Re: Bercy, Bercy! (have bercy on me!) (aka Why won't the Stones play Bercy in Paris?)
Date: February 14, 2007 13:55
Forty Niks Wrote:
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> So if the Stones are, in fact, going go to the
> indoor route in London (the rumoured date is at
> the 02 arena), why are we Paris-bound Stones-heads
> relegated - yet again - to an outdoor football
> stadium?
>
> Paris has an excellent indoor arena - the Bercy.
> (I think the Stones played there as part of the
> Licks tour) Is demand really that weak in the UK,
> and that high in France, for Stones tix?
well, 5 out of 5 UK stadium shows went ahead on schedule last year, and of the 3 French shows scheduled, only Nice went ahead as planned with one Paris date being rescheduled and the other postponed. Simple fact is we dont know how many UK shows they'll play this year. Theres no confirmation they'll even play the indoor arena one, nor that it'll be the only show and just today there's speculation of a festival date. However, its fair enough that after last year, other countries have higher priority than the UK for Stones shows, as its not a full length tour.
Why not
> play indoors? Anybody got the scoop?
Simple answer. You can get 80,000 plus into the SDF and even if they only pull in a fraction of that, its still a lot more dough than playing a 17,000 capacity indoor venue
Good venue, too. Saw Dylan there on my honeymoon in '87.