QuasarOfRock said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

You know you can't expect a superstar of Prince's caliber to be bothered with having business people that would have made sure this stuff was handled properly. What's wrong with you?

Right?

I appreciate his need to work outside of the system or create a new system or whatever, but if he's going to do that he should at least make sure his system works and he's covering all his bases.

More times than not, it does just reflect badly on him.

Again, this may or may not be his fault, but it is yet another fuck up with his name attached.

Around here...anyway!

Though I completely agree with you.

Spinlight said:

I'm curious why they wouldn't let Erykah play?

If the story about them having no sound or lighting is true it would seem to explain why Erykah couldn’t play, either.

jpnyc said:

Spinlight said:

I'm curious why they wouldn't let Erykah play?

If the story about them having no sound or lighting is true it would seem to explain why Erykah couldn’t play, either.

Exactly. Everyone needs to stop acting like Prince could've walked in and snapped his fingers and everything would've magically been as it should have been with proper preparation and management.

nursev said:

Maybe these folks and Prince should have took a hint and just gave a regular ass concert so his fans could see him play then they would have made a killing and been able to donate to charity too Cuz I don't know about ya'll but Nursey's been a fan since 81 but I wasn't paying the 15 no way in hell! The blame also can't be put 100% on Prince, but he gets 50% for just plain ole ignoring his average fans and setting up some bull crap like this Even though it's cold as hell in DFW now I did venture out into this mess and I know I would've loved to see Prince

Here in Miami he did do a regular show for us fans before the SB. Tickets were $100 to $400 bucks.

But back in '07 everything was organized by the NFL...that's a HUGE difference from a newbie/wannabee organizer trying to piece a show like this together with very little preparation time. I doubt that Prince participated in organizing this Dallas event like he did in Miami, so he can't even be 50% blamed IMO, Reportedly, everybody from the engineers to the hotel itself were not paid and even the recipients of the fund raiser distanced themselves from the event.

Prince always does a soundcheck before a big show, so I have to think that if everything wasn't in place by soundcheck time, someone in his camp would have told him. At that point he would have pulled out if not before and I wouldn't blame him if he did.

Did you see the report that only about a hundred people showed up? That tells me that they didn't come anywhere close to selling enough tickets to put on this type of event. You really can't pull off this kind of event at those prices when there's so many other events going on the same week unless you have a whole lot of clout and connections and these guys were clearly rank amateurs.

If anything, I guess P or someone representing him should do their homework in the future to see what kind of track record certain organizers have. It's a shame that his name is attached to this screw up because I believe it had very little to do with him this time.

HonestMan13 said:

jpnyc said:

If the story about them having no sound or lighting is true it would seem to explain why Erykah couldn’t play, either.

Exactly. Everyone needs to stop acting like Prince could've walked in and snapped his fingers and everything would've magically been as it should have been with proper preparation and management.

But I guess we'll never know, because there obviously WASN'T proper preparation and managment.

Early reports said Erykah had planned to play and even put some of her own money toward making it happen.

Doesn't seem she was that concerned about the sound and lighting.

She (or her management) probably thought better of facing a potentially hostile situation when they had to annouce to people who paid $1500 to see Prince that Prince wasn't playing.

Somehow this is coming out as "Prince snubs schoolchildren at charity gig".

babynoz said:

nursev said:

Maybe these folks and Prince should have took a hint and just gave a regular ass concert so his fans could see him play then they would have made a killing and been able to donate to charity too Cuz I don't know about ya'll but Nursey's been a fan since 81 but I wasn't paying the 15 no way in hell! The blame also can't be put 100% on Prince, but he gets 50% for just plain ole ignoring his average fans and setting up some bull crap like this Even though it's cold as hell in DFW now I did venture out into this mess and I know I would've loved to see Prince

Here in Miami he did do a regular show for us fans before the SB. Tickets were $100 to $400 bucks.

