XPost: rec.music.country.western, alt.music.garth-brooks, nf.general   
   XPost: alt.native   
   From: teaforme@hotmail.com   
      
   Sadly, you're right about this and I've noticed this.   
      
   Grew up in Montreal back in the old Montreal forum days and boy did I get to   
   go see some major big acts.  It was totally awesome.  But the forum could   
   seat close to 17,000 people.  Tickets for the HUGE names back (KISS,   
   Frampton, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Aerosmith, Rush, ELO...and many more!)...   
   then were about 20 bucks and concerts were regulary sold out. Do the   
   math....17,000 x 20 bucks....there's no volume in ticket sales   
   here...plus..add the extra travel costs of an entire entourage  getting from   
   Halifax (which gets quite a few big names) ..to here....makes alot more   
   sense to just head back down to the states when you hit NS..than to come   
   over here.   
      
      
   "Adam"  wrote in message   
   news:ouPhc.25776$Np3.948265@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...   
   > You really have no idea how the concert business works.  And why do you   
   keep   
   > throwing out this number of 8,300 capacity for Mile One??  The number is   
   > more in the range of 5,300, which could go up a little if you have a   
   center   
   > stage, but that doesn't happen much.   
   >   
   > I'd like to see big name acts here as much as the next person, however as   
   > one of my friends aptly put it, Newfoundland is where bands come to die.   
   > These big acts cost big money, so take what you think a show budget would   
   be   
   > and likely triple it to get an accurate number.  That means big ticket   
   > prices, so until people here change their focus from paying $20 for the   
   > obligatory summer Trooper concert to paying to see some big shows it's   
   > really not going to happen.  The truth of the matter is that we have a   
   small   
   > population and a small venue to deal with, which makes it hard to bring   
   big   
   > shows here, but if everyone shows a willingness to support the shows when   
   > they come, then you can likely expect more of them.   
   >   
   > And as an aside, George Thorogood does not constitute a big name act.  I'm   
   > not disputing the quality of his music, or that he has an audience, but he   
   > is probably a C level act in the US, while Garth Brooks would be A level   
   (as   
   > would AC/DC and Neil Young).  For Garth Brooks at Mile One you'd be   
   looking   
   > at tickets well over $100 if he decided to take a cut in his pay to play   
   our   
   > small stadium.   
   >   
   > Adam   
   >   
   >   
   > "David Dalton"  wrote in message   
   > news:pqbe80d838a49ec4off329ct78qskpnpl4@4ax.com...   
   > > So does Garth Brooks ever tour Canada?   
   > >   
   > > He should come play Mile One Stadium, capacity 8300, here in the   
   > > easternmost city in North America, St. John's, Newfoundland.   
   > > George Thorogood just played a subset of the stadium, maybe   
   > > 3000, that was close to 90% full but I think Garth could sell out   
   > > the whole stadium first time and then come back a second   
   > > time for a 20,000 person outdoor concert.   
   > >   
   > > There is a big country following here on the island and more   
   > > should tour here (non-country acts such as Shaggy, Snoop Dogg and   
   > > Ludacris have come up from the US though).   Within two   
   > > hours driving distance of the stadium is only a population of   
   > > about 250,000 but 38,000 showed up for a cheap outdoor   
   > > Sum 41 concert in October.    There are more country fans   
   > > outside the city but a fair number in the city too.   
   > >   
   > > For those on nf.general , would you go to a Garth Brooks   
   > > concert and what other country artists would you like to   
   > > have come tour here?   
   > >   
   > > Some Newfoundland and Labrador country people are Ron Hynes,   
   > > Wayne Hynes, Jimmy Whiffen, Ray Lake, Blair Harvey (he   
   > > does folk blues too), Lady Luck and the Smoking Guns,   
   > > Saddle Sores, Lorraine Conway,  Crooked Stovepipe (bluegrass),   
   > > Kentucky Tundra (bluegrass), Terry Penney, Harry Martin,   
   > > Shirley Montague,  Eight Track Favourites,  Kim Stockwood (country   
   > > influenced pop), Rasa (country influenced pop/folk, with   
   > > Sandy Morris on guitar and Erin Best on vocals), Erin Best   
   > > (has played Patsy Cline), Natalie Noseworthy (has played   
   > > Patsy Cline) and Natalie Nivera (acid-tinged alt-country/folk),   
   > > Sheri Ryan (country/folk), Amelia Curran (country influenced   
   > > moody original folk/pop), John Philipps, more.  But there are   
   > > more celtic  bands/artists here than country.   (St. John's has   
   > > maybe the best live music scene for a city its size anywhere   
   > > in North America, so tour to the well, and recharge.)   
   > >   
   > > For those on nf.general , did I miss anyone, especially   
   > > off the Avalon?   
   > >   
   > > I like the song Iowa that Garth Brooks does and relate it   
   > > to my little-researched-so-far stuff about the Iowa Dakota   
   > > Salmon youth on my web page.   Does Garth Brooks   
   > > have any native ancestry?   
   > >   
   > >    
   > >   
   > > A while ago when I thought I had matchmaking divination   
   > > ability I divined that Garth Brooks is supposed 4th orientation   
   > > male (compatible up close only with bisexual by nature female[s]   
   > > and not with lesbians saying they are bi but perhaps with   
   > > bi by narure woman [who would know of regular sexual   
   > > attraction to both genders] who is straight by lifestyle choice).   
   > > But the point of that is that sure he is compatible with any   
   > > bi by nature woman such as Monica Bellucci or Beyonce   
   > > Knowles or Ashanti or Sharon Stone or Jodie Foster or Stevie   
   > > Nicks or Geena Davis or Bernadette Peters or Halle Berry or Patricia   
   > > Conroy (as am I)  but when I did a matchmaking trying to   
   > > factor in other things as well it came out his best match is   
   > > the above-mentioned Natalie Nivera (who does original   
   > > acid-tinged altcountry/folk).   Supposedly she is his   
   > > Everley sister (voices would blend well and from hearing   
   > > Garth last night on CMT I believe that) and maybe they have   
   > > an unfinished past life connection or something.   OK, I won't   
   > > believe that without proof but they could test it by singing   
   > > together, and by touch (the touch should be comfy and   
   > > sometimes warming and electric for strong compatibility).   
   > >   
   > > However I haven't seen Natalie Nivera in St. John's in over   
   > > two years so maybe she moved to Toronto or elsewhere.   
   > >   
   > > David   
   > > http://www.nfld.com/~dalton   
   > >   
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