Cinderella

[JamesEagle]

Saw this mentioned in another thread, so I looked it up. Cinderella are playing the Shepherd's Bush Empire on 25 June. Great band, I'd be keen to go, but tickets are ... wait for it ... £25 a pop!!!

 

So I don't know if I'll be able to afford it...

 

Any other HH-ers thinking of being there?

[heaven&hell]

Wow when I saw them in 98' in a small club it was only like $14.

[Glen]

That's a bloody rip off if you ask me.

 

Nightranger is only £15 which is far more reasonable and they are a far better band too. No brainer for me.

[Fat Freddy]

Kiefer's voice will probably blow out before they even get on the plane anyway

[heaven&hell]

Kiefer's voice will probably blow out before they even get on the plane anyway

 

The time I saw them he was great and sounded great but that was after they'd been off the road for a few years and after he'd had some operation I believe.

[heaven&hell]

That's a bloody rip off if you ask me.

 

Nightranger is only £15 which is far more reasonable and they are a far better band too. No brainer for me.

 

They are both great live but I guess that Cinderella were always a fav of mine so I enjoyed them more but they were both great.

[Captain Howdy]

The thing is, £20 is probably about normal for the Shepherds Bush Empire, considering its size, and has probably gone up since last year because of the VAT increase.

Last few gigs I saw there ere Europe (£18) & Steel Panther (£17 although that was originally sposed to be at the Electric Ballroom).

 

As for the O2 Islington, I assume its the one downstairs, but even that is tiny compared to Shepherds Bush.

Last few gigs I saw there were Tragedy (£8 upstairs), Bowling For Soup (£12 Jaret & Erik acoustic) & Buckcherry (£17.50).

 

As you can see, with the exception of the Buckcherry gig, the prices for Islington are quite low and the tickets for Shepherds Bush are somewhat higher, although to be fair, they shouldnt be any higher than £20 really.

I guess it all depends on whether this is a one off gig and how many supports there are etc.

 

I will certainly be buying one when my ebay money clears.

 

Now, nearly £45 for the Whitesnake gig at Hammersmith, thats a rip off.

[Captain Howdy]

 

 

Nightranger is only £15 which is far more reasonable and they are a far better band too.

Dont mind a handful of Nightranger songs, but love the entire Cinderella catalogue so I know which one is better value for money in my book.

I dunno if I would wanna pay more than £10 to see Nightranger to be honest, but I may consider it if any of my friends are going.

[Glen]

 

 

Nightranger is only £15 which is far more reasonable and they are a far better band too.

Dont mind a handful of Nightranger songs, but love the entire Cinderella catalogue so I know which one is better value for money in my book.

I dunno if I would wanna pay more than £10 to see Nightranger to be honest, but I may consider it if any of my friends are going.

 

Well its all a matter of taste in the end.....but for me how anyone could not love those first 4 or 5 Nightranger albums is a mystery to be. Hardly a filler on board any of them, with 'Dawn Patrol' and 'Man In Motion' being genre classics IMO.

 

I would say after Journey they are bordering on my second fav band ever.

[Captain Howdy]

See, I can take or leave Journey as well. For me the likes of Journey & Nightranger fall into the same category as Styx, Foreigner and Reo Speedwagon etc. Bands that have a handful of truly great songs, but the rest of their albums are pure blah blah blah to me. One song after another that just sounds the same.

At the end of the day, I am sure there are bands which I would say "I dont understand how anyone couldnt love them", but thats just my opinion against someone elses.

[JamesEagle]

See, I can take or leave Journey as well. For me the likes of Journey & Nightranger fall into the same category as Styx, Foreigner and Reo Speedwagon etc. Bands that have a handful of truly great songs, but the rest of their albums are pure blah blah blah to me. One song after another that just sounds the same.

At the end of the day, I am sure there are bands which I would say "I dont understand how anyone couldnt love them", but thats just my opinion against someone elses.

 

Well said, agree 100%. It can still be quite scary to say you don't like Treat or Pink Cream 69 on here though.

 

Back to Cinderella, I'm with you in that I prefer them (times a million) to Nightranger. Just don't think I can pay £25 though, so I think I'll miss out this time. It's looking like Vicious Rumors will be my only gig this year.

[Fat Freddy]

Kiefer's voice will probably blow out before they even get on the plane anyway

 

The time I saw them he was great and sounded great but that was after they'd been off the road for a few years and after he'd had some operation I believe.

 

They seem to be trapped in a vicious circle though. They go on tour to drum up interest in possibly doing a new album, Kiefer blows his voice out while on tour, they have to go home and wait for him to heal up, years go by, they go out on tour AGAIN to drum up interest in a new album, Kiefer blows his voice out AGAIN, etc., etc.

[Faron]

£15 for Night Ranger is wonderful, shame Jeff Watson isn`t with them anymore though.

 

I`d pay £25 to see Night Ranger with Cinderella supporting

[JamesEagle]

£15 for Night Ranger is wonderful, shame Jeff Watson isn`t with them anymore though.

 

I`d pay £25 to see Night Ranger with Cinderella supporting

 

That would be a strange line-up. I think I'd leave before the headliners came on.

