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Stu -> Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 12:38:58)

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

Stu



henrym3483 -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 14:48:54)

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



John O. -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 16:50:09)

HE NEVER COMES TO GERMANY... [:@]



prd1 -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 16:53:56)

Hi Stu,

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

Cheers



Pgh_flamenco -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 18:27:21)

quote:

HE NEVER COMES TO GERMANY...


I wonder why not?



Bogdan1980 -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 19:01:45)

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????



Pgh_flamenco -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 19:23:37)

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



Ricardo -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 18 2008 22:37:24)

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.



John O. -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 19 2008 12:34:39)

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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.



Stu -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 19 2008 13:40:26)

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??



takitaka -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 19 2008 21:17:19)

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



John O. -> RE: Vicente in London (Apr. 19 2008 23:02:57)

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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