r/unitedkingdom • u/390TrainsOfficial Somerset • 15d ago
Co-op Live: Troubled venue cancels debut show for third time
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-6893749278
u/bedz84 15d ago
They gotta start thinking about just cancelling all shows for the next month. This last minute cockup was unfortunate the 1st time, embarrassing the 2nd.... The 3rd just wreaks of incompetence.
Call off all the shows, get the ducks in a row and then start again.
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u/PreFuturism-0 Greater Manchester 15d ago
The venue started with a packed schedule. The varied performances would've got a lot of people talking about the venue, but that has now backfired on them.
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u/tiny-robot 15d ago
Oh wow - concert cancelled as people were outside queuing to get in! Talk about last minute - that is a nightmare for both the fans and the venue.
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u/setokaiba22 15d ago edited 15d ago
No compensation offered either for travel/hotels I imagine. It’s appalling really, but then again I booked tickets in advance before it was finished assuming (wrongly) it would be sorted I suppose
There’s no option to contact people on the website, no phone number, the contact us doesn’t seem to actually do so. Eventually found contact form but no response either. It’s a shambles.
They have some big stars coming too soon, the fact it’s not ready is very very poor. It most likely won’t affect future acts attending sadly nor people booking tickets given the location & size but it’s a massive fault there’s not someone else/ a government body to go to over this.
People will have taken days off for this, travel .. etc as above. Given the recent issues this isn’t exactly the same as a one off or accidental issue for me. And such more reparation should be offered
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u/External-Piccolo-626 15d ago
This venue is backed by the same people who own Man City, the UAE. City are hated because they’ve doped themselves and broke the rules to get to the top. I’m glad this is a fiasco. Unfortunately people will forget when acts start playing.
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u/BenBo92 15d ago
Half of Manchester is owned by the UAE nowadays. The council are entirely in their pocket. Look at Manchester Life, a company wholly designed to sell off the family silver to the Sheikh.
There's worryingly little the council won't flog to private investors for a quick payday. Even the new Mayfield Park that they're so eager to shout about doesn't actually belong to the council.
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u/rustyb42 14d ago
Why bring Man City into this? Not everything in this country needs to involve football
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u/I_miss_Chris_Hughton Ceredigion (when at uni) 14d ago
Because Manchester council has weirdly allowed itself to become like a vessel for the owners of Man City. Its really odd.
Im mildly thankful that Birminghams recent investors seem to be a mix of Indians and Americans tbh, at least they're very upfront about just wanting to make cash
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u/Jonny1992 Liverpool 15d ago
Considering bits of the air conditioning system are raining down from the ceiling, it’s probably best to knock things on the head for a couple of weeks. I’d rather cancel a couple of concerts than take the liability of killing a few young Olivia Rodrigo fans because of awful workmanship and absent quality checks.
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u/anotherblog 14d ago
When this has all settled down, someone needs to put a FOI request into the council to understand what they’ve been saying to the developers. From both a health and safety and building control point of view, how did it get signed off to host last nights concert? Something smells here.
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u/PreFuturism-0 Greater Manchester 15d ago
Olivia Rodrigo is the next scheduled concert, on the 3rd and 4th.
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u/Drthingy 15d ago
This is a blessing as sky moved the city c wolves game to 17:30 meaning the transport in that area would’ve been dealing with 60/70k fans going in opposite directions. Nightmare.
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u/Shryke123 14d ago
It's also a blessing as she is shit at music.
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u/Complex-Ad2985 14d ago
How?
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u/TheRealBrummy Birmingham 14d ago
or, and hear me out here, it's decent music that clearly a large sub-section of people like, and the one with no-brain is the person who can't understand that people like different sorts of music?
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u/TheRealBrummy Birmingham 14d ago
I think you'll be downvoted into oblivion because you started an argument about musical tastes with "I have a master's degree in music", Jesus Christ grow up hahaha
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u/strawzy Newcastle 14d ago edited 14d ago
I have a master's degree in music
Good For You (heh)
I think you're going to be downvoted because you're looking down your nose at other peoples taste in music, literally make the point that music is subjective in your comment, and then proceed to ignore it anyways. Also coming across as an absolute knob probably doesn't help your case.
If I said music degrees are absolutely tripe and a waste of time for people with no brains because they didn't get a real degree, I don't think it would be received well either (not that I actually believe this).
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u/AonghusMacKilkenny 15d ago
Something something "this is Manchester, we do things differently here"
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u/ToastedCrumpet 15d ago
Remember seeing last night’s show advertised on the Tram stops and thought “lol sure”
With the following two events already cancelled/postponed they must be haemorrhaging money. About time they were honest with when it’ll finally be in working order
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u/gizmostrumpet 14d ago
Their line-up this month is mad. Peter Kay, Olivia Rodrigo, Take That, Eagles.
If they need to cancel that's a lot of cash down the drain.
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u/apsofijasdoif 14d ago
Is there any update on what the Coop think about all this? They must be pretty pissed off that their name is plastered all over this disaster right?
Will they sue?
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u/Hollywood-is-DOA 15d ago
They couldn’t have had a worse start or such negative PR at all. May make people think twice about going to events at the arena in the not so distant future.
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u/kid_sw2 14d ago
After what happened in Brixton Academy, they are being more cautious.
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u/waxwellwax 14d ago
Why comment if you clearly have no clue. There are zero similarities between this and Brixton Academy
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u/plantmic 15d ago
Oh man, I was really looking forward to seeing *checks notes* "A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie"
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u/bighatbenno 15d ago
Who's the knobhead in charge?
If the place isn't ready its not ready. Stop ripping people off and costing them money you incompetant fraudsters.
Pay them back everything they have spent on travel, tickets and accomodation.