But back in '07 everything was organized by the NFL...that's a HUGE difference from a newbie/wannabee organizer trying to piece a show like this together with very little preparation time. I doubt that Prince participated in organizing this Dallas event like he did in Miami, so he can't even be 50% blamed IMO, Reportedly, everybody from the engineers to the hotel itself were not paid and even the recipients of the fund raiser distanced themselves from the event.

Prince always does a soundcheck before a big show, so I have to think that if everything wasn't in place by soundcheck time, someone in his camp would have told him. At that point he would have pulled out if not before and I wouldn't blame him if he did.

Did you see the report that only about a hundred people showed up? That tells me that they didn't come anywhere close to selling enough tickets to put on this type of event. You really can't pull off this kind of event at those prices when there's so many other events going on the same week unless you have a whole lot of clout and connections and these guys were clearly rank amateurs.

If anything, I guess P or someone representing him should do their homework in the future to see what kind of track record certain organizers have. It's a shame that his name is attached to this screw up because I believe it had very little to do with him this time.

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

dalsh327 said:

Somehow this is coming out as "Prince snubs schoolchildren at charity gig".

Maybe we'll soon be getting a new song in response. That's how he usually responds to media criticism, isn't it?

dalsh327 said:

Somehow this is coming out as "Prince snubs schoolchildren at charity gig".

Gawd

nursev said:

babynoz said:

Here in Miami he did do a regular show for us fans before the SB. Tickets were $100 to $400 bucks.

But back in '07 everything was organized by the NFL...that's a HUGE difference from a newbie/wannabee organizer trying to piece a show like this together with very little preparation time. I doubt that Prince participated in organizing this Dallas event like he did in Miami, so he can't even be 50% blamed IMO, Reportedly, everybody from the engineers to the hotel itself were not paid and even the recipients of the fund raiser distanced themselves from the event.

Prince always does a soundcheck before a big show, so I have to think that if everything wasn't in place by soundcheck time, someone in his camp would have told him. At that point he would have pulled out if not before and I wouldn't blame him if he did.

Did you see the report that only about a hundred people showed up? That tells me that they didn't come anywhere close to selling enough tickets to put on this type of event. You really can't pull off this kind of event at those prices when there's so many other events going on the same week unless you have a whole lot of clout and connections and these guys were clearly rank amateurs.

If anything, I guess P or someone representing him should do their homework in the future to see what kind of track record certain organizers have. It's a shame that his name is attached to this screw up because I believe it had very little to do with him this time.

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

LOL! I really believe that if it was up to him there would have been a show...he was sooo proud and happy to be in Miami for the SB.

Besides...you know you gonna forgive him tomorrow nursey, so don't even try it,

dalsh327 said:

Somehow this is coming out as "Prince snubs schoolchildren at charity gig".

Lawd, I hope not,

babynoz said:

nursev said:

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

LOL! I really believe that if it was up to him there would have been a show...he was sooo proud and happy to be in Miami for the SB.

Besides...you know you gonna forgive him tomorrow nursey, so don't even try it,

Ur so right me some Princey

babynoz said:

dalsh327 said:

Somehow this is coming out as "Prince snubs schoolchildren at charity gig".

Lawd, I hope not,

As a sign of protest for the citizens of Dallas I shall attend the concert in NYC on Monday and give Prince a piece of my mind!

HonestMan13 said:

babynoz said:

Lawd, I hope not,

As a sign of protest for the citizens of Dallas I shall attend the concert in NYC on Monday and give Prince a piece of my mind!

nursev said:

babynoz said:

LOL! I really believe that if it was up to him there would have been a show...he was sooo proud and happy to be in Miami for the SB.

Besides...you know you gonna forgive him tomorrow nursey, so don't even try it,

Ur so right me some Princey

I know...you, me and Erykah too.

I bet she's really feels bad about how things turned out. Maybe that's why she hasn't said anything.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

http://blogs.dallasobserv..._press.php

Paul Levatino, who works closely with Badu as part of her Badu World team, couldn't offer much more insight, either -- other than to say that the Dallas native tried her best to keep the event going.

