"High NPG Music Club

PRINCE & The New Power Generation will be playing LIVE in Australia in October. Members of the Club will have the opportunity 2 purchase presale tickets within the first 15 rows of each of the following shows:

Melbourne - Rod Laver Arena - Tuesday 21 October
Sydney - Sydney Entertainment Centre - Friday 24 October
Brisbane - Brisbane Entertainment Centre - Monday 27 October

IMPORTANT: Members now have 3 OPTIONS 4 purchasing presale tickets:

1. ONSTAGE TICKETS for Sydney and Melbourne
Melbourne @ AUD$995.50
Sydney @ AUD$996.00
Brisbane - N/A

Includes the following:
(1) Meet and Greet with PRINCE
(2) 3cd box set: Prince - One Night Alone LIVE
(3) Souvenir On-Stage Laminate
(4) Access 2 pre show sound check
(5) Access 2 pre show party - (includes refreshments)

Purchased thru VIP Experience Hotline at (02) 9266 4817 (International +61 2 92664817). When u call u must give ur Member Name and the password "*****". This hotline will be open exclusively to NPGMC members from 9am to 5pm Friday 26th Sept until 9am to 5pm Saturday 27th Sept (please note this is local Sydney time). Space is limited, there is a 2 ticket limit. Presale ONSTAGE TICKETS r only thru the hotline, not the website.

2. VIP TICKETS
Melbourne @ AUD$392.00
Sydney @ AUD$391.00
Brisbane @ AUD $391.50

Includes the following:
(1) Guaranteed seating within first 5 rows
(2) 3CD Box set: Prince - One Night Alone LIVE
(3) Souvenir VIP Laminate
(4) Access 2 pre show sound check
(5) Access 2 pre show party - (includes refreshments)

Purchased thru VIP Experience Hotline at (02) 9266 4817 (International +61 2 92664817). When u call u must give ur Member Name and the password "*****". This hotline will be open exclusively to NPGMC members from 9am to 5pm Friday 26th Sept until 9am to 5pm Saturday 27th Sept (please note this is local Sydney time). Space is limited, there is a 2 ticket limit. Presale VIP TICKETS r only thru the hotline, not the website.

3. DIAMOND TICKETS
Melbourne @AUD$171.60
Sydney @ AUD$171.00
Brisbane @AUD$171.50

Guaranteed seating within the first 15 Rows.

Purchased thru the NPG Music Club website in the BACKSTAGE PASS room from 9am Friday 26th Sept until 5pm Saturday 27th Sept. (please note this is local Sydney time). Space is limited, there is a 2 ticket limit.

PLEASE NOTE: we will NOT be selling Member Tickets 2 the Hong Kong Harbor Fest. Please purchase tickets 2 that event thru the Harbor Festival.

In4mation can change at any time, please check the U TELL US Member Forums 4 questions or changes. We hope u injoy ur xperience.

Love4oneanother
NPG Music Club"

What a fucking joke!!

You dont even get the soundcheck with the diamond ticket. You have to pay over $200 to see the soundcheck and get the ONA live pack that each and everyone of us already own.

Royally screwed right up the arse by Prince himself!




in my anger I left the password on edit
[This message was edited Wed Sep 24 21:23:31 PDT 2003 by bkw]

$996??? fuck me!!!

obviously he or some1thinks he is still that popular in australia??? r people really gonna pay that much 4 tix???

this is a fucking disgrace, so what does diamond get that the ticketek 150AUD ticket doesnt, im flying all the way to australia paying more for a ticket than anyone on ONA tour and dont even get into the fuckin soundcheck, im fucking cunting furious. he better do something extra for us otherwise im finished defending the little bitch.

So it means that club members are guarrenteed from the 6th row. Especially if the VIP tickets sell out.

i am so fucking angry!!!
the options suck!!!
i don't want another copy of ONA live. niether does anyone esle who's a member.
i want to get back at them. somehow i have to

man this sucks, members don't even get access to soundcheck.

sorry, i gotta say it again, $1000???
"WHAT A FUCKING RIP OFF"
money dont matter 2nite, who wrote that song again?

unless u wanna pay $400

i want to pay the 1000 so i can meet prince and tell him how much he ripped us off!!!
he disgning an oppurtunity where people pay to meet him
what a fuckn crock!!!

this is what i posted on NPGMC but since it will surely be deleted in a moment i wanted you guys to see it.

i'm so over this man.

here it is:

i have always, deep down inside, thought that prince was different. i thought that it wasn't really about money with him. obviously to a degree, but not in general. i thought it was something deeper. i thought prince had something to say about God.

i really feel let down.

the tickets prices for aussies are ludicrous. the fact that he's using clear channel bothered me just a little, but this is overwhelming. $675.00 per ticket for the opportunity to meet prince. that is the greediest thing i've ever heard of him doing.

what would jesus do? as cliche, or corny, as that sounds...it's important for prince to remember. he claims to be a witness for God. i just don't see this as fact when he takes full advantage of a large group of people who see him as a personal icon.

i don't know what else to say. i'm just so disappointed with him. delete this if you will, but it won't change the fact that i feel this way. it will only help perpetuate the delusions that prince apparently has already.

imnotsayinthisjust2bnasty said:

I really like your post.

