claptonisgod wrote:Glasgow can't be at risk, I'm getting my tickets tomorrow! My friends should be getting their's too!
I've got the emails that confirm it. Last Thursday the Edinburgh promoter Gavin who has been coordinating the Scottish dates got an email from Frank Turner who runs the Ferry saying that they had only sold 4 tickets (including mine) and that he was considering cancelled the show unless there was pick up over the weekend. By Monday there has been a further 5 sales which took the total to 9, giving the show a stay of execution, but it's going to need more advance sales than that to go ahead. You can see mention of these on the Scottish Blues Fans facebook page, see link below.
I don't know if it's the Ferry's lack of promotion, or apathy from the music fans in Glasgow, but in the last year a range of blues/rock acts have played the Ferry to very small crowds ie less than 40 people. These include Dani Wilde + Mitch Laddie, Erja Lyytinen + Virgil & The Accelerators, Krissy Matthews + Gerry Jablonski, Chantel McGregor, Matt Andersen, Cherry Lee Mewis and Ben Poole. In fact you'll find that some of those acts will not play the venue again. Booking agents like the Gig Cartel have moved their acts to other Glasgow venues like the O2. If people in Glasgow want to see these acts play the city, they have to get out and support them, otherwise all you'll have left is the local blues cover bands. Those bands above who have played elsewhere in Scotland have got bigger crowds, in far smaller towns.
That aside, nice to see Pete's clip from Beaverwood. Lets try to keep this positive. Please post your comments here once you've seen the band...
"The recently formed Edinburgh Blues Club has identified an appetite for the personal communication between musicians and audience that the blues long ago perfected." The Herald Newspaper (Scotland)
http://www.edinburgh-blues.uk
I'm certainly booked in for the Boom Boom Club next Friday. It would be a real pity if Henrik does have to cancel shows but I'm afraid it's a sign of the times. Speaking personally I'm having to cut right back on live music at the moment and I'm saving a huge amount in petrol as a result (serves me right for living out in the sticks I suppose). 
So happy you all had a lovely evening with Henrik. I'm so hoping the UK tour does well enough that he might venture over to the US. I just must see Henrik live!