Mel Belli wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 10:32am:



Yep. Likewise with London for the most part. But consider the fact that a couple of weeks before said shows that one ticket agency alone (viagogo, I think) had something like 10,000 tickets left for Newark and London. All on sale for way above what was an already hefty face value price.

If they filled the houses (and the London show I attended didnt appear to have too many empty seats that I could see) it was because these shysters fucked up.  As well as the fact that when they bought up the tickets to begin with, there were enough gullible people around who panic bought the most overpriced tickets in the venue (eg, the £400 nosebleeds in London - truly awful seats) instead of holding out until something better popped up.

The bottom line is that the band and the promoters rely on the public's naivety and gullibility as well as a system that allows anyone to buy a ticket and then re-sell it for above its face value.

LadyJane wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 9:15am:



I agree. The show I saw in London was terrific and beyond anything I thought they were still capable of. But theres a big difference between half a dozen people watching a PPV for $45 between them and a few beers in the fridge and each of them paying ten or even twenty times that amount apiece to be there in the flesh (with all the other costs added on, like travelling etc)

That's a big demand to make off an audience. If an artist is saying 'I'm worth paying $800 to see' then that (justifiably) raises the bar in terms of audience expectation regarding their performance.  They simply cant have it both ways.

Whether any act on the planet at any time in history can live up to that is a matter of opinion. Personally, I dont think anyone can, no matter how great they are now or were 40 years ago.

I am insane.

Well you got something right today. LMFAO.

Hey Kins, I got a new show coming out soon. Called Name That Pussy.

" Hey Kins, I got a new show coming out soon. Called Name That Pussy. "


!!!!!

TomL wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 11:31am:


http://sportsblogs.star-telegram.com/.a/6a00e54f7fc4c58833017ee60576dc970d-300wi

ijwthstd wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 2:04pm:


Actually, they would because they would have separate corporations for their venues and their promotion business. But, it's all on paper so there could be a tax write off. In reality, they would save money.

AEG Live Grabs Stones

12:12 PM Wednesday 3/20/13

The Rolling Stones will mount an 18-show arena tour in May and June with AEG Live at the promoter helm, sources told Pollstar shortly after the deal was sealed. The exact routing is still being confirmed but an announcement is expected in early April.



The Rolling Stones
The O2, London, UK
November 25, 2012
(Joel Ryan / Invision / AP)


AEG Live takes the reins of the long-rumored tour from Virgin Live, a joint venture formed between Australia’s Paul Dainty and Virgin Group’s Richard Branson last fall to produce and promote the band’s 50th anniversary run.

Though the Virgin Live venture successfully did the Stones’ brief November and December tour, it appears plans – and likely financing – to remain on board for a more traditional tour fell short.

Enter AEG Live, which also bid on the earlier tour.  It’s not known what kind of financial deal was struck, but it was struck quickly – one source told Pollstar the call from the Stones’ camp came early March 19, and the agreement between the parties came together before anyone had time to call out for lunch.

If so, it makes a bold statement that it’s business as usual for AEG Live, less than one week after the announcement that parent Anschutz Entertainment Group is off the market and former president/CEO Tim Leiweke had resigned.  And with the speed the tour was agreed to, how nimbly it can move when a re-engaged Phil Anschutz is needed to cut a check.

Dates are still being locked down, but Mick and the boys made it known they are interested in no more than an 18-show, two-month outing, which will happen in May and June. The number of cities isn’t confirmed, other than they will be major markets and the 18 shows will include multiple-night stands.

It isn’t the first time, of course, The Rolling Stones have switched up promoters between tours, regardless of history.  Michael Cohl worked closely with the band for years after winning a promotion deal that the late Bill Graham expected to continue.

And though it’s not known if Cohl was in the running for the 50th anniversary shows, his separation from Live Nation in 2008 included a provision that his non-compete would not preclude the Canadian promoter and Broadway impresario from making a bid.

AEG declined to comment.  Where this leaves Virgin Live isn’t clear. Dainty, who with Branson formed Virgin Live and continues to run Dainty Corp. from Melbourne, Australia, wasn’t immediately available to comment.

"There will be a lot more to say about Virgin Live soon but, for now, it’s all about the Stones … ,” Dainty teased in October when the partnership and initial Stones dates were announced, adding that a global force was in the works.


--Deborah Speer


http://www.pollstar.com/news_article.aspx?ID=804566

Announcment in early April...they better not take longer...
That is going to be tricky with the NHL AND NBA play-offs and championships...
as far as many major markets go...NY is safe...Oakland/SF as well...Vegas...a sure thing it seems...Other major markets are tricky...
UNLESS the Stones book ASAP then the play-offs will have to be scheduled around them.

Well, with AEG on board.....now I have to see if my connection will come thru.

I have pretty much lost interest at this point.

Afterall, it's just rock and roll tourist season right?

Like Disneyland.

By the way, Chris Robinson is a dick....thread spill over!!!

Damn the prices...bring on the dates....

Thanks Gazza, the article confirms what we already thought we knew, so we're on the right track!

Are we doing a RO Summit in Vegas?

Charlie interview on BBC Radio yesterday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p016mdg4

Basically its done to promote his upcoming club gigs in London next week, but he more or less confirms that the Stones will play Glastonbury by saying that while he doesn't want to play the festival, the other three do.

Bluzdude wrote on Mar 20^th, 2013 at 6:38pm:



AEG Live also 'just happen' to be the promoters of the Barclaycard British Summer Time Hyde Park festival that I reckon the Stones will be playing at in early July.

I don't think that's much of a coincidence!

Has that twit from showbiz411.com edited his 'exclusive' story on them being promoted by Dainty & Branson yet?