Prince geeft een extra concert in Nighttown
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AMSTERDAM - De Amerikaanse popster Prince geeft vrijdag 2 november met zijn voltallige band een extra concert in het Rotterdamse poppodium Nighttown. Het wordt het laatste concert van de Europese tournee.

De zogenoemde afterparty die plaatsvindt direct na het concert in het Rotterdamse Ahoy' is in eerste instantie bedoeld voor de fans van de Amerikaanse ster die lid zijn van de internetfanclub New Power Generation.

Clubleden mogen gratis naar binnen bij Nighttown, dat plaats biedt aan ongeveer duizend bezoekers. Maar het is volgens Nighttownprogrammeur Harry Hamelink ook de bedoeling dat er kaarten in de voorverkoop komen die 20 euro per stuk gaan kosten.

Het wordt een bescheiden traditie van het popicoon om feestjes in 'besloten' kring te geven. Twee keer eerder maakte His Royal Badness zijn opwachting in Nighttown. De laatste keer was 15 oktober jongstleden, eveneens na een concert in Ahoy'. Toen bleef het nog bij wat plaatjes draaien en dansen met de fans. Maar In 1998 al speelde hij met zijn band in Nighttown om het later datzelfde jaar nog eens dunnetjes over te doen in het Utrechtste Tivoli. In 1988 speelde de zanger/componist/multi-instrumentalist voor het eerst in een kleine poplocatie, Het Paard in Den Haag.
[This message was edited Fri Oct 25 0:29:16 PDT 2002 by serpan99]

Yes that's the article I was referring to, didn't feel like retyping the whole thing so thanks for the link Serpan!

udo said:

Seems that U dont get it as wel.

It 4 sure aint about the money (at least not for prince). If so, he would have hired a larger venue.
The ammount we're talking about is peanuts.

That they announce it as an extra show instead of an aftershow MUST have other reasons than money.(we'll probably know why after this gig)

So, if after this nighttown-performance, U still feel betrayed, then complain as much as U can, only THEN U have a reason for complaining, not now, when no details are known.

Maybe we can discuss this over a beer on saturday / early sunday ?

AMSTERDAM - De Amerikaanse popster Prince geeft vrijdag 2 november met zijn voltallige band een extra concert in het Rotterdamse poppodium Nighttown. Het wordt het laatste concert van de Europese tournee.

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2nd of november is on a saturday this year...

Why is everybody complaining, be happy 2 see the man in such an intimate, small venue. I went 2 the first Paradiso show 25th of march 1995) and it was fabulous, I'm glad I paid the little extra money.
So make sure you get in, it's a real experience.

why there isn't a announcement on NPGMC yet, still puzzles me...

TweetyV6 said:

A beer would be OK since I don't have to drive!

udo

Stylecipation said:

I would really like to know what that has to do with anything ? Nothing as far as I can see.

But I see your point, you can't convince anyone of your pointless drivel so you result to disrespecting people to try and prove your point, well I guess it isn't workin boy.

And as for being dissapointed...
The only thing I am dissapointed is the attitudes of a few pathetic whiners, but I guess you can't expect very much from a pathetic whiner except pathetic whining...

I already have my 2 tickets to my concerts Stylecipation. SO your point is pretty useless, and judging from your idiotic pointless comments, I guess you are too...
[This message was edited Fri Oct 25 2:56:19 PDT 2002 by FunkyStrange]

This is in 2day's "Leidsch Dagblad"...members will have a chance of buying tix through presale first. If there r tix left after this presale Nighttown will sell these seperately...

Prince geeft nog een concert in Rotterdam
ROTTERDAM - De Amerikaanse popster Prince geeft na zijn concert in Rotterdam Ahoy' van 2 november een extra concert in het Rotterdamse Nighttown. Dat heeft een woordvoerder van Nighttown vrijdag weten.
Zijn eerste concert op 15 oktober was zo snel uitverkocht dat hij besloot op 2 november naar Rotterdam Ahoy' terug te keren. Nu komt daar dus nog een extra optreden in Nighttown bij. Prince speelde in 1998 al eens in deze Rotterdamse club. ,,Hij ontdekte toen dat Nighttown een tent is waar zijn muziek goed tot z'n recht komt'', aldus de zegsman. Rond zijn optreden op 15 oktober ontstonden nieuwe contacten tussen de zanger en de popzaal. Die resulteerden in het extra concert.

Leden van de fanclub van Prince hebben het eerste recht om een kaartje te kopen. Als er daarna nog kaarten over zijn, dan gaan die in de vrije verkoop. Nighttown maakte vrijdag verder bekend dat dEUS-zanger Tom Barman 'resident-dj' wordt van deze zaal. Hij gaat een keer per maand in Nighttown draaien.
vrijdag, 25-10-2002

This has fuck all 2 do with MONEY $$$...it is a TREAT 4 the FANS who are memberz of NPGMC who couldnt ATTEND OTHER SHOWS so he is holding this CONCERT 4 U.

If u cant see that,then prince dont really need u.

Tom Barman, hehe,

Antwerp reprazent!!!

Joshy84au said:

Yeah! I really hope to be able to get a ticket for this 'extra concert' in Nighttown, since I AM a NPGMC member and DIDN'T get a ticket for the two regular shows.
As far as I understand the newspapers, people who have been to the Nov 2nd show on a member-ticket are allowed in for free, so when that is the case, everybody's happy, right?

