Vicente in London

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Stu

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From: London (the South of it), England

Vicente in London

Anyone going to watch Vicente at the southbank, London on May 3rd??

Stu

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henrym3483

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From: Limerick,Ireland

RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Stu)

id friggin kill to go, sadly ive got 2 uni exams that day. suck being a student

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 14:48:54

John O.

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to henrym3483)

HE NEVER COMES TO GERMANY...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 16:50:09

prd1

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Stu)

Hi Stu,

I'm coming over from Germany (Ulm) for the gig. looking forward to it...

Cheers

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 16:53:56

Pgh_flamenco

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to John O.)

quote:

HE NEVER COMES TO GERMANY...

I wonder why not?

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 18:27:21

Bogdan1980

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From: Frederick, MD

RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Stu)

He doesn't like germans, that's gotta be it.

Seriously mofo never comes anywhere. I've been trying to see him in US forever. I don't remember when he was here????

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 19:01:45

Pgh_flamenco

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Bogdan1980)

I read a post about his performance in NY not too long ago.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 19:23:37

Ricardo

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Bogdan1980)

When I first heard about Vicente, I was anxious to hear him live. I heard through the grape vine it would be a cold day in hell because he has fear of flying and would only go where a car or train could take him. Obviously he DID tour the world eventually, been to US at least 4 times I know of, but perhaps he keeps it to a minimum for the reason I heard earlier.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 18 2008 22:37:24

John O.

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Pgh_flamenco)

quote:

I wonder why not?

I've heard performing in Germany as a foreigner is VERY expensive tax wise, which is why few flamenco performers besides PDL ever made it over here, it's just not worth it financially. Vicente's been to Holland a few times too, but never to Germany.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2008 12:34:39

Stu

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to John O.)

I missed him in London a couple of years back so am very excited about it.

Coming over from Ulm eh? just for the day or a week or something. Are you gonna see anything else at the guitar festival??

Very high taxes in germany you say??

Surely other performers in other genres tour to germany without tax worry, why should flamenco pros suffer? Is it cos their earnings are sgnificantly lower than pop/rock stars??

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2008 13:40:26

takitaka

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RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Stu)

nino de pura on the 2nd ,vicente amigo on the 3rd shound be great !!! i'll be coming down from wigan (north west england)

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2008 21:17:19

John O.

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From: Seeheim-Jugenheim, Germany

RE: Vicente in London (in reply to Stu)

Well, it's a special interest so it's harder to promote and fill the halls than the average pop group who gets played on the radio and MTV, and if as a foreigner you have to pay a high percentage of your earnings to the state, you have to earn enough from the show to make it worthwhile.

Performers like PDL and Gerardo get the jazz fans in there too and fill the halls, but I think it's more difficult for others. Flamenco is really gaining popularity here though. Gerardo had a show at the Darmstadt theater recently which sold out. I'd love to see performers like Vicente, Nino de Pura, Santiago Lara play live here too. Hopefully just a matter of time...

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Apr. 19 2008 23:02:57