FFP

[Dogtanian]

I’ve seen Stewart Lee several times at the Symphony Hall. 

I saw him there last time round. I am seeing him again this year but I actually can't think where it is.

I’m going to look out for you next time. Shouldn’t be hard to spot judging from your username!

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I’ve seen Stewart Lee several times at the Symphony Hall. 

I saw him there last time round. I am seeing him again this year but I actually can't think where it is.

I’m going to look out for you next time. Shouldn’t be hard to spot judging from your username!

Haha. I'm unrecognisable after I put all the slap on.

[dave.woodhall]

Yeah, that's what I've read from promoters.

And yet the Black Country is totally different.

[Dante Lavelli]

Some of the comments on this sum it up

https://tinyurl.com/4azh582k

Wow. Thats made me feel a bit sick.  It upsets me that people feel that way, and scares me that they think its okay to type it on an open forum.

[algy]

I do wish people would give Birmingham more love, rather than assuming nobody in the world would come here unless forced. If the people from here go on about it being crap, what hope do we have?

As UK cities go, Birmingham is right up there with the best of them.* The majority of people who take the piss are people who either haven't been here at all, or haven't been in decades.



*. And the only one where people talk proper.

Strongly agree here. Visit Brum - even just counting non-Villa related trips - more often than Liverpool & Manchester put together, despite those being closer to us. Birmingham is IMO one of the best cities in the UK to visit.

[eamonn]

Symphony Hall can be a bit iffy sound-wise for rockish bands (Elvis Costello the other week being an example) early in a set but seems to settle down. As for selling tickets, it's a long-established fact that Birmingham is a bit 'challenging' for promoters.

But why?

[LeeB]

Symphony Hall can be a bit iffy sound-wise for rockish bands (Elvis Costello the other week being an example) early in a set but seems to settle down. As for selling tickets, it's a long-established fact that Birmingham is a bit 'challenging' for promoters.

I've heard the same. I don't think the shite transport options at night help.

[dave.woodhall]

Symphony Hall can be a bit iffy sound-wise for rockish bands (Elvis Costello the other week being an example) early in a set but seems to settle down. As for selling tickets, it's a long-established fact that Birmingham is a bit 'challenging' for promoters.

But why?

Better people than me have tried to answer that one. We've had the music and we used to have the venues. One possible reason is that we've never had a Brian Epstein/Tony Wilson figure to bring everything together.

[Exeter 77]

Is it because music in Birmingham is so diverse with no specific movement?

[Stu]

Is it because music in Birmingham is so diverse with no specific movement?

Not enough fey white boys with guitars singing
“first I was a little bit sad
But now I’m happyyyyyy”

[dave.woodhall]

It's not just music. Our nightlife was appalling for decades, boxing doesn't sell well here and it's only been in the last few years that we've had the sort of crowds we should get. Brummies basically don't like parting with their money.