Ze moeten het nog wa meer in de gazet zetten !

hoeveel volk gaat er nu voor de deur staan, ze slaan voor minder iemand ...

HIT and RUN !

tsss

ok this was a bit of a vent,
but hey they NPGMC or NIGHTTOWN or whoever have to be a little bit more anxious at what they do,
accidents will happen if they continue with this desinformation like that

EDD.

This is a nonsense trial by people always complaining about everything...

Don't you understand that if this is a another show there will be an afterparty thing.. Or the prices could be even lower!!!

He is playing an extra concert with a smaller venue: come on guys this amount of money means nothing compared to the money made during the tour!!!

Open your eyes: there will be another concert: don't expect it to be free, it is totally normal and i don't see where it sucks!!!

People get to your senses!!! What would you do if your ran an independant business...

FunkyStrange said:

hahahaha now i'm whining now i'm laughing

A useful information about the aftershow:

NPGMC is sending e-mails to the members telling there is 2 extra late night concerts in Paris (Le Bataclan) and Rotterdam (Nighttown), after the regular shows. Tickets for Paris are sold right now at the retail section at.. 100$ per ticket!!! WHAT'S THIS? I thought i had the after for free with my premium ticket. I have spent a lot of money to go to Rotterdam from Spain for the November 2nd concert. Does Prince want me to go to bankruptcy? The assistants to London had the right to a free after and me not? am I a stupid?

no bootsy you are not stupid. This club thing just sucks

Dear Winterman,

I think I'm a stupid because I'm afraid I'll pay the 100$... and I'm afraid a lot of people will do... This world is full of stupids and Prince knows it... money matters 2night again! But in the time of renew my membership to NPGMC, maybe I won`t be so stupid...

I have posted this to NPGMC a short time ago...

Good afternoon NPGMC,

Can you clarify the club's position on something for me please? I feel slightly hard done by reading the latest concert news on your site, I have bought tix for the week long Xenophobia Celebration this year, 3 London concerts and had access to an aftershow, as part of my London ticket on Oct. 5th. I have a ticket for Rotterdam on Nov. 2nd also - the first set of tickets went on sale some weeks ago, so having spent a lot of money following Prince, and supporting the NPGMC this year it now seems very unfair to me that having spent all of this money, on the off chance that once in a while I will be rewarded with something one-off or special [i.e. an aftershow on the last night of the European Tour], which was always going to be a possibility, NPGMC now says that I have to buy another ticket! Can this be accurate?
At every stage of this tour members have never been asked to pay for 2 shows in one night, part of the privilege of being a ticket holder for the main show was that we got into special events, be they parties or additional concerts later on that night. This to me is unreasonable and unfair, will Prince now play a much shorter show earlier in the evening, and save himself for the few who turn up to this late night one-off show? It isn't fair to treat people, who support this club and its ideas, this way. Financially and in terms of my time I have invested a lot in this club, but now at the last minute I'm asked to pay for more tickets to an event, which at any other stage of this tour, I would have been guaranteed free entry to? That does not seem at all fair, is this a money issue? Please try and respond to me on this, I just don't understand why this has happened...can you clarify the position in light of what I've just said?

Yours sincerely,

Tokyo...very good point. I asked them (a bit shorter) the same for Paris

How can it be fair to change the rules of the tour and make members pay twice as much for 'One Nite' only?

This is wrong...I simply can't afford it, is there no reward for loving this music so much?

There you go,

prince didn't loose his head,
proof:

1500 x 100 = 150 000 euro for the memberships
10000 x 60 = 600 000 euro for the main concert
1200 x 100 = 120 000 euro for the 'extra concert'
total gros = 870 000 euro for one day in Holland.

this is pure genius at work
(een slordige 35 000 000 BEF)

I think I'm going to Holland to for a couple of days,
but there's one small problem,
who's gonna pay to see a sorry looser who's gonna sponser
princes day-off (or is it off-day ? ) in Holland ?



little mistake in the maths, DAMN.
[This message was edited Fri Oct 25 11:50:23 PDT 2002 by EDD]

Why don't we all protest and not buy tickets for $100 and give Prince his One Nite Alone aftershow concert with people who don't give a fuck about him but want to be present so they can rap about it at work on Monday???

Consumers protest! Don't buy $100 tickets for a show you were entitled free access - well at an earlier stage in the tour...

it is an idea.

Roverlo,
it is a very good idea,
but when prince is concerned we're all nuts, and he knows it.


And we know all this to, that's what makes it worse.

but then again ...

EDD, just don't go and buy the bootleg in a few months... you do not need to be there to enjoy it

But that's just the problem,
I enjoy the boot more
if i've been to the show,
so it makes the boot more value for money if I pay prince.

Is this prince-logics or am I really going crazy ?

I see your point EDD... but must say you're crazy

Hope your optimisme is right. But There is a point so we will see

ezje said:

This is based on a previous experience (last time)

spaceboy said:

Indeed.

I propose:


WHY $100?


on a few 100 a4 sheets (landscape) to be help up by soundcheckgoers (who will go to the Bataclan as well).

udo

i heard prince read this thread and is terribly upset..he's due to release a press statement confirming that from now on everything he does will be for free..he's also compiling a list of ppl who have spent any money on his concerts, cd's etc..so he can reimberse them immediately