Advertising and ticket sales

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A quick update on Glasgow. I understand that they are currently planning on the 9000 configuration with some areas at the side of the stage left clear which brings it down towards @8500. A couple of weeks ago sales were apparently "well beyond 6500" so we are heading for a very healthy attendance IMO. I'm not a fan of the Hydro but as Si says flexibility does mean it can expand to fit the audience. I would be astonished if a capacity 12,000 (max for a seated gig) turned up but 8000-9000 would be roughly the same as the Trash tour and his best ever up here. No mean achievement given lack of press, lack of hits, lack of air-play etc.

BTW, there is a long list of acts not selling out the Hydro just now, even in the smaller configurations. Sure Kiss and Maiden are sell outs but there are many more who are not. 8000-9000 would be great.

[wind_up_toy]

Subject: Advertising and ticket sales

A quick update on Glasgow. I understand that they are currently planning on the 9000 configuration with some areas at the side of the stage left clear which brings it down towards @8500. A couple of weeks ago sales were apparently "well beyond 6500" so we are heading for a very healthy attendance IMO. I'm not a fan of the Hydro but as Si says flexibility does mean it can expand to fit the audience. I would be astonished if a capacity 12,000 (max for a seated gig) turned up but 8000-9000 would be roughly the same as the Trash tour and his best ever up here. No mean achievement given lack of press, lack of hits, lack of air-play etc.

BTW, there is a long list of acts not selling out the Hydro just now, even in the smaller configurations. Sure Kiss and Maiden are sell outs but there are many more who are not. 8000-9000 would be great.

That is good if correct.

Part of the reason for this is probably that Alice hasn't really toured the UK for the best part of 5 years (I think his last show in Glasgow was 6 years ago).

[A_MichaelUK]

From guttertrash:
"Spinefarm in the UK/Europe."

Yes but that company is either owned by (or just distributed by) Universal Music International, so while your description was accurate, it wasn't complete. It was Universal Music International that did all the marketing for the album.

[dadascot]

A quick update on Glasgow. I understand that they are currently planning on the 9000 configuration with some areas at the side of the stage left clear which brings it down towards @8500. A couple of weeks ago sales were apparently "well beyond 6500" so we are heading for a very healthy attendance IMO. I'm not a fan of the Hydro but as Si says flexibility does mean it can expand to fit the audience. I would be astonished if a capacity 12,000 (max for a seated gig) turned up but 8000-9000 would be roughly the same as the Trash tour and his best ever up here. No mean achievement given lack of press, lack of hits, lack of air-play etc.

BTW, there is a long list of acts not selling out the Hydro just now, even in the smaller configurations. Sure Kiss and Maiden are sell outs but there are many more who are not. 8000-9000 would be great.

Dal, thank you very much! This was all the information I was looking for and I much appreciate it.

[dadascot]

And after all that grief I now see classic rock has put the tour in this months listings, alas well that ends well.

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For Glasgow make that over 7300 now. Looking good... Just hope my source is accurate.

[VinceRaven]

For Glasgow make that over 7300 now. Looking good... Just hope my source is accurate.

I'm genuinely surprised that so many tickets would have gone this far in advance of the actual date. I won't dispute the figure though, you've got a source and I'm basically guessing based on prior events.

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Fair challenge. Glasgow has always been a strong venue with 2000-3000 tickets going very quickly for every gig. Alice has twice upgraded the venue in the past due to early ticket sales. The last trip was an easy sell out at the 3000 Armadillo but each time at the SECC he has got a much larger audience.

Within the first week of sales this year he had passed 4,000. I can vouch for this personally as I was looking for extra tickets for a friend and the box office agent (I used the traditional face to face approach) told me the floor and level two were sold with seats only available in level 3.

Just tried to check the hydro site where you can actually see available seating. The tops tier is not for sale which leaves @85000 available. Seats shown as free seem to back up what I have been told. Hope I'm right.

[Si]

Just tried to check the hydro site where you can actually see available seating. The tops tier is not for sale which leaves @85000 available.

Fair way to go then

(You added an extra "0" to that figure I think)

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