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Originally Posted by michelej1
The chronology set forth in the Destiny Rules documentary said it, along with the fact that we got an extended tour -- and a single album.
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nice try
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Originally Posted by michelej1
I thought the tour had to be extended as payback for earlier venues, when they hadn't sold as many tickets as they were supposed to have sold earlier. However, your gossip jives with what we saw in Destiny Rules. There were 6 additional songs on the album and they were probably paid for by Lindsey. I'm sure he welcomed as much tour money as possible. I often wonder if UTS cost him money out of his own pocket as well.
Michele
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Who knows in the end. But, if La Nicks did agree to a third leg to help him out, that suggests that she was not such a beyotch that people make her out to be. Again, I think that they originally agreed to a certain number of dates (say 40) (which is pretty standard) -- then the idea of the double record came up somewhere early in the process and it was not dismissed until later. I think the tour extension was a negotiating point because they knew a double record could be be financially viable without it. It certainly would have been for me.
I do know they did make tons of money off of the tour and merch. though.
I guess renting a house in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the world to record a record and then taking a year or so to record it does come with a payback, esp. when said record sells only 800,000 copies and you have leased a private BBJ and hiring essentially two other band as a back up for you on your tour
I did find it interesting that he sold what was touted as his recently completed dream home and where he had lived for two plus decades for somewhere around $20 million after the tour and moved to a much less expensive and exclusive neighborhood. Who knows - maybe he did that to finance UTS and the resulting tour, which were critical but not financial successes.