VAN HALEN To Save Concert Industry?

[ELVIS]

Blabbermouth

Oct. 5, 2010



The Pulse of Radio reports that executives at concert giant Live Nation are looking at 2011 tours from the likes of VAN HALEN to save the live music industry, according to a report in USA Today. Live Nation executive chairman Irving Azoff told analysts on a Monday (October 4) conference call that the concert business will end 2010 with a whimper, with Azoff saying the industry is "still not seeing a consumer recovery" in ticket sales. But Azoff said he was optimistic about next year, specifically mentioning VAN HALEN and FLEETWOOD MAC as two acts that could lift ticket sales out of the doldrums.

[Nitro Express]

They need to drop the ticket prices and as far as I'm concerned tame these big stage shows down to save costs. If you have a rocking band, you don't need all the props and gimmicks. Slim it down, drop the ticket prices and rock and people will come. We need to go back to the basics again.

[Jagermeister]

You want more people to go to shows? Lower the fuckin ticket prices to circa 1980 levels.

[Diamondjimi]

That would be nice..

[Mushroom]

lower the Fucking ticket prices!! I checked tickets for the Eagles ---- $138 for the cheap seats. Well, I don't love the Eagles worth 2 x $150 (inevitable fees + taxes, etc.)

[PETE'S BROTHER]

Blabbermouth

Oct. 5, 2010



The Pulse of Radio reports that executives at concert giant Live Nation are looking at 2011 tours from the likes of VAN HALEN to save the live music industry, according to a report in USA Today. Live Nation executive chairman Irving Azoff told analysts on a Monday (October 4) conference call that the concert business will end 2010 with a whimper, with Azoff saying the industry is "still not seeing a consumer recovery" in ticket sales. But Azoff said he was optimistic about next year, specifically mentioning VAN HALEN and FLEETWOOD MAC as two acts that could lift ticket sales out of the doldrums.

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[Anonymous]

Cheap tickets, motherfuckers!

Yes, they're expensive as fuck here too.

60+ Euros for a band... Priest Feast was 30 for Priest, Megadeth and Testament. OF COURSE I went.

Cheers! :bottle:

[PETE'S BROTHER]

ya really think fleetwood mac is gonna pull their weight in reviving the concert industry?

[chefcraig]

Where have I heard Azoff say this before? Oh, that's right. He predicted the same shit in 2009. If memory serves, he later claimed that Guns & Roses would be involved, as well.

Van Halen Tour?

Posted on Wednesday September 9, 2009 at 12:01 PM

Van Halen will hit the road in 2010, Ticketmaster Entertainment CEO Irving Azoff announced during the 2009 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications and Entertainment Conference Sept. 9.

This was not expected to be the time when the next VH tour would be announced, but some lines got crossed and the information was brought during the Q&A.

Azoff also announced TM plans to unveil interactive seat maps in the fourth quarter followed by dynamic ticket pricing in 2010 and praised the company’s initial moves into paperless ticketing.

Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino, who joined Azoff for their first ever co-presentation at the conference, echoed the need for more dynamic pricing in ticketing and called LN’s no service fee Wednesdays offering this summer a success, garnering 80 to 90 percent approval ratings in exit surveys with fans.

The principals remained fairly mum about the pending merger deal, however both expressed hope they’ll see closure by the end of the year.

POLLSTAR

[Va Beach VH Fan]

There's no doubt that ticket prices are simply out of control....

Not only for the closer seats to the stage, but even in the upper deck, where it was close to $100 to see AC/DC last time around.... I don't think VH's tour for upper deck seats were that bad, probably around $70....

But I don't think one group is gonna be able to "save" the industry....

VH will do it's part, sure, they'll most likely come close to selling out the tour...

But the industry won't improve overall until they collectively lower ticket prices...

Wouldn't hurt also if they would try to sell $15 T-shirts for $40 either....

[Nitro Express]

You want more people to go to shows? Lower the fuckin ticket prices to circa 1980 levels.

I paid a whopping $8 to see the 1980 Invasion Tour. I still have the stub but the shirt rotted away years ago.

[Nitro Express]

The last concert I went to was KISS and that was free. A friend knew Ted Nugent's manager and I got in on the Nuge's guest list since he was the warm up act that tour.

[chefcraig]

The whole issue is absurd. First Azoff takes part in a scam that rips off concert goers through ticket manipulation (which included the VH tour), then joins the company (Ticketmaster) that he colluded with. Now, as head of that evil empire, he bemoans the state of the concert industry, which was destroyed by the very evil empire he now runs. And just to compound his already fuzzy ideas of integrity, the man believes that Van Halen and Fleetwood Mac will somehow come to the rescue, restore order and (one would assume) profitability to this sordid, warped and insipid industry. Okey-doke.

[Jagermeister]

I wonder why no one mentioned Lady Gaga's current tour. I bet those shows are selling out. Part of the problem with music today is it all fuckin sucks. I don't want to go see anything. I even passed on Rush although I kinda wish I would have gone but I saw um in the day so I am not that broke up about it.

I am sure I will be online trying to buy seats for my wife to go see fuckin Lady Gaga. Fuck Me!

