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Green Man	Buying merchandise at gigs - is for the drunk, rich or stoned. You are right there, Barney, people couldn't get a look in at the merchandise stand at a Fish concert I went to. People were blocking each other, leaning over and pushing people out of the queue. It was like the supermarket scene in Soylent Green, if they had guns, it would have been like Zulu. A lot of people gave up. I do wonder if they lost sales rather than generating sales.
Lester Pidgeon	Buying merchandise at gigs - is for the drunk, rich or stoned. Just like acquiring jackets at the Monaco Grand Prix, or the Kentucky Derby. They see the punters coming! Zero controls - €20 in Mark's Square. Venice, for a coffee.
Green Man	I gave up on the concessions stand year's ago Robbie. I might buy the odd CD. T shirts are made in sweat shops or are just plain shirts you get from Fruit Of the loom wholesalers with some print on that fades after a year. The T shirt and print is only worth about £7. Yet they charge anything from £25 to £50 these days. Jackets and hoodies range from £50 to £200. To me that's a deposit for a holiday. When I saw Eric Bibb live his t shirts were £75. Not many were sold that night.
robbiex	Sporting events are the same. £100 to go to Queens tennis today, and the food and merch prices are through the roof. £10 for a sandwich. The merchandise stall prices were crazy. £72 for a big umbrella, who would pay £72 for an umbrella. I hope they didn't do any business, I certainly didn't buy any.
Green Man	I have nothing against Toto, I just think they were a poor man's Alan Parsons Project and Kansas, even as a kid. Tours in general have been very quiet in the UK. Bruce from Iron Maiden is becoming a crabby old guy these days. At least Neil Young never hid it. It still boggles the mind how many Taylor Swift and Sabrina Carpenter tribute acts there are on tour.