Talk:British Summer Time (concerts)

Latest comment: 2 years ago by Stifle in topic Festival/concerts

Arcade Fire, the concert of the summer

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I find it quite baffling that an article from "Metro" is used to state such a thing. In the two next days, there were Motorhead, Faith No More reunited, Soundgarden reunited (playing Superunknown in its entirety), Sabbath reunited and The libertines who sold an astonishing 60k tickets. I was there for all three days, and can testify that by no means the Arcade Fire concert was the "concert of the summer", there were less people than both the next two days and also a lot of tickets for that day were given away for £2.50 whereas the next two days' tickets were sold for the standard price, which was between 60 and 300 quid. In fact, the statement is made by a tabloid given away for free on the tube; are they really qualified enough to make such a statement? Are there any other sources who would confirm such a grandiose review? Everything I've found seems to confirm my impression - good reviews, but by no means deserving of making the concert basically the only one mentioned by name in the article. And, btw, I love Arcade Fire. But this is an encyclopedia, and that doesn't seem like an encyclopedic statement at all. More like the addition of a fan who was pleased with a review from a tabloid. I don't want to just delete it, I'd actually like somebody else's opinion on the matter... anyone? 82.14.226.169 (talk) 08:47, 3 April 2018 (UTC) sorry forgot to sign in before signing Sickboy3883 (talk) 12:11, 3 April 2018 (UTC)Reply

Festival/concerts

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I have updated the lead to refer to BST as a "series of concerts" rather than "a music festival". I have done this because it doesn't contain many of the typical features of a music festival, such as multiple-day tickets or numerous stages with concurrent performances by different artists. Stifle (talk) 08:51, 28 October 2022 (UTC)Reply