Alfs 3:42 Sat Jun 22
Tribute Acts
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I was surprised, no, mildly shocked, that a Dire Straits tribute band (Money for Nothing) are charging up to £42.50 for their concert, or should I say show, in Oxford.
That's a lot of money to watch a bunch of blokes that are very good at karaoke.
Friday night rant over.
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geoffpikey
5:57 Sat Jun 22
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Maybe the clue's in the name?
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joe royal
7:06 Sat Jun 22
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Aussie pink floyd have a full production that rivals some of the shows I do.
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PwoperNaughtyButNot
7:24 Sat Jun 22
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Little Micks only charge a fiver
They are not very good though. You expect some hot young girls pretending to be a pop group but you get five Irish midgets singing the Irish rover and cockles and mussels on loop
The Pings of Leon are just a bunch on blokes pressing the button on microwaves from the restaurant chain.
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geoffpikey
7:45 Sat Jun 22
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https://www.fakefestivals.co.uk/tour.html
Fill your fake boots.
I'm more shocked there's actually a Kasabian tribute band in existence. Good grief.
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Bungo
8:11 Sat Jun 22
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I'm often surprised at how a band brand name will sell tickets, often when there may only be one original member left, sometimes not even one.
If the real Dire Straits reformed, how many people would have a clue about who else should be in the band other than Mark Knopfler?
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Hello Mrs. Jones
8:28 Sat Jun 22
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The Beatles tribute band in the US, the Fab Four are unbelievably good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOskNzKbLbk&list=RDjOskNzKbLbk&start_radio=1
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The Stoat
9:21 Sat Jun 22
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Unless they perform on the bill at a festival I attend I wouldn’t cross the road to see a fucking tribute band
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Bungo
11:31 Sat Jun 22
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I think they have their place, particularly if the originals are either finished or should have stopped years ago and many people never saw the original band.
I was too young to see Genesis with Peter Gabriel, but The Musical Box do astoundingly accurate recreations of early 70s Genesis shows. I think members of Genesis have seen them and said that TMB are better than they were back then!
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Takashi Miike
11:31 Sat Jun 22
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see Brit Floyd a few times and worth every penny, they are brilliant
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Darlo Debs
11:37 Sat Jun 22
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42.50 i wouldn't have paid that to see the real.Dire Straits.
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Iron Duke
11:40 Sat Jun 22
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I’m going to see Pearl Jamm next month. Only £10 for a ticket and at a nice small intimate venue where you don’t have to watch on a screen.
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Darlo Debs
11:48 Sat Jun 22
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We have a venue here called The Forum. It gets some really good tribute acts and costs 12 quid entry. Fab place
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geoffpikey
11:53 Sat Jun 22
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Who's up for forming a rap tribute act that makes everyone lose their shit?
Public Enema.
(I love PE, btw. Just a crappy joke.)
Yeeeaaaah boy!!
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Darlo Debs
11:59 Sat Jun 22
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I actually snorted laughing at that pikey you mad bugger.
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Loafer
11:59 Sat Jun 22
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I don't know who is worse - the tribute bands or the people who pay to see them.....stay at home and put on an album of the original artist.
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Bungo
12:00 Sat Jun 22
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Some friends of mine had a plan to form a mixed tribute band combining songs from three very similar bands which would have been called 'Deep Rainsnake'.
Never happened unfortunately.
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,
12:07 Sat Jun 22
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Seen one of two tribute acts where the musicians have been better than the originals they’re aping.
Australian Pink Floyd are nearly spit on musically.
Some of the old groups are still on the circuit and are as authentic as Triggers broom.
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,
12:07 Sat Jun 22
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Seen one of two tribute acts where the musicians have been better than the originals they’re aping.
Australian Pink Floyd are nearly spit on musically.
Some of the old groups are still on the circuit and are as authentic as Triggers broom.
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Mr Kenzo
12:09 Sat Jun 22
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Patelvis anyone ?
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