Overview of all things Avalanche over the following week or so starting with – Tickets

Not sure how other ticket sellers are doing but I hear it is tough for all but the bigger gigs. We do well when we are the only seller of tickets for bands like Ballboy or Kid Canaveral but understandably people see no reason to buy tickets for smaller gigs that clearly will not sell out. Generally though people seem to have got so used to buying online or from Ripping that we sell few tickets for bigger gigs even when we have them. PCL did kindly offer us tickets for their Edge Festival gigs but to be honest I didn’t want to set up an account only to sell very few tickets. Twilight Sad are a huge band for us but despite the gig being completely rammed we sold relatively few tickets.

I greatly appreciate the support of Sneaky Pete’s and the Electric Circus along with labels like Song by Toad and many bands but of course when bands we have supported from the beginning like Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Arcade Fire or The National come to Edinburgh we can not hope to be given tickets. Of course after years of selling tickets for Fence, events such as Homegame sell out so quickly now there is no need to sell them anywhere but online.

When Darren Hayman, Half Man Half Biscuit and The Last Battle EP launch were all on the same Thursday night tickets actually sold well for all three gigs and it definitely helped bring people into the shop. Again I thank all those who have been so supportive as certainly every little helps.