 

Who is the band in your photo? One of them looks a tiny bit like Will Ferrell. But not much.

[Faron]

£15 for Night Ranger is wonderful, shame Jeff Watson isn`t with them anymore though.

 

I`d pay £25 to see Night Ranger with Cinderella supporting

 

That would be a strange line-up. I think I'd leave before the headliners came on.

 

Who is the band in your photo? One of them looks a tiny bit like Will Ferrell. But not much.

 

Just a band I`d like to see

[shamus]

Not that this does you guys across the pond any good but Cinderella is playing the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota on Apr 15.

 

Tix are only $10 U.S. for general admission.

[JamesEagle]

Not that this does you guys across the pond any good but Cinderella is playing the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota on Apr 15.

 

Tix are only $10 U.S. for general admission.

 

[Glen]

See, I can take or leave Journey as well. For me the likes of Journey & Nightranger fall into the same category as Styx, Foreigner and Reo Speedwagon etc. Bands that have a handful of truly great songs, but the rest of their albums are pure blah blah blah to me. One song after another that just sounds the same.

At the end of the day, I am sure there are bands which I would say "I dont understand how anyone couldnt love them", but thats just my opinion against someone elses.

 

Well said, agree 100%. It can still be quite scary to say you don't like Treat or Pink Cream 69 on here though.

 

 

Mate with the amount of bands you dont like, Im surprised you come on here at all ;-)

 

Yeah to be honest I was just thinking aloud.....cos for me as a fan of melodic rock, Nightranger are pretty awesome.

 

Hey ho to each their own.

[JamesEagle]

See, I can take or leave Journey as well. For me the likes of Journey & Nightranger fall into the same category as Styx, Foreigner and Reo Speedwagon etc. Bands that have a handful of truly great songs, but the rest of their albums are pure blah blah blah to me. One song after another that just sounds the same.

At the end of the day, I am sure there are bands which I would say "I dont understand how anyone couldnt love them", but thats just my opinion against someone elses.

 

Well said, agree 100%. It can still be quite scary to say you don't like Treat or Pink Cream 69 on here though.

 

 

Mate with the amount of bands you dont like, Im surprised you come on here at all ;-)

 

Yeah to be honest I was just thinking aloud.....cos for me as a fan of melodic rock, Nightranger are pretty awesome.

 

Hey ho to each their own.

 

Sorry.

[Doksdad]

Not that this does you guys across the pond any good but Cinderella is playing the Shooting Star Casino in Mahnomen, Minnesota on Apr 15.

 

Tix are only $10 U.S. for general admission.

 

I will be there!!! Tickets go on sale Monday March 14th.

 

Just scored Tesla tickets yesterday at the same venue for a concert on May 6th.

 

Second row, dead center

[Geoff]

Wowser are there different concerns about ticket prices around the world. £25 = aud$40, which I would be close to calling a "bargain" to see Cinderella for that price.

 

£15 = aud$24, which is like asking would you prefer to buy a hamburger or see Night Ranger.

 

Seriously, I do wonder if you guys do know how good you have it. I tell you now, if either Cinderella or Night Ranger came down to Australia there's no way you'd see them for less than about aud$65-70 each.

[Nightrain]

i agree Geoff.

 

Living in the very far side from US/UK, to see a great old band coming here to play is definitely a luxury. To see Night Ranger or Cinderella, I'll be glad to pay even as far as £50 for that, since that'd probably be their first and probably last gig here

[Nightrain]

Kiefer's voice will probably blow out before they even get on the plane anyway

 

The time I saw them he was great and sounded great but that was after they'd been off the road for a few years and after he'd had some operation I believe.

 

They seem to be trapped in a vicious circle though. They go on tour to drum up interest in possibly doing a new album, Kiefer blows his voice out while on tour, they have to go home and wait for him to heal up, years go by, they go out on tour AGAIN to drum up interest in a new album, Kiefer blows his voice out AGAIN, etc., etc.

 

that's very true lol

and i don't understand, why the heck didn't they write new songs at all since 1994 ? i bet it's quite easy to put up 10 good songs after all these years

[Captain Howdy]

I'm sure they actually wrote an album, and possibly recorded or at least demo'd it when they were signed with Portrait, but they cant release any of it because the label owns the songs or something like that.

[Captain Howdy]

Wowser are there different concerns about ticket prices around the world. £25 = aud$40, which I would be close to calling a "bargain" to see Cinderella for that price.

 

£15 = aud$24, which is like asking would you prefer to buy a hamburger or see Night Ranger.

 

Seriously, I do wonder if you guys do know how good you have it. I tell you now, if either Cinderella or Night Ranger came down to Australia there's no way you'd see them for less than about aud$65-70 each.

Only thing I would say is what is the average wage in Australia, as obviously a straight conversion rate isnt always an exact comparision.

I mean, the minimum wage here is something around the £6 per hour mark, and in Aus I believe its something like $15 an hour, then your $60 is more like £25 to us rather than the conversion rate.

Conversion rates really only benefit or go against you if you buy something in/from another country.