Sometimes I get pissed off.Today’s topic: Hannah Montana
Surely I’m not the only one irritated that a teen TV star can act like a rock star and sell out arenas in minutes while the reformed Van Halen has postponed a concert in St. Louis due to “disappointing” ticket sales. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Hannah (or whoever she really is). Today, kiddies - my general state of pissed offedness is aimed at the ticket buying public or, even better, St. Louis as a piss poor music town. Sammy Hagar comes to town – boom, sold out. Diamond Dave announces a stop in The Lou - they can’t give the tickets away and the concert is postponed five months. Bruce Springsteen has not announced a St. Louis date on the latest E-Street Band tour. Word on the street is he’s avoiding the city after his 2003 stop didn’t sell out (the only stop on the tour not to) and audience members started filing out in droves before the final encore. Better yet, earlier this year, up and comers The Hold Steady could only get booked into a club with a capacity of 100 and, over the summer, a package tour of ZZ Top, The Pretenders, The Stray Cats and the Gin Blossoms came to town. They were booked into the same 22,000 seat venue Hannah Montana sold out in minutes in November 2007. The house was less than half full when headliners ZZ Top took the stage. That pisses me off.
1 comment:
This won't make you any less pissed at St. Louis...
but keep in mind that "Hannah Montana" is Miley Cyrus, Billy Ray Cyrus' daughter.
knowing that, I say the people of St. Louis get what they deserve: horrible "music" acts while good ones skip the town.
Chicago's only about a half-hour farther drive from here, so as a town with sense, it can continue to meet my concert-going needs, eh?
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