Omaha Show Possibly Cancelled
 

Announcement coming soon...the show will not be re-scheduled

Awww, very sorry for anyone who was going.

Why is it cancelled?
Couldn't sell enough tickets? Surely not.

Hmm... that's no good! Sorry for anyone who was planning on going.

I don't know for sure but I think it was not selling well. Good lowers have been available since the on-sale back in January. They have only been to this market twice in 25 years so this is a stunner to me.

Was the venue another "f$#!ing ****hole" that they didn't realize was such until the absolute last minute? :rolleyes:

I thought about the Lindsey show in Lincoln too when I heard this---this sucks for Omaha. I suppose alot of folks will be heading to KC now. I looked on TM and KC also has great seats all over the venue.

I am sorry to hear about this. That kind of thing is really unfortunate.:distress:

I checked at ticketmaster and could choose a seat for the omaha show. they should block the option, don't they?

They should pull that from TM...I suppose they will when this is officially announced.

They are really alienating any fans they had there with this. I feel bad about it, after Lindsey's solo venture, even though I'm sure they have good reason this time, as Lindsey did before.

Michele

You made me laugh so hard, I started coughing. (I have bronchitis, but still, I enjoyed the laughing/coughing fit which you started.)

I come from Nebraska. Those folks are frugal with their money, still, I am sure there will be some greatly disappointed people.

Wow, that sucks. Sorry peeps.

Wow. This news is most deflating, not that I would have gone, but I sympathize with those who had intended to go see them at that venue. :sorry:

-Matt

No different then this line-up NEVER coming to your city (MINE). So no.. no sympathy from me.... Luck of the draw LOL

J/K... Yes this sucks! Sucks for the band... Sucks for the fans that were looking forward to it... Just sucks all around!

I've never seen the Mac before.. and this was going to be my first Mac concert. I was outside of Buckingham's concert in Lincoln when it was cancelled, too.

Will I ever get to see Fleetwood Mac or Lindsey or anyone? Or will they always cancel? Sigh. I'm very sad now. I think I will go cry in the corner.

i want to know where this info came from~ i am in omaha & am going to the show & when i saw this thread called the radio station that is sponsoring part of the show & my friend tom who is in charge of the booking of the shows here in omaha at the qwest center & he said he has heard nothing about the show being cancelled~

& there are still tickets for sale on ticketmaster~

i just pray it's a rumour, because i have had more shows than i'd like to remember cancelled on me by stevie & the mac~ i will be bawling my eyes out~ during her tisl tour i had won front row seats & meet & greet passes to meet stevie & my show was canelled, it crushed my world:distress:~

i will keep checking w/ my friend tom for any further details~

that makes me sad that you would say that~ actually the venue is only 5 years old & is huge & gorgeous & i was told when i saw the mac there in '03 that they really liked the venue & it was nearly sold out if not real close~

and no reference to cancellation on the venue site...makes sense to await an 'official' announcement.
hmmm...wonder what would happen with a thread such as this: FM Cancels Balance of Tour :eek:

Ticketmaster is such a sess pool. You can still get tickets to shows that have been cancelled, but then cant get tickets to shows that arent. Ive been trying for months to get Springsteen tickets online and of course, have been rerouted to TicketsNow. Its nothing less than glorified scalping.

I knew that when they announced dates in Kansas City AND Omaha (especially on back to back days), one (or both) of them was going to be teetering on cancellation. Not surprised at all.

If you were going to go to Omaha, drive down to KC. Its on a Friday night, after all.

This Omaha thing is probably true, but what if an untrue rumor was started? That could really hurt ticket sales and become a self-fulfilling prophecy, because people would be afraid to buy tickets.

Michele

Well, if people had a really good seat for Omaha, having to go to KC for a bad seat is going to make them feel awful. Michele

I am surprised that there hasn't been an official announcement but I assume there have to be processes in place for ticket refunds before they can announce. I don't know the reason for the show being cancelled but the fact that it isn't being re-scheduled tells me it isn't band related--must be ticket sales and the fact that it is a smaller market.

I can't imagine Rochester was full either and they kept their show. It's hard for me to believe the ticket sales were that abysmal.

I think (or at least the way I took it) was that SortaSavagelike was making fun of Lincoln, Nebraska's Rococo Theater and the quote which they contributed to Lindsey Buckingham... (re: the cancelled 2007 concert)

I, personally, really doubt that LB actually called the place "a f---ing ****hole."

I agree with you that the venue in Omaha is new, huge and quite gorgeous. I hope for fellow Big Red Fans that the Omaha concert doesn't get cancelled.

The processes/methods for ticket refunds are already set and established by the industry in general- that's not why they haven't announced the cancellation yet.

Going with the pattern by what we've seen the band do this year (switching out Albany for Toronto #2- and that's why Rochester wasn't canceled, by the way, since it was then positioned as they only upstate NY play), and in '04 (Tinley Park 86'd for Scranton, and a few others), I'm betting that we're going to see a new market slip into its place. There's enough time to do it.

