Over 1/4 of Van Hagar tickets went unsold

[Greenbuds]

More Van Hagar funnies from amvh -


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Could it get any funnier? *The* Steven Seagal, the (now fat) pony tailed 80's action hero actor and his band "Thunderbox" will be opening for Hagar at some dates, starting with the Arizona show.

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"Sammy Hagar cancellations start before tour does"

More to come

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Sammy Hagar & the Wabos Livin' It Up 2006
Verizon Wireless Music Center,
Birmingham, AL
Canceled

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Jimmy Buffet compared to Van Halen in 2004:

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/images/pdf/2004_Billboard_Top_25_Tours.pdf

2004 Billboard Top 25 Tours
Ranked by Gross. Compiled from Boxscores reported Nov. 19, 2003
through Nov. 16, 2004.


11. Van Halen
Gross - $38,204,851
Attendance - 485,904
Capacity - 664,038
Shows - 50
Sellouts - 4


20. Jimmy Buffett
Gross - $28,938,471
Attendance - 511,612
Capacity - 518,896
Shows - 24
Sellouts- 20


Jimmy Buffett had 20 more sellouts and 30 less shows than Van Hagar.

More people saw Jimmy Buffett in 24 shows than Van Halen in 50 shows.

Jimmy Buffett's first-ever country album, License to Chill, debuted at
Number One that year and went Platinum. He also has another album that went 7x Platinum.

Look at Jimmy Buffett's Atendance/Capacity ratio, only 7,284 (a small
hall) empty seats compared to VH's 178,134 (3 baseball stadiums) empty seats.

Over 1/4 of Van Hagar tickets went unsold.

Van Hagar had the worst sellout ratio and lowest number of sellouts of all the top 20 acts


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Kerch said the band's favorite tour thus far included a stint with Van Halen, which the band is fond of. They didn't even seem to mind Eddie Van Halen's practical jokes.

"Eddie Van Halen pissed in our deli tray," Kerch said laughing. Regarding the "tray-pissing" incident, from what I understand, it occured in more than one place throughout the '04 tour. I heard of a similar incident happening at a San Diego '04 show from someone who was there and it didn't sound like anything "funny" or a practical joke.

The way it was described to me was Eddie was raging drunk and pissed off about something to do with the road crew after the soundcheck that day and went in to the backstage area where the road crew meals were being served during the dinner break before the venue doors opened and dropped his pants and pissed on all the food he could while ranting like a psycho about whatever he was mad about. I heard several members of the crew actually quit on the spot.

There's actually a *lot* of stories from various reliable people I've read and heard firsthand who personally saw shit like this throughout the last half of the tour. Hagar's nephew who used to regularly post on VH Links shared a few similar Eddie Psycho stories there as well.

[MAX]

We all know that tour was a flop.

I remember when it rolled through SLC, 20,000 tix were on the block. The night of the show, I called The Delta Center and got an exact confirmation of the attendance. It was well under 9 grand and that's being generous. Not to mention all of the AOR radio stations were giving free tickets away like candy the days prior to the show. So and with that being said, it truly makes one wonder "how many tickets were actually sold?" Not many cos nobody gave a flying fuck...

Just like now!!!

Van Hagar... BLEHHHHH.......

[sadaist]

I saw the show at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas. 2 sold out nights in a row. But it's Vegas baby. As for the cancelled Hagar show...I don't think they would cancel a month in advance due to ticket sales. Maybe within a week. Gotta be something else.

[binnie]

LOL!

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

The reason ticket sales were so poor was because there were harldy any positive reviews of their shows.

People don't want pay big bucks to see shit.

[DavidLeeNatra]

ed pissing on the crew's food...uh uh...

remember the theme song of al bundy's favorite tv-show? psycho dad...

we could make "psycho ed" the theme song for the van halen soap opera...

