No Lollapalooza :(
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- mg33
Just got this forwarded from a friend:
Los Angeles, CA - June 22, 2004 -- Even with what has been touted as the
best line-up since its inception in 1991, with such eclectic and respected
artists as Morrissey, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, and The Flaming Lips, among
others, and the most competitive ticket prices in the marketplace for a tour
this size, it was not enough to counter the weak economic state of this
years summer touring season. Therefore, it is with the utmost regret that
due to poor ticket sales across the board, the Lollapalooza, 2004 tour has
been cancelled. This morning, tour organizers and concert promoters faced
with several million dollars of losses, made the very tough decision to pull
the tour.Perry Farrell, tour organizer, stated with his sincerest regrets, "My heart
aches along with the bands, and all of our employees, whose hard work
developed one of the most exciting and important tours that this nation was
to see. My heart is broken."Marc Geiger, co-founder of the tour stated, "I am in utter disbelief that a
concert of this stature, with the most exciting line-up I've seen in years
did not galvanize ticket sales. I'm surprised that given the great bands and
the reduced ticket prices that we didn't have enough sales to sustain the
tour. Concert promoters across the country are facing similar problems. Many
summer tours are experiencing weak ticket sales."Alex Hodges, Executive Vice President of HOB Concerts, commented, "In real
terms, it's been a tough summer. Ticket sales have been mixed and often
inexplicably soft. There are a number of contributing factors, and, as a
result, many tours have been cut-back, rerouted or cancelled."Fans who have supported the tour and who have bought tickets nationwide will
be given full refunds.
- nLHb0
i have said it before and i'll say it again, todays youth sucks and has no taste, all they want is 50 cent and britany spears, so fucking disapointing.
- sauceruney0
I went last year.
- k0na_an0k0
suckapalooza.
- ********0
I'm old, I went to the first, second and third ones, but then it got major league played out and I stopped going. No biggie.
- kiselka0
hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! suckers!
- ********0
lol
- pylbug0
it can't have been that exciting if nobody cared to buy tickets for it. silly promoters! just because you book it and get the merchandising produced doesn't mean that the audience is going to pay through the nose to be stuck in a hot, sticky crowd listening to echoes of what's going on on-stage, paying $9 for piss-warm beer, etc.
Perry will just have to find some other way to fund his mysticism and heroin habits.
- mg330
Those tour dates though...how many people do they expect to take two days off of work in the middle of the week to go to a concert? I have alot of vacation time, but, you know, sometimes employers look unfavorably on taking days off for certain things...
- jevad0
lineup sucked. no big loss
- mrdobolina0
Went to the SLick Rick Doug E Fresh and Biz Markie show last night, dopest hiphop show I have been to in a minute.
- mg330
jevad...
- GreedoLives0
lodi dadi we likes to party
we dont cause trouble we don't bother nobody
- ********0
hee hee jevad
- mrdobolina0
the biz looked unhealthier than usual, fat as hell.
- GreedoLives0
maybe he should take his dick out the mashed potatoes every now and then.
- mrdobolina0
Doug E Fresh was real dope, he played "Summertime"
- Jnr_Madison0
Not surprised, shit line up.
- mrdobolina0
I wish morrissey would just die already.
- shant0
Maybe they should include a broader range of acts instead of the same shit that Coachella had this year.