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Fresher's Week Bands

PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:03 pm
by themushroomgod
Does anyone know what band(s) are playing the Union in fresher's week this year?

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 5:09 pm
by David
do the call on me girls coint as a band? [img]littleicons/raisebrow.gif[/img]

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 8:55 pm
by Malcolm
Remember Aberfeldy from last year?

Bloody hell, they were so bad I left and went to Marmaris with a group of friends.

I thought they were so bad, that they made their mediocre support act look like The Who.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 9:35 pm
by Tweedle-Dum
The Marmaris was better?

They must have been bad.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 11:52 pm
by Guest
No. Hopefully a good one, not some x factor reject. Although the bigger bands charge really high fees therefore it can be hard to make it viable. For example (perhaps not one that would interest you), Girls Aloud would charge £20k for a performance- with venue one's max capacity of 1000, it would be unlikely 1000 people will be willing top pay £20 to see them play like 2 songs. Oh the dilemmas!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 9:01 am
by Otis redding
I say we get rid of the organisers, as whoever hired the call on me girls obviously have no clue about music.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:45 am
by Rennie
Girls Aloud wouldn't charge 20k. You can get some great bands for about 2-5k, depending on how well known they are etc. If anyone wants to know who to contact, send me an e-mail through my profile and I'll pass on the details.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:46 am
by papercutheart
Mwuahahahahaha!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 12:13 pm
by steerpike
Get the Flying Matchstick Men back to play again! Really enjoyed their gig when they played at the union earlier on this year, thought their frontman was hilarious.



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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:46 pm
by LeopardSkinQueen
Quoting Malcolm from 21:55, 31st Jul 2006
Remember Aberfeldy from last year?

Bloody hell, they were so bad I left and went to Marmaris with a group of friends.

I thought they were so bad, that they made their mediocre support act look like The Who.


And I've heard their support act was The Paddingtons. I've seen The Paddingtons live, so they must have been pretty bloody atrocious.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 5:57 pm
by ShinyHappyPerson
Queens in Belfast has Karl Kennedys band for their freshers week - despite the fact Chris Marks told me he wasnt coming to the UK!!

All i can say is the acts better be as good as that!

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 10:09 pm
by Rufus
Aberfeldy are alright.

We had Snow Patrol way back in 2003.

Sorry for not answering the post's question.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 4:26 pm
by David
i think tenacious d would be a good choice

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:22 pm
by Thackary
£5000, plus VAT, plus rider = £6-7000

Venue1 has max capacity of 1000 for a music gig. Are people going to be willing to pay around £7 per ticket?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 7:44 pm
by Cain
Quoting dunqn from 20:05, 2nd Aug 2006
You could get 85% of those bands to play in St. Andrews for £5,000 or less.


And would you fill the venue?

or even half fill it?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 9:02 pm
by thePontificator
Quoting thackary from 20:22, 2nd Aug 2006
£5000, plus VAT, plus rider = £6-7000

Venue1 has max capacity of 1000 for a music gig. Are people going to be willing to pay around £7 per ticket?


£7 is very reasonable considering it would normally cost about £15 for the tickets. Okay so it's venue 1 but £7 is still half what it would normally cost.

Sorry but anyone who thinks £7 in fresher's week is expensive is out of touch with reality.

Realistically we could get a decent band who have sold a few records at a price where £7 would be a bargain (especially as there's no booking fee).

Not that it's likely or anything, but possible.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 10:53 pm
by Otis redding
What about a jazz band.

Young man - "Ye, jazz"
Old man - "What's that you say about jazz boy?"
Young man - "Jazz man, it's scary, freaky jazzy and snazzy"
old man - "You don't know nothing about jazz boy".
young man - "Yes i do man i am the jazz man man"
old man - "!oh well show me your jazz skill's"
young man - "yeh jazz".

Telephone - "ring ring"
Old man - "saved by the bell bitch"


What about a jazz band

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:34 am
by Gealle
Space were good, so were Mull Historical Society.

You could try getting one of them back?

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 8:53 am
by Cain
Quoting Gealle from 09:34, 3rd Aug 2006
Space were good, so were Mull Historical Society.


Mull Historical Society have split.

Yes, I know that Colin Macintyre is MHS, all on his own, but he's split up.

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PostPosted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:13 am
by grousefanatic
Quoting cain from 09:53, 3rd Aug 2006


Mull Historical Society have split.

Yes, I know that Colin Macintyre is MHS, all on his own, but he's split up.



Sounds painful.

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