Ya-Ya Wrote:
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> This story was in the Australian news this
> morning.
>
> [
news.ninemsn.com.au]
>
> Woman to sue Stones for scrapping show
> Tuesday Oct 31 12:46 AEDT
> Rosalie Druyan wants to stick the Rolling Stones
> between a rock and a hard place with a $US51
> million ($A66.37 million) lawsuit.
>
> Shattered when Mick Jagger's sore throat scrapped
> the Rolling Stones concert in Atlantic City - four
> hours before its scheduled start - the Stones
> superfan from Brooklyn is taking the wrinkly
> rockers to court.
>
> In a class-action suit to be filed in Manhattan
> Supreme Court, Druyan contends the late
> cancellation cost her and other fans big bucks on
> non-refundable hotel reservations, forcing them to
> spend the night together in cold and rainy
> Atlantic City.
>
> "Talk about no satisfaction," quipped lawyer
> Martin Druyan, who is representing his wife in the
> case.
>
> The Stones - who are set to play the Beacon
> Theatre on Tuesday night for a Martin Scorcese
> concert film on the legendary band - cancelled
> their show at Boardwalk Hall when Jagger came down
> with a sore throat. But the bad news didn't come
> soon enough for Rosalie Druyan, who last month had
> bought a pair of tickets to the show for $US575
> ($A748).
>
> "People came from all over to see the Stones," she
> said.
>
> "When you talk about travel expenses, hotel and
> baby-sitting expenses, that's not a cheap day."
>
> Druyan said she received a Ticketmaster e-mail on
> her BlackBerry notifying her of the cancellation
> when she was a few kilometres from Atlantic City.
> By then it was too late to cancel a $US300 ($A390)
> reservation at the Trump Taj Mahal and too rainy
> to drive back to Brooklyn.
>
> "We were bored for nothing," said Druyan.
>
> The Stones announced that another Atlantic City
> concert will be held on November 17 and that
> refunds are available for ticket holders who can't
> make that date.
>
> But Druyan and her husband, who have attended
> nearly 50 Stones shows between them, won't be
> among those going back to Atlantic City. A
> spokeswoman for the band was not available for
> comment.
>
> "We're real Stones fans, and we see them
> everywhere," Rosalie Druyan said.
>
> "But we won't be seeing them at the make-up
> concert."
You know what....she's a twat! I spent the same $$ she spent getting there for gas from Chester Co in Pennsylvania, we also spent an "unnecessary" night at the Trump Marina Hotel & Casino and got the news too late to cancel the hotel. I was with friends and while we were very dissapointed, shit does happen, shows get cancelled, people get ill, people fall out of trees, you name it.....
But if that's the first cancelled concert that's ever happened to her then she's been pretty lucky. But to sue??!! jeezus! that's a little extreme isn't it. And if she doesn't want to pay for another hotel room then drive home...Brooklyn isn't exactly hours and hours away!!
I'm not defending the Stones if they cancelled 'cause of the Beacon gig...but in court, I'm sure old Mick will be able to produce a "doctor's note". Frankly, it'll cost more much $$ to file a class action suit than she spent on getting to the show!! Christ in a sidecar, get a little perspective lady!