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Reply #60 posted 10/14/10 4:02am

BlueAngel

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stein74 said:

udo said:

Interesting. So the business model is more clear now.

Also the inner working of a performance deal are explained.

The Swedes don't think ~USD 1 - 1.5M is the right price for mr P in a medium sized venue? (10K+)

Hmmm. At least they may be more careful than the others during the summer gigs (Berlin, Werchter, Nice, Geneva all had 'sales issues' in some form or another)

Problems for the swedes were that they didn't think they could fill a venue big enough in order to compensate Prince. But they worked hard, looked at smaller venues and maybe 2-3 shows (easier to validate high ticket prices). Globe arena wasn't an option (too big), but Cirkus was a close call as I understand it. Best small concert venue in Europe. Could have been a classic. Are you reading? I know you are.

So sad to read this, but maybe true that he wouldnt fill it out at those prices but I think he could. Still, to see Prince at Circus would be a dream, love that old house! Hope it will come true. Cant he take Scissor Sisters date? they have cancelled thier show.

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Reply #61 posted 10/14/10 4:19am

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The cancellation of Helsinki has now been made official by the would-be promoters.

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Reply #62 posted 10/14/10 4:22am

Kullervo68

BlueAngel said:

stein74 said:

Problems for the swedes were that they didn't think they could fill a venue big enough in order to compensate Prince. But they worked hard, looked at smaller venues and maybe 2-3 shows (easier to validate high ticket prices). Globe arena wasn't an option (too big), but Cirkus was a close call as I understand it. Best small concert venue in Europe. Could have been a classic. Are you reading? I know you are.

So sad to read this, but maybe true that he wouldnt fill it out at those prices but I think he could. Still, to see Prince at Circus would be a dream, love that old house! Hope it will come true. Cant he take Scissor Sisters date? they have cancelled thier show.

I don't think that will happen. Helsinki and Antwerpen are now officially cancelled. Prince's promoters sent the information to organizers today. Obviously that was the case right at the beginning. There were no plan to postpone the concerts like we already guessed. No real explanations were given by Prince's team.

This means Prince won't ever perform in Finland. No one dares to take a risk with him again.

[Edited 10/14/10 4:28am]

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Reply #63 posted 10/14/10 6:29am

stein74

Kullervo68 said:

BlueAngel said:

So sad to read this, but maybe true that he wouldnt fill it out at those prices but I think he could. Still, to see Prince at Circus would be a dream, love that old house! Hope it will come true. Cant he take Scissor Sisters date? they have cancelled thier show.

I don't think that will happen.

No, it won't happen. It's too late now. Logistically the gig would have to be tied to the gigs in Norway/Denmark. The original travel plan was Finland-Sweden-Norway-Denmark. That is why the initial rumors said it would be a "northern Europe" thing. But with too little interest and too little cash, we now see more of Europe included, even Italy, which is far from "northern Europe". In the end it became a hit and miss thing where anyone offering the cash asked for got a show. Well, except Helsinki.

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Reply #64 posted 10/14/10 6:49am

Purplepancake

Hi All !

Just got E mail fron finnish RL Entertaintment office..........

Prince cancelled Finland and Belgium shows......

It was fifth time.........sad

I'm REALLY sad and MAD !!!!eek

Purplepancake

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Reply #65 posted 10/14/10 8:31am

Kullervo68

Purplepancake said:

Hi All !

Just got E mail fron finnish RL Entertaintment office..........

Prince cancelled Finland and Belgium shows......

It was fifth time.........sad

I'm REALLY sad and MAD !!!!eek

Purplepancake

Even I'm not surprised at all, I'm mad as well. It means we won't see Prince in Finland...ever. This time he definitely lost hundreds or even thousands of Finnish fans.

One of them, was my 11 years old daughter. I'm use to this kinda unprofessionalism with Prince, but younger generations expect more from their favorite artists these days.

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Reply #66 posted 10/14/10 2:50pm

eireboy34

What a tit.

Next time he releases an album, maybe we should all just download it illegally????

Althought it'll probably be CRAP like most of his recent output so let's not waste our time......

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Reply #67 posted 10/15/10 9:50am

Vanity45

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stein74 said:

udo said:

Hmmm. So it appears that P is pushing the ever moving envelope w.r.t. pricing versus venue size.
Yes, I am reading. Got Cirkus interior pics?

http://www.google.com/ima...mp;bih=922

OH! YES!! Circus would be the perfect place to see Prince in Stockholm! biggrin

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Reply #68 posted 10/16/10 1:34am

Kullervo68

Vanity45 said:

stein74 said:

http://www.google.com/ima...mp;bih=922

OH! YES!! Circus would be the perfect place to see Prince in Stockholm! biggrin

Keep dreaming...apparently he won't be in Scandinavia for awhile. Especially not in Sweden or Finland. Swedes "don't have" the money Prince is asking and Finns won't take risk with Prince anymore. So... bye, bye Scandinavia.

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Reply #69 posted 10/18/10 2:50am

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eireboy34 said:

Here we go......

EireBitch34 ready 2 spit back...

What's the point in coming here Twice a Day When you sincerely think Prince became irrelevant with Batman ?
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Reply #70 posted 10/21/10 1:11pm

Jeffiner

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lol Hi langebleu x

OK Jennikins, so Langebleu gets a "hi" and the rest of us...nowt.

It's on posts like this that you know who your real friends are......sad sad sad eek

biggrin You know I love you eireboy razz

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Reply #71 posted 10/21/10 1:13pm

eireboy34

Jeffiner said:

eireboy34 said:

OK Jennikins, so Langebleu gets a "hi" and the rest of us...nowt.

It's on posts like this that you know who your real friends are......sad sad sad eek

biggrin You know I love you eireboy razz

biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

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Reply #72 posted 10/27/10 5:52am

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Purplepancake said:

Hi All !

Just got E mail fron finnish RL Entertaintment office..........

Prince cancelled Finland and Belgium shows......

It was fifth time.........sad

I'm REALLY sad and MAD !!!!eek

Purplepancake

Sixth sad

http://sites.google.com/s...eled-shows

Is there any place of refuge one can flee from this insanity
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Reply #73 posted 10/27/10 9:14am

Kullervo68

MarySharon said:

Purplepancake said:

Hi All !

Just got E mail fron finnish RL Entertaintment office..........

Prince cancelled Finland and Belgium shows......

It was fifth time.........sad

I'm REALLY sad and MAD !!!!eek

Purplepancake

Sixth sad

http://sites.google.com/s...eled-shows

Yep, unfortunately you're right confused I hope, he will fix this someday (Perhaps, "Someday my Prince will come") I'm afraid, that no organizer or ticket buyer will trust him anymore, though...

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