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Fatboy Slim eyes up Falmer gig
5:40pm Wednesday 24th February 2010
Fatboy Slim has admitted he may never play another gig on Brighton beach.
But the Hove superstar has hinted he could still bring his big concerts back to his home city – and is already eyeing the new Falmer Stadium as a venue.
The DJ, real name Norman Cook, spoke about playing in Brighton as he was unveiled yesterday as the headliner for this year's SW4 festival in Clapham Common, London, in August.
He said it had become too expensive to put on the notorious Big Beach Boutique gigs in Brighton because of the cost of providing safety measures demanded by the authorities.
The last two concerts, in January 2007 and September 2008, had to be held with reduced numbers and tight controls to avoid a repeat of July 2002 when 250,000 revellers swamped the city.
Yesterday Cook said: "It's just too expensive to do it unless we get an enormous sponsor. I'd love to but it's just too difficult.
"But if we can't do it on the beach anymore maybe we can find somewhere else in the city. I hear there's a new football ground opening next year."
Brighton and Hove Albion director Cook, a dedicated supporter of the club, has often been rumoured to be the act lined up to open their long-awaited new 22,500 seat stadium at Falmer. His latest statement is the clearest hint yet those rumours will become reality.
Albion's chief executive Martin Perry yesterday said the club was supportive of the idea.
He said: "We would love to do a concert with him at the stadium but we have not had any talks about it as yet."
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Sweepster, Brighton says...
6:25pm Wed 24 Feb 10
sussexone, Btn says...
6:52pm Wed 24 Feb 10
So, hardly a superstar DJ is he?
He released one album in 2009 (Brighton Port Authority) which he admits "didn't set the world alight".
Totally over-rated in my opinion, Tiesto, Guetta, Van Buerren, etc are superstars, he CERTAINLY isn't!
info from DJ Mag.
cheezburger, brighton says...
6:54pm Wed 24 Feb 10
So he would only put in safety features if he had to?
allie_cabab, bradford says...
7:24pm Wed 24 Feb 10
Would be good to see another performance by Fat By Slim in Brighton.
Although the beach is a kind of romantic venue if its not practical then the new Falmer stadium seems like a good place.
Bennn, Kemptown, Brighton says...
7:45pm Wed 24 Feb 10
sussexone wrote:HA HA HA! I'm French mate and can tell you that in France David Guetta is considered as one of the biggest ****. His music is awful whereas Fatboy's first three albums were brilliant and got thumbs up from critics worldwide. He has done a lot to promote Brighton around the world and the video of him DJing on Brighton beach in 2002 has been viewed millions of times on Youtube. Bring on the gig at Falmer!
Oh come on, "superstar" DJ, he's only ranked Number 94 out of the Top 100 DJ's by DJ Mag, and he himself says "I don't play that many clubs, I mainly do big parties abroad, which I much prefer to being in the studio!"
So, hardly a superstar DJ is he?
He released one album in 2009 (Brighton Port Authority) which he admits "didn't set the world alight".
Totally over-rated in my opinion, Tiesto, Guetta, Van Buerren, etc are superstars, he CERTAINLY isn't!
info from DJ Mag.
pw08, Patcham says...
8:23pm Wed 24 Feb 10
... er ... shouldn't that be "supported the idea"? Don't they have subs at the Argus an more?
pw08, Patcham says...
8:24pm Wed 24 Feb 10
Skippah, Brighton says...
8:50pm Wed 24 Feb 10
Christophe Hawtree, Hove says...
11:03pm Wed 24 Feb 10
Nyberg, Ystad says...
9:15am Thu 25 Feb 10
By the way, I thought the word 'gig' originated in the jazz world, and was about musicians playing music.
How can playing other people's recordings be called a 'gig'?
I think they are trying to con us all into thinking they are serious musos!
Mr Pickwick, Brighton says...
9:53am Thu 25 Feb 10
pw08 wrote:Er, no. "Supportive of" is entirely grammatically correct. It means he supports the principle but may not support the substance. It's a nuance that softens the support. In other words, it's conditional and gives him a let-out clause if the event is proposed later on in a way he doesn't like.
