^ Toots?

vc40 said:

Frederic : hey boss, I just looked at this Toots site.
He is not playing in Montreux july 18th,he is in Belgium.
He will be performing on some North Sea Jazz festival. Will I be playing with Princ at that festival as well

Boss : hey kid, don't bring up that festival again. Before you know you will be playing Glastonbury as well next year .....

xenophobia2002 said:

huhuhu..

MCP said:

PRINCE IN MONTREUX FESTIVAL ARE OFFICIAL
JULY 18

20:30 AUDITORIUM STRAVINSKI main show 1st band
1st set 90mn only hits
Tarif 299chf- (199 euros) en balcon
and 209chf ( 139 euros) en fosse

23:00 JAZZ CAFE 2nd show at night - 2nd band
set d'environs 60 mn visiblement plus "raw" (selon le terme même de l'artiste). Sans doute une performance rock
Tarif unique 169.- chf ( 113 euros)


01:30 PIANO SESSION at Montreux Palace Bar - 3rd band
Un set au piano (maximum 60 mn)
for 250 peoples only
triés selon leurs porte monnaies. Tarif unique 399.chf (264 euros)
Billets en vente via Ticketcorner le samedi 4 juillet, 10h

And the source?? There is nothing on the Montreux site!

PatrickS77 said:

French fan site !!

Euro 578 (or 518 if you go cheap) will get you 3.5 hours of music
That's about Euro 2.75 each minute

xenophobia2002 said:

On sale 4th July? I NEED to go!

xenophobia2002 said:

And where did they get it from? Montreux updated their site today with Wyclef taking Lauryn's place, but no mention about Prince!

PatrickS77 said:

Point taken but is it quite detailed for just a rumour don't you think? Mind you, I should know better as I was sucked in by Dublin and lost money on flights etc.

missminky100 said:

Well, I like the announcement, but hate the price... so part of me wishes it's only half true and as long as it isn't on the Montreux site there is still hope (for cheaper prices)... and yeah, I was in Dublin too... got sucked in too!

PatrickS77 said:

Yeah, suppose I'm a bit like you. If it's true I really, really, really want to go but it's loads of money and as none of my friends like Prince I'd have to pay someone else's way too. But then if it isn't true I don't need to worry about finding the money. But then we don't get to see him.....

missminky100 said:

It's not only the ticket prices, staying there is expensive as well. Expect to pay Euro 10 for just a coke at the Montreux Jazz festival !!

xenophobia2002 said:

Well... luckily for me it's only a 3 hour ride... I can drive home after the show and bring my drinks , but still... I would like to see the first and second show and that would be a lot of money! I'm not going to pay the price for the third one... for just an hour that's too much... even though that one will be the most special one!

it's absurd, there is no artist in the world who can justify those prices .. he is mentally deranged

Yeah, he is.. but as long as there are even more mentally deranged people (us), who pay for it (well, at least partly), things won't change!
[Edited 6/22/09 13:13pm]

PatrickS77 said:

So we can all stay at yours then. Thanks!

xenophobia2002 said:

Sadly the list of artists whose ticket prices are greedy and unjustified is increasing all the time, Madonna, MJ, Rolling Stones, etc etc etc

LOL nice try!

onecrush said:

Well, MJ's prices are still quite reasonable, compared to others... but yeah, concerts of the legends are getting way too expensive these days!
[Edited 6/22/09 13:20pm]

PatrickS77 said:

But we did get all those great nights in London for £31!!

It's not so much the ticket prices for Montreux (if of course it is happening), it's the getting there, staying etc

^^Well, even if I would have to fly there.. that wouldn't bother me that much (but of course it doesn't help if you also have to get an expensive flight)... it's just the principle of having to pay that much for a ticket!

xenophobia2002 said:

Very expensive : €377 for 2 hours of music (2nd and 3th part)
I hope there"ll be a DVD release

Cool! now i don't have 2 pay much 4 flyht, hotel and so. my drinks and food i will buy at migros or coop 4 cheep (the 2 bigest food markets in switzerland).

and by the way: the price 4 all 3 concert in swiss francs is 777.- (209+169+399)


So i hope that the tickets will also available at lotusflow3r.com! last year there was 70'000 madonna tic's sold over ticketcorner in less then 3 hours and it was horrible 2 get one!

B Funky wundi

wundi said:

Hey funky Swiss man... there's also ALDI in Switzerland...

But 777,00CHF are still 516,05EUR & 714,75USD and this is really a lot of money...

Wasn't ticketcorner a total failure in 2007, too?

Does anybody know the seating capacity of the first two venues?

xenophobia2002 said:

The Os^Hbama influence is very clear here.

http://www.onlineticketsh...al-kaarten

Donna Summer on the 18th?

rmartin70 said:

The Auditorium Stravinski is around 3,500.
http://www.montreuxjazz.c...101.swf__2

The Jazz Cafe (where the free aftershow 2007 took place) is a small place...
http://www.montreuxjazz.c...002.swf__2

Umm... if it's "official", why's it not on the Montreux Festival's own website?
Methinks someone is pulling someone's chain...

remko said:

Donna Summer has cannceld the hole european summer 09 shows....
(old info on this NL site!