[Blind Gossip] You have to give this girl a solid “B” for effort.
She’s a bit long in the tooth – and her records don’t sell like they once did – but she puts a lot of effort into self promotion and staying in the headlines. Yes, even it it means a little fakery here and there!
Despite her efforts, though, she is not having a lot of success on her concert tour. She keeps cancelling dates based on one malady or another.
Yes, she’s sick/injured.
Sick of playing to empty venues, that is!
And her ego is deeply wounded!
She just can’t fill up a venue any more, even with $40 seats. Even the usual resellers won’t buy tickets because they know they’re going to get stuck with that inventory.
[Her team] bought huge blocks of tickets and tried giving giving them away for free so at least the venue would look full.
Did that work?
People took the tickets but then didn’t show up! It’s like [year redacted] all over again!
Back in that year, Singer did play to venues that were over half empty. It was embarrassing for her. Her people wound up standing outside the venue and giving the tickets away, and they still couldn’t fill the seats!
Singer was so upset looking out over the audience that she started telling people during the concert to move down from the “cheap” seats and fill up the empty spaces. This created a nightmare for security and pissed off the fans that had actually shelled out money for the “good” seats. She can’t repeat that disaster.
The one thing she won’t do? Put the tickets on Groupon.
If she tried to sell the tickets for a big discount on Groupon (like for $10) everybody would know that the tour was in trouble.
So, for now, it looks like her best bet may be to cancel dates at the last minute and then trying to consolidate two or three or four dates’ worth of buyers into one performance!
Similar: Half Empty Scramble
Singer:
[Optional] How much would you pay for a ticket to her show?
sfgirl42 says
Mariah Carey!
Rene2020 says
Katy Perry
Princesspc says
Mage ( Madonna ) or Janet Jackson.
Tinycat says
Madonna
parkland45 says
Janet Jackson. I wouldn’t go even if given a ticket.
BooStrawberry says
Madonna? Gwen? Jlo?
LittleMissMuffin says
Lana Del Rey
kittypryde777 says
Madonna
Daisy and Pearls says
Madge
CanaryCry says
Madonna.
theheb says
Lana del Rey
alicat24 says
Madonna
I’d pay no more than $50
traherne says
Janet or Mariah
keenobserver says
Could this be Madonna?
Parade says
Janet Jackson.
Babycham says
Sounds like Madonna.
The best thing for her to do is instead of having a list of venues to perform, she should put all her energy into a one off filmed show, then a dvd could be available for everyone to enjoy.
I would have liked to have been to one of her concerts, when she was at her peak. I want to remember her as the successful entertainer that she was.
High Steppa says
Madonna perhaps?
monkeyshines5 says
Sounds like Janet, hope not!
Whisper says
Madonna?
Agent Orangey says
Madonna. You’d have to pay me to go to her concert. Even then, I would probably just take the money and run.
vizslamom says
Singer: Madonna
How much would you pay for a ticket to her show? If the ticket was free….
theoneandonlynat says
Madonna
0 dollars
monalisa79 says
Madonna?
If so, You couldn’t pay me to go
EmilyLou says
Madge.
SassyJ says
Madonna
Jeanesgenes says
Madonna
Years ago I might have spent money to see her, now I would not bother.
cindycgy says
Janet Jackson
phoenixsun says
Madonna her day has come and gone. She should have gone into retirement
Years ago. Hang it up Marge
kittymyers says
Madonna
I don’t go to concerts.
emzywhemzy says
Madonna.
jennifernj says
Madonna
The Big D says
Madonna
I would not spent any amount of money to see her nor would I go for free.
FiyahHotFlashy says
Madonna….couldn’t pay me to see her now. In her prime….ABSOLUTELY
mountaingirl82 says
Gwen Stefani? Blake just showed up to try to boost her show after a few cancellations
carriebradshaw says
Madonna.
jgray766 says
Gwen Stefani
And not even free bc I don’t want to see a 50 yr old sing hollaback girl. She is pretty but sounds horrible live.