[lesfunk]

$13.50 floor seats 1981 Providence RI

[sadaist]

I paid a whopping $8 to see the 1980 Invasion Tour. I still have the stub but the shirt rotted away years ago.

1980's rock t-shirts...pioneers in biodegradable products?

[chefcraig]

I wonder why no one mentioned Lady Gaga's current tour.

Part of the problem with music today is it all fuckin sucks.

I believe you just answered your own question.

[Seshmeister]

Wouldn't hurt also if they would try to sell $15 T-shirts for $40 either....

I take it that was a typo.

T-shirts have always been a fucking racket as long as I can remember.

Most of the time I don't buy one but did on the last tour - fuck what's another $40 when you are already at $2000....

I'm actually wearing it just now and my objection is that it's shit.

The quality is pretty poor and the cut and design not great. I know it's a pissy thing but it annoys me that a dumb run of 20 Fruit of the Loom T-shirts Von spent 20 minutes designing and setting up over the interweb for the DDLR website was much better quality. I can't remember the exact figures but it was around $10 a piece on those tiny numbers.

As I said you expect to get ripped off a bit but they are pushing their luck with this shit.

[Seshmeister]

As far as the ticket prices go personally if I go to see a band live these days and they charge over £30($45) I feel completely justified in pirating their album off the internet.

It's just a different business model, recorded music is now a promotion tool for live performances whereas it used to be the opposite.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

I take it that was a typo.

Oopsie....

[sonrisa salvaje]

The whole issue is absurd. First Azoff takes part in a scam that rips off concert goers through ticket manipulation (which included the VH tour), then joins the company (Ticketmaster) that he colluded with. Now, as head of that evil empire, he bemoans the state of the concert industry, which was destroyed by the very evil empire he now runs. And just to compound his already fuzzy ideas of integrity, the man believes that Van Halen and Fleetwood Mac will somehow come to the rescue, restore order and (one would assume) profitability to this sordid, warped and insipid industry. Okey-doke.

Exactly. Azoff is hoping VH and Mac rescue his bank account basically.

[Antman]

Not comparing the show itself, but I saw KISS and Maiden this past year, and the production was over the top, (not in a bad way) and top prices were around $80 in the NY market. I paid around $125 for VH last tour in the NY market. This was from Ticketmaster, not the secondary market like StubHub. So they can lower the prices IMO.

[Antman]

Exactly. Azoff is hoping VH and Mac rescue his bank account basically.

Sammy and Chickenfoot sure as shit won't.

[Seshmeister]

Prices will be at the exact point where the spreadsheets give the maximum profit.

If they said 1000 fans at $1000 in each town then that's what we would get.

The interesting thing is that publicity=$$$ so will the relations in the band still be seen as so delicate that they can't risk interviews even though they basically mean more money?

[chefcraig]

The interesting thing is that publicity=$$$ so will the relations in the band still be seen as so delicate that they can't risk interviews even though they basically mean more money?

EVH did not do any press for the 2004 (save one small statement for Guitar World) or 2007 outings. Considering his stunning and uncanny ability of shooting himself squarely in the foot when he has chosen to do some press recently, perhaps that was a wise decision.

[jero]

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/51942/215655

[jero]

Looks like they gonna save the business once again!

[ZahZoo]

Why the hell should VH tour... they just announced new striped beanies and ties...

[chefcraig]

Looks like they gonna save the business once again!

When Led Zeppelin released In Through The Out Door, it single handedly dragged people into record stores, people who then also grabbed anything else that was on sale. By and large, that is considered to have saved the then failing record industry in the late 1970s. So using that as a yardstick, just out of curiosity, when did Van Halen "save the business" the first time, if ever?

[ThrillsNSpills]

Well, maybe When It's Love revived the casio business.

[jero]

Why the hell should VH tour... they just announced new striped beanies and ties...

They need another stadium to display all the striped shit

[chefcraig]

Well, maybe When It's Love revived the casio business.

Do you mean day-glo watches or cheesy keyboards?

[Jagermeister]

I believe you just answered your own question.

But she will sell out shows. She is very popular.

[ELVIS]

This queer is ready...

[chefcraig]

But she will sell out shows. She is very popular.

So was Billy The Big Mouth Bass. Doesn't mean it was quality merchandise or that you wanted to hear it more than once.

[ELVIS]

Dude, you must be getting old...

Lady Gaga is very popular and she is pulling all the stops in the same way KISS or Alice Cooper did in the 70's...

I don't care for her music, but a lot of people like it...

I do like how she plays the press and the media...she's not stupid at all...

[Anonymous]

And she seems to be popular amongst queer male nurses, too.

Cheers! :bottle:

[ELVIS]

You'd be the first to know, eh ??

[hambon4lif]

But she will sell out shows. She is very popular.

I doubt that has anything to do with music.

If you ran around with a piece of meat on top of your head, you'd be the Belle Of The Ball too....

...wait a minute...I forgot who I was talking to.

[Jagermeister]

I doubt that has anything to do with music.

If you ran around with a piece of meat on top of your head, you'd be the Belle Of The Ball too....

...wait a minute...I forgot who I was talking to.

lol. Come on you know you like poker face.