"Even when they were saying, 'We're sorry, we're canceling,' Erykah was talking to me, trying to figure out how we could make something happen," Levatino said, indicating that Badu spent a good portion of her own money on the event. He hinted that she may also have contacted a few of her other famous friends in town for Super Bowl weekend, trying to find someone to replace Prince.

"There wasn't really too much opportunity for that, though," Levatino said. "But people were talking. There were a lot of things going on."

A different member of Badu's camp, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that much, indeed, was going on behind the scenes -- albeit on another front. According to the source, Prince and his handlers arrived on the site this afternoon, and that the handlers had scoped the venue out only to find that it wasn't up to their standards.

"Prince never even stepped inside the hotel," the source said.

And that, the source added, was just one of the issues. Sound and lighting engineers hadn't been paid and were refusing to set up their equipment until they got their money. And when they finally did, the hotel -- which, our source says, was also claiming it wasn't paid -- apparently made the final decision to pull the plug and move on.

There seems to be plenty of fault to go around. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Well maybe next time some of you will wait to find some of details before you start putting the blame on P. It looks like with no sound or lighting no show was going to happen.

babynoz said:

nursev said:

Ur so right me some Princey

I know...you, me and Erykah too.

I bet she's really feels bad about how things turned out. Maybe that's why she hasn't said anything.

True I really love Erykah too-whole damn thing is really kinda sad.

HonestMan13 said:

babynoz said:

Lawd, I hope not,

As a sign of protest for the citizens of Dallas I shall attend the concert in NYC on Monday and give Prince a piece of my mind!

Not too big of a piece unless you have a lot to spare,

I'm so jealous of you guys who are getting to enjoy the NY shows...have a good time!

nursev said:

babynoz said:

Here in Miami he did do a regular show for us fans before the SB. Tickets were $100 to $400 bucks.

But back in '07 everything was organized by the NFL...that's a HUGE difference from a newbie/wannabee organizer trying to piece a show like this together with very little preparation time. I doubt that Prince participated in organizing this Dallas event like he did in Miami, so he can't even be 50% blamed IMO, Reportedly, everybody from the engineers to the hotel itself were not paid and even the recipients of the fund raiser distanced themselves from the event.

Prince always does a soundcheck before a big show, so I have to think that if everything wasn't in place by soundcheck time, someone in his camp would have told him. At that point he would have pulled out if not before and I wouldn't blame him if he did.

Did you see the report that only about a hundred people showed up? That tells me that they didn't come anywhere close to selling enough tickets to put on this type of event. You really can't pull off this kind of event at those prices when there's so many other events going on the same week unless you have a whole lot of clout and connections and these guys were clearly rank amateurs.

If anything, I guess P or someone representing him should do their homework in the future to see what kind of track record certain organizers have. It's a shame that his name is attached to this screw up because I believe it had very little to do with him this time.

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

You know Prince hates his fans and we love him for it!

I think the kids who won the scholarships from the Foundation this event was supposed to benefit, that paid their own way to be there and were supposed to have the once in the lifetime opportunity to open for Prince...deserved better than that! Even if it wasn't Prince's fault...personally.

nursev said:

babynoz said:

I know...you, me and Erykah too.

I bet she's really feels bad about how things turned out. Maybe that's why she hasn't said anything.

True I really love Erykah too-whole damn thing is really kinda sad.

Poor girl even put up some of her own $$. reportedly, and she loves P as much as we do...she named her son Seven for goodness sakes!

Luckily things have gone much better for Princey in NY.

laurarichardson said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

http://blogs.dallasobserv..._press.php

There seems to be plenty of fault to go around. It's going to be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Well maybe next time some of you will wait to find some of details before you start putting the blame on P. It looks like with no sound or lighting no show was going to happen.

I haven't put any blame on Prince...yet! So talking to me.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

nursev said:

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

You know Prince hates his fans and we love him for it!

