Rats to play gig at Natural History Museum London

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Rats to play gig at Natural History Museum London

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ooh when is it? I'll hide in a dinosaur the night before...

suss · In the Long Grass

It's 5/10, and hugely expensive cry

Tickets can be snapped up for £675 before Sunday coming, £750 thereafter.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Check the Independent online

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/first-boomtown-rat-in-space-bob-geldof-prepares-to-become-a-rock-astronaut-8808557.html

I presume it will be not just the Rats but still it's an interesting story.Could be a opportunity to come in heavy discuise. It's sometime in '14 or '15 so the Rats will still be together then. smile

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Well some would call the Rats old dinosaurs. Gig might have suited T Rex if Marc B was still around. I'd imagine there will be other acts but at least it will get lots of publicity and the venue is interesting.

suss · In the Long Grass

Gig is with Alexandra Burke, and a couple of other acts I've never heard of, with Rats headlining.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Odd mix, The Rats, Alexandra Burke and a bunch of dinosaurs.

Derek The Dane · V Deep

The Boomtown Rats with T-REX(get it). biggrin

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
It's 5/10, and hugely expensive
Tickets can be snapped up for £675 before Sunday coming, £750 thereafter.

What is the charity?

suss · In the Long Grass

There are a couple - http://www.spacedayevents.com/

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
There are a couple - http://www.spacedayevents.com/

It looks a bit dodgy to me...

Scottie · Loudmouth

I have known about this gig for a while. The Dutch organiser contacted me on twitter. Who the hell is going to pay £750 one week for a part set when you can see a full set 3 weeks later for £27.50? It is a black tie event. Now being advertised as a charity ball. I have absolutely refused to publicise it at that price. Space Day Events is a very new subsidiary of World Privilege Card, which panders to the VERY rich, offering space flights, best restaurants, F1 drives etc. I hope Bob has a nice birthday party there of course, but not really interested in anything else.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Scottie wrote:
I have known about this gig for a while. The Dutch organiser contacted me on twitter. Who the hell is going to pay £750 one week for a part set when you can see a full set 3 weeks later for £27.50? It is a black tie event. Now being advertised as a charity ball. I have absolutely refused to publicise it at that price. Space Day Events is a very new subsidiary of World Privilege Card, which panders to the VERY rich, offering space flights, best restaurants, F1 drives etc. I hope Bob has a nice birthday party there of course, but not really interested in anything else.

I'll happily promote it on this forum and my blog if they give me a pair of tickets

Scottie · Loudmouth

Cant think of anything I would hate more. I would not go if they paid me the £750. Me standing there in my M&S top and trousers among the designer dresses would not look ggod. lol. Never owned an evening dress in my life.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Ha ha. The vision reminds me of a charity I used to work for (a small local one). The very posh board members would organise fundraising diners etc. the staff were never invited (we did all the hard work to run the charity and make it actually work - no us, no charity). Not that we could afford the ticket prices. They would invite their very posh friends - including some rather famous locals. We might lower the tone and couldn't afford appropriate evening attire

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ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Go to a charity shop. Loads of cheap once worn frocks. Blokes can hire djs. Never bought a monkey suit either, just hired as required.

Scottie · Loudmouth

What would we talk about Jules? Our pads in the South of France, our yachts, the stock market? Seriously though, there are 2 charities benefitting from this. All places on the first flight are being auctioned for charity. Before anyone slags him for the amount of money he paid.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Yes that's good. But it is a lot of money, whilst he's spouting off about the Rats songs being relevant and what's going on in Hull. I feel rather uncomfortable about it all and can understand how people might feel angry. Bob really gets poverty more than most rich/famous people, but not totally. He still forgets.

Scottie · Loudmouth

No, I mean the £64,00 he paid goes to charity. All the places are being auctioned for charity on the inaugural flight, as far as I understand it.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Ah right, fair enough.

. Does all the profit go to charity? In that case, he can be forgiven.

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ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Scottie wrote:
Who the hell is going to pay £750 one week for a part set when you can see a full set 3 weeks later for £27.50?

I bet this doesn't take place. Who are World Privilege Card? From their website they only accept payments of £50 for membership via paypal.

A check on the company yields err nothing

http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07950992

And as for the company director...

http://companycheck.co.uk/director/912548429

The Rats should make sure they get paid in advance. I don't think Bobby Stardust will be launching anytime soon.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

The charities the gig is intended to help are Arms Around The World (children's HIV Charity, child exploitation), and the Milestone Foundation a drug rehab clinic in the USA. Both websites seem legit.

