I didn’t think BAD were that well-known, Grumm. Few contemporaries of mine at the time liked them, but then my taste in music was a wee bit different from theirs – more broad, perhaps – and proves to be so even now.
I suppose there are different ‘value for money’ options out there, such as the multi-band gigs/mini-festivals. They’d appeal to me more than a single big name act in a soulless exhibition venue by a regenerated waterfront somewhere, with over-priced beer in plastic tumblers and all the associated restrictions. That’s not an ‘experience’. To me, that’s a trial.
Compared to what some people are willing to pay, I’m fearful I’m coming across as a bit of a cheapskate by baulking at £31, but someone mentioned promoters and booking fees – in this case a booking fee amounting to almost the equivalent of VAT. That does smack of greed to me, and thus, like Plumber, I have to say NO! I’m not going to perpetuate this system. I’ll just stay hame and listen to the CDs/tapes instead.
Thanks for the views.