The demand for the Stone Roses concerts (220,000 tickets sold in one hour) is pretty phenomenal for a band that was never that big. They operated on the scale of a fairly successful late 80's indie band - no number one singles, modest album sales etc, nothing like scale of the million+ selling Coldplay, Oasis, Blur, Radiohead etc albums of the 90's and 2000's.
I maintain that the sales for the Heaton Park dates have been inflated considerably (perhaps 20%) by the greedy touts, (and you will easily get a ticket a face-value nearer the time) but the demand is still pretty phenomenal.
So, could a reformed Smiths (or, more realistically, Morrissey&Marr + rhythm section) attract a similar demand? Like the Stone Roses they were also never a huge band - none of their studio albums has gone Platinum (300,000), although a couple of compilations have.
Remember the fuss Morrissey made when he eventually sold out the Manchester Evening Arena? The capacity of the MEN arena is a mere 20,000 - and that was billed as a one-off date when tickets were released, although eventually became part of a tour.
So what do you think? Would there really be such a massive surge in demand if Marr and Morrissey got back together?
Let's all have a heated debate!
I maintain that the sales for the Heaton Park dates have been inflated considerably (perhaps 20%) by the greedy touts, (and you will easily get a ticket a face-value nearer the time) but the demand is still pretty phenomenal.
So, could a reformed Smiths (or, more realistically, Morrissey&Marr + rhythm section) attract a similar demand? Like the Stone Roses they were also never a huge band - none of their studio albums has gone Platinum (300,000), although a couple of compilations have.
Remember the fuss Morrissey made when he eventually sold out the Manchester Evening Arena? The capacity of the MEN arena is a mere 20,000 - and that was billed as a one-off date when tickets were released, although eventually became part of a tour.
So what do you think? Would there really be such a massive surge in demand if Marr and Morrissey got back together?
Let's all have a heated debate!