LOL

I told you guys to up your credit card limits lol

I like the post 2, tactful!‡

How do u stay true to the love of the music when something like this comes along???

I don't want to be on the stage! I don't want a 2nd copy of something I already paid US$100 for last year, i just want good seats and the same member options that the US and European fans had last year - is this too much to ask?

Why Australia of all places do NPGMC members suddenly get a chance to go on stage and get ripped off?

If money is no problem then great - I hope there are some fans that can afford these options...but the rest of us are screwed. How am I gonna have fun at the show now? I feel this will lessen my enjoyment no matter where I sit...If i'm on stage i fell ripped off, if i'm in the front 5 rows I feel ripped off, If I'm in the cheap seats I still feel ripped off.

Damn this is stuffed...

The only possible explanation I can think of for this pricing is that the VIP tickets are geared toward the kind of people who would usually get these kinds of priviledges for free otherwise - industry weasels, A&R, blah blah blah. These people can AFFORD thousand dollar tix, yet they continually get in for free. Maybe this is Prince's way of giving these folks their precious VIP access...for a price...and also giving fans who REALLY want this experience an opportunity to not only hobnob with the Purple One, but get an upfront look at the industry bigwigs in all their glory.

But then again, we're talking about Australia. I ask this in all honesty, and not in any way to diss on the land down under, but...how much industry could be expected at a show like this in Australia?

Hey, I'm trying to play devil's advocate here. Cut me an ounce of slack.

If Prince were working independently of Clear Channel and charging these prices, it would still be outlandish but at least it could send the message, "this is the reality of working outside the evil CC empire" (though to what end would this message be useful?).

But he's not.

And why is Prince offering ONA Live boxsets as part of these packages, when a great majority of the folks ordering Aussie show tix from NPGMC were probably members last year, and already OWN the box, which can also easily be bought at a store or online. This is just a desperate attempt to pad the deal, so as to make the offer look like more of a value by tossing in relatively expendable inventory. Cheesy.

I'm going to wait a few days and check out some of the other arguments, complaints, defenses and fairy tales offered by folks on here and on the NPGMC before I fly into the latest righteous indignation temper tantrum Prince has thrown our way.

I do believe this, however: considering how long people have been waiting for the man to play in Australia, he really needs to consider an AFFORDABLE event for his fans down under. They deserve better.

Just my thoughts upon first impression...

Another thing...everything ticket wise is being done through the promoter and Ticketek (029266xxx is the Tiketek prefix).

The very fact that no transactions are going through NPGMC.COM sucks - both Prince AND Paul Dainty are responsible for this...

FUCK ME!!! i still cant get over how much im about 2 get ripped off!!!

PRINCE, WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR FANS, YOU REALLY SUCK.

Anxiety said:

Oh, there's plenty to fill up the front rows. They're all very important people who don't realise that they're big wigs in "the middle of nowhere" (to be polite).

the thing is that only npg members can buy these tickets.

how sad. how unfair, after 11 years for godsake!
what happened to 'real music for real music lovers'
should be changed to 'real music from someone who is willing to ask people to pay $400 to see it for the people who can pay $400 to it'.

and the sadder thing is i will pay that $400...
[This message was edited Wed Sep 24 21:37:48 PDT 2003 by ally85]

derek said:

Exactly.

I'm so angry I dont feel like going anymore. I feel like I will just look up at the stage and feel angry.

ally85 said:

I will probably too, and I hate myself for it.

I will only pay that for one show though. The rest will have to be in the cheap seats.

i told you guys it would be the same price for everyone,oh how fucken ripped off i feel, the excitement is gone.

i think i will be the only one in rehersal to yell out what do you think of us fans prince! 400 and a visit every 11 years!! ARHHH!

dimmy

dimmy said:

I WISH YOU WOULD.

Some of yall who can get into the soundcheck should form some kind of respectful act of demonstration, good-natured but direct - maybe t-shirts with big purple dollar signs on the front and "HOWZ DAT MURPH DRAG COMIN', KID?" on the back.

ok before i competely looose it how much did members in other countries pay for the ONA tour?

ally85 said:

You don't wanna know. I mean, really. You don't wanna know.

If nothing changes, I am ready to declare, like so many others, that the NPGMC is indeed a total piece of SHIT!

Anxiety said:

where they that cheap???


and no mention of an afterparty...

if the cd is new material, or new tour outtakes or something i will be happy.

ally85 said:

They were US$100-$150 per show for front row seats, soundcheck and laminate.

ally85 said:

You're about to lose it then...

I paid roughly $120 CAD to see him in Calgary, Canada. And what did I get for that?


1. I got the "souvenir VIP laminate"
2. Access to the soundcheck
3. An informal meet and greet. We were all too much in awe to say anything though.
4. My seat was the front row of the orchestra pit. As far away as you are from your monitor, that's how far away I often was from him. He occassionally walked behind us to play for the audience sitting in the real seats. When I walked to my seat I almost tripped over and knocked over his Hohner, his cloud, and his symbol guitars, and his bass.

There was no aftershow in my city, but there were in many other cities, and members got VIP access to those as well.

So, now you can lose it.