Tazzer01 says
Christina Aguilera??
Tinytoon76 says
Madonna
No, not worth it.
aprilroxane says
Madonna
RebellionTruth says
Gwen Stefani and her Las Vegas residency.
And no, not even with huge discounts lol Her old singlesare good but that’s it. I don’t think she’s intereting as an artist/singer
heartcouture says
Gwen Stefani? She just cancelled some tour dates due to “exhaustion.”
nutmeggie says
Madonna?
cieldemiel says
Madonna.
Zafona says
Totally Madonna. I was on her concert a few years ago although I’m not a fan but the thickets were cheap so I went… and the audience was around 50% empty already then. The performance was bad too I left after half an hour. She doesn’t really sing just dances awkwardly and tries to shock people doing weird stuff. I wouldn’t go for another show even for free.
pawpaw says
Madonna
I wouldn’t go even if the tickets were free
rexczarina says
Madonna. Not even for free!
MrsBrady says
Madonna
zappy2050 says
Janet Jackson or Mariah Carey.
Play to smaller venues. Not as prestigious -but if you are “long in the tooth” (not my words) – things might have expired.
Want to be “on tour?” Then do it at smaller venues.
zappy2050 says
Yes, Madonna makes sense. In that case, I don’t think smaller venues will help. Madonna needs to retire.
VegasMike says
Gwen Stefani cancelled her last couple of shows in Vegas, reportedly due to illness.
skindeep says
Britney Spears
hbb2699 says
Gwen Stefani
$0
spunkfunker says
Madonna
thedancer says
Madonna.
Theaterfan says
Madonna.
I’d pay $10
silence1534 says
Madonna
I would pay $40, but I can understand why others wouldn’t. She’s no longer pushing the boundaries like she was in the 80’s and 90’s, she’s older and trying to be youthful when needs to accept aging more gracefully.
rhiannon14 says
Madonna
Cheezieb says
Gwen Stefani and her many Vegas show cancels. When she was in MN for the superbowl a few years back they had to downsize the venue and tickets were first discounted then offered for free for casino patrons.
I think b for effort is a clue – hollaback girl b for bananas. What would I pay? Ummm I was offered free tickets and still didn’t go. LOL
challows says
I’ll amend that to Lana Del Rey
jeepster says
lana del rey? she cancelled her UK and EU tour this morning as apparently she lost her singing voice and was told by doctors to rest for 4 weeks… her albums have been pretty successful, especially NFR, but having had seen her live before she doesn’t exactly fully sell out arenas?
am one of the ones who got cancelled on this morning and paid £65 +booking fees. i think that price is fare, would to be honest pay up to a £100. would love to get a free tickets just outside the arena though
beachchick218 says
Madonna. I wouldn’t pay one red cent. Her music is nasty and she is nasty.
It might serve her better to retire or do one or two concerts a year.
It’s funny she wouldn’t let her kids listen to her music, but she wasn’t to principled to get rich on the backs of everyone else’s kids listening to her filth.
Empty venues? Karma.
challows says
Ashanti
Marybel says
Madge
meeshpotatoes says
Madonna.
Shes lost her touch.
I would not pay anything to see her. I never thought she was that talented.
Arisia says
My first thought was Celine Dion.
High Steppa says
I went to Celine’s Vegas residency early last year and it was a packed house. So I think she’s still good.
violetandsnoopy says
Celine had a very good run in Las Vegas.
She made money like Elton John. $$$$
kernowkid says
Lana Del Ray has just cancelled the U.K. and Europe legs of her tour.
Optional: tenner, max.
aaasheag says
Madonna
Probably I’d pay £50 these days.
Thing is, no one’s music is selling like it did. The last thing the music industry is about is selling the music.
violetandsnoopy says
I actually saw Madam X and it was a good show because she plays at smaller venues but it starts at a crazy hour and No cell phones with cameras out.