A market in the same region, with a smallish venue that shouldn't be too hard to sell 6000-7000 tickets (with an adjusted price scaling, to ensure that tickets actually sell). I'm thinking Moline. Just a hunch here.

I doubt another market will slip in the night before they play KC. I think it may be oversaturation of that area that has lead to weak sales in Omaha and KC. I don't know how many tickets were sold in either city but there are better seats still available in KC than in Omaha. It looks like alot of people bought the cheap seats first.

The ticket price doesn't help...if these were in line of $65-$95 maybe they would have fared better. $147 per ticket is pretty steep in this climate.

Awww, if this is true, I'm sorry for the people who can't go now. I feel your pain.

But, perhaps this is about that "Where are we, Omaha?" mistake that Stevie made years back. Maybe she's too embarrassed to go back, and Lindsey set her up. :lol: Ya never know!

They played Omaha on the SYW tour to a packed, enthusiastic, crazy crowd. I'm sure it's nothing personal to Omahans...

Really? Why not? There is likely a contractual need (let alone a mutual interest) to play a date in its place. Call an indie promoter in the region (Fred Frank?) and see if he'll partner. Moline makes too much sense, sorry.

As for the oversaturation, I agree (as I alluded to in a couple posts back- and as I said many months ago before either of these dates were announced)- they should have played Kansas City OR Omaha, not both.

Of course not, I was just kidding. :woohoo:

I'm not saying youre wrong, but I think it's innapropriate that you posted this before there was more of an official announcement.

I could definitely see Moline. I saw the Mac there in 2003 and I think it only holds about 8-9 thousand people. What about Des Moines too? I know Paul McCartney has played Des Moines. What size is the main concert venue there?

Yeah, at least FM77 could have said that it's rumoured to be cancelled in the title of the thread.

Strictly you could have said FM77's wrong: there is no cancellation official. Until that, one can look at it as a lie.

Inapropriate indeed.

David, I agree with you. I stick by my post but I thought the announcement was coming yesterday. My intentions were not malicious; I am a huge Mac fan and know many people who were planning on going to this show. Apologies to the board.

Hey it's ok. You dont seem like a troll at all. Everyone makes mistakes. Hopefully this will be cleared up soon, one way or another.:nod:

as of today, the show is still on, the show isn't sold out, but tickets are selling well~ i got this from tom o'gorhman who books shows at the qwest~

YEah, I looked on TM today and nothing came up on the floor at all, not even for 1 ticket, so that is a good sign. I'm sure some of those front seats are blocked off until nearer showtime to sell as part of that ILAA package. ANd we all know how that's gone...:laugh:

I just pulled 2 on the MF section 17, row 39 and 2 in lower bowl in section 105 row DD--tickets have been available at mid-court, lower level since the tickets went on-sale in January. I wonder if lots of people bought the cheaper tickets first?

TONS of great tickets available for this show (of course the venue guy is going to say its doing well).

They also made the mistake of making the first half of the upper level sections closest to the stage PL1- NONE of these seats have been sold. You can still get first row upper level right next to the stage. I love sitting there (especially compared to sitting at the back of the lower bowl facing the stage, so far away), but not for $150+ each.

I called Live Nation yesterday to see if it was canceled, and there was no word yet. If anyone else wants to try, its (314) 657-4900 (St. Louis office booked the show)

i get what your saying, but tom wasn't talking to me as just the 'venue guy'~ he is a good friend who happened to get that job when the qwest was built, so i do trust him when he says the sales are going well, as for an exact number, i didn't inquire about that~

i am just trying to figure out yet if this a rumour or not~ & until an actual announcement is released to the public, i will take tom's word for it that the show is still on~

& yes one can drive sown to KC from here, it's only 2 hours away & i was thinking of possibly going to that show anyways~

my personal bitch is that~ i know that the midwest in general have tons of f mac & stevie fans~ & the midwest seems to always be left off of tour dates for some reason, or are the shows to be cancelled~ starting way back to the 'tango' tour~ i know for a fact that show was sold out, only to be cancelled last minute~ the SYW show was nearly sold out if it wasn't entirely~ so i just don't see why the midwest is always the 1st to get the shaft~ it's not like we are hicksville here, at least not where i live~ people here can afford the ticket prices, we are not a poor city, hell warren buffet is from here~ it's just like any other city~ but besides the SYW tour, the mac hadn't played here in 27 years & i have had to travel to see them~ now i did that willingly because of my love for them, they didn't twist my arm~ but as a mom now, who also runs here own home business, it's not as easy as it was before to throw a few things into a suitcase & follow them around~ it would just be nice for once for me to be able to see them here~

& as for lindsey & lincoln~ i have no idea what that venue is like, but he should have played here also~ there are tons more venues that would have been more to his liking~ we have the holland performing arts center, the orpheum theater, the civic auditorium (where the mac played in 80) & the qwest center~ not to mention right across the bridge in council bluffs, iowa, they have the MAC & some outside venues owned by casinos that everyone else comes to~

as i have said before i have come to the conclusion that stevie hates me:p~ & she wants me to suffer for my love of her art:D