"Albion's chief executive Martin Perry yesterday said the club was supportive of the idea."
... er ... shouldn't that be "supported the idea"? Don't they have subs at the Argus an more?
Bennn, Kemptown, Brighton says...
10:19am Thu 25 Feb 10
I agree. There are only 5000 people at Withdean for home games and yet they go and build a 22,000 capacity stadium. It's a good thing Falmer is going up but Brighton just isn't really a football-driven city. It'll be a good place for gigs though!
Uge, Brighton says...
11:08am Thu 25 Feb 10
MKWirral, Wallasey says...
2:16pm Thu 25 Feb 10
Bennn wrote:What total drivel!!
"Of course they will let him have a 'gig' at Falmer - after all, it will be the only way that the stadium will ever be full to capacity." I agree. There are only 5000 people at Withdean for home games and yet they go and build a 22,000 capacity stadium. It's a good thing Falmer is going up but Brighton just isn't really a football-driven city. It'll be a good place for gigs though!
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about ....
Brighton and Hove Albion has a huge fanbase, a fact that has been backed up by past attendances at the old Goldstone Ground, as well as the fantastic away support the club has always enjoyed ....
Ignorantly, you state that the Withdean attendances are low ....
Of course they are ... the facility is terrible, and, thank goodness, temporary. It holds around 8000, and I applaud anyone venturing along there on a regular basis, to sit in poor seating with little or no protection from the elements ....
Anything that raises the profile of Brighton in a positive way, and I include both Norman Cook and the Albion in these positive aspects, is excellent for the area as a whole ....
As ever, there will always be those who attempt to undermine the good side of society, simply because they lead such sad, negative, insular lives ... try moving somewhere else, and take the other moaners, groaners and knockers on here with you ....
leeeeee, Shoreham By Sea says...
2:34pm Thu 25 Feb 10
Bennn wrote:Where do you start with that comment........ what a waffle!
"Of course they will let him have a 'gig' at Falmer - after all, it will be the only way that the stadium will ever be full to capacity." I agree. There are only 5000 people at Withdean for home games and yet they go and build a 22,000 capacity stadium. It's a good thing Falmer is going up but Brighton just isn't really a football-driven city. It'll be a good place for gigs though!
kumquat, London says...
2:35pm Thu 25 Feb 10
notaconspiracy, Hove says...
2:37pm Thu 25 Feb 10
Surely he's been around long enough, now, to have earned the title 'FatMAN'?
Norma Snockers, Falmer says...
4:12pm Thu 25 Feb 10
Bennn, Kemptown, Brighton says...
4:31pm Thu 25 Feb 10
MKWirral wrote:I am sorry mate but I am not a negative person, love Brighton to bits and will defend anything that raises the profile of Brighton in a positive way. As I said it's a good thing Falmer is going up but I also think I'm right in saying that Brighton isn't a football-driven city. There are over a quarter of a million people living in Brighton & Hove alone and yet only 5000 people watch the home games. Many of those supporters come from Eastbourne, Crawley, Littlehampton... I bet that only 3000 are actually from Brighton. In the small town of Dieppe, France (just opposite Brighton) you will find 3000 people in the stadium every two weeks and yet the place only counts 40,000 inhabitants. I am not contesting the fact that Albion has a huge fanbase, I am just saying that Brighton & Hove isn't really football mad like some other cities. In some places up North football is all they have, whereas in Brighton there are always hundreds of things going on. This city is full of art, life, coulour, culture... Maybe people just have other things to do than to go to Withdean to watch the team lose again and again. One thing that is putting people off for sure is the price of the tickets!
