My concern about potential big-earners are they are also potential big-losers. A festival would be a massive gamble.

Presumably though we wouldn't organise it ourselves. I know they did on Emmerdale, but in real life wouldn't we do a deal with some outfit experienced in setting such events up, and we just take a share of revenues? Not such a gamble then.

Yes, but the reduced risk means less potential profit. It would, however, be a good indication of the viability of the idea if such an outfit was interested.

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Wonder if Mr Moran is involved?

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Quote: New_Farnley_Bull "Dennis?'" Simon, as in Mr Warrington Wolves owner and vastly sucessful concert promoter under the SJM brand en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Moran

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Well, it's not going too far out on a limb to suggest that some professional promoter is going to be involved, so Simon Moran is as likely as any and maybe more so as he has a direct contact due to rugby matters and may have met the Bulls' owners already in that capacity.

Imaginary conversation: Gerry or Omar "and what do you do in your other life"

Moran: "Oh, I put on pop concerts"

Gerry and Omar in unison: "....that's an idea...."

Simple get that Steel Panther on. Fill it with them heavy metal types. Drink like fish them lot we'd make a fortune.

Fleetwood Mac are doing a world tour in 2013. I believe that only the US dates have been scheduled so far.

If only Peter Green, Danny Kirwan and Jerry Spencer were available, now that would be a concert!!

Fleetwood Mac are part of a generation of artists at the pinnacle of which are those, like them, who are to many people absolute legends, but to millions of the yoof of today, if they have ever heard of them at all, are of absolutely no consequence or interest to them.

I think you are generalising a bit there. My daughter was brought up in a house which played a constant diet of Doors, Cream, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath etc. and although she is currently a Muse fanatic she is very much into the older stuff. I am sure that there are many others of her generation who had a similar upbringing.

She and her mate went to a Quo gig with me a few years ago and I was amazed to see how many teenagers were in the audience.

The only downside to this is that we play Songpop against each other on Facebook/Mobile phone and she stuffs me on the modern stuff and often beats me on 60's and 70's music as well.

I was indeed generalising, as I think my post made clear. Your daughter (and mine!) are very much the exception. I remember the Beeb interviewing schoolkids about the Beatles anniversary, and many hadn't even heard of them, nor could recognise classic tracks. That is not really a criticism, nobody [ihas[/i to be interested in (what is now) historical music, but it is true that what you or I may consider heroes are near-to-complete irrelevant zeroes for I would say the majority of young people.

It is very sad when the brilliance of a band like Fleetwood Mac is a mystery to a young person, but my post wasn't having a go at young 'uns for ignorance, just explaining why a concert by Fleetwood Mac might not be the attraction today that the older end sometimes assume it automatically would be.

I think that Mac, like maybe Status Quo and the Stones have had such a long existence they cover many more bases than the average, so would be ideal in many ways. In any case, if we're talking 'festivals', there would be more than a single act surely? so plenty of scope to cover different ages/tastes in the same event. Biggest problem with acts like those though, would be convincing them that a first time event would be the sort of thing they'd want to be associated with, given that I'm sure they would get dozens of other offers in the summer.