PatrickS77 said:

Patsy!!!! Good to hear from U!!

I am living pretty close to Montreux and called them a couple of days ago. They were pretty unaware of Prince, even though I wasn't the first to ask that day. Madonna and U2 were some good rumors too.....

eireboy34 said:

See the map at http://maps.google.com/ma...=9&iwloc=A

You can see Montreux and the lake.
The line through thel ake is the border between France and Switzerland.
To the south of Montreux you can follow the border until the point where France, Switzerland and Italy border on each other.
Zoom out to get a better idea of where this is.

source: http://www.24heures.ch/ac...2009-05-13



Apparently, this news site has called the organization of the festival, asking them if Prince is going to play there. The answer was they are indeed in negotiations with the Prince team, but also with other American artists, and that no contract hasn't been signed yet. (the article is from 10 days ago)

Personally, I don't believe this talk about "the same rumour is circulating for Madonna or U2". Fansites of these 2 have no single mention about their artist playing the festival.

eireboy34 said:

Let's not forget the borders with Austria and Liechtenstein...

MCP said:

Cool! Thanks for the info! So at this point it's nothing more than wishful thinking and no signed contract, which they just wait to announce closer to the date! Of course, it's 10 days ago... so things could be different by now!

Hi everyone

i saw Prince for the first time life in Montreux in 2007 and it was great, especially the aftershow. i don't know if anything about the rumours that he will come again is true. But with every day that passes without saying who will play July 18th the chances that Prince will play get bigger.

And up to now nobody is anounced for the 18th of July. So lets hope the best

ooo i want so very much to see him live!! and i always wanted to visit montreux! please tell when it will be official if he plays or not so that i can find tickets!!

Apollonia89 said:

Switzerland is lovely, been to Geneva not Montreux.

purplecorvette1 said:

Come on, the festival is great, but switzerland.... clean and boring, except you`re looking down from a mountain top.

BettyFordKlinik said:

ha, here by me switzerland is not boring at all.

So is it safe to say that the shows are not going ahead??? There has been no developments since the announcement so what is happening?

computergold said:

No it isn't, as another person in here already stated: the closer we get to the actual festival without an announcement, the bigger the chance is that Prince will be playing.
Every other artist would have given green light for the announcement already because they are rational people and see no purpose for endlessly postponing it.
But it's Prince and I guess that explains it.

BTW We have already booked a hotel yes we are aware of the croke park fiasco, but at least we will be able to hear other great music if Prince doesn't show up, and the atmosphere is always great at the festival

BettyFordKlinik said:

i've been to zurich, and got to admit that it was very quiet, but i liked it!but montreux must be very different

MCP said:

I'm quite sure as well that the gig WILL HAPPEN - Still no other artist for that date announced, and remeber: the original rumour came from Fukenberry

I hope it goes ahead. I've been looking around for hotels etc and im going there by train so it would really set the mood of the concerts. Im just worring as i was one of the unlucky folks who booked to go Croke Park. Thats why i aint wasting any money until i see that everything is 100% confirmed and isnt just a rumour from that fool funkenberry.

computergold said:

Why is he a "fool"?
And when did his webiste ever report anything regarding Prince that did not turn out as true??? Its somehow his "official" news agency...

Soulstar77A said:

I have no idea about the 'fool' part but he did get it wrong about the track '$' leaking.

PopeLeo said:

True indeed, i forgot about that...

But i still think the gig will happen

Auditorium Stravinski TBA NEW


is the current status on the 18th



why do some performers have 'swiss exlcusivity' written below, what does that mean - restricted to swiss only?


Plus if any of you have been before, do you by a ticket for the venue? and watch all the acts? how does it work?

^^Only gig in switzerland!

Yes you buy a Ticket and you get to see everyone who is announced on that night in that venue.

There are two Halls. The Strawinsky Auditorium and the Miles Davis Hall.

I know it's all crazy but he seems to like everything having to do with seven. So the 18.7.2009 wouldn't be so bad. 8-1=7, 7, 9-2=7 as well.

So he will surely come

Aud. Stravinski

Fidel said:

I like your logic

Would be happy to attend but when can we confirm this rumor???
Let us know the minute this is true story or not?!?!

3 weeks ago I wanted to create a new thread about the MONTREUX festival just in case someone (like myself) is still actually interested in attending the shows, meeting up with other fans, etc. Just a thread for fans in need of practical stuff and real information.

This is what was in my message on the other (immediately closed) thread :

There's so much HATE going 'round on that other MONTREUX thread, I decided 2 make a new 1. At this point Montreux is actually nothing more than a rumor so if anybody discovers some REAL info (in other words : if it actually becomes a real NEWS item instead of a rumor) please post it here. And keep up the POSITIVITY y'all !

It got closed immediately by one of the moderators and here's what he/she said :

it's actually more than a rumor, which is why we posted it on the front page. and if you're seeing too many lemons on the news item thread, then i guess it's time to start making some lemonade, no?

First of all, since it's not on the Montreux site or the LotusFlow3r site as we speak, IT IS A RUMOR. I'm almost certain it WILL happen, but until I can actually order tickets IT IS A RUMOR.
Secondly : although I was LOL about the lemon/lemonade remark, I can't believe you moderators actually encourage all this hate shit.

UPDATE : I see a lot of fans now asking for confirmation of this rumour, or practical information about the Montreux festival, should it happen. I'm sorry guys, but that's just what the mods over here don't want. That's what my other thread was supposed to be about.
Now : less than 7 weeks from the rumoured date and still now actual news !!! Hmmmmm....

Peace,
Bart

Hello just a quite note at the Stravinsky hall, upto a few years ago you could stand downstairs right up to the front, now the front half is seating and the cheaper standing tickets are towards the back on raised area. thats a real shame as not you cant really see that much unless you are at front of standing area. Jazz Cafe club is great venue so hope he plays there. as for 3rd venue then i suppose Harry's Bar but thats tiny.

timpage said:

In Stravinskiy, they often remove the front chairs for concerts usually (it was the case for 2007 Prince show and last year still). For info, seats are fully removable downstairs and it allows to (quite) double the capacity down there, be sure that they will NOT let any seat there..