| The Nosuch Disco 12.04.2012 05:39 |
Just got the email about the Queen +AL show... regarding the 1975 performance, it states: "...But a high quality official release DVD is now planned, unedited, which will include the audio of all of the songs which were not originally transmitted on TV." I can't wait to complain about it's sound/not being Rainbow/never coming out etc etc :) |
| dysan 12.04.2012 05:45 |
What did the rest of the e-mail say? |
| The Nosuch Disco 12.04.2012 05:46 |
sorry, here's the complete email: Queen To Play Hammersmith Queen with Adam Lambert – Despite Cancelled Sonisphere, UK Concerts To Go Ahead Queen with Adam Lambert – Despite Cancelled Sonisphere, UK Concerts To Go Ahead Just two weeks after the shock cancellation of Sonisphere 2012 where they were due to headline with singer Adam Lambert, rock band Queen has announced they are to go ahead with a UK concert appearance this summer after all. The band today announced that the highly anticipated pairing of Queen and Lambert will instead take place at London’s HMV Hammersmith Apollo over two nights, July 11 and 12. In the announcement the band also promised to endeavour to give priority booking to those who had held tickets for their Knebworth concert. Tickets will go on sale next week, first to Queen fans and Sonisphere ticket holders and then on general sale. Says a band spokesperson, “Queen acted immediately in looking for an alternative venue in an aim to avoid disappointing all those fans who had so desperately looked forward to seeing them at Knebworth. Coming in the lead into the Olympics, most of the venues they first approached were unavailable, being taken as official London Games 2012 venues. As the setting of some of the band’s best remembered concerts, the idea of returning to this historic Hammersmith venue really appealed to them.” Said Brian May: "Somehow this feels right - The Odeon is a big part of our history, and its atmosphere is second to none. It's the perfect place to acknowledge our faithful fans, and will be a fitting return to our roots!" Roger Taylor adds: "We had made up our minds to play in the UK this year, so play we will ! Following the collapse of the Sonisphere organisation we didn't want to let down all those people expecting to see us live!" Speaking from the US, Adam Lambert said: “I’m so thrilled that Queen found a way to ensure that the fans will get to see this event this summer. I can’t wait to be in London to perform with Queen for these incredibly special shows!” Originally known as the Hammersmith Odeon, the venue was the scene of four sold-out Queen concerts in late November/early December 1975, as well as a special Christmas Eve show; and the band returned for a triumphant end-of-tour show in December 1979, playing the opening night of a series of UNICEF concerts for the people of Kampuchea. Amongst fans, the Hammersmith shows continue to be regarded as some of Queen’s most exceptional. Broadcast live on national radio and TV, the Christmas show has become one of the most heavily bootlegged in the band's career, and an edited version of the show has been recently shown by the BBC. But a high quality official release DVD is now planned, unedited, which will include the audio of all of the songs which were not originally transmitted on TV. Tickets for Queen + Adam Lambert concerts at HMV Hammersmith Apollo on Wednesday July 11 and Thursday July 12 will first be available on a 24-hour presale to Queen Online subscribers, Queen Fan Club members and Sonisphere ticket holders from 9am on Tuesday April 17. Pre-sale details will be sent on to these communities separately via e-mail. General sales start Wednesday 18th April at 9am at link and through Ticketmaster. Caller lines: HMV Tickets 08432 221 0100 / Ticketmaster 08448 444 748. Tickets are priced at £65.00, £70.00 and £75.00 plus £6 booking fee on all prices. For tickets by post an additional charge will apply. link |
| dysan 12.04.2012 05:51 |
I want to go. |
| pittrek 12.04.2012 05:59 |
So - the DVD will be basically something like I created many years ago ? :-) |
| The Nosuch Disco 12.04.2012 06:01 |
you never know, it might come with some stickers or something :) |
| fjac1980 12.04.2012 06:12 |
yeah...the Hammersmith 79 dvd was the best news for me. ( unedited...full?) |
| dysan 12.04.2012 06:18 |
"So - the DVD will be basically something like I created many years ago ? :-)" Bet you won't tell the BBC to go and fuck themselves will you? |
