Kow wrote:

Yes, exactly the same. My Nick Cave concert has been rescheduled too and there was no hint of a refund on offer. I'm hanging on to the ticket anyway but the option would have been nice, especially in these fucking times. There's probably some highly convoluted way of getting one involving hours on a paid number talking to a machine.

Yeah, that wouldn't surprise me. I don't even have the fecking ticket because they don't post out till nearer the gig. All I've got is my account/booking/receipt with them. Shower of cunts.

Same thing happened with our Faith No More tickets, but it's been rescheduled to my birthday next year so....that is pretty great.

That has to be fucking illegal.

Diluted Dante wrote:

Sadly, it's not the same for the Welly Club in Hull, (Poprock will know) as their owners have gone into admin.

And this makes me a bit sad, yeah. I mean, it’s well over 20 years since I’ve been there but it’s still a shame.

Aye, they're basically fucking at it.

FranticPea wrote:

Same thing happened with our Faith No More tickets, but it's been rescheduled to my birthday next year so....that is pretty great.

You wanted to see them

Well thery're hoping you resell it and through their own channel so they can collect a commission from you, and another booking fee from the new purchaser. Because you know they're all about killing touts

g.man wrote:

I don't go to many gigs nowadays, but in my world, if a gig is cancelled or rescheduled, then you're entitled to your money back.

Oh yeah I totally agree with you there, it is pretty scandalous that one has to pay a separate insurance fee just to get your money back in the event of gig cancellation. Inept government refusing to regulate industry isn't it.

Ticketmaster update.
So my diary just reminded me that the George Thorogood concert I'm meant to be going to should have been tomorrow. Not a peep from Ticketmaster since they emailed to tell me my ticket would be valid for the rescheduled date over a year from now.

So back to my account on their website. Still nothing about refunds on the gig page, and nothing about refunds for Covid-rescheduled gigs anywhere on their site. Just a lot of vague waffle.

So I filled in the contact form (god forbid there would be a telephone number anywhere, but hey, they're clearly trying to make this as obtuse as possible for obvious reasons) on the site and explained I'd like a refund as I won't be here for the rescheduled date, and under UK law I'm entitled to a refund because the original contract has been broken.

An hour later, and an email arrives from Ticketmaster telling me that they're sorry to hear that I can't make the rescheduled date, and that they've refunded the full amount to my bank account, and it should be with me in a few days.

So there you go, for anyone in a similar situation, this can be done. They're just trying to make it as awkward as they can.

Result!

Good news, but they're still cunts.

Just got some tickets for Black Country New Road at Future Yard. Finding it quite difficult to get excited about future gigs because everything still hangs in the balance doesn't it? This one's already been rescheduled three times already. If it does go ahead in June, they're reducing the capacity from 300 down to 50 as a socially distanced gig, the layout of which will look like this:



Stand by your milk floats!

@cockbeard   how is the trek going la?

In other gig news, just got meself some tickets for The Lovely Eggs at the Phase One for a Friday night in July. Not my usual cup of tea but any jokey Northern band will do at the moment, I am just absolutely gagging for some live music.

Disappointed to see that venues like Yes up in Manchester still haven't booking any gigs for the summertime. Suppose the uncertainties are still there in relation to whether we can still have a Summer at all I guess, so can't really blame them.

Gotta make a decision soon about Shame vs Sleaford mods because they're both playing the same bloody night in November in the 'Pool at different ends of the city. Going to be a tough one that as both are on fire at the moment, so I think they're going to sell out pretty quick - need to get my skates on.

Managed to get two tickets to Run the Jewels in Glasgow next June. I'll be taking my son for his first ever proper live gig to The Barrowlands, one of the greatest venues in the country (which I haven't been to in almost 20yrs). Can't wait!

Yeah, I wish I had hipster parents.

In other news off to Mancland to see this lot in September:



But not before seeing Black Country New Road at Futureyard this Sunday. That will be my first gig since seeing Dry Cleaning in The Hold at the Shipping Forecast last bloody April!

My first big concert was the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with my mom and cousin. We ended up in front of the stage, quickly lost my cousin as she went all the way to the front, and my mom was busy making sure all the wild guys wouldn't hit me most of the time.

Still have good memories of that. Years later when I met B it turns out he was there as well, but not one of the wild guys.