We’re not the sort of people to say ‘told you so’ (yeah, right!) but we can’t say we’re surprised to hear Girls Aloud have postponed their Newnham Park show.
Apparently, organisers Edge Promotions have issues with safety and finding enough support bands to fill the day – not to mention, one imagines, the small matter of flogging some 15,000 tickets for the bally thing.
Tickets (a snip at £30 – the same price as a ticket to see Prince in London) were available from bizarre places like Digital Knights in Plymouth and the Ayres Sport & Leisurewear store in Tavistock.
And the proposed line-up was equally bonkers – with popstars Girls Aloud, Booty Luv and Eton Road mixing it up with the dadrockin’ likes of Boogie Nights, Joey The Lips and Karrallon. We’ve heard of ‘something for everyone’ but that’s
just ridiculous.
Nevertheless, we’re assured the concert has been rescheduled for August 11. Whether Girls Aloud will bother to turn up remains to be seen.
The last month has been dominated by the parliamentary debate about welfare reform, and it has been tempting to see this as – finally – a big and public debate about poverty.
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Something kinda oops
By PRSD, on Thursday, May 31, 2007
We’re not the sort of people to say ‘told you so’ (yeah, right!) but we can’t say we’re surprised to hear Girls Aloud have postponed their Newnham Park show.
Apparently, organisers Edge Promotions have issues with safety and finding enough support bands to fill the day – not to mention, one imagines, the small matter of flogging some 15,000 tickets for the bally thing.
Let’s be honest, the shindig seemed ill-conceived from the off. Indeed, regular readers will remember we expressed scepticism about the event in March.
Tickets (a snip at £30 – the same price as a ticket to see Prince in London) were available from bizarre places like Digital Knights in Plymouth and the Ayres Sport & Leisurewear store in Tavistock.
And the proposed line-up was equally bonkers – with popstars Girls Aloud, Booty Luv and Eton Road mixing it up with the dadrockin’ likes of Boogie Nights, Joey The Lips and Karrallon. We’ve heard of ‘something for everyone’ but that’s
just ridiculous.
Nevertheless, we’re assured the concert has been rescheduled for August 11. Whether Girls Aloud will bother to turn up remains to be seen.
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