Irving Azoff to Leave Live Nation/Front Line Mgmt

[ELVIS]

Well, whatever the case, someone fucked up and I blame Irving...

[ZahZoo]

I can only hope you are referring to the headset mic and not the chaps and bikini briefs..?

[ELVIS]

I was implying something like maybe their trunks got on the wrong planes...

[TJMKID]

If there's a plus in any of this... maybe we'll see some sort of activity due to the band's management being freed up from all his big corporate bullshit duties. Who knows Irving might get bored and decide to "manage" something and get all those lazy-assed musicians working for their dinner again...

I would think Live Nation is the reason VH is not doing any one-off gigs lately. Some corporate asshole telling the band it's not "cost effective" to do a spontaneous gig somewhere.

I miss the old days --- where famous bands could just say "Hey mates, let's fucking play" and then head to a small dive somewhere and do a surprise gig for their fans. I don't see any reason why VH couldnt do this in LA at the Roxy or Whiskey and perhaps show off a new track they might be working on or an old demo from way back.

Get back to Dave's mantra of --- "I sing for my supper".

[Zing!]

Did =VH= do a one-off Tiger Woods corporate gig on the 2012 tour like they did for the 07/08? That had to have been a hefty payday for an hour and a half of work.

[DONNIEP]

Didn't they do a corporate gig in Florida?

[Zing!]

That rings a bell. I know Jimmy Buffett lines his pockets with spending money during the winter months playing 'Private Event' type shows for corporations like Wells Fargo, etc. It might not be common knowledge if he didn't generally list these on his website. Still, is there any chance of Van Halen playing a private gig without someone leaking the news?

[DLR Bridge]

Ok, I'll leak this because I know you're a good guy Zing. I've privately hired VH to play my daughters 4th birthday in my backyard this coming July. We have an above ground pool, so bring your franken striped trunks.

[ZahZoo]

Didn't they do a corporate gig in Florida?

Yep, May 16, 2012 for SAP at the Orange County Convention center.

[Little Texan]

Still, is there any chance of Van Halen playing a private gig without someone leaking the news?

I hear that one, Jeff Spicoli, hired them to play his 50th birthday party, recently.

[Zing!]

Ok, I'll leak this because I know you're a good guy Zing. I've privately hired VH to play my daughters 4th birthday in my backyard this coming July. We have an above ground pool, so bring your franken striped trunks.

Have EVH flip-flops, will travel!

[ZahZoo]

I was implying something like maybe their trunks got on the wrong planes...

I'd have to say her "trunks" made it to the right place!!

[DLR Bridge]

This is a popular thread...

It may not be going anywhere, but it's picking up steam.

[ZahZoo]

Every thread's a party around here... good, bad and/or ugly...

[TJMKID]

Did =VH= do a one-off Tiger Woods corporate gig on the 2012 tour like they did for the 07/08? That had to have been a hefty payday for an hour and a half of work.

Yeah I'm sure VH made some nice coin playing that Florida convention show. Probably banked at least $500,000 from that gig.

But what about playing music just for the fun of it? Fuck the corporate attitude --- EVH calls up Dave to make sure he's not dicking around in Japan with the monks, and tells his lazy brother and son to meet him down at the Whiskey on a certain night for a 2-hour gig. Put the word out through the normal Twitter/Facebook channels and plenty of fans will show up and pay $100 for admission. Voila --- everybody wins!

Best part is that it's free publicity once the cell phone videos start propagating through the Interwebs. Nice way to get fans stoked for any 2013 shows stateside or overseas.

Just make sure no Asian fucker grabs too much face time on the smartphone vids!