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Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: GasLightStreet ()
Date: June 26, 2024 07:44

Quote
Jeter1984
The deals that artists and the venues do are really interesting and often unique.

Apparently Jimmy Buffet would get 105% of ticket sales at his shows, meaning that the venue had to pay him an additional fee because his fans consumed so much booze at each show that it was worth it for the venue.

Jimmy BuffetT had an 80/20 split with venues.

He made no additional money from booze sales - unless the venue was selling LandShark beer and Margaritaville tequila - which no venue did or does, regardless of them both "sponsoring" his tours.

When Corona sponsored Buffett venues only sold Miller Lite (to my understanding).

Jimmy Buffett made $0 off of booze sales at shows.


I remember going into a store outside of Clarkston, MI, near Pine Knob, and the manager said when Buffett comes to town they quadruple order on beer and they still run out.

The only other act to come close to Buffett was Steve Miller. Everyone else was just whatever.

I can imagine it:

How much beer do you sell when Guns'N'Roses come through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

What about when Aerosmith comes through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

When Jimmy Buffett comes to town?

We order 500 cases of Heineken, 500 cases of Corona, about half of four or five others, and then just a little bit more of the Bud and Miller beers, which are the last to sell. But we sell them all. It's gone by 3 PM.

You can't order more?

Sure we can - but there's no where to put it.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Topi ()
Date: June 26, 2024 08:03

Had to pass on House of Blues tonight after all.

Going to Buddy Guy's Legends tomorrow. There's going to be a few IORRians.

The free acoustic set goes 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: wineaux ()
Date: June 26, 2024 08:18

Quote
Topi
Had to pass on House of Blues tonight after all.

Going to Buddy Guy's Legends tomorrow. There's going to be a few IORRians.

The free acoustic set goes 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.

Legends is definitely the better choice! Might want to consider staying for Jimmy Burns... he's a Chicago treasure! Plus you never know who will show up at the Blues Jam afterwards

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: wupperstein ()
Date: June 26, 2024 09:23

My idea of song vote for Chicago:

Winter

Till The Next Good Bye

Coming Down Again

Bite My Head Off

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: StonedRambler ()
Date: June 26, 2024 10:04

Quote
wupperstein
My idea of song vote for Chicago:

Winter

Till The Next Good Bye

Coming Down Again

Bite My Head Off

I'll choose Wild Horses

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: kidquick185 ()
Date: June 26, 2024 13:44

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StonedRambler
Quote
wupperstein
My idea of song vote for Chicago:

Winter

Till The Next Good Bye

Coming Down Again

Bite My Head Off

I'll choose Wild Horses

I think we get Wild Horses Sunday w/ Lainey Wilson

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Topi ()
Date: June 26, 2024 14:16

Quote
wineaux
Quote
Topi
Had to pass on House of Blues tonight after all.

Going to Buddy Guy's Legends tomorrow. There's going to be a few IORRians.

The free acoustic set goes 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM.

Legends is definitely the better choice! Might want to consider staying for Jimmy Burns... he's a Chicago treasure! Plus you never know who will show up at the Blues Jam afterwards

I'll just see how jetlagged I am going to be tonight! winking smiley Made it to midnight yesterday though.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: chrism13 ()
Date: June 26, 2024 15:27

For any fantasy song vote…it simply has to be Let It Loose.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: rebelhipi ()
Date: June 26, 2024 19:21

The Green Mill was awesome!

Buddy Guy's tonight

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: a bigger nut ()
Date: June 26, 2024 19:54

Is there no merch truck today ?
Just arrived at O'Hare and nothing to do until Whitesox game.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: AJDuffer ()
Date: June 26, 2024 20:54

Nice Fan Vote options for tomorrow night: She's a Rainbow; Bite My Head Off; Fool To Cry; and She's So Cold:

[vote.rollingstones.com]

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: fredricA ()
Date: June 26, 2024 20:56

There was a merch truck outside Soldier Field when I was there at 11 this morning, but it was closed. Hope it opens later today.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Jeter1984 ()
Date: June 26, 2024 21:01

Quote
GasLightStreet
Quote
Jeter1984
The deals that artists and the venues do are really interesting and often unique.

Apparently Jimmy Buffet would get 105% of ticket sales at his shows, meaning that the venue had to pay him an additional fee because his fans consumed so much booze at each show that it was worth it for the venue.

Jimmy BuffetT had an 80/20 split with venues.