Bennn wrote: "Of course they will let him have a 'gig' at Falmer - after all, it will be the only way that the stadium will ever be full to capacity." I agree. There are only 5000 people at Withdean for home games and yet they go and build a 22,000 capacity stadium. It's a good thing Falmer is going up but Brighton just isn't really a football-driven city. It'll be a good place for gigs though!What total drivel!! You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about .... Brighton and Hove Albion has a huge fanbase, a fact that has been backed up by past attendances at the old Goldstone Ground, as well as the fantastic away support the club has always enjoyed .... Ignorantly, you state that the Withdean attendances are low .... Of course they are ... the facility is terrible, and, thank goodness, temporary. It holds around 8000, and I applaud anyone venturing along there on a regular basis, to sit in poor seating with little or no protection from the elements .... Anything that raises the profile of Brighton in a positive way, and I include both Norman Cook and the Albion in these positive aspects, is excellent for the area as a whole .... As ever, there will always be those who attempt to undermine the good side of society, simply because they lead such sad, negative, insular lives ... try moving somewhere else, and take the other moaners, groaners and knockers on here with you ....
Home&AwayBHA, Hove says...
5:32pm Thu 25 Feb 10
Norma Snockers wrote:Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!
Oh God! Don't we have enough to put up with in Falmer? Let's hope the Pagans do to him what they've done to Brighton's hopeless footballers!
Oh dear, we ARE a bitter little inbred aren't we? Can't wait to see you throwing yourself in front of the lorries when they come to concrete Falmer Duck Pond (to provide extra parking for the footie).
Be lucky. ;-)
Norma Snockers, Falmer says...
9:47pm Thu 25 Feb 10
MKWirral, Wallasey says...
10:27am Fri 26 Feb 10
Norma Snockers wrote:Let me put this to you in the simplest of terms ....
Oh God! Don't we have enough to put up with in Falmer? Let's hope the Pagans do to him what they've done to Brighton's hopeless footballers!
This nation is a small island group that supports around sixty million inhabitants.
Many years ago when there were far fewer people, far fewer homes, far fewer towns and cities, but far more villages than there are today, life was totally different ....
The main cause for complaint at the time was the fact that villages were considered to be too close in proximity to one another. The land owned by the various villagers was fiercely guarded and protected, because there was fear that neighbouring villages would take advantage and encroach on their lands. There was also the fear that townsfolk from further afield might settle close by and create new communities ....
It was as if many people wished that society was still existing in caves .. accent on the word 'existing' ....
So here we are in modern Britain, a Nation that has grown to meet the expanding population, and more importantly, the modern day needs of this population ....
Large Hospitals, large factories, large airports .... and large sporting venues, are all part of these modern day requirements, because life has evolved greatly since the cave days! ....
My own family originally lived in West Blatchington, when it was a very small hamlet on the South Downs. They were still residing there when Hove began to expand, eventually adjoining and then surrounding the area ....
Instead of fighting against the housing developments that steadily devoured my boyhood home, my family embraced the changes taking place, realising that the need to provide homes and facilities for an ever growing Nation was a necessity, and that the days when everyone was able to cherish wonderful views, stretching for miles and miles, were gone. In other words, they faced up to reality! ....
Falmer was once a small village, situated, as it was, between Brighton and Lewes ....
Along came the railway ....
The village status has now long since disappeared, with the expanding town, the University, and then the City, all firmly rooting the area within the umbrella of Brighton and Hove City, just like West Blatchington, and just like many, many former villages across the country ....
You see, life goes on, none of us stands still. If we do, then we simply stagnate and die, and perhaps affect the immediate family in doing so, but this cannot stop society making its' inevitable advances ....
Life expectancy 100 years ago, compared to life expectancy in modern day Britain. I do not need to quote the figures, because everyone knows how times have changed ... for the better !!
The Football Stadium at Falmer will be a huge symbol of success for the region, bringing a successful football team to an area that is long overdue sporting accolades of this nature ....
The North of England is saturated with successful sporting clubs, a situation that is proving imbalanced geographically. Financially, the Sussex and Kent area has, for a long time, cried out for a stadium that is beneficial, not only for a local League Football Club, but benefits the community as a whole, even to the extent of providing other forms of entertainment on a large scale, as well as possible utilisation for future Olympic Games ....
I may not live in West Blatchington anymore, but I passionately love everything about Brighton and the surrounding area. I also realise the Falmer Stadium is vital for the whole of the Brighton community, and will bring happiness to many able bodied, and less able bodied members of society, across this great country of ours ....
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bug eye, hove says...
6:03pm Wed 24 Feb 10