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11 Feb 2008 4:46 AM  
.. Went to see Frank Black in Vicar St on Saturday... amazing the amount of people who showed up thinking they were going to see Frances Black play! He's using his Black Francis moniker these days, but even so! There was a tout selling tickets to punters in their 40s/50s for €30, then buying them back for €20 after the doormen had explained who exactly was playing.

Then I overheard a young girl (early 20s at most), upon seeing a couple in their 50's at the door, saying to her boyfriend that "they must've been into the Pixies when they started". The follies of youth!
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11 Feb 2008 6:30 AM  
did you go and see him play in stephen's green before the gig as well?
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11 Feb 2008 6:44 AM  
Thats pretty funny. Damn tout scumbags must have been loving it
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11 Feb 2008 8:03 AM  
Posted By Ally on 11 Feb 2008 6:30 AM
did you go and see him play in stephen's green before the gig as well?




No - I only heard about that at the gig. Fair play to him!
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11 Feb 2008 8:17 AM  
Posted By floodzer on 11 Feb 2008 6:44 AM
Thats pretty funny. Damn tout scumbags must have been loving it




I felt sorry for the old dears, but still couldn't help smirking! The doormen were asking a lot of people "are you her for Frank Black or Francis Black?" - they offended quite a few people who were there for Frank Black... probably thinking "do I f**king look like a Fracis Black fan - I definitely need to stop wearing crappy tablecloth shirts tucked in to my slacks" !!
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11 Feb 2008 8:40 AM  
Haha, thats hilarious, I wonder what the man himself would have made of it if he found out!
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11 Feb 2008 9:37 AM  
I remember something similar a few years ago, when everyones mother was enthrawled with 'Faith of our Fathers', alot of older folks bought tickets to see 'Sisters of Mercy' in the Point ... Ticketmaster had to ask a few questions on the phones.
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12 Feb 2008 3:27 AM  
Class. Thanks. That's cheered up my Tuesday no end.

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