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cmc
Based on ticket prices, Glendale is the slow-seller of all the venues. Yesterday, Pit prices were $440 for either side. Bargain prices!
What if Glendale is the new tour opener? It is currently at the top of the Ticketmaster list.
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cmc
Based on ticket prices, Glendale is the slow-seller of all the venues. Yesterday, Pit prices were $440 for either side. Bargain prices!
What if Glendale is the new tour opener? It is currently at the top of the Ticketmaster list.
Glendale was always cheaper almost all the time until the tour was postponed. I hope that New Jersey and Chicago follow one another after the 4 shows as before. I have tickets for 3 shows and if you get to do those shows on different dates I'll have to sell and choose where to go since traveling 2 times from Argentina to USA is very expensive today and more when the dates approach. I hope everything can be accommodated as best as possible for all the fans and of course MICK is 100 x 100 first of all for him and his health.
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GAFF
Shove the politics. Have a little respect for BV's request that politics be left off this forum. Or are you gonna continue to disrespect him and the rest of us who don't care about your political views?
Yes, please tell them!
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waterrats
Well, fact, not fake, is this: MICK JAGGER feels "much better now and on the mend" - so we can stick to that, be very thankful and wish Mick all our best for the next days and weeks - may he take his time and don't rush too much!
I mean - WHAT A BAND!!!
His feeling "much better now" had me wondering if the valve issue was noticeable to him, or just discovered during routine pre-tour physical. Not sure the extent of the required physicals, but it struck me that it might not have been discovered without the patient expressing some concern about symptoms.
All that aside, not too far fetched to think that perhaps the extensive touring indirectly (or directly w the physical demands) may have saved his life with the early diagnosis and valve replacement.
Glad he's feeling better and find myself now committed to being at the tour opener to be amongst the initial thousands warmly welcoming him back!
He may not want to address it much in typical Mick fashion, but I'm sure we'll all make sure he gets a long,long, ovation at first opportunity
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cmc
Based on ticket prices, Glendale is the slow-seller of all the venues. Yesterday, Pit prices were $440 for either side. Bargain prices!
What if Glendale is the new tour opener? It is currently at the top of the Ticketmaster list.
Glendale was always cheaper almost all the time until the tour was postponed. I hope that New Jersey and Chicago follow one another after the 4 shows as before. I have tickets for 3 shows and if you get to do those shows on different dates I'll have to sell and choose where to go since traveling 2 times from Argentina to USA is very expensive today and more when the dates approach. I hope everything can be accommodated as best as possible for all the fans and of course MICK is 100 x 100 first of all for him and his health.
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Hairball
Don't know if this was already posted (apologies if so), but interesting article from Pollstar dated April 2nd prior to Mick's surgery.
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waterrats
Well, fact, not fake, is this: MICK JAGGER feels "much better now and on the mend" - so we can stick to that, be very thankful and wish Mick all our best for the next days and weeks - may he take his time and don't rush too much!
I mean - WHAT A BAND!!!
His feeling "much better now" had me wondering if the valve issue was noticeable to him, or just discovered during routine pre-tour physical. Not sure the extent of the required physicals, but it struck me that it might not have been discovered without the patient expressing some concern about symptoms.
All that aside, not too far fetched to think that perhaps the extensive touring indirectly (or directly w the physical demands) may have saved his life with the early diagnosis and valve replacement.
Glad he's feeling better and find myself now committed to being at the tour opener to be amongst the initial thousands warmly welcoming him back!
He may not want to address it much in typical Mick fashion, but I'm sure we'll all make sure he gets a long,long, ovation at first opportunity
Yes, good point MrDDDD. In addition, I think Ronnie was fortunate to have his
lung cancer detected during the pre-tour physical a couple years ago. Both of
these examples are a reminder just how important regular physical exams can be towards potential life saving early detection.
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I think a lot of tickets will go back once dates are announced. It represents an out for the people who thought they would make money and now realize the seats are hard to sell for a profit.
For me, I was planning on 4 and now will be either Sea or NJ 1 and 2. If no one wants my seat for the show I miss, its going back for a refund.
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Hairball
Don't know if this was already posted (apologies if so), but interesting article from Pollstar dated April 2nd prior to Mick's surgery.
New Stones Dates Should Be Confirmed In Next Few Weeks
12:20 PM, Tuesday, 4/02/2019
By: Don Muret / VenuesNow
Stones
Rescheduled dates for the Rolling Stones’ 2019 North American tour should be confirmed over the next few weeks, said Jeff Apregan, a consultant for the Gridiron Stadium Network. The group had six NFL member facilities on the original route.
“It was never a conversation about cancellation, it was always a conversation about postponement,” Apregan said. “The concern of course is weather as you get later in the year.”
The 17-show tour, originally set for April 20 through June 29, was postponed because of a medical condition concerning lead singer Mick Jagger, the band announced over the weekend. Some media outlets have reported Jagger will have heart valve surgery this week.
Tour promoter Concerts West, a division of AEG Presents, is reportedly rebooking dates starting in July. Future dates to replace bookings for New Orleans Jazzfest and Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, about 130 miles north of Toronto and Canada’s largest outdoor venue, are more uncertain at this point, according to multiple reports.
John Meglen, co-CEO of Concerts West, did not return emails for comment.
Twelve NFL stadiums were part of the original tour. The NFL preseason starts in early August, which leaves a much shorter window to reschedule dates before running into football season. At that point, it can be a tricky process to squeeze shows between games. Seven NFL stadiums on the original route, plus Rose Bowl Stadium, home of UCLA football, have natural grass fields, and rescheduling concerts after football season kicks off could be an issue for teams concerned with maintaining a high-quality playing surface.
