WE-STLIFE Westlife. SECC, Glasgow, Thu 10 & Mon 14 Mar
If the pink pound was a 90$ phenomenon, the noughties are all about the generation game. With recent stats suggesting that Blue, Westlife et al are selling 75% of their tickets to 9—15-year-olds, the money men are cashing in one helluva lot of pocket money. This wasn‘t always the case. Not exactly. Today's boybands are not necessarily more popular than their predecessors like the Hollies, the Monkies and the Beachboys — they simply cost a lot more. Back in the day (well, 1991) a Take That ticket was £11.50 and the merchandise a relative snip. I recall getting a Mark Owen mug, badge and skinny T-shirt for just over a tenner. Then it imploded. While Robbie, AKA the Fat One, slimmed down in preparation for solo domination, ticket and merchandising prices swelled. Tickets today start at around £25, while such a variable trio of memorabilia has the tills ringing at around the £30 mark.
A not unsurprising evolution. Music, after all, has long been central to the pre-adolescent lifestyle; the growth of Heat-style celebrity culture has only upped the ante, and recent pop psychology suggests that a 12-year-old who plasters her walls with pin-ups of Lee and Duncan from Blue is simply flirting with romantic feelings like love and even lust in the privacy of her room.
The noughties era of downloading by a more mature audience has further added to a younger audience being targeted for the sale of chart singles. With the price of kiddies’ mags continually on the up, offering freebie make- up and encouraging greater spends on clothes and accessories for the younger shopper, the golden pop princes‘ audience are children of a
different revolution.
Though I, for one, am preparing to sell my granny for the much anticipated
Take That Reunited tour. (Anna Millar)
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Glasgow
Activities and Fun
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3 ;pm. Lll. (‘(’.\. 35H Suucliichiill Sli'ccl. i53 J‘Illll. .‘\|‘[‘;ll'L‘llII_\ ii'x _\uui cu it' ilut} In in.ikc _\uui' hunt}.
CCA Kids’ Club: People Pictures but 5 .\Iul'. Illiuu. L5. (‘(‘.\. i5“ $.1llt‘IllL‘IltlII SII'L‘CI. 5.52 «I‘NNI. \Vi‘l'kxIll‘I‘ INHCKI Hll \ilL'Ili'lL'I I'll IL'I‘IUII.\ llu‘ HI piii‘liuiliil't‘ .intI t'iiillt‘lupiii'di'} itIL'ux. Make Your Own Body Armour Sui 5 \Itll‘. I 3pm. I'l'L‘L'. \ik'Ik‘IIdII (itiIIL‘l‘lLN. I'll Suuchichull Sli'ccl. 5h5 JI I‘l. I’i'iilct‘l _\uui‘xcll l'i'uiii ,illiit‘k Ill iliix Illll .iiuuui‘ \wi‘kxhup l'ni' ;l:_'L‘\ 5 l2. Bunk iii .ltIMlllCL". cIiilili‘cii iiiiixl he .igt'uiupuiucd It} .lll adult.
Create a Theatrical Mask Sim (x \lui. 1 3pm. I'i‘cc. \Iclcllan (Lillcricx. I‘ll Sauchiclmll Sli‘ccl. .565 -1l I". \Iakc .i [‘l‘L‘II} MN. m iIiix \xui‘kxhup lui' I\I\I\ .igctl 3 l2.
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Music
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Theatre & Dance
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Books
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Edinburq
Activities and Fun
The Science of Colour and Optics I'iiuI 'I’uc I: \I.ii‘. Ill.uii 5pm; Sun
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I heatre & Dance
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Books
Storytime for Under Fives 'l hu % .\1.u. IIlll Ill \I.u tk 'IIiu IT \Igll.
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Storytelling
Musical Storytelling inc 3 Mar.
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