Just announced a comeback gig at Wembley stadium. Support is slowthai, self esteem and jockstrap. Tickets go on sale this Friday.
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Interesting support. Canāt imagine how Jockstrap will work at wemberley
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Probably just stick to having my very happy memories of the Hyde Park Magic Whip show and let this reunion pass me by, unless they crop at Glastonbury
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Same day as Springsteen at Hyde Park isnāt it?
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Yep. Basically immediately prices out anyone who wants to come from a different city and needs to stay over.
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Really, isnāt London quite big?
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One of the glasto headliners?
I had that thought but if you already had Arctic Monkeys do you really want another āproperā band.
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Yes but itās surprising how one big gig can push up hotel prices, so two massive ones (plus whatever other events happen that weekend) during a time of nice weather is going to be horrible.
I had famiy come visit during one of the BST Hyde Park weekends which we didnāt even go to, and they paid something like Ā£250 for a fucking Travelodge in zone 3.
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Anecdotally but as someone who travels for work regularly, London hotel prices have gone absolutely wild since the summer. I think itās a combination of the tourist trade roaring back to life and energy costs.
(I also recently booked hotels for next Marchās Hold Steady shows - same hotel, booked the same amount of time in advance, was ~Ā£70/night this year, but ~Ā£100/night next year.)
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Yeah, pretty much what Iād guessed based on friends/family coming down. Iāve had to put people up in hotels in, like, Twickenham because anywhere in zone 1-4 is through the roof.
Possibly, they should be part of the conversation. Live nation are saying Wembley is the only uk date.
what ever came of the Coxon allegations?
only reason I ask is Iām kinda surprised to see Self Esteem on there
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Going to be a big strain on public transport too given that anyone who wants to go from Wembley/Hyde Park back to east London will be using the same stations. Green Park and Bond Street in particular will be chaos.
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Yeah, I was talking about this last week. I can only guess that because it has never been reported other than twitter/reddit then it isnāt properly āout thereā. None of my friends were aware and a couple would consider themselves big blur fans. It came up because they saw Graham at a Q &A with matt everitt to promote his new book.
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That is really good to know as Iāll be coming from Norwich, probably will need to get a hotel.
Annoying, as my wife hasnāt seen Blur and really wants to, so this would be a good Christmas present for her, but Iām already going to Springsteen that day.
Seems like a bad clash. Couldnāt they have offset by one day or something?
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Yeah, they would need to limber up. Last time they reunited they did a run off smaller shows so I would expect that, but maybe in europe? Dunno.
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Theyāve got the olā
āOnly UK performance of 2023ā but Iām hoping thatās āso farā? Every other reunion has come with a handful of small-ish shows. Canāt really afford Ā£120 a ticket right before xmas so may have to keep my fingers crossed for more announced closer to.
Or rely on Twickets closer toā¦
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Still rumbling around the quiet reaches of twitter/reddit/tumblr, but nowhere most people would notice. Someone pulled together a bunch of stuff just last week, some of which I hadnāt seen before.
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