Someone who I buy material from says his wife works with someone whose husband is the stage tech for 3121 and said that the Rio is ending the gig this month because Prince is too high maintenance. I don't know if this is true or not but it does sound reasonable.

flyboi8 said:

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.


just giving you a hard time...you gotta admit that's a lot of "sources" to go through...

Ever since the Lauryn Hill fiasco, the vibe from the Rio staff is everyone is ready for him to leave. The aftershows are clearly a mess. I mean it is good that the VIP ticket holders now get an option of getting in first to the aftershow but I was third in line but when I got in it looked like I was the 40th person to sit down. Oh well,,,,it was all worth it. But I'm sure he turns a lot of people off by his managment style.

Ever since the Lauryn Hill fiasco, the vibe from the Rio staff is everyone is ready for him to leave. The aftershows are clearly a mess. I mean it is good that the VIP ticket holders now get an option of getting in first to the aftershow but I was third in line but when I got in it looked like I was the 40th person to sit down. Oh well,,,,it was all worth it. But I'm sure he turns a lot of people off by his managment style.

Well the Isley Bros are booked for 3/14, which doesn't mean it couldn't be cancelled, but at least there's an intention for the club to still be open.

So what is the deal with the aftershows now? Is it that the show VIPs get in first? Does that include 'table only' VIP or just the dinner package? Does that wipe out the plan of only going to the aftershow then?

pkidwell said:

But how is the Lauryn Hill thing his fault? He cannot control her behaviour...

Re: the other stuff, I could see where it's annoying...I still want to try to go in March, but it's very hard to commit to buying a plane ticket when there may not be a show for that particular weekend. But if I wait for tix to go on sale, then the last minute airfare (from NY) is gonna be outrageous.

jone70 said:

Anybody can tell me what the fiasco was? I didn't know.

malbena said:

Evidently, she showed up, did a soundcheck, left to go eat, and never returned/performed. After waiting 3-4 hours people were finally refunded their money, I believe. There is a thread about it at HQ in the Other/Assoc. Artists Forum.

Serena said:

I think they pretty much knew that after the superbowl that everyone would try to get into the aftershow and with so little room, and to avoid any problems, (like some posted about getting into the aftershow before the superbowl), they probably decided to go that route. Just waiting to hear from someone who went this past weekend, what they charged to get in and if it really was VIP getting 1st shot at the main room which would cut the chances of most of the GA crowd getting in.
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so is it all VIP people are just dinner package VIP????

2elijah said:

I was at the aftershow 2/9 and was in the GA line, I saw a lot of people being let in before us and was wondering why, I didn't know that they were all the VIP people I thought they were all special guests. The admission was still $50.00 and everyone had posted before that we had to buy a minimum of $20 in drinks which was not the case this time, belive me with only to people serving drinks they were not going to be able to keep track of all the people who had not bought drinks. I was like the 17th person in line and still made it into the main room unfortunately I didn't get to sit where I wanted but I got in. If I would have known that VIP was going to be let in first I probably would not have gone so I'm glad I didn't know that And I got in line around 1:00am
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[Edited 2/12/07 14:06pm]

The twinz sent me this myspace message when asked about March

"yeah should be.see you then.The Twinz"


So who knows if this has any merit


I tried to post on HQ but all March threads are locked?????

jaynoonan said:

The twinz don't decide for Prince. They are as clueless as the staff at Rio. Prince is contracted until March, Pkidwell reported and I believe what he says. Then, he should go on tour. He's probably working on his next moves as we speak. Let's give him so time and see.

oh believe me I do.....I was just curious what they'd say even though it doesnt mean much

jaynoonan said:

Jay, I just asked over at HQ and was told these were Casino/Hotel or Prince invited VIPs. May just have been a special thing after the Super Bowl?
[Edited 2/12/07 22:08pm]

Well the Isley Bros are booked for 3/14, which doesn't mean it couldn't be cancelled, but at least there's an intention for the club to still be open.

So what is the deal with the aftershows now? Is it that the show VIPs get in first? Does that include 'table only' VIP or just the dinner package? Does that wipe out the plan of only going to the aftershow then?