ClearChannel Dumping Van Halen?

[justaxxxgirl]

What is going on with all this almost daily negative Van Halen press? Why is Clear Channel again contributing to the negative press problems, when they are promoting the 2004 Van Halen Tour? I think something is going on here.

I wonder if there is some clause in CCC’s - Van Halen Tour contract, regarding their massive guaranteed per concert residual that is killing them financially, that they are trying to “trigger out of” because of Eddie’s conduct or something. I’m not trying to start rumors or spread falsehoods, but this is all very strange.

This is the second time recently that CCC has released, U.S. system wide, a negative press article on Eddie Van Halen. The last time was on Eddie’s drunken Boston fiasco, and they released it right before publishing a press release on David Lee Roth performing in Boston, July 4th; again system wide, per below. Many of CCC’s U.S. radio stations had both the Drunk Eddie and the Diamond Dave “To Perform To a ½ million” press coverage on their home webpage (or in their Music News section) at the same time! This seems dumb to me?

Obviously, it doesn’t help Van Halen ticket sales doing something like this, does it? What am I missing here?


Clear Channel News Log:
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>David Lee Roth to Perform at Boston Pops
Clear Channel News Network – Friday July 2
>Eddie Van Halen's Drunk Performance At Boston Restaurant
Clear Channel News Network – Tuesday June 29

[justaxxxgirl]

Here's the other press release CCC publish system wide on their 1,200 radio stations. Why would they do something stupid like this?

[ALMOSTsaved]

Did you steal this from the links or are you a cross poster?

I just read the exact same post....word for word over there.

Just curious.

[Panamark]

Averaging 7000 a show !! Van Hagar coming to a half filled arena near you !!!

Is this shit over yet ? Im so happy that we were right. But Van Hagar is so fucking boring now.. Next topic please !!!!

When is the final half filled show ???

[Mr Grimsdale]

Re: ClearChannel Dumping Van Halen?

Originally posted by justaxxxgirl
Many of CCC’s U.S. radio stations had both the Drunk Eddie and the Diamond Dave “To Perform To a ½ million” press coverage on their home webpage (or in their Music News section) at the same time! [/B]

so clear channel and warner brothers obviously want roth back

since money is VH's only motivation these days i think you can see where this may be heading

although do you really want to see roth back in VH purely for the money?

stick to the memories pre-1985 and give up on the dream

[Mr Grimsdale]

...and i didn't say cock once

ooh no missus no!

[Panamark]

What a day in history this is !!!!

[Warham]

I hope Roth tells Ed, 'I'll be up to Howdy Doody Mountain with a couple valium and my lawyer.' That'll end the discussions right there.

Roth doesn't need that headache.

[guwapo_rocker]

Re: Re: ClearChannel Dumping Van Halen?

Originally posted by Mr Grimsdale
so clear channel and warner brothers obviously want roth back

since money is VH's only motivation these days i think you can see where this may be heading

although do you really want to see roth back in VH purely for the money?

stick to the memories pre-1985 and give up on the dream

Pardon?:D

[Dirty Faced Kid]

It's the old, 'bad press is better than no press'. They have to have something to talk about to promote the tour. And that's exactly what they are doing with this, 'promoting the tour'. It creates a greater sense of urgency for the public to go see the concert now rather than wait, if there's a possibility that it will fall apart.

Just my .02

DFK

[justaxxxgirl]

Originally posted by Dirty Faced Kid
It's the old, 'bad press is better than no press'. They have to have something to talk about to promote the tour. And that's exactly what they are doing with this, 'promoting the tour'. It creates a greater sense of urgency for the public to go see the concert now rather than wait, if there's a possibility that it will fall apart.

Just my .02

DFK

What, Eddie looking like a total drunk asshole makes more VH fans want to buy concert tickets? Is this CCE's new marketing brainstorm to sell $100 a pop tickets?

Eddie and Alex bad mouthing the shit out of Roth makes more fans want to see a VH concert. Maybe more Sammy fans, but I think they are at market saturation with him years ago, no disrepect intent.

Hagar has toured every year coming into the 04 VH Tour. He and Dave toured in 02 and the tour did well. The draw is Eddie not Sammy, we have all seen Sammy every year.

However, your thought on hurry and see them before the tour falls apart is something I had not considered. The last two weeks the promoters have really been squelling in the press over how much money they are lossing. This is very rare, concert promoters are a tight lipped group.

In general, CCE said they have slashed ticket prices twice in the last two weeks, and are looking at canceling shows or moving them into smaller venues to stop the losses.

[Warham]

Van Hagar should have cancelled before the tour even started.

[BIGBADZERO]

Clear Channel are evil bastards that have done everything in their power to destroy real music and fill the airwaves with Titney Spears and N-Stink. Fuck em.

[Martha Stewart]

I think if Sammy went with more earth tones

when selecting his capri pants, tickets sales

would improve dramatically.

[Panamark]

Sammy definately needs new pants... I feel embarassed for the Hagar fans eveytime I see his duds... Ah Fuck em ! Sammy is a geek...
Is it just me or is it only women and Sammy that wear those pants ???