pixies london

Two tickets on E-Bay at 13:37 £114 ends on Sunday.

Howard

Did'nt say for certain though did it?

Howard

S'not fair

Yeah, and sensibly, the missus has said no to the £300 buy it now pair on ebay.

I wonder what the other pairs will end up going for.

Now come on Mekon they are ONLY £150 at the mo'.
2nd pair (with option for 4)now on E-Bay.
What I want to know is how these bastards always get tickets.(clean version)

Roman better gat your easyjet tickets before someone hammers them for giving Joe public a good deal

Howard

I missed out on tickets too - called in at about 10am, thinking there wouldn't be such a mad rush... doh!!

Still, if they can sell out two nights at Brixton in 8mins, the chances of them not doing more dates are pretty slim, unless there's some huge falling out between them before they do the Brixton gigs...

I missed them first time round, but Doolittle is in my all-time top 10, and I'm buggered if I'll miss them again...

Steve

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I'm buggered if I'll miss them again

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Given the Pixies' reputation for band-wrecking tantrums and personnel conflicts, I'm not sure this is a wager you should be quite so ready to place

I can't believe that whilst I was on holiday this happened. The worst possible news to come back to. AGGGHHH.

Saw The Pixies in 1986 with Throwing Muses and they were astonishing. Saw them several times inbetween but also saw their much-vaunted Reading appearance in 1990 and the contrast was stark. They were a shambles and had lost the intensity. The music press loved it but it was a nadir for me and no surprise when they imploded within a relatively short period of time afterwards.

Go, if you haven't seen them but I wouldn't raise your hopes too much. The sort of intensity they had for three or four years came from a lot more than Black Francis and would take a lot to get back. Me, I'm happy with the memories. One of the few revivals I have no inclination to see.

Got suckered on the Stones hype of "best tour for years" (not quite a comeback I know but there was similar large demand) Frankly, it was badly paced; lacking in atmosphere and the song selection and sound left a lot to be desired. Apparently, it was awesome - not where I come from.

Hi Alex. At that price I think I'll try and forget all about it.
I regretted going to see Jane's Addiction when they reformed - a shadow of their former selves.
Cheers
Simon

Mike, I think I was at the same Reading festival, when pixies headlined, with the Fall a little lower down the bill. If so I thought they were great. Admittedly not as good as seeing them in a small venue in the early days, but great nonetheless. Oddly though, this was the time of their greatest success even though bossanova is their weakest record. However its worth remembering that trompe le monde, which came next, was brilliant (one duff track though) as were the gigs. The critics had moved on to the next thing however. There was very much a sense that black francis had lost the twisted, pervy edge and was exposed as a bit of a geek. (some truth in this, though he still wrote and performed well). This sort of image is of course anathema to the music press who scarpered and ignored him for ever more.

Unlike, say the stones, the pixies retain their credibility pretty well. Its only 10 years since they split. They never traded on looks or image, in fact they were extrordinary partly because their music seemed so at odds with their appearance. I think all the band continued to play off and on after the split, certainly Frank did. I must admit that some of his stuff was ropey, but a trawl through it and you'll find twenty or so classics. He also threw in pixies songs when performing live, and they sounded wonderful. With the rest of the band backing him again I have vey high hopes. In any case, I can think of no one more deserving of a decent pension.

roman