lancer Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Any one see it on the red button? Jeff wrote some great tunes, good lefty bassist as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I am watching it now. I like a bit of ELO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 He has had better backing singers in the past Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieC Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1447373490' post='2907260'] He has had better backing singers in the past [/quote] Watching it on the BBC red button now - i would agree about the BVs but on the whole decent show and sound mix. The new songs are very good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Just trying to get tickets now for shows next April but as usual it looks like its fiddled and most of the low and mid price seats have been creamed off in advance so they can sell them at extortionate prices on other sites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssentialTension Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/273078-steppin-out-with-jeff-lynne"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/273078-steppin-out-with-jeff-lynne[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldman Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 It's my birthday today, my Daughter called to tell me my present was a ticket to see ELO in Liverpool next April: How good is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) Glad you could get one, all the sensibly priced tickets for Nottm immediately 'sold out', quickly followed by the daft priced ones. Of course they didn't [i]really[/i] sell out, ticketmaster just offloaded them to sister company 'get me in' so they could then relist the cheapest original tickets at twice the actual price. Needless to say, I'm not going to support such a corrupt system. There's apparently a pair of very good seats available via get me in for £708 [i]p[/i][i]er ticket [/i] Shame as Jeff's one of those heroes that I've never got to see perform live. Oh well... Edited November 13, 2015 by KevB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [quote name='KevB' timestamp='1447418706' post='2907514'] Glad you could get one, all the sensibly priced tickets for Nottm immediately 'sold out', quickly followed by the daft priced ones. Of course they didn't [i]really[/i] sell out, ticketmaster just offloaded them to sister company 'get me in' so they could then relist the cheapest original tickets at twice the actual price. Needless to say, I'm not going to support such a corrupt system. There's apparently a pair of very good seats available via get me in for £708 [i]p[/i][i]er ticket [/i] Shame as Jeff's one of those heroes that I've never got to see perform live. Oh well... [/quote] These things are a total rip off. Some friends of mine went to see Steven Wilson at the RAH recently. I think the tickets were £30 or something. That's amazing value for what was a spectacular gig. My uncle wanted to see the who a couple of years ago. The cheapest ticket was over £100. How much were the 'cheap' tickets here anyway ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spectoremg Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [quote name='Oldman' timestamp='1447415941' post='2907482'] It's my birthday today, my Daughter called to tell me my present was a ticket to see ELO in Liverpool next April: How good is that? [/quote]You have a wonderful daughter. Heart-warming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 ambient, For Nottm the cheapest were around the £50 mark rising to through a medium of sixty-odd up to ninety-odd for best seats. My mate was off work today and also wanted to go so he was waiting, finger on button dead on 9am when they went on sale online. Almost immediately it froze, then virtually all cheap seats gone in a second, soon followed by the rest. Within a [i]very[/i] short time cheap seats then on sale at 'get me in' for about twice face value. Screw that... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I would've paid the £90 for tickets but the decent ones for the Hydro, that is the ones where you could actually see Jeff Lynne and not by looking at one of the screens, were £125 That is a silly price IMO. I saw Jerry Lee Lewis supported by Albert Lee and James Burton and they were £90 but I was 3 rows from the front Really disappointed as my brother and I had really wanted to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambient Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) It's not very good really is it ? I mean it's a lot for the average fan to pay out of their pension. �� Edited November 13, 2015 by ambient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) I suppose it's more money for Jeff Lynne's hair (and beard) dye fund! I think I'm alone in the BC universe, as ELO always seriously grind my gears. I'd even jump to the radio to turn them off! Very well played and executed though - I can see the appeal without doubt. Edited November 13, 2015 by spongebob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubit Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 (edited) The whole ticket thing nowadays is ridiculous. A concert will be sold out but you can still get tickets if you pay through the nose via the other sites that ticket master sell to. Plus there's vip packages where you get backstage or similar and it costs a lot more than is reasonable Edited November 13, 2015 by ubit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 supply and demand, if people refused to buy the tickets at inflated prices it wouldn't happen, I think they could charge a £1000 a ticket for Glastonbury and it'd still sell out, people can be such suckers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Lefty bass player is Lee Pomeroy, plays left hand with it strung right handed, E string where the G should be?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timmo Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [quote name='StevieC' timestamp='1447398293' post='2907285'] Watching it on the BBC red button now - i would agree about the BVs but on the whole decent show and sound mix. The new songs are very good too. [/quote]Yes, I thought overall, it was very good. As you say, the new songs are good as well. Seems to tie in with his older stuff seamlessly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drTStingray Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 [quote name='rogerstodge' timestamp='1447436127' post='2907713'] Lefty bass player is Lee Pomeroy, plays left hand with it strung right handed, E string where the G should be?? [/quote] Well done for mentioning this - I'd almost forgotten this was a bass forum!! And you are right - he's also an excellent bass player - love his work with Take That as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevB Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Yeah LP did the live gig they did for BBC last time, seen him up close with It Bites and it does look weird with upside down stringing. He's also been in one version of Steve Hackett's band doing the Genesis stuff, he knows his stuff, pedals, bvox the lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerstodge Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I buy a bass from Lee now and then being a fellow lefty, I have to have the nut and bridge saddles reversed every time, he done a tour or 2 with Rick Wakeman also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorR Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 [quote name='spectoremg' timestamp='1447430172' post='2907656'] You have a wonderful daughter. Heart-warming. [/quote] If any of your kids ever need adopting... Great gift! Lovely thoughtfulness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve-bbb Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 [quote name='timmo' timestamp='1447373490' post='2907260'] He has had better backing singers in the past [/quote] Yes didn't that just jump right out of the radio at ya - probably poor monitoring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Admiral Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Mike Stevens is the MD, and it's the same band that played the Queens Jubilee, and backs Gary Barlow solo, and Take That on tour. He plays guitar, keys and sax, as well as the BVs : talented bugger. First call band for these high profile gigs. The keys player was an original ELO Band member - the only one I think. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec12/articles/mike-stevens.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chardbass Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 [quote name='The Admiral' timestamp='1447719572' post='2909829'] Mike Stevens is the MD, and it's the same band that played the Queens Jubilee, and backs Gary Barlow solo, and Take That on tour. He plays guitar, keys and sax, as well as the BVs : talented bugger. First call band for these high profile gigs. The keys player was an original ELO Band member - the only one I think. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec12/articles/mike-stevens.htm [/quote] That'll be the mighty Donovan Hepburn on kit then? He's no Bev Bevan mind 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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