Here Today... Gone To Hell!

Yea, I got a call from tickets.com telling me that the Velvet Revolver concert in May is canceled.  How grand.  Actually had a chance to see a few of the old GN'R guys for the first time in my life...thanks guys.  :beer:

Yea, this is due to "scheduling conflicts with the band."  At least I get a refund.

VR have cancelled far too many shows this early in their career

According to their official site:

05/02/05   Budget Arena at Harbor Yard      Bridgeport,CT



/jarmo

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About a handful, which I believe a majority were made up..

11 show cancelled, not a good start for a band that's album has not hit the 2 million mark

11 shows cancelled that tickets had been on sale for that weren't/haven't been made up or rescheduled?

Documentation please.

As an aside, what the fuck does not having hit the 2 million mark (I assume you mean stateside, they're well over that worldwide) have to do with your premise, or lack thereof?

By two million mark I meant it has not sold even two million copies in the U.S, VR are cancelling shows when they should be playing them and trying to get more fans.

You understand that you really have no point, right?

Do you know how many shows VR has played "this early in their career"?  And can you list all of these cancelled shows for us?  Id like to see where the 11 number came from...

It's months in advance though, not like you find out during the show you are already at..

May

02 - Bridgeport, CT @ Budget Arena at Harbor Yard Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena. CANCELLED

June

4 - Portland, OR @ Roseland [rescheduled]
17 - Austin, TX @ Stubb's Barbeque [rescheduled]

September

11 - Azkena Rock Festival, Spain (CANCELLED)

November

10 - Providence, RI @ Dunkin Dougnuts Arena (CANCELLED)
13 - Montreal, QUE @ Bell Centre (CANCELLED)
14 - Rochester, NY @ Blue Cross (CANCELLED)
17 - Columbus, OH @ Schotenstein Center (CANCELLED)
22 - Moline, IL @ Mark of the Quad Cities (CANCELLED)

December

11 - Miami Beach, FL @ The Mansion (CANCELLED)

March

2 - Perth, Australia @ Challenge Stadium (CANCELLED)

I think you see my point now, and fuck you btw.

Looks as though 11 went to 9 rather quickly and if I'm correct, there's a number of those 9 that tickets were never put on sale for...

Ticket information please.

Fine 9, whatever..... ticket information? Can't you do that?

hahaha. Classic.


Anyway, VR have done a hell of a lot of shows in the short time they've been together.

They're ALLOWED to have scheduling conflicts once in a while.

No.

It wasn't my point to prove.

Yeah, Im pretty sure most, if not all of those dates never were never actually made official.

Edit: Falcon and I are right. 

Nov. 10 Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
Nov. 22 Air Canada Centre  Toronto, ONT, Canada 
Dec. 11 The Mansion  Miami Beach, FL  (This was played)

I suspect the rest are just as inaccurate as the above.


 :hihi:

Just to let you know, VR have performed approximately 120 shows, nearly all within the past year.? And theyll reach about 200 by summer.?

Speaking of invalid points....as if your record sales point wasnt assinine enough, you tried tying in US sales to? these supposed cancellations when 1/3 of them are actually outside of the US.? ? : ok:

Booker and Falcon are like Robert Shapiro and Johnny Cochrane :hihi: :hihi:

VR have cancelled a show a couple of months in advance, which is a vast improvement on a singer they used to work with cancelling them on a whim depending what gobbledigook his psychic had been whispering to his inner child. :peace:

Dodn't VR cancel a few shows because of Scott's throat was soar and he was a little bit sick or something? I think those reasons were quite justified to pull a few gig off the list.

Sustained.

I don't know if it's vr's fault for the shows.. A lot of shows are posted on belowempty before tickets even go on sale then they are just void.. They usually happen ages in advance most people never bought tickets because they didn't go on sale.. I see no problem with canceled shows as long as it's ample time before..

Big difference between missing  show because you are sick, or the show was never really final (it just was a rough draft of the shows) then for letting the crowd gather inside the arena then watch the opening acts then while most are drinking no one comes out..

vr have played over a hundred shows, tour all the time, and they have never let any fans wait inside the venue only to find out the band isn't there

So who gives a fuck about some canceled shows that most were not ever going to happen to begin with?

I hope the May 14th show at JB doesn't get cancelled.  That would suck :(

See you there :beer: Yes that would be a big letdown being that's the only nyc area show.. Hope they do msg nexttime..

Not quite sure what you mean, but on Jay leno the other night they mentioned that Contraband  has sold more  than 3 million copies  and 'still going strong.'

and how many have they played, 100?

Or luck of ticket sales!....it's hard for a band of old geezers to sale an Arena place...even though their accomplished musicians!

Yeah, 3 million around the world..... not even two million In America

Actually, they are past 3 million in sales, and they make  up missed shows at  least.