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[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?

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  16. 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.

  20. 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.

  28. phoenixsun says

    Madonna her day has come and gone. She should have gone into retirement
    Years ago. Hang it up Marge

  36. 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.

  40. 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

  44. 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.

  48. 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.

  55. 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.

  57. 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

  59. 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

  60. 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.

  63. meeshpotatoes says

    Madonna.
    Shes lost her touch.
    I would not pay anything to see her. I never thought she was that talented.

    • 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.

  66. 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!

  73. tigtig18 says

    Miranda Lambert – she just released an album, cancelled dates and is on tour with really low attendance

  75. 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).

  83. 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’.

  84. 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!!!!

  89. sunshine702 says

    This is Madonna’s Madame X tour.

    She has more money than she can spend in her lifetime. Retire. $0.

  92. montebell says

    Madonna couldn’t entice me with free tickets. Maybe free tickets plus a new iPad then I may go.

  95. 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!!!

    • violetandsnoopy says

      Gwen Stefani has to do a festival like Bonnaroo or Coachella and then I would pay for a day pass.

  99. dizzygirl says

    Madonna? Rather stay home & watch HBO. Actually, i don’t want to see any of them. I grew up.

    • 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….