Stevie's everywhere except in the studio.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Having been a fan for the past 29 years, it's not showing me anything that I didn't already know -- "The Five" together will always be the top draw for ticket-buyers.

It's not showing me anything either and won't until the concerts actually start and we see how many unsold seats there were, how many sold out venues, etc.

This early ticket sale scramble doesn't mean much of anything.

Michele

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

It's not showing me anything either and won't until the concerts actually start and we see how many unsold seats there were, how many sold out venues, etc.

This early ticket sale scramble doesn't mean much of anything.

Michele

bein in the arena won't show you much either. i've been to plenty of nominally "sold-out" shows where you couldn't buy any tickets through primary ticket outlets, but scalpers got tons of seats and obviously over-estimated the interest for the specific band, since in the end bunch of really good seats (that you could see on stubhub before the show) were empty.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

bein in the arena won't show you much either. i've been to plenty of nominally "sold-out" shows where you couldn't buy any tickets through primary ticket outlets, but scalpers got tons of seats and obviously over-estimated the interest for the specific band, since in the end bunch of really good seats (that you could see on stubhub before the show) were empty.

Yeah, I don't mean physically being in the arena and looking around. I mean looking at one of those charts that tell you how many tickets were sold and the venue capacity and you can see how many were unsold that way.

Michele

[elle]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Yeah, I don't mean physically being in the arena and looking around. I mean looking at one of those charts that tell you how many tickets were sold and the venue capacity and you can see how many were unsold that way.

Michele

oh, right. venue maps look almost completely sold out right now, for the shows i was checking. but they don't show platinums (although they do show resales, i'm still amazed by that ), and of course anything that will drop the last minute.

[michelej1]

Thinking of the sequencing, let me make my prediction now: new album will open with a Christine song.

Although, traditionally, the first single would be hers too, I get the feeling that this time around that won't happen. And the first single will be from someone else.

I was wondering about merchandising too. You know how they sell t-shirts with one song from Stevie and one from Lindsey? I guess Christine will have to have her own t-shirt now too. It will probably say Don't Stop, which is a pity, really.


Michele