Her live songs are soooo much better.
I suspect that she will record live plus tape her show and salt it away, ha ha!
badgerette85 says
Britney Spears
Op- not even free tix would make me go. Not my taste in music.
mrw222 says
Gwen Stefani
gc02ef says
Lana Del Rey
$0
arwyn89 says
Lana del ray?
Just cancelled some London shows.
wg1313 says
Miranda Lambert
lylalouwho says
Nope. I went to her Nashville concert and it was sold out.
luv2guess says
madonna- plz stop and go away gracefully-nm it’s impossible for you
tigtig18 says
Miranda Lambert – she just released an album, cancelled dates and is on tour with really low attendance
harperleigh says
Madonna
Would not go to see her.. even for free
Delightful says
It’s Madonna and it breaks my heart. I saw her twice- once in 2001 or so on the Music tour, and it was awesome. Saw her again in 2011 or so on the MDMA tour and it was not good. She doesn’t need to keep doing this, she should retire from the road and just make music for her own fun and enjoy her life.
bertwheeler says
This is probably the only way she makes good money. Her albums don’t sell, and her songs aren’t played on radio (except her earliest hits on oldies stations, and she has to split those royalties with others).
DaniJo says
Madonna
OlyGirl says
Lady GaGa?
dndsmitty says
Mariah Carey
ghostrider44 says
Madonna
$10 sounds about right.
Aurora says
Madonna. She really needs to retire already.
bertwheeler says
Madonna
$0.00
teaforthee says
Lana Del Ray
menageafoie says
I’m gonna say Madonna, though I’m thinking of Gwen Stefani too. It could fit either one,
I wouldn’t pay to see either and you’d have to pay me A LOT to sit through one of their ‘shows’.
aaaAtika says
Madge’s Madame X tour!
She’s a hasbeen and I would not pay for her effort to pretend she ain’t passed 60 yet!!!!
Midwestgurl says
Madonna
Optional: Nothing. I would’t go to one of her shows.
amagod121 says
Madonna-zzzz
I really wouldn’t pay to see her. Well, maybe $10 but that’s it.
Booboogirl says
Madonna
tacosnob12 says
Madonna
sunshine702 says
This is Madonna’s Madame X tour.
She has more money than she can spend in her lifetime. Retire. $0.
JoshuaTree says
Janet Jackson. She just needs to stop touring. No one wants to see her perform anymore.
redstilettos says
Madonna.
montebell says
Madonna couldn’t entice me with free tickets. Maybe free tickets plus a new iPad then I may go.
oyevey says
Maddona or Janet Jackson. Both very long in the tooth 😉
Semajj says
Madonna
HotTeacher88 says
Janet Jackson. OMG, just get over it and don’t worry about empty seats!!! Perform to whoever came to see you, and be grateful!!!
blackdahlia08 says
Never!!! Maybe Madonna. She’s been canceling her shows due to injury.
Baileygirl says
Madonna.
Nothing.
rayodeplata says
Gwen Stefani canceling her Las Vegas shows.
I’d take the free ticket to watch her
violetandsnoopy says
Gwen Stefani has to do a festival like Bonnaroo or Coachella and then I would pay for a day pass.
trivialtime says
Madonna
$0
dizzygirl says
Madonna? Rather stay home & watch HBO. Actually, i don’t want to see any of them. I grew up.
boyjack4 says
Madonna
So over the hill and outdated, just retire already.
AliekaZola says
I think it’s Lana del Rey. She’s cancelled her European tour.
Ruddiger says
It would seem so at first – but bits do not add up.
Madge has cancelled gigs due to illness, but tickets to the remaining dates are still $400 plus (with full houses). Her last tour also made millions.
This blind is Gwen Stefani – a quick search of ticket sites shows hundreds of tickets for $40 on all days… Even the front pit is still available at most shows for $100….