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Author Topic: Michael Jackson Tickets SOLD OUT!! Demetris Thoupis Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1240 From: Aradippou, Larnaca, Cyprus Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-12-2009 01:53 AM                     Well this was new! All Michael Jackson pre-sale tickets for his concerts were sold out in merely two days! Anyone going?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-12-2009 07:02 AM                     What was the name of the tour. The lock up your children tour The spank the monkey tour The court has got all my money so I am going to lip sink to a load of people with more money than sense tour. Can you see I am not much of a fan.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 03-12-2009 08:01 AM                     Take the Money and Run Tour Anyone See My Nose Tour 20th. Anniversary Bubbles Tour The Neverland on the Road Tour Anyone taking bets as to how many shows he will cancel?  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 03-12-2009 08:06 AM                     The Paul McCartney concert sold out in 7 seconds, sure there was only 4000 seats but thats still 600 a second.  |  IP: Logged Chad Souder Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 962 From: Waterloo, IA, USA Registered: Feb 2000 posted 03-12-2009 09:58 AM                     I believe that everyone, at some point in their life, was a Michael Jackson fan. I wore out my Bad cassette tape. It made me want to date a girl from Liberia and I still don't know where that is.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-12-2009 10:47 AM                     quote: Chad Souder I believe that everyone, at some point in their life, was a Michael Jackson fan. Not in my 40 Years  |  IP: Logged Caleb Johnstone-Cowan Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 593 From: London, UK Registered: Mar 2006 posted 03-12-2009 10:50 AM                     I have tickets for January.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-12-2009 12:16 PM                        quote: Chad Souder I believe that everyone, at some point in their life, was a Michael Jackson fan. I remember during the height of the "Thriller" popularity, I was ordering that album on LP and cassette anywhere from 5 to 20 copies a week. This in a town of 2000 people. These days we don't sell 20 copies of a major album during its entire lifetime, let alone 20 in a week. The only album that was bigger for us was "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac. Music had staying power in those days. I had a friend who was a major Michael Jackson hater, but then one time in the store I happened to have the song "Beat It" playing, and the guitar solo came on, and this friend said "This song is GREAT, who is this?" He about fell over when I told him.  |  IP: Logged Chris Slycord Film God Posts: 2986 From: 퍼항시, 경상푹도, South Korea Registered: Mar 2007 posted 03-12-2009 12:25 PM                     quote: Mike Blakesley I had a friend who was a major Michael Jackson hater, but then one time in the store I happened to have the song "Beat It" playing, and the guitar solo came on, and this friend said "This song is GREAT, who is this?" He about fell over when I told him. He wouldn't have been as "shocked" if you had prefaced it with "The solo is Eddie Van Halen but it's an MJ song."  |  IP: Logged Hillary Charles Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 748 From: York, PA, USA Registered: Feb 2001 posted 03-12-2009 02:15 PM                     quote: Chad Souder I believe that everyone, at some point in their life, was a Michael Jackson fan. Not here. I only like his song "Ben," because I like rats, not because of him. Nice performance though.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 03-12-2009 07:36 PM                     Donny Osmond's version of Ben is better. As to records in the past...Mike...How did "Yaz" do for you "Upstairs at Erics"? Steve  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 03-12-2009 11:08 PM                     quote: Damien Taylor The Paul McCartney concert sold out in 7 seconds, sure there was only 4000 seats but thats still 600 a second. Those figures have ZERO VALUE whatsoever. Human beings are not buying those tickets. Computer controlled ticket scalping companies are. Go back in time about 20 or so years and if a figure like that gets reported I might be impressed. With today's technology, I would be much more impressed if the asshole scalpers were cut out of the equation and a high value concert's tickets actually took more than a few minutes to sell out. I hope it's obvious I have a certain level of hatred for anyone in the ticket scalping business. May those guys get an ass tumor the size of a watermelon!  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 03-13-2009 12:11 AM                        Elton John tickets sold out in about 45 minutes in Bozeman, Montana last year. Even if scalpers were taken completely out of the equation, it's totally possible for about 50,000 people to all be online at the same instant, each trying to buy two or four tickets, so a show could easily be sold out in a minute or less in a large city.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 03-13-2009 08:18 AM                     I agree with Bobby; I used to go to concerts, but began to loose interest when the scalpers really ramped up 'hogging' the tickers via computer. Also things like when the Eagles jacked their prices up, because, you know, they only allow high quality T-shirts be sold and need security personal to stop the a few guys selling knock-off's in the parking lot. Does anyone remember the issue with the Stones ticket lottery here in New York where they required you send in a self-addressed stamped envelope and wait to see if you won the right to buy tickets? They were hoping people would forget about the 40,000 or so uncanceled stamps left over by the people who didn't win.  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 05-28-2009 02:45 PM                     Opening night has been moved from July 8th to July 13th now. And shows scheduled for July 10, 12 & 14 will instead be held March 2010.  |  IP: Logged

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