| Hangman_96 12.04.2012 06:24 |
fjac1980 wrote: yeah...the Hammersmith 79 dvd was the best news for me. ( unedited...full?)It was about Hammersmith 75, not 79. |
| e-man 12.04.2012 06:26 |
RT : "we didn't want to let down all those people expecting to see us live!" does that mean they sold about 10 000 tickets to Sonisphere? |
| Bad Seed 12.04.2012 07:15 |
So the cheapest ticket will be £71!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'd actually purchased Sonisphere tickets but sod paying that much. |
| Mr Mercury 12.04.2012 10:51 |
If you live outside of London, you will not only have the price of your ticket, but the cost of your travel and maybe the cost of overnight stay at some hotel which will charge you an exorbetant fee because its Jubilee / Olympic year.... |
| mooghead 12.04.2012 12:43 |
"Tickets are priced at £65.00, £70.00 and £75.00 plus £6 booking fee on all prices" Go fuck yourselves. |
| pittrek 12.04.2012 13:01 |
Regarding the prices ... Queen - Hammersmith 1975 link Queen - Hammersmith 1979 link (not sure about the price, but the previous concert costed 5 pounds :-) |
| Hutchence 12.04.2012 13:19 |
If I wanted to come to one of the concerts in London from my city Zagreb, Croatia and stay just for one day e.g. (12.- 13.07.), it would cost me cca 420 pounds !!!??? No, I am not crazy:) Those are my expenses for easyjet flight, hotel, concert ticket + other expenses such as food, drinks, tube ticket, etc. Silly, isn't it...? |
| mooghead 12.04.2012 13:24 |
B&R should become politicians. They have completely lost all grip on reality. |
| mooghead 12.04.2012 13:25 |
pittrek wrote: Regarding the prices ... Queen - Hammersmith 1975 link Queen - Hammersmith 1979 link (not sure about the price, but the previous concert costed 5 pounds :-)There is nothing at all in the second picture to indicate this has anything to do with Queen. |
| Montreux 12.04.2012 13:35 |
I'm not going to Hammersmith gig, so I can't show my banner to Adam Lambert in the first row. So, just a message: "Freddie rules! Paul Rodgers rocks! And you sucks!" |
| cmsdrums 12.04.2012 15:59 |
To be honest £75 isn't over the odds to see musicians of the standing of BM and RT in such a great venue, possibly playing together for the last time. In their defence also, the price will not be down to them, but the promoter will charge whatever he thinks he can get for the tickets. The tickets in 2005 and 2008 for the Q&PR shows were only £50, which were very good prices and less than I'd expected. Madonna, U2, etc... tickets cost a lot more (into the £100s), and I know who I'd rather see (even if it is only with Adam Lambert). |
| mooghead 12.04.2012 16:30 |
Whoever came up with the ticket price. Go fuck yourselves. |
| david (galashiels) 12.04.2012 17:20 |
So - the DVD will be basically something like I created many years ago ? :-) .. pittrek,charge them performing rights and repeat feess lol |
| Roger's Beard 12.04.2012 17:57 |
It CAN'T be "High Quality" when the Master tapes are PAL and the DVD release will be in NTSC! Sorry, NTSC is a lower quality format than PAL. Fact. |
| Roger's Beard 12.04.2012 18:02 |
The ticket prices are shocking, but if you can see Alice Cooper and his 4 piece band & actors at the Hammy Odeon (or whatever it's called this week) for £30, then surely the Queen tickets could have been a more reasonable £50. I reckon they've looked at how much they'd have earned at Sonisphere and raised the ticket prices at Hammy Odeon accordingly. Wouldn't mind so much if they were promoting a new album instead of a talentless tosspot from the USA. |
| philip storey 13.04.2012 06:31 |
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| philip storey 13.04.2012 06:35 |
I am hoping to be there,of course its not cheap but this a chance to see Brian and Roger.Besides Adam Lambert does anyone know the rest of the band lineup ? |
| pittrek 13.04.2012 07:50 |
pootle1 wrote: It CAN'T be "High Quality" when the Master tapes are PAL and the DVD release will be in NTSC! Sorry, NTSC is a lower quality format than PAL. Fact.If you would say that NTSC is a lower RESOLUTION format than PAL I would absolutely agree |
| cmsdrums 13.04.2012 14:21 |
By "high quality" they don't mean HD. Let's face it, if they have the master tapes for both video and audio, the quality will be the highest they can achieve, and better than we've seen, and heard, before. High quality doesn't equate to HD! |
