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Looks like the unity thread &comments has been pulled . oh we'll let's just bury our heads in the sand & pretend everything is hunky dory

the reason why I started this thread was because its unusual to see disparaging posts in events the thumper mantra rules on here but to also see comments on another site with similar concerns is fairly unusual from my point of view , and although I did refrain from posting the actual venues it would have been easy for any semi educated person to deduce at least one of the events by looking in said events but as said and asked for its no secret and should be of concern to anyone with the welfare of the scene at heart ,. I did not intend to disrespect the promoters of these events and they are probably more reputable than most .

Maybe its time for the big pow wow between responsible promoters who don't want to see the scene go downhill and have a universal membership card , don't know who could run this and maybe surplus monies could be donated to charity . and lets have a dual charging door policy . members pay price A on the door or for tickets and non members pay double ,. to pay for extra doorstaff to police venues .

as I have already said I was not there and what I have posted is hearsay , but look at the comments in events and the statement about students being allowed to pay on the door was posted on facebook but will accept yours and harrys that this did not happen ,.

Harry have been told that students could pay on the door and were allowed in .

its definitely no secret and I am passing this on as hearsay because I was not present at either venue but both venues had threads on social media sites and have spoken to people who were present . but the photo I posted is real and was taken on the night , and although it does not warrant investigation by the soul plod it was indicative of what went on during the night , btw the events were in Wakefield Unity hall and Burnley fulledge. read some of the comments on events .

well one of the venues was free entry , the other was posted on here as a sell out turned out the owners of the venue allocated so many tickets to the promoters of the event and then sold the rest to who ever ,and then sold them on the door on the night ,. so don't think the greed of the promoter figures , venue owners definitely ,. but then the owners of many venues insist on being able to sell tickets , the question for me is how can promoters police entry and who should be let in ,.

taken at one of the venues on the night

there have been 2 venues affected by serious problems this w/end with regard to drunks, drinks and disrespect , will not name the venues but one was supposedly an all ticket sellout and the other was a free entry venue . the first was plagued by people who bought tickets from the venue owners and apparently allowed people to pay on the door on the night ,despite the fact that it was advertised in events as sold out , the other due to an influx of drunks obviously not soulies spoiling the night for some ,. both these venues and what happened have been aired on other social media sites and have caused some distress to the promoters and punters alike ,. is this the sign of things to come following the release of the film or is it a general symptom of todays boredom with mainstream entertainment and lets give this a try by some people who are not conversant with the nuances and etiquette of our scene .

no shit Sherlock

al jolson

well at least that's shut all you mockers up. tommy has been dj,ing round here since moses was a lad . and its his liveleyhood so like a lot of other folk who come on here he ,s gunna make a bob or two and provide a service for his clientel . its not gunna be compulsory if ya don't want to go , stay at home hiding behind ya keyboards

just started a new job based out of wigan , will have a mosey round if I get chance , only went the once cant remember much but have been to the old site after it was flattened ,.

yes and want to keep it northern

get ready for the next 6 months of final nights.

I sincerely wish you well and hope you have thick skin coz the soul police will have you if you dont , lol

this is whats wrong with todays scene champaigne soulies , they will be wanting clean pots next ffs. we should never have let those soft suvvern shandy swilling nancy boys come up north and feminise this once great masculine pastime for real men ..

can honestley say its never been my cup of tea ,along with red light and car wash its constantly played in town centre over 25,s places the length and breadth of this country like chicago rock in Barnsley.

well I think its commercial drivel but hey ho, the tramps, bay city rollers in black ,. : )

well I used to think that OVO was a bit of a dick wavers thing and limited some dj,s to what they could play out , and the dancefloor may have suffered for this ,but having been to and experienced strictly OVO at some venues, have come to realise that this is not such a bad thing after all because it makes good dj,s dig out and play some of my great old time favourites which you dont normally hear at the usual top 500 soul event ,. and as for the too many thing , although I love youy to bits betty theres nowt we can do to stop this and the goood venues will always shine through in the end .

personally I think the prices for OV are ridiculously steep but which numpty is gunna pay good money for an old boot

think the army trousers ie the olive green or camo cotton ones were a scooter boy thing

funnily enough ,was listening to the pre match commentary on radio 5 live at old Trafford coming up the motorway this afternoon and could hear younghearts and that bloody frank Wilson tune being played out on the PA in the background .

was nigel into northern