[River_Tam]

Originally Posted by MacDubhsith

YL not in the UK top 40... it seems their chart position in the UK is directly proportional to the quality of the album

erm no it really isn't because Young Love is a trillion times better than Planet Jedward.
I hate the UK.


gonna move to Ireland or Sweden or Malaysia.

[dechecho]

Originally Posted by MacDubhsith

Am happy to concede I must have been wrong - I must have seen it after everyone moved. I also made the assumption that given there were empty seats downstairs, it was likely the back was even less full, but that's not always how they sell the tix so I was probably wrong. I'd still be surprised at 94%, but 60% was a massive underestimation, clearly!

So if we think those wikipedia attendance figures are OK, maybe we shouldn't give up hope for another UK tour?

[River_Tam]

Originally Posted by Who Am I?

I'm a bit sad and disappointed that the album didn't do better in the UK but without proper promo or airplay it was always going to be difficult. Its such a shame because Young Love is their best album and people are missing out on it.

On the other hand they are basically a band with no record label here and no TV promo etc. How high do most indie artists ever get in the UK charts?

Rosemary brought a copy for her neighbours and they were thrilled, she had no idea they'd been to two Jedward concerts before and they had NO idea there was a 3rd album! that's how bad the promo is. if you aren't on twitter you don't know about it! unless you are in Singapore or Russia where it's played on the radio! nuts!

[Thea_Melody]

Originally Posted by River_Tam

erm no it really isn't because Young Love is a trillion times better than Planet Jedward.
I hate the UK.


gonna move to Ireland or Sweden or Malaysia.

Come to Croatia

Oh yeah guys, next week I'm gonna be on this archaeological site a couple of days, with about 20-30 American students. I'm sooooo gonna spread Jedward love

[Who Am I?]

Originally Posted by dechecho

Ooh was there a hair fail - what happened? Have you got any links?

There's a few twitpics on Twitter but I don't seem to be able to post the links

Does this work?

https://twitter.com/Jedhugs4Sue/stat...202946/photo/1

John apparently ended up looking like an unicorn, according to Edward

[silverhand]

Originally Posted by dechecho

So if we think those wikipedia attendance figures are OK, maybe we shouldn't give up hope for another UK tour?

Hopefully!

Based on a quick totting up of the Wikipedia figures, the combined attendance at the UK tour dates last year was c. 8400. They sold 3000 and something copies of Victory in its first week of release (if I'm remembering correctly), so album sales are no indication of potential tour ticket sales.

Also, quite a few posters here said at the time that a good number of people at those concerts didn't know Victory had come out.

[River_Tam]

A lot of the European fans would prefer UK dates to Irish ones because it's cheaper for them because they can get direct flights more easily.

[Who Am I?]

Originally Posted by River_Tam

On the other hand they are basically a band with no record label here and no TV promo etc. How high do most indie artists ever get in the UK charts?

Rosemary brought a copy for her neighbours and they were thrilled, she had no idea they'd been to two Jedward concerts before and they had NO idea there was a 3rd album! that's how bad the promo is. if you aren't on twitter you don't know about it! unless you are in Singapore or Russia where it's played on the radio! nuts!

BIB - That just about sum's it up. NUTS!

[Schehera]

someone here(or on twitter) got the info how many times Waterline was sold after ESC.Is this possible to get these infos also for the album(How many times it is sold)?

[MacDubhsith]

Originally Posted by River_Tam

erm no it really isn't because Young Love is a trillion times better than Planet Jedward.
I hate the UK.


gonna move to Ireland or Sweden or Malaysia.

Haha sorry, Aussie humour. That's exactly what I meant (the better the album, the lower it charts).

[rosemary]

Originally Posted by Who Am I?

BIB - That just about sum's it up. NUTS!

Yep, it was crazy, the little boy is Jedward crazy apprarently, and they all love them,and had no idea they had a new album out, they were thrilled with it

They're upset that they don't do more tours over here....I told them about Butlins, so they are going to check that out too

They've asked me to try to get the him a Jedhead from somewhere because his one has broken....where on earth can I get a Jedhead?

[InVy]

Originally Posted by flyingcamel

#63 in the UK. It's ridiculous

I think Lipstick last year helped a lot. It was top 40 in UK. With Waterline being the first single of the new album their new music sounds too much like something else while Victory in whole and Lipstick especially was more original and catchy.

