Time Is Tight for Cliff and The Shadows

God bless England, tea and formal punctuality! Into my morning inbox came this informative missive from over the Pond:

This is a courtesy email from Ticketmaster regarding the Cliff Richard events taking place at The O2, London, on 25, 26 and 28 September 2009.

There will be no support artist for this event, Cliff Richard and the Shadows will be on stage at 19:30 prompt.

The runtime for the event is as follows:

Doors - 18:30

Cliff Richard & The Shadows - 19:30

Interval - 20:30

Cliff Richard & The Shadows - 21:00

Finish - 22:30

A far cry from my concert-going youth when, for example, I spent upwards of two bloody hours wearily wondering when Led Zeppelin would rise from bed and saunter onstage at my local Oakland Coliseum Stadium after the last notes from the previous act, guitarist Rick Derringer, whom, if you must know, I think I enjoyed more.

Comments

[Brenda]

Saw Cliff & The Shadows at the O2 last night - my husband's Christmas present. The show was brilliant but, to say i was not happy with the seats would be an understatement! I paid £65 each for seats on level 4 and we were the very top row to the left of the stage! They looked like specks on the stage and the only screen they supplied was behind Cliff & The Shadows, facing the audience in front of them who could at least, look full on to them. How can being up that high pass the Health & Safety? I believe that when booking on-line, they get rid of these seats first, leaving you thinking that these are all that are left and that you won't get seats at all if you don't accept what they're offering but you just don't know what position the seats are. Nobody in their right mind would knowingly book such seats. One lady had to be moved because it made her feel bad. I agree with a previous 'commentor', they should supply oxygen masks!
Never, ever again will i book unless they can tell me what position the seats are. So disappointing for my husband's dream to see the Shadows for the first time.

[Greg O.]

Brenda, sorry to hear of your disappointment. For my part, I was glad I wasn't so high at the O2; frankly, I'd only book such a place to see Cliff and The Shads, at this point. Otherwise, it's clubs and smaller venues for me.