He made no additional money from booze sales - unless the venue was selling LandShark beer and Margaritaville tequila - which no venue did or does, regardless of them both "sponsoring" his tours.

When Corona sponsored Buffett venues only sold Miller Lite (to my understanding).

Jimmy Buffett made $0 off of booze sales at shows.


I remember going into a store outside of Clarkston, MI, near Pine Knob, and the manager said when Buffett comes to town they quadruple order on beer and they still run out.

The only other act to come close to Buffett was Steve Miller. Everyone else was just whatever.

I can imagine it:

How much beer do you sell when Guns'N'Roses come through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

What about when Aerosmith comes through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

When Jimmy Buffett comes to town?

We order 500 cases of Heineken, 500 cases of Corona, about half of four or five others, and then just a little bit more of the Bud and Miller beers, which are the last to sell. But we sell them all. It's gone by 3 PM.

You can't order more?

Sure we can - but there's no where to put it.

You might want to read this

[www.billboard.com]

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Gram ()
Date: June 26, 2024 21:20

Merch truck still shut!

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: TumblinDice76 ()
Date: June 26, 2024 22:07

I'd check back around 3:30. I think 3:30-4:00 seems to be the average time they open. Where outside of Soldier is it located?

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Date: June 26, 2024 22:20

I left DC late this morning. It was 90 degrees and steamy.

What a relief the Chicago weather is.

Great weather for a Stones show tomorrow.

Ready for Rambler and another new song from HD. Come on Bite My Head Off!

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: TumblinDice76 ()
Date: June 26, 2024 22:26

Quote
georgemcdonnell314
I left DC late this morning. It was 90 degrees and steamy.

What a relief the Chicago weather is.

Great weather for a Stones show tomorrow.

Ready for Rambler and another new song from HD. Come on Bite My Head Off!
Come on everyone going tomorrow night, let's make Bite My Head Off happen!! I think I'm bringing a long sleeve shirt. Looks like it is going to be around 65 degrees show time

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Gram ()
Date: June 26, 2024 22:33

Quote
TumblinDice76
I'd check back around 3:30. I think 3:30-4:00 seems to be the average time they open. Where outside of Soldier is it located?

Thanks - that sounds about right. It’s at South Gate

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Topi ()
Date: June 26, 2024 23:59

There's a merch truck being set up at Soldier Field indeed, but they said they're not open until tomorrow. Me and MisterDDDD asked just now at 4 PM.



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 2024-06-27 00:03 by Topi.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Topi ()
Date: June 27, 2024 00:00

At least for now the footpaths from Grant Park to Soldier Field are open.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 2024-06-27 00:12 by Topi.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: BeastyBurdeny ()
Date: June 27, 2024 02:01

Have a great show, Topi. Can you Keef to play Live by the Sword in Van when you see him?

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: bengigan ()
Date: June 27, 2024 03:47

Quote
chrism13
For any fantasy song vote…it simply has to be Let It Loose.

Top 5 stones song. Change my mind.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: RisingStone ()
Date: June 27, 2024 06:05

This is totally OT. Hopefully no BS.
I have visited Chicago only once. That was when I attended the World Science Fiction Convention (AKA Worldcon) in 1991 towards the end of summer.
One afternoon I left the event site and went outside to take a break. As I was strolling the nearby Lincoln Park, I spotted a gathering of people from some distance. Intrigued, I walked to the crowd. It turned out to be a rally of some sort. Standing in the center of the circle and giving a speech was — Timothy Leary. Yes, that Timothy Leary. “Wow,” I thought, “legend.”
“I’ve been to Japan recently,” the old man preached. “New species of human race are born in that country.” And he went on and on.
The 60s was long gone, but this guru of the hippie generation gave his mantra as eloquently as before.
When the rally was over, I approached him and asked, “I came from Japan. May I have a picture with you?”
“Sure,” he replied in a good mood.
“Far out” was my reaction when the photo came back from the camera shop.

Enjoy the show everybody!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2024-06-27 06:09 by RisingStone.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: treaclefingers ()
Date: June 27, 2024 06:23

Quote
bengigan
Quote
chrism13
For any fantasy song vote…it simply has to be Let It Loose.

Top 5 stones song. Change my mind.

Great song. Not even top 5 on Exile for me.

Rocks Off, Tumbling Dice, Loving Cup, All Down The Line, Sweet Virginia, Happy, Sweet Black Angel...

