THE 'FRESHEN UP' TOUR 2018
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Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, it helped me. Very cool reply! Great!
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chukhin wrote:
Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, it helped me. Very cool reply! Great!
No problem
Enjoy the concert!
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Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Eeee Cor Blimey wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Nancy R wrote:
thenightfish wrote:
chukhin wrote:
Hello! Please, help me to choose if you can!
What negative sides of General Admission even with Early Entrance compared with seating places?
you have to stand for several hours, close together with other people. that's the main one.
And you have to first get there super early to get a decent spot up close in the crowd (once they let you in and the stampede begins!) For this and the above reason, I will NEVER do a General Admission concert!
Even if it is GA with EARLY ENTRANCE?
I did a VIP with early entrance standing once (albeit not a stadium show, it was the 1000 capacity liverpool 2010 show), and people do still queue from early but only so they can be the very front ahead of the other people who also paid for early admission standing VIP. With VIP early entrance if you are happy being 5th row behind the rest of the early entrance people you wouldn't need to queue early, just get there an hour before you were told to be allowed in. Everything others say about not being able to leave to go to the toilet is still valid. But GA with early VIP admission is not bad re the queue. Though some people charged past us on the way in nearly knocking people over in their desire to be front row middle.. and it is hard to stay stood for the 3 hours before Paul even comes on. But if you can cope with that it's a great way of getting a good "seat" without the seat! A good way of seeing a Paul concert very close to him.
Hope that helps.
Thanks, it helped me. Very cool reply! Great!
No problem
Enjoy the concert!
Thanks! Finally, I choosed to go only to Vienna, with seat place at the right parter tribune, almost the centre of arena
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Steve wrote:
How about this for some concert speculation?
pre show, we see the same style Mccartney life Montage video, modified, updated.....
pre entrance they play, ”Station 1” from Egypt station and the curtain opens to Come On To Me....
I would fall down from shock and would love it. He has not opened concert with new song from current album since 1989/90 tour when he opened with "Figure Of Eight" from "Flowers In The Dirt".
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Just below Paul's announcement on Twitter of a second date in Vienna, I see many requests for second dates in the UK. Perhaps he can add one in Liverpool (December 11) and/or one in London (December 17)?
The demand for tickets seems to be high in the UK, perhaps he should have chosen bigger venues? I don't mean stadiums (due to the cold weather), but larger indoors venues in those cities, if they exist. Do they?
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5th-beatle wrote:
Just below Paul's announcement on Twitter of a second date in Vienna, I see many requests for second dates in the UK. Perhaps he can add one in Liverpool (December 11) and/or one in London (December 17)?
The demand for tickets seems to be high in the UK, perhaps he should have chosen bigger venues? I don't mean stadiums (due to the cold weather), but larger indoors venues in those cities, if they exist. Do they?
No. The O2 is London’s largest indoor venue. For the size and wealth of the country, the U.K. is poorly served with indoor arenas. There’s nothing much bigger than 15-16,000 in capacity. The Liverpool Echo Arena is under 10,000.
Ticket demand is artificially inflated by parasites like a Viagogo hoovering up all the tickets. I was at O2 show 2 in 2015 and it was not sold out with empty seats clearly visible and tickets plentiful from the primary seller (AXS). Some tickets were quietly downgraded in price Band to sell them.
I live 80 miles West of London and will very likely turn up on the day, ticketless. The ticket tout sites will panic and drop their prices as the clock runs down to showtime, often below face value. Happens every time, with every artist.
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5th-beatle wrote:
Just below Paul's announcement on Twitter of a second date in Vienna, I see many requests for second dates in the UK. Perhaps he can add one in Liverpool (December 11) and/or one in London (December 17)?
The demand for tickets seems to be high in the UK, perhaps he should have chosen bigger venues? I don't mean stadiums (due to the cold weather), but larger indoors venues in those cities, if they exist. Do they?
No, as grzegorz67 has already said - the O2 is Britains biggest indoor arena (holds nearly 20,000 i think?), Manchester arena is 2nd largest at 15 to 18,000. I was thinking he'd pay there, esp after he did the video after the bombing giving support (and he played there in 2011 and 2003), but he must feel this time it's too close to Liverpool and would rather play to half the people but with the publicity of it being Liverpool (no offense to Liverpool! And he played both Liverpool and Manchester in 2011)
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Do you folks think fans would have better chances at getting tickets if he waited until next summer so that he could play at stadiums or would those 30,000+ tickets per venue be snapped up by bots and resold at obscene prices the same way it's happening now?
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grzegorz67 wrote:
5th-beatle wrote:
Just below Paul's announcement on Twitter of a second date in Vienna, I see many requests for second dates in the UK. Perhaps he can add one in Liverpool (December 11) and/or one in London (December 17)?
The demand for tickets seems to be high in the UK, perhaps he should have chosen bigger venues? I don't mean stadiums (due to the cold weather), but larger indoors venues in those cities, if they exist. Do they?
No. The O2 is London’s largest indoor venue. For the size and wealth of the country, the U.K. is poorly served with indoor arenas. There’s nothing much bigger than 15-16,000 in capacity. The Liverpool Echo Arena is under 10,000.
