Posted on 06/03/2006 11:05:58 AM PDT by jimbo123
This is my first vanity, so please indulge me.
Dixie Chicks tour tickets went on sale today to the public in many market and it's starting to look a disaster, especially in the Red States.
There were initial indications that internet pre-sale ticket sales were going badly last week, but this confirms the news.
A review of seat availabilities on Ticketmaster indicate first-day and pre-sale ticket sales for the portly traitors are:
Detroit-Bad
Pittsburgh-Disaster
Philadelphia-Bad
Boston-Almost Sold Out
Wash. DC.-Selling Well
Chicago-Selling Well
Minneapolis-Bad
Fargo-Meltdown Disaster
Glendale, AZ-Bad
Omaha-Disaster
Denver-Disaster
Dallas-Disaster
Nashville-Meltdown Disaster
Tampa-Meltdown Disaster
Sunrise, FL-Meltdown Disaster
Atlanta-Selling Okay
Tacoma-Disaster
More venues go on-sale in the next week. California will probably go well for the cows, but the rest of the U.S. seems to be saying that the Chicks will be playing to half-empty arenas.
That depends on where they are playing. California is not Massachusettes. California is composed of some very red counties and some blue counties that contain the large cities.
I suspect they won't do well in San Diego, Bakersfield, Fresno, or Redding. Conversely, I don't believe they will even go to San Francisco -- I doubt there are country music fans there.
They will likely do well in Los Angeles, mostly because there are 12-15 million people within driving distance of any major arena.
"Granted, The Dixie Chicks' latest effort is geared toward an audience different from the one on which they built their career so it would be logical for their new music to find home under a non-country format somewhere else on the local dial. However, according to Mediabase Music Info Systems, a service which keeps track of radio station playlists, no Boston area stations — country, adult contemporary, pop or rock — claim to be playing any of the trio's new music.."
Maybe the Boston concert is selling out because of the constant promos they're getting from CNN ("Dixie Chicks Debut at #1"), Rolling Stoned magazine, etc.
Obviously a different thing than to spend $9 on Amazon to make an anti-Bush statement and to spend $50 and an evening listening to their ranting.
"I'm shocked that they could sell out the Garden"
When pandering to Left-Leaning Lemmings, certain things come easy....
What did they expect?
The Dixie Chicks just laid back for a while than started to promote themselves again and it looks like it's a disaster. Oh, too bad.....
America doesn't like smart mouthed traitors.
Thanks for the post and here's wishing these "good will ambassadors" a DOUBLE MELTDOWN DISASTER.
Did she ever go in for that butt reduction surgery yet?
I hear the Chicks will be opening up for a puppet show at some venue...
I am surprised!
Got plans for the 8th?
Save Mart Center - Fresno, CA September 6, 2006
Arco Arena - Sacramento, CA September 8, 2006
Oakland Arena - Oakland, CA September 9, 2006
Staples Center - Los Angeles, CA September 14, 2006
they will GIVE AWAY the tickets so they can have a "full house" for the inevitable "DVD live show"
I promise you that every single attendee in Boston will be folks who wouldn't walk across the street to see them if they were best known for their respect for Mr Bush.
[...pushing these flimsy pricks on us...]
BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!
For comparison with their last tour 8/15/03
http://www.tennessean.com/business/archives/03/08/37696199.shtml?Element_ID=37696199
>>Briefly: Dixie Chicks gross $61M in ticket sales
The Dixie Chicks wrapped up the summer on top of the touring season with $61 million in gross North American ticket sales, despite a spring controversy over an insult lead singer Natalie Maines made at President Bush.
The trio was the top-grossing country tour of the year, with 57 sold-out dates, and was third in overall concert sales, behind the Rolling Stones and Elton John/Billy Joel, according to Pollstar.<<
PUPPET SHOW!!
TONIGHT!
and
Dixie Chicks
Not a big country fan (at least not the modern stuff) but I heard this morning on radio that Toby Keith is gonna have a big FUDC party at his restuarant in Bricktown (OKC). Sounds pretty funny. Even though I don't like his music that much I like Toby Keith's attitude.
Methinks funny math was involved in their soaring to #1
This would be more interesting with actual numbers.
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