Fair enough if there are enough rich people who want to support these charities. Geldof is not benefiting from the event, unless as a warm up for the Rats tour and a bit of free publicity. Didn't realise it was on on 5 October.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

ArrGee wrote:
Scottie wrote:
Who the hell is going to pay £750 one week for a part set when you can see a full set 3 weeks later for £27.50?
I bet this doesn't take place. Who are World Privilege Card? From their website they only accept payments of £50 for membership via paypal.
A check on the company yields err nothing
http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07950992
And as for the company director...
http://companycheck.co.uk/director/912548429
The Rats should make sure they get paid in advance. I don't think Bobby Stardust will be launching anytime soon.

Interesting, ArrGee.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
ArrGee wrote:
A check on the company yields err nothing
http://companycheck.co.uk/company/07950992
And as for the company director...
http://companycheck.co.uk/director/912548429
Interesting, ArrGee.

Someone's Looking At You!

The scary thing for me is both of my dissolved companies are on that site and one of the entries exposes my final profits. Alan Sugar and Dicky Branson can rest easy.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

The official Natural History Museum website had absolutely no information or promotion of this concert. How can a company use a famous brand (NHM) to promote a concert without the NHM even acknowledging that the concert is taking place. Strangely strange. confuse

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

The website is still down. It's getting very suspicious indeed.

. Not a word on NHM site and 2 days before the event, their website is still down.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Jules wrote:
The website is still down. It's getting very suspicious indeed. . Not a word on NHM site and 2 days before the event, their website is still down.

I wouldn't worry unless you've blown the mortgage on a invite and a frock. In which case

Scottie · Loudmouth

Some people would have paid the £750, as it was supposed to be for a good cause. I think that pair could be charged with fraud.

-- Edited by Scottie on Friday 4th of October 2013 09:36:58 PM

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

No, I've not taken out a second mortgage, which I would have had to to be able to attend. What will Geldof do to celebrate his 62nd birthday instead. He could come to my local village hall and do a gig for me instead.

, (the Rats). Might be able to stretch to a glass of red for him in the local pub afterwards.

noelindublin · Loudmouth

If they are not doing the NHM is there any other warm up gig in the offing? It's a bit late even trying to get social media on the case. Who knows where they might turn up, if the decide to do an alternative gig to the NHM?

suss · In the Long Grass

Reliably informed museum gig is cancelled.

Jules · The biggest Geldof fan in the world, bar none!

Now there's a surprise.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

ArrGee predicted:

I bet this doesn't take place.

suss · In the Long Grass

400 years ago you'd have been burned mate smile

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

I reckon nostradamus is one of my ancestors. aww

suss · In the Long Grass

Blimey -can see into the past as well!

So, what will score be on 26/10. I'll be down to Ladbroke's first thing biggrin

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

suss wrote:
Blimey -can see into the past as well!
So, what will score be on 26/10. I'll be down to Ladbroke's first thing

Definitely 1-0

Though which game is another matter

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Scottie wrote:
Some people would have been daft enough to pay the £750, as it was supposed to be for a good cause. I think that pair could be charged with fraud.

I suspect it was cancelled because there were no takers. They will probably refund any one who did pay.

Lisa · Mondo Bongo

Damn! I put in for 20 tickets ... What a disappointment!

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Lisa wrote:
Damn! I put in for 20 tickets ... What a disappointment!

Were you going to treat us all? Shame.

Lisa · Mondo Bongo

ArrGee wrote:
Lisa wrote:
Damn! I put in for 20 tickets ... What a disappointment!
Were you going to treat us all? Shame.

Of course I was! Oh well it's the thought that counts ...

noelindublin · Loudmouth

Wonder will this cancellation story be reported in the papers/tabloids?

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

noelindublin wrote:
Wonder will this cancellation story be reported in the papers/tabloids?

I doubt it, and it hasn't got anything to do with the band. Just sounds like some suburban sloane-type thought they'd chance their arm at organising a charity ball. Daily Mail are far too busy slagging off Milliband's daddy to worry about it and no other paper will care.

ArrGee · Back To Boomtown

Is this the end of Bobby Stardust and the Rats from Venus?

Scottie · Loudmouth

They were the official agents in Europe for the Company that is sending Bob into space.