Ticket demand is artificially inflated by parasites like a Viagogo hoovering up all the tickets. I was at O2 show 2 in 2015 and it was not sold out with empty seats clearly visible and tickets plentiful from the primary seller (AXS). Some tickets were quietly downgraded in price Band to sell them.
I live 80 miles West of London and will very likely turn up on the day, ticketless. The ticket tout sites will panic and drop their prices as the clock runs down to showtime, often below face value. Happens every time, with every artist.
Thanks for being the voice of reason, I keep on telling people this, but you did it for me here. Liverpool 2015 same story, as I said a few times before, couldn't get rid of my spare floor tickets for even half of the price. It's a game I'm no longer participating in and am not maintaining, and I will see closer to the date what's available for which price.
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Hoping The "Freshen Up" tour makes it to a nearby NY venue!
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Just saw the setlist from the secret show in London yesterday. Minus a few songs from Egypt Station, it's not Freshened Up at all, not surprised by that at all
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Gordy JS wrote:
Just saw the setlist from the secret show in London yesterday. Minus a few songs from Egypt Station, it's not Freshened Up at all, not surprised by that at all
Not part of the tour. But we know what to expect in September: the well-worn tributes, the stupid extra stage to justify more space between the crowd and the performer, the exact same stories word for word, the same warhorses in the same sequencing during the end. And then 2 Beatles songs he finally dropped ('Drive My Car', 'Got To Get You Into My Life', etc.) back in, 2 Beatles songs he performed in previous recent tours back in, 2 new Beatles additions (scraping the barrel) and then the 2/3 'New' songs out for 2/3 songs from the new album, but of course not the best material from said album.
The reason I'm still going is simple: those 3-4 additions I didn't hear yet, and the fact Paul McCarntey is still here to perform. But to be stimulated by a musical performance, I see 100 other bands every year.
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It's gotten very quiet in here again. Has anyone heard any additional news about the Paris rumor?
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nobodytoldme wrote:
Gordy JS wrote:
Just saw the setlist from the secret show in London yesterday. Minus a few songs from Egypt Station, it's not Freshened Up at all, not surprised by that at all
Not part of the tour. But we know what to expect in September: the well-worn tributes, the stupid extra stage to justify more space between the crowd and the performer, the exact same stories word for word, the same warhorses in the same sequencing during the end. And then 2 Beatles songs he finally dropped ('Drive My Car', 'Got To Get You Into My Life', etc.) back in, 2 Beatles songs he performed in previous recent tours back in, 2 new Beatles additions (scraping the barrel) and then the 2/3 'New' songs out for 2/3 songs from the new album, but of course not the best material from said album.
The reason I'm still going is simple: those 3-4 additions I didn't hear yet, and the fact Paul McCarntey is still here to perform. But to be stimulated by a musical performance, I see 100 other bands every year.
I think you are 100% correct which is a shame IMO. I read on another thread that "Confidante" is Nancy's favorite song from the new album so you know that is one of the songs in addtion to "Come On To Me" obviously. Three to four new songs is not enough for me to spend big money to see him again, to each their own - lol. Now in addition to the new songs from Egypt Station, he mixed things up and added four or five solo songs never played live before I would be all in and buying a ticket. We all know that is not going to happen but just thought I would say it again - lol. Let me also add the stories thing really needs to change. He can't be that naive and he knows some people have heard them before so just change it a bit. Tell the audience something about a song off the new album besides just saying the is a new song - lol. As for the tributes, I agree enough is enough IMO . If he wants to continue to do them then rotate the songs at least. One night instead of "Something", do "All Things Must Pass". The same thing can be done with Lennon tribute, rotate "Here Today" with "Early Days". (I know, in my dreams ha ha)
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bernie1cat wrote:
It's gotten very quiet in here again. Has anyone heard any additional news about the Paris rumor?
I think the Macca promotion team busy with secret gigs right now
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Bob Gannon wrote:
bernie1cat wrote:
It's gotten very quiet in here again. Has anyone heard any additional news about the Paris rumor?
I think the Macca promotion team busy with secret gigs right now
Any word on a 2nd London date at the O2 Bob?
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Bob Gannon wrote:
bernie1cat wrote:
It's gotten very quiet in here again. Has anyone heard any additional news about the Paris rumor?
I think the Macca promotion team busy with secret gigs right now
No doubt! And still silent on the US front for any tour stops. The grand opening concert at the new Milwaukee arena was finally announced today--the one some of us thought for sure would be Paul--turns out it is The Killers plus Violent Femmes (which are a local Milwaukee band).
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Hello
I sell a ticket for the concert in krakow. It s ga ( early entrance ticket). I sell it at the value face (579 pln). I made a mistake when i booked. I booked 2 tickets instead of one. I can change the name of the owner of the ticket. I asked to ticketmaster.
We can trade by ups or at the tauron arena. For more details, contact me on brunoregnier@hotmail.com.
See you soon
Bruno
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Any news of U.S tour dates and if Los Angeles will be added? I have been saving up to get good seats if L.A gets added! I want to see Paul at least one more time!
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maccasfangirl30 wrote:
Any news of U.S tour dates and if Los Angeles will be added? I have been saving up to get good seats if L.A gets added! I want to see Paul at least one more time!
Absolutely nada, not even a single rumor