Pleased Mondays stars Shaun Ryder and Bez have joked about being their very own ticket touts again within the band’s heyday.
Pioneers of the “Madchester” sound of their dwelling metropolis within the 80s and early 90s, they rose to fame alongside the likes of The Stone Roses and Inspiral Carpets, a couple of years earlier than Oasis.
The pair are actually Gogglebox favourites and dwell a quieter life. However again within the day, Pleased Mondays had been recognized for his or her laborious partying and never at all times doing issues by the e book – together with the time they headlined Glastonbury Competition in 1990 after they infamously printed out their very own backstage passes to squeeze as many mates in as they may.
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‘Manchester royalty’ Bez and Shaun Ryder had been VIP company on the MTV Europe Awards
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Pleased Mondays stars Bez (left) and Shaun Ryder acting at Glastonbury in 2000. Pic: Toby Melville/PA
They talked pop and politics, in addition to Taylor Swift – and following the dynamic pricing controversy surrounding the Oasis reunion tickets earlier this yr, we wished to get their ideas.
“It’s like being your own personal tout, isn’t it?” Bez mentioned. “It’s like touting your own tickets. Which is better than the touts doing it.”
“We used to tout our own tickets,” added Ryder. “Do side merch and all that lot, print out passes backstage.”
“Don’t tell everyone,” Bez joked.
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Liam and Noel Gallagher, pictured in 2000, introduced the Oasis reunion earlier this yr. Pic: PA
In October, promoters warned that hundreds of tickets being listed on unauthorised websites, to promote for a revenue, can be cancelled.
The repercussions from the ticket-buying course of have led to a proposed new legislation to enhance pricing transparency and stop followers from being ripped off.
The UK competitors watchdog can be wanting on the dynamic pricing system, which sees costs change in line with demand.
Regardless of Liam Gallagher successful an award on the MTV Awards for greatest rock act, he was not there in individual to gather his prize.
“I love and adore you,” he advised followers the next day in a message on X.
Ryder and Bez had been there to symbolize their dwelling metropolis, although, hailed as “Manchester royalty” by host Rita Ora throughout one section.
The evening’s massive winner was Taylor Swift, who didn’t attend the occasion however picked up 4 awards, together with greatest artist.
And on politics, the Pleased Mondays frontman mentioned he didn’t often get entangled, however following Donald Trump’s re-election, mentioned: “I think we should do with that lunatic getting back in, because the world’s going to go f***ing mad”.