[River_Tam]

Originally Posted by MacDubhsith

Haha sorry, Aussie humour. That's exactly what I meant (the better the album, the lower it charts).

it's a reflection of the UK's musical taste! the better it is the poorer it sells! and conversely *cough* Cheryl cole *cough*

[MacDubhsith]

Originally Posted by Thea_Melody

Come to Croatia

Oh yeah guys, next week I'm gonna be on this archaeological site a couple of days, with about 20-30 American students. I'm sooooo gonna spread Jedward love

Yay! I think a lot of Americans will like it before the Jedward-hate comes along. It's so positive

[jedward rule]

Sorry thea I'm just angry if yl was released my another artist it would be number one in the uk

I hope luminous gets played in the uk on stations like radio one or capital because they play songs like that if it was by another artist

[River_Tam]

Originally Posted by rosemary

They've asked me to try to get the him a Jedhead from somewhere because his one has broken....where on earth can I get a Jedhead?

I might have one in a Panto Booklet thingy.

[MacDubhsith]

Originally Posted by River_Tam

it's a reflection of the UK's musical taste! the better it is the poorer it sells! and conversely *cough* Cheryl cole *cough*

To be fair, things are pretty bad in Aus too! I'm always amazed at what's high in the charts... but good music often wins out, slowly. So there's hope yet

[Feline2011]

Today's hair experiment - John is a Unicorn!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sB...layer_embedded

[AgeOfParanoia]

Originally Posted by dechecho

BIB the attendance figures for the UK tours are available here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._concert_tours

Assuming it's accurate, the percentages of tickets sold for the last UK tour were:

Newcastle 85%
Glasgow 100%
Blackpool 98%
Birmingham 88%
Cardiff 84%
London 94%

That was better than the previous UK tour which averaged at about 83%

I was at the Glasgow one last Dec and it looked packed, although there appeared to be some empty seats. Speaking to one woman, her and her husband bought tickets for their daughter and themselves for the whole tour ( I think the girl was about age 9 or 10), they were from Ireland and after the concert started they nipped off to the bar, the dad having done this all along (guess he did not like Jedward much). Must have cost them a fortune for tickets and b&b.

I also saw them in 2010 and that venue was definately sold out cause there were not many tickets left when I got mine- although these may have been smaller venues back then.

[River_Tam]

Originally Posted by MacDubhsith

To be fair, things are pretty bad in Aus too! I'm always amazed at what's high in the charts... but good music often wins out, slowly. So there's hope yet

what charts high is usually what there is no escape from!
If don't I hear Maroon 5 pay phone or that call me maybe song more than 5 times a day I am like distraught. Clearly radio stations can only afford one compilation album a month and that's all they play!

[Thea_Melody]

Originally Posted by MacDubhsith

Yay! I think a lot of Americans will like it before the Jedward-hate comes along. It's so positive

Exactly. But I still think they should stay away from America for now.

Originally Posted by jedward rule

Sorry thea I'm just angry if yl was released my another artist it would be number one in the uk

I hope luminous gets played in the uk on stations like radio one or capital because they play songs like that if it was by another artist

That's so weird, I mean the whole UK thing. After Ireland, UK is the country with most Jedfans, right? How is it possible the promotion's not strong there?

Oh, and here's John the unicorn

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sBi...ature=youtu.be

[Who Am I?]

Originally Posted by rosemary

Yep, it was crazy, the little boy is Jedward crazy apprarently, and they all love them,and had no idea they had a new album out, they were thrilled with it

They're upset that they don't do more tours over here....I told them about Butlins, so they are going to check that out too

They've asked me to try to get the him a Jedhead from somewhere because his one has broken....where on earth can I get a Jedhead?

**cue superman music**

I might be able to help - think I got a couple at panto with the programme. I'll bring it up en route to Dortmund.

[Who Am I?]

Originally Posted by Feline2011

Today's hair experiment - John is a Unicorn!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sB...layer_embedded

Ha ha brilliant

[Who Am I?]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_sBi...feature=colike

Another John the Unicorn

[MacDubhsith]

Originally Posted by Thea_Melody

Exactly. But I still think they should stay away from America for now.

I agree with this. The UK media / comedians have been brutal, but the US can be even worse if they get the wrong reputation. I think they'd have to already be underground popular before they tried (which, to be fair, 1D were before they launched).