I think the kids who won the scholarships from the Foundation this event was supposed to benefit, that paid their own way to be there and were supposed to have the once in the lifetime opportunity to open for Prince...deserved better than that! Even if it wasn't Prince's fault...personally.

but I have to agree he needs to make it right for the kiddies

babynoz said:

nursev said:

True I really love Erykah too-whole damn thing is really kinda sad.

Poor girl even put up some of her own $$. reportedly, and she loves P as much as we do...she named her son Seven for goodness sakes!

Luckily things have gone much better for Princey in NY.

Oh Gawd how could we forget Seven Wow I hope Erykah can recover from it all

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

nursev said:

I can get with the 100-400 tickets and I know there's more to the story that we will never know, but I can fault Prince for 50% for even tacking his name to some garbage It really looks bad for him and what's really sad is that there are so many of his fans in DFW who just wanted to see him Some were even willing to get together to stand outside the venue just to show him some support. He needs to give us better-we deserve that!

You know Prince hates his fans and we love him for it!

I think the kids who won the scholarships from the Foundation this event was supposed to benefit, that paid their own way to be there and were supposed to have the once in the lifetime opportunity to open for Prince...deserved better than that! Even if it wasn't Prince's fault...personally.

I dunno why but I have faith that Erykah and George will make it up to them with or without the shady organizers....Dallas is their town.

Get it? Faith... it's a GM song...i made a funny.

babynoz said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

You know Prince hates his fans and we love him for it!

I think the kids who won the scholarships from the Foundation this event was supposed to benefit, that paid their own way to be there and were supposed to have the once in the lifetime opportunity to open for Prince...deserved better than that! Even if it wasn't Prince's fault...personally.

I dunno why but I have faith that Erykah and George will make it up to them with or without the shady organizers....Dallas is their town.

Get it? Faith... it's a GM song...i made a funny.

Umm...Okay I'll give you that one

babynoz said:

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

You know Prince hates his fans and we love him for it!

I think the kids who won the scholarships from the Foundation this event was supposed to benefit, that paid their own way to be there and were supposed to have the once in the lifetime opportunity to open for Prince...deserved better than that! Even if it wasn't Prince's fault...personally.

I dunno why but I have faith that Erykah and George will make it up to them with or without the shady organizers....Dallas is their town.

Get it? Faith... it's a GM song...i made a funny.

Here's a picture of the ballroom where the event was to take place, taken by Pete Freedman, the Music Editor of the Dallas Observer, who was there.

http://blogs.dallasobserv..._after.php

I can totally see Prince and/or his people as was reported...

http://blogs.dallasobserv..._press.php

A different member of Badu's camp, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed that much, indeed, was going on behind the scenes -- albeit on another front. According to the source, Prince and his handlers arrived on the site this afternoon, and that the handlers had scoped the venue out only to find that it wasn't up to their standards.

not finding that to be up to his standards.

But that only really makes me wonder why their "unofficial" statement was that he was never even there?

http://www.etonline.com/n..._Canceled/

Organizers never arranged for transportation for him and his band. "Prince is extremely disappointed that the organizers, the Meridian Entertainment Group and the River Alexander Group ... were unable bring him and his band to Dallas," the source said.

errant said:

the words "Prince" and "cluster fuck" go hand in hand.

My new signature line!

This is not Prince's fault, it is the organizors who did a terrible job in the set of this. I am sad that this has happen! (In my city! I was right there when they told me it was cancelled! It sucks so badly I am glad the director said that their expenses related to this situation will be fully reimbursed. BUT I also hope Prince and Erkah are able to re-schedule something so those who expected to go to this concert will be given the experince. This event is for a good cause

Eye NO something will be said about this! HOPEFULLY, This controversy can be resolved by a statement from Prince's team. I am sure he is highly disappointed this had to go down like this..I AM TOO! I expected it to be great! But somehow I feel it will be resolved in the near future!

it's time for them to do the work! The Work Pt. Superbowl! lol

Okay, so maybe this was asked already, but why would someone cancel for not getting paid if it's all about CHARITY??!!

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