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not to mention the 7pm start and finish between 12 & 1....

oh yeah, and bring your own support bands.....lol

...and groupies!
Yeh, if you ain't been on earlier today, ya missed a cracker LOL

I was about to suggest it may be worthwhile investing in a bucket to do a collection, supposedly for the band. May as well rip the punters off too eh? lol

he might as well said, the pubs gonna be empty, you'll be lucky if you get paid, and never mind if your gear is broken by the support band (who incidentally will be your audience if they havn't buggered off home), and also by the time you actually go on, you'll be passed caring anyway, zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz until you get a bill for the P.A. Sorry strawberry gardens but ordering bands to do what they would usually do anyway just seems wrong and patronising. And as for the other stuff, YEAH RIGHT!

much better, me thinks, those magic strawberries must have worn off.

"We reserve the right to bump you at any given time"

Oh what a shame the blog has gone. it was brilliant.

If you were getting a builder in, would you tell him what tools to bring, when to start and finish and the amount he'll get paid will depend on how good a job he did?

Actually, coming to think of it, that sounds like a good idea :)

I wouldn't be too harsh..It was funny, but how many of us have posted rubbish somewhere at some time (especially after a few pints...and judging from the post, whoever put it on had had a few).

Time will tell if it works as a venue, and I guess reports will get back here. My reservations would be if its only a small pub (which it was said it was)then a support band as well seems a bit much...plus I'm never a fan of places that only have bands once a month (the regulars who go in the rest of the time see it as an imposition eg they can't watch Skysports etc)...much better to have a regular weekly gig where people know there's something on every week and get used to going there.

Nah, good luck to them...at least they're making an effort...might be nice to play Fleetwood in summer....although I suggest the first few bands who play there ask to get paid before they set up :o)

wow just logged on, the blog has started again, our bands main gripe is the use of our equipment before we go on, only on the condition they scrap the support band then we would
play there, is there anyone with me on this point. its up to strawberry gardens, i have had an amp blown up by a so called support band, they are usualy young lads who dont have thier own gear or transport and are high on ego and your right they dont hang around to watch you, sorry you guys know who you are and need to show some respect when given the chance to play, to add to that the people with them are gone to, which emptys the pub a bit.double whammy.

well i realy think we can all calm down now about this, there
is a genaral concensus of opinion from lots of bands and hopefully the strawberry gardens take it on board and learn
from it, and maybe rethink the ball game, thats it i,m out of it now, catch you in the next good blog, pete

sorry i forgot, can we have a gig in the middle of summer with
a ship wreck on the beach next to the pier on fire

Hells Bells,wot is this..the bands strike back lol. Wish id seen the original blog,talk about slaughtered but it appears justified. Congrats to James Luke who has also struck a blow for musicians by successfully suing a venue in Southport for taking the piss(see blog 15th jan)If only every venue was like the Hindley Arms the world would be sweet indeed,GUD ON YA Dave n Dee !!

just thinking, is this brill website one of a kind or do they have things like this in the more primitive parts of the country.

"just thinking, is this brill website one of a kind or do they have things like this in the more primitive parts of the country."
Check www.rockofthenorth.com which is focused more on Yorkshire.

cheers, this is the one that matters to us, a thousand thanxs,
no one million thanxs, oh sod it TWO MILLION THANXS