The NFL typically releases its schedule in mid-April for preseason and regular-season games.
“With preseason starting in August, you kind of wonder about those things,” Apregan said.
“All those conversations are taking place and they’re working through it, but there are a lot of moving parts for sure,” he said. “It definitely gets challenging, but it’s not impossible. I have not been in these conversations, but there certainly have been tours that have gone beyond the start of the NFL season that have spilled into September and in some cases even October.”
The Gridiron Stadium Network, founded in 2005 to help NFL teams book more concerts in their buildings, has a major presence on the Stones’ “No Filter” tour. Apregan’s longtime relationship with Concerts West executives Meglen and Paul Gongaware helped secure dates for six network members. (At NRG Stadium in Houston, SMG and not the Texans took the lead for booking the Stones, he said).
TIAA Bank Field, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars, was the first network member facility with an April 24 show. To be in a better position to get a Stones date, the Jaguars partnered with Concerts West to co-promote the concert. As a result, the NFL team is taking on more financial risk than teams and venues that sign more traditional concert rental agreements.
“We have not discussed dates and will follow Concerts West/AEG’s lead,” Chad Johnson, the team’s senior vice president of sales and service and chief content officer, said in an email sent last weekend.
Considering the tour was postponed about three weeks before the first show April 20 at Hard Rock Stadium in the Miami area, there are upfront expenses that can’t be recouped by teams, facilities and the promoter, such as meeting and preproduction costs, Apregan said. Those costs could reach seven figures, he said.
“The tour itself has all kinds of expenses, salaries of people and flights moving people all over the world,” Apregan said. “There’s a lot of work that’s already been done that they’ll have to sort of put a bookmark in there and spend that money all over again. Everyone’s affected from a financial standpoint, probably more on the promoter’s side.”
Other challenges for rescheduling a tour of this magnitude would be bringing back the army of in-demand tour personnel and making sure all equipment — sound, lights, staging and video — are available for the reconfigured run. Tougher to pin down (and recoup) are expenses related to countless hours logged in planning, coordinating, routing, scheduling on-sales, local logistics, merchandising and travel related to a Rolling Stones tour, which is rivaled by few tours in regard to the complexity of preparation.
In situations such as tour postponements or cancellations, artists, promoters and venues can buy event-related insurance for protection, said Paul Bassman, CEO of Ascend Insurance Brokerage, a company specializing in underwriting music festivals and arena tours.
Ascend Insurance Brokerage does not have ties to the Stones’ tour, Bassman said.
Cancellation insurance is common for major concert tours, he said. For the Stones, without knowing specific details, they’re most likely getting “very large” guarantees for individual shows regardless of attendance, and buying a policy gives them protection in case shows do not go on as scheduled, Bassman said.
Those policies typically cover 70% to 80% of the guarantees, he said.
Concerts West most likely bought its own insurance policy for protection, Bassman said.
“The thing about the Stones is these shows sell out almost immediately, so that’s not the biggest concern, but if they do have expenses to reschedule, the policy would cover those,” he said. “The buildings themselves may have a policy to cover their profits from parking, merchandise and concessions. I live in Dallas, and AT&T Stadium will take out a policy every so often when they have a large event.”
Five years ago, the Stones faced a similar situation over concert postponements. In 2014, the group rescheduled seven dates in Australia and New Zealand over the month of March after Jagger’s girlfriend, L’Wren Scott, committed suicide. In November of that year, at the same time the dates were rescheduled, the band settled a $13 million insurance claim after Jagger was advised by doctors not to perform for 30 days. The settlement reportedly ended a lawsuit that the band filed against insurers that initially refused to pay the claim over issues tied to Scott’s mental condition and the fact that Jagger wasn’t treated by a psychiatrist.
The Alliance for Lifetime Income is the exclusive sponsor of the Stones’ 2019 tour. The nonprofit, dedicated to educating Americans about retirement plans, includes insurance firms State Farm, Nationwide and Pacific Life among its financial supporters.
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am i the only one that wishes they would stop ?
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tumbled
am i the only one that wishes they would stop ? I don't 6hink mick will ever slow down on stage or want to anyway and I think his usual running around x 10 shows would be hard on his mending heart. no pressure from me. I know 2 other people that think the same. mick take care of yourself!
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tumbled
am i the only one that wishes they would stop ? I don't think mick will ever slow down on stage or want to anyway and I think his usual running around x 10 shows would be hard on his mending heart. no pressure from me. I know 2 other people that think the same. mick take care of yourself!
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tumbled
am i the only one that wishes they would stop ? I don't think mick will ever slow down on stage or want to anyway and I think his usual running around x 10 shows would be hard on his mending heart. no pressure from me. I know 2 other people that think the same. mick take care of yourself!
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tumbled
am i the only one that wishes they would stop ? I don't think mick will ever slow down on stage or want to anyway and I think his usual running around x 10 shows would be hard on his mending heart. no pressure from me. I know 2 other people that think the same. mick take care of yourself!
Couldn't they put together a show that featured a lot of songs with Mick on guitar, or piano, or harp, fronting the band, not running about like he used to? It seems he could be ready for that level of activity. I don't think anyone would have a problem with that at all.
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why don't they wheel him out in a wheelchair with a nurse by his side at all times sad
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why don't they wheel him out in a wheelchair with a nurse by his side at all times sad
No. I don't mean that. He is in wonderful shape but I'm just thinking these July thoughts may be a bit premature.