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: Topi ()
Date: June 27, 2024 06:23

Quote
BeastyBurdeny
Have a great show, Topi. Can you Keef to play Live by the Sword in Van when you see him?

I actually saw Tony Russell today, maybe he could have passed the message on.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: GasLightStreet ()
Date: June 27, 2024 08:26

Quote
Jeter1984
Quote
GasLightStreet
Quote
Jeter1984
The deals that artists and the venues do are really interesting and often unique.

Apparently Jimmy Buffet would get 105% of ticket sales at his shows, meaning that the venue had to pay him an additional fee because his fans consumed so much booze at each show that it was worth it for the venue.

Jimmy BuffetT had an 80/20 split with venues.

He made no additional money from booze sales - unless the venue was selling LandShark beer and Margaritaville tequila - which no venue did or does, regardless of them both "sponsoring" his tours.

When Corona sponsored Buffett venues only sold Miller Lite (to my understanding).

Jimmy Buffett made $0 off of booze sales at shows.


I remember going into a store outside of Clarkston, MI, near Pine Knob, and the manager said when Buffett comes to town they quadruple order on beer and they still run out.

The only other act to come close to Buffett was Steve Miller. Everyone else was just whatever.

I can imagine it:

How much beer do you sell when Guns'N'Roses come through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

What about when Aerosmith comes through?

Mostly Bud Light, the rest is Miller Lite. Hardly anything else.

When Jimmy Buffett comes to town?

We order 500 cases of Heineken, 500 cases of Corona, about half of four or five others, and then just a little bit more of the Bud and Miller beers, which are the last to sell. But we sell them all. It's gone by 3 PM.

You can't order more?

Sure we can - but there's no where to put it.

You might want to read this

[www.billboard.com]

Can't read it.

Buffett never said once that this happened. He admitted to an 80/20 split.

It's bunk.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: a bigger nut ()
Date: June 27, 2024 08:26

After I saw Otani's big shot @ Guaranteed Field stadium, went to Blue Chicago bar. Their musicians are really nice !
I saw so many Stones shirt guys.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: ProfessorWolf ()
Date: June 27, 2024 11:26

Quote
RisingStone
This is totally OT. Hopefully no BS.
I have visited Chicago only once. That was when I attended the World Science Fiction Convention (AKA Worldcon) in 1991 towards the end of summer.
One afternoon I left the event site and went outside to take a break. As I was strolling the nearby Lincoln Park, I spotted a gathering of people from some distance. Intrigued, I walked to the crowd. It turned out to be a rally of some sort. Standing in the center of the circle and giving a speech was — Timothy Leary. Yes, that Timothy Leary. “Wow,” I thought, “legend.”
“I’ve been to Japan recently,” the old man preached. “New species of human race are born in that country.” And he went on and on.
The 60s was long gone, but this guru of the hippie generation gave his mantra as eloquently as before.
When the rally was over, I approached him and asked, “I came from Japan. May I have a picture with you?”
“Sure,” he replied in a good mood.
“Far out” was my reaction when the photo came back from the camera shop.

Enjoy the show everybody!

that's an awesome story ot or not

thanks for sharing

might as well get a little ot with our posts bv's gonna close this thread in a couple hours anywayswinking smiley

how was the sci-fi convention?

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: RisingStone ()
Date: June 27, 2024 14:14

Quote
ProfessorWolf
how was the sci-fi convention?

It was called “Chicon V”, the fifth Worldcon held in the Windy City.
Panel discussions, meeting with authors and artists, the “Masquerade” (cosplay competition), Hugo Awards announcements and much much more. I enjoyed the five-day event but the whole thing is something of a blur now after all these years.

I have checked the Wiki article about the con and it states Timothy Leary was in fact a participant. I haven’t noticed that until now! Far out!

[en.wikipedia.org]

Another event I attended during my five-day stay in Chicago was visiting a blues club in downtown with a couple of con attendees from Japan. Magic Slim was playing there. Awesome performance. We were mesmerized by one particular moment, watching this blues legend exchanging a broken string with a new one while singing and playing the guitar at the same time. “How can he do that?” was our shared word of amazement.

Re: Chicago IL USA 2024 - Stones travel and show info
Posted by: ProfessorWolf ()
Date: June 27, 2024 14:46

well i guess that would explain why he was in the park

i'm jealous you got to see magic slim so many of those great chicago bluesmen were still alive and performing

it must have really been great to be a blues fan in chicago back then

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