Xann Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 @bickster - Simon Moran bought Bestival from the receivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 23, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 23, 2018 48 minutes ago, Xann said: @bickster - Simon Moran bought Bestival from the receivers. Ah good old Pizzaface 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, bickster said: Ah good old Pizzaface Glum with it Quite fond of him really. Associate him with good times. Tight with money, surprisingly generous with favours. Hope they make Bestival work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 24, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Xann said: Glum with it Quite fond of him really. Associate him with good times. Tight with money, surprisingly generous with favours. Hope they make Bestival work. Tight, he's beyond tight. When he first started he didn't want to pay local crew rates so he took his own (underpaid) crew with him to venues across the north, he must have been saving £30 but driving from Warrington to Liverpool and then on to Leeds for example for a 7am load in, he must have been getting up at 4am As I remember it Simon's sense of humour was rather... unique Its all a part of what made him so succesful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 25, 2018 Author Share Posted November 25, 2018 (edited) This week's London gigs: 1966 stylee... Edited November 25, 2018 by chrisp65 It wasn't me that highlighted the Beatles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted November 25, 2018 Share Posted November 25, 2018 On 24/11/2018 at 09:29, bickster said: Tight, he's beyond tight. We didn't get into him much. We were mostly happy in our own circles and were quite happy to blag directly if need be? Though there was always a couple of shows in the year where you knew no one. Seriously, he was the ultimate ticket fairy godmother. We used to fax him requests, as you could almost hear the wringing of hands in the background if you rang him? Always AAA, even at other promoter's gigs, even when he told you he couldn't do it, you'd get a message saying your name would be on the door. Even more surprising - He continued to help out for a long spell after it was professionally courteous for him to do so. Stopped asking after a bit. My job changed and I was expected to go see lots of Indie bands. Gigs felt like work and I started avoiding them in my spare time. Until that point, Simon had got me into every show asked of him. I'm aware that this isn't a typical SM encounter story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted November 25, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 25, 2018 @Designer1 - how did you find the Slaves gig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Xann said: We didn't get into him much. We were mostly happy in our own circles and were quite happy to blag directly if need be? Though there was always a couple of shows in the year where you knew no one. Seriously, he was the ultimate ticket fairy godmother. We used to fax him requests, as you could almost hear the wringing of hands in the background if you rang him? Always AAA, even at other promoter's gigs, even when he told you he couldn't do it, you'd get a message saying your name would be on the door. Even more surprising - He continued to help out for a long spell after it was professionally courteous for him to do so. Stopped asking after a bit. My job changed and I was expected to go see lots of Indie bands. Gigs felt like work and I started avoiding them in my spare time. Until that point, Simon had got me into every show asked of him. I'm aware that this isn't a typical SM encounter story I had a weird relationship with him, he didn't particularly like me but he also knew I had a certain influence and was a good friend of some of his tour reps and loyal staffers. We used to bump into each other back stage at various events, always got on, on the surface but I just knew... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 10 hours ago, PieFacE said: @Designer1 - how did you find the Slaves gig? Using my special powers , I predict the answer will be “Gig of the year “ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted November 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, chrisp65 said: This week's London gigs: 1966 stylee... Hang on a minute... Beatles at the Roundhouse, six months after they quit touring? Cream's 1969 'farewell' show in 1966? Fairport Convention a year before they formed? etc. Edited November 26, 2018 by mjmooney 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyh29 Posted November 26, 2018 Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Hang on a minute... Beatles at the Roundhouse, six months after they quit touring? Cream's 1969 'farewell' show in 1966? Fairport Convention a year before they formed? etc. think the only time they played the Roundhouse was the Carnival of light thingy in 67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted November 26, 2018 Author Share Posted November 26, 2018 1 hour ago, mjmooney said: Hang on a minute... Beatles at the Roundhouse, six months after they quit touring? Cream's 1969 'farewell' show in 1966? Fairport Convention a year before they formed? etc. I feared I'd been scammed, a quick google cross check suggests a typo, '68 not '66. Cream, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd dates all check out as '68's, haven't checked the others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 26, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 26, 2018 43 minutes ago, tonyh29 said: think the only time they played the Roundhouse was the Carnival of light thingy in 67 You are off my imaginary xmas card list 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted November 26, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted November 26, 2018 6 hours ago, tonyh29 said: Using my special powers , I predict the answer will be “Gig of the year “ Someone has been looking at my Instagram But yeah, @PieFacE i thought they were **** magnificent. Really, really energetic and enjoyable performance and blimey did they get that place moving! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 On 16/11/2018 at 14:14, rjw63 said: They seem to be very Marmite, a lot of older types don't like 'em because they sound a bit like Zeppelin. Personally I think that's great Heard some band on the radio the other week, and thought for one moment it was an unreleased zep song, that Jimmy Page releases every now and again. Turns out it was the band you are going to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 @mjmooney Neil Young and Bob Dylan headlining Hype Park festival next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 28, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Rugeley Villa said: @mjmooney Neil Young and Bob Dylan headlining Hype Park festival next year. Not really fair on Neil Young that, inflicting an audience that is 50% deaf on him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugeley Villa Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 1 hour ago, bickster said: Not really fair on Neil Young that, inflicting an audience that is 50% deaf on him What?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted November 28, 2018 Moderator Share Posted November 28, 2018 47 minutes ago, Rugeley Villa said: What?? I take it you are a Dylan fan if you can't hear me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted November 30, 2018 Share Posted November 30, 2018 Tribulation, Henrik Palm (Pig Eyes) and Gehenna tonight. Got off work early so a good night all round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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