 12:47 PM
Jo Edwards
bloody hell there are some right sad asses on here god
Posted on January 4, 2008 10:51 PM
Hannah
how do i get some cheap tickets
Posted on February 5, 2008 8:28 PM
Bell End
im sooo darned kl
Posted on March 2, 2008 11:52 AM
the lion king we are 1
i am lion king :)
Posted on April 20, 2008 12:37 PM
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