UK Tour

[dorsetdolly]

Hope you can be patient with me, but I'm new to this forum. Trying to get tickets for the Manchester Friday date and can see ticketmaster are already selling Tuesday, can anyone please advise how I can get into the pre-sale area to obtain tickets. Hoping for help..... Thank you

[linmag]

There have been no presales for UK venues so far, dorsetdolly. All the Manchester shows sold out within minutes this morning, except for Thursday. The Guardian has bought the entire ticket allocation for the Thursday show, and will be making tickets available to readers on 4th April. If you want to get to Manchester, that's your best bet now, unless you want to pay extortionate prices on ebay.

[stan]

The editor of the guardian has proberbly never heard of LC and what he is doing is as bad as the scum on e-bay, the working class suffer again[The rich have got their chanels in the bedrooms of the poor.]

[hydriot]

The editor of the guardian has proberbly never heard of LC and what he is doing is as bad as the scum on e-bay

Why on earth do you imagine the editor of the Guardian has never heard of Leonard? That would be a bit odd, considering the number of articles they have run on him.

Let's not be judgemental until we learn what the deal is. Is the glass half empty or half full? Perhaps Leonard was only intending three concerts, and this Guardian concert wouldn't have happened at all without their sponsorship. If that should prove to be the case, then the situation is better, not worse, for the Guardian's involvement.

And here's something for you to think about. The present system grossly discriminates against those who are not computer literate. Think of a fan who happens not to use computers and who lives in the country far from a Ticketmaster agent. How is he to get even the sniff of a ticket? An offer through a newspaper at least gives those people a small chance where before they had none.

[iknowitsover]

Anyone know if there is a support on this tour and who it might be in Manchester?
Apologies if this is covered elsewhere within the labyrinth of this forum.

I'm hoping not as more LC has to be the best option

[Paula]

I agree with Hydroit - the Guardian is probably the only British newspaper that does champion Leonard.

Also they will be hoping to sell more papers so hopefully all it will cost for a chance to win will be the price of the paper and possibly a premium rate phone call, They have obviously not bought the tickets to sell on at inflated prices.

Correct me if I am wrong but is this the first time a British newspaper have ever bought the total ticket allocation for an artist. I think it is a compliment to Leonard

[stan]

dear Hydroit &paula

What can i say,[both feet,conclusions,foot in my mouth], seems you put it that way you are right.

[stan]

Now i have had time to think! i think i am right,the editor deligates, and the people he asks to perform the tasks might know about LC, but all he is cocerned about is the selling of his news paper, if it be LC or the spice girls, if he can buy all the tickets for the night he can make money for his company and sell them in the form of ticket ,hotel, and transport for about three hundred pound it still does a real cohenite out of seeing the man if you have a computer or not.[Every body knows] excuse the pun if LC only wanted to do three concerts, then he would only do only three regardless of what the guardian editor said.

Money doesnt talk it swears.

[hydriot]

The motivation is more likely to be the pursuit of prestige than raw money. Remember the Guardian is a Manchester newspaper, and these concerts are part of the Manchester Festival. It would be natural for the Guardian to want to be seen supporting a festival on its own turf.

The Guardian and The Independent have similar readerships. Last year, The Independent re-published Beautiful Losers at a fraction of a hardback's normal price (less than £3) in its Banned Books season. Perhaps the Guardian wants to respond. It seems to me this is more likely to be a little circulation war between the two newspapers than anything more sinister.