number 1 again

[tjvhou812]

http://www.pollstar.com/news/top50.pl

[ALinChainz]

Doesn't matter.

Although this is about the 100th thread concerning this meaningless list.

All it means is that a lot of tickets are being bought up and given away, and once the fans get there, the newspapers reviews tell us that Sammy sucks.

So I guess in a way, more people are seeing Sammy suck than the other tours out there.

But, VH is on the "in trouble" list also.

Dude, why do you even try to convince anyone here that you are any kind of Dave fan? You're plastic.

[MAX]

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/158255-9226-062.html

Concert promoters play let's make a deal
To drum up business, several shows discount tickets

July may be the busiest month of the year for live music, and concert promoters really would like to see you at one of their shows.

Deals for customers are coming fast and furious as some of music's biggest names struggle to sell a profitable amount of tickets.

But the aggressiveness to fill the venue for Van Halen's current reunion tour may be unmatched.

Tickets for the band's Thursday show at Verizon went on sale May 8 for $92.50 in the pavilion and $40.50 on the lawn.

On June 3, Clear Channel discounted lawn seating to $25, with all parking and ticket service fees included. A $10 food voucher also is part of the deal.

Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of concert industry magazine Pollstar, wasn't surprised by the move.

"There are some tours out this summer that are doing considerably less business than had been projected -- I'm not going to name any names," he says. "There's reason to motivate people with price. You can't start over again and re-price the entire show. But you can certainly discount seats."

The Van Halen offer, Bongiovanni says, draws attention as an extreme bargain.

[kennyboy]

Hey Dipshit Superstar! Tune into your local classic rock station and WIN some FREE Van Hagar tix! Just be caller #7! Then EAT MY ASS, BITCH!

[MAX]

http://tinyurl.com/39rgw

Marc Geiger of the William Morris Agency in Los Angeles.

Mr. Geiger, citing poor sales for the Dead, Dave Matthews, Van Halen and Kiss. "My question is, what is doing well?" he said. But not all promoters agreed that the summer concert business was in a slump.

Seth Hurwitz, an independent promoter in Washington who booked Lollapalooza into the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md., said that there was waning interest in aging alternative rock acts like the ones on the Lollapalooza tour.

"How well is Morrissey going to do in the Midwest?" he said. "I wouldn't venture to guess. The problem is that there is just not a really large interest in alternative music. What was called alternative in the 90's
was exploding with something new, with Pearl Jam and Nirvana. It was exciting stuff."

Mr. Hurwitz said many of his concerts, including those by younger acts like Evanescence and Three Doors Down, were selling well.

"They tried to pull together Morrissey and Sonic Youth," he said, on an alternative bill. "But there are not enough people who care about it."

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
the newspapers reviews tell us that Sammy sucks.

Oh yeah the 2 or 3 out of the 100 or so that have been written.

[Greenbuds]

Can't these idiots read?

Van Halen is number one in pollstar BY SEARCH.

Not by tickets sold.

NUMBER 1 BY SEARCH.

It's all the Roth fans SEARCHING for empty seats.

THAT'S ALL IT IS.

The tour is doing poorly confirmed by major newspapersa round the country. Give it a rest and go back to the links, moderationboy.

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by Greenbuds
The tour is doing poorly confirmed by major newspapersa round the country.

But still the #1 tour in the country. Doesn't matter if there are 25,000 people or 2,500 at the concert. Can you read?

[ALinChainz]

Originally posted by MAX


But the aggressiveness to fill the venue for Van Halen's current reunion tour may be unmatched.

Tickets for the band's Thursday show at Verizon went on sale May 8 for $92.50 in the pavilion and $40.50 on the lawn.

On June 3, Clear Channel discounted lawn seating to $25, with all parking and ticket service fees included. A $10 food voucher also is part of the deal.

Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of concert industry magazine Pollstar, wasn't surprised by the move.

"There are some tours out this summer that are doing considerably less business than had been projected -- I'm not going to name any names," he says. "There's reason to motivate people with price. You can't start over again and re-price the entire show. But you can certainly discount seats."

The Van Halen offer, Bongiovanni says, draws attention as an extreme bargain.

Max rules.

This says it all, even by Mr. Pollstar. Cannot argue it. Throwing in food and dockinig the price by a ton.

That's real impressive.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by dysfunction
But still the #1 tour in the country. Doesn't matter if there are 25,000 people or 2,500 at the concert. Can you read?

I read it.....they edged out the fucking cure by a cork. You probably piss your pants when the shoes fit.

[dysfunction]

Originally posted by rustoffa
I read it.....they edged out the fucking cure by a cork. You probably piss your pants when the shoes fit.

Did they edge them?

[Baby's On Fire]

VH will be in Toronto on July 3. One of three radio stations that will be giving away tickets said they have literally a wheelbarrell full of tickets to give away.

How many tickets will 3 whellbarrells hold? Half the audience will be freebies from the radio stations.

[MAX]

Originally posted by ALinChainz
Max rules.

Thanks my friend but I cannot take the credit cos I pasted it from Brett's.

Also, fuck me man!!! YOU RULE!!!!

[Matt White]

Remember back in the day when VH would sell out in a matter of hours? If you were lucky! Now, its take weeks, if not a month or more for MOST of the tickets to sell? This tour is a sham, and the public, i.e. real VH fans, knew it from the start.

[ALinChainz]

Ah, but the timing Max, this thread wasn't open that long and BOOM, you deliver the cold hard facts.

I'll have to say it is cool that someone at the links is making it heard.

Amongst the "herd".