[sadaist]

Here is a review from the final 2004 show where Eddie smashed his guitar and said "That's It!".
Taken from http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/mu...?oid=oid:63193


PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 25, 2004:

Live

By JON HOBSON email this author
Live
Van Halen
VAN HALEN
Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater, Thursday, Nov. 18, and Friday, Nov. 19

Reunited with Sammy Hagar, Van Halen (a.k.a. Van Hagar to fans of the original lineup) surprisingly ended its 80-date tour with back-to-back shows in Tucson, of all markets.

Although the setlist didn't change, both nights proved to be two of the most exciting and entertaining concert experiences in recent memory. Casino del Sol's AVA was the perfect host for the reunion, combining the band's monstrous sound with the best-sounding outdoor venue in the state.

Hagar alone stole the show. Wearing a beanie and sunglasses, he was doing split kicks and strutting around the stage during the opener, "Jump," proving who the better frontman is for one of rock's greatest bands.

Egos set aside, all band members appeared to enjoy sharing the same stage once again. Legendary guitarist Eddie Van Halen stopped at nothing to amaze an awestruck crowd. "Poundcake" was highlighted by EVH's power-drill intro, and his son, Wolfgang, performed dual guitar parts on "You Really Got Me" with dad.

During both two-hour performances, Van Halen reintroduced the concept of arena rock with each member performing a solo during set breaks. Bassist Michael Anthony and Hagar highlighted the individual solos. Anthony smashed and ground his Jack Daniel's-replica bass before tossing out small bottles to the crowd and drinking a larger one himself. Hagar strapped on a guitar and performed songs from his solo career.

Hagar autographed every bit of memorabilia the crowd threw at him and acted as bartender and drinking buddy with the crowd, pouring and sharing drinks with those in the front row. Noticing a youngster pressed against the barricade, Hagar ran offstage and returned with a juice box.

The difference between the two nights was the tightness in the band; Friday night was much looser and filled with pranks. While performing "I Can't Drive 55" during his solo spot, a remote-controlled Hummer wheeled onto the stage, continually bumping Hagar.

Seeming to have fallen off the bandwagon yet again, EVH's mood changed drastically as the final performance ended. Constantly yelling, "That's it, it's over," all night, Eddie made the crowd ponder if another breakup was on the horizon. This was later fueled after "Right Now," when EVH smashed his guitar repeatedly before swinging his ax, almost nailing Hagar. This immediately drew a "What the fuck?" reaction from his band and the crowd.

Whether this was the last Sammy Hagar-fronted Van Halen show or not, not one person went home disappointed.

Oh yeah ... David Lee who?

[sadaist]

If you only want to go by concert attendance, we would all be Prince and Kenny Chesney fans.

[DavidLeeNatra]

who wrote that review? kari hagar?

[sadaist]

I don't write reviews and I wasn't at either of those shows, so I can't say with any authority what it was like. The show I saw in Vegas was one of the few sold out. So the crowd was good. But Ed seemed like his brain was somewhere else all night. Had his back to the crowd, no interaction with the band, and sloppy playing. However, if the Tucson show truly was the final performance ever, sorry I missed it. Ed smashing his guitars and all.

[binnie]

That is the only good review I have ever read from that tour.

Hagar is no Roth

Period

[binnie]

All the other reviews I came across said they sucked.

[scottydabodi]

I always have a hoot reading things like this...

Guess it's just the way I am.

PS -F-Ed.

[what waz zat]

I talked to two people who saw Van Hagar in Detroit. The band had energy but the sound was muffled and distorted, Eddies solo sucked, (it was 10 minutes of Cathedral) and the arena was about 3/4 full with a lot of giveaways. I dont think too many people left that show ever wanting to see VH w/ Hagar again

[sadaist]

If you're a Sammy fan, it's cool that he interacts with his fans and signs autographs. He over does it a bit, but I wish more bands interacted like that. But yeah, the show I saw pretty much sucked.

[Loons The Great]

Originally posted by sadaist
If you're a Sammy fan...

Wrong site, boi!!