The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18845542 Well, that's two famous artists who won't be playing Hyde Park for a while then! Bad decision IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk...t-arts-18845542 Well, that's two famous artists who won't be playing Hyde Park for a while then! Bad decision IMHO. That must be a relief to lots of music lovers who live in the vicinity of Hyde Park. Two old hasbeens who should have retired with their millions years ago IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 Old hasbeens? I will admit Macca was a bit of a let down at the Queen's concert, but The Boss still has it. Two legends of music, and I bet that if Justin Bieber had been headlining a concert in Hyde Park nobody would have DARED to pull the plug. The concert promoters have shot themselves in the nads with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Lol alan,you crack me up. If someone told you to stop working because you was a little bit over the hill you would have your beloved unions all over them like a bad rash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 I would like to know who these 'residents' are. There have been concerts on this scale at Hyde Park since 1969 (Rolling Stones were the first major band to play Hyde Park), so assuming that some of the residents have been born in or moved to the area after 1969 they should know that there are concerts held at Hyde Park and that they might just be a wee bit loud. There is no point in moving to an area (or living in it) if you don't like the fact that there is going to be noise from concerts throughout the summer. You wouldn't, for example, move in next to a factory and then be complaining about the smell and the noise coming from it? Now, I support some NIMBY's but these residents who are complaining need to get a life. If they stop putting on concerts in Hyde Park, the Park's revenue will suffer and they will have to cut costs and guess who will be the first to complain....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 Lol alan,you crack me up. If someone told you to stop working because you was a little bit over the hill you would have your beloved unions all over them like a bad rash Lol alan,you crack me up. If someone told you to stop working because you was a little bit over the hill you would have your beloved unions all over them like a bad rash That's exactly what happened to me actually, but a generous redundancy package and an enhanced final salary pension taken seven years early somehow helped deaden the pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 15, 2012 Author Share Posted July 15, 2012 One of the reasons I'm glad I work for myself, as I wasn't able to get into Final Salary schemes. Next time the banks screw up, my money gets put in a safe/strongbox at home and I'll invest in a shotgun... just in case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 15, 2012 Share Posted July 15, 2012 One of the reasons I'm glad I work for myself, as I wasn't able to get into Final Salary schemes. Next time the banks screw up, my money gets put in a safe/strongbox at home and I'll invest in a shotgun... just in case Are you barking mad Adam?. Almost every single financial expert will agree that a final salary pension is by far and away the best way to enjoy a dignified retirement free of the fear of poverty. A safe and a shotgun is a new one on me, and certainly not very inflation proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 16, 2012 Author Share Posted July 16, 2012 Well, Missunderstood, I was never allowed into final salary schemes so I have to save up another way. I trust the banks as much as I trust the politicians - not very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Well, Missunderstood, I was never allowed into final salary schemes so I have to save up another way. I trust the banks as much as I trust the politicians - not very much! Good point Adam, but making adequate provision for your old age is probably more important now than ever before. I had the good fortune to attend a couple of seminars on pensions and its amazing how much money a decent pension actually costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lato Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Getting back to the original point, the organisers had a licence until 10.30pm and they decided to pull the plug at a couple of minutes to 11. Knowing that Springsteen concerts usually exceed three hours in length, I would have thought the obvious solutuion would have been to bring everything forward so the concert finished at 10.30 as required (i.e told "the Boss" to start at 7) and not pander to the whims of the artist. Won't be a problem when they start doing the concerts at the Olympic Stadium but as previously stated the parks revenue will suffer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted July 16, 2012 Share Posted July 16, 2012 Bad decision IMHO I beg to differ and make Westminster Council spot on, the cut off point for the concert was 10.30pm but instead of winding down at that point, playing a couple of encore crowd pleasers and signing off Springsteen and McCartney just went on and on and the plug was rightly pulled just before 11.00pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 To be fair 11pm is late enough. While I don't really care about whingeing residents,probably of which the majority have either moved from elsewhere in the uk or the wider world,you can start at 7pm quite easily and finish at 10 with a 10.30pm max cut off limit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornchurch "O" Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Oops, i thought you was talking about Jimmy and Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 You have to think about some 70,000 people all going home at the same time at that time of night, many of whom would be drunk, I’m actually surprised that the cut off was 10.00 and not before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Bad decision IMHO I beg to differ and make Westminster Council spot on, the cut off point for the concert was 10.30pm but instead of winding down at that point, playing a couple of encore crowd pleasers and signing off Springsteen and McCartney just went on and on and the plug was rightly pulled just before 11.00pm. Just as well Neil Sedaka wasn't on stage. I remember seeing the great man a few years ago and he and everyone in the audience was having a whale of a time. After over running by over an hour they almost had to drag him off the stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhodes Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Missunderstood - Yes but the likes of Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond are in a different league to Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney aren't they, they're real singers and don't need loud instruments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missunderstood Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Missunderstood - Yes but the likes of Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond are in a different league to Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney aren't they, they're real singers and don't need loud instruments Never seen Neil Diamond live, but seen Sedaka a few times. The best live act I have ever seen though was Billy Eckstine, the Beach Boys are a great act to watch, although there was two groups from the Romford area (Tony Rivers and the Castaways, later to become Harmony Grass, and a group called Gidea Park) who both played surfing music and was arguably better but never got the breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastside Urchin Posted July 17, 2012 Share Posted July 17, 2012 Ha ha ha ha ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mayor Of Simpleton Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 To be fair 11pm is late enough. While I don't really care about whingeing residents,probably of which the majority have either moved from elsewhere in the uk or the wider world,you can start at 7pm quite easily and finish at 10 with a 10.30pm max cut off limit A great point there, Eastside, if the concert organisers knew that Bruce Springsteen's shows are three hours plus encores then they should have started the concert far earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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