2pints-mate 0 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I fear it will sell out in 10 seconds of something. Would be more interesting if it is just a complete disaster. Though perhaps he will just fall apart or something on stage? Note, some of below are grown MEN. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I can see something "happening" that makes these not happen. The guy is taped together, bet he can't "moonwalk" that good. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Is that you in the front row 2pints? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 It does actually look a bit like him! Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 I don't understand why he can still have such appeal. Beyond me that, though I never really got it. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted March 7, 2009 Author Share Posted March 7, 2009 Scary image follows Click to reveal.. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 7, 2009 Share Posted March 7, 2009 Although I shouldn't really be shocked should I? Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 That advertising pic of old whacko jacko reminds me of Freddie Kruger from Nightmare on Elm Street. Anyone else old enough to get the shivers at that movies mention? Will it actually happen? Hmmm doubt it. Seems to me he needs the money, but I cant see him being with it enough to perform adequately at all.... Shame, but there is a fine line between genius and insanity. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Freddie was darn right scary. I knew a girl who said people who make movies should be thrown into jail. I don't get scared with movies but looking at some of the people who got their life screwed up from the effect, yeah along with some priests .. Anyways, Jacko is a freak show, no doubt about that along with Rolling Stones. But he was Big Time, forget beegees, abba, (they were good though) he was the real thing when things were getting middle of the road. And yes, lots of kids copied moonwalk from MJ. They still Rock but Tina Turner tops it with regular lives. Yes, Ma'bear. The Japanese say the fine line is paper thin... Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 It does look very Freddy that poster. Apparently the organisers have spent 4m on insurance in case for whatever reason the concerts can't go ahead. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 TT is still doing live at 70 isn't she - was on the beeb. Still wearing those short skirts as well. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted March 8, 2009 Share Posted March 8, 2009 Quote: POP legend Michael Jackson was told to beat it when he turned up in the lobby of his posh hotel looking like a Rockin’ Robin. Staff thought the melty- faced star looked off his face as he lurched around the Lanesborough Hotel near Hyde Park in the early hours of Wednesday. He had to be held up by minders and led back to his suite, but friends refused to blame it on the booze—insisting he was simply jet- lagged, unable to sleep and suffering from stage-fright ahead of his big comeback announcement at the O2 Arena on Thursday. A hotel source said: “Michael shocked us with his behaviour. “He was wandering around the lobby in the early hours looking completely spaced out. Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Stage fright?? What a joke! He's been so full of it for so long! Arrrgh! What's the use, I am outa here, Whacko Jacko is not worth the effort. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 I'm the same. Damn, I just took part. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 9, 2009 Share Posted March 9, 2009 Worth a look. But def won't pay to see this freakshow Link to post Share on other sites
hothead 0 Posted March 10, 2009 Share Posted March 10, 2009 I don't reckon he'll be able to do it. It will be.is a farce. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 He's doing 45 nights now. Or 50. Or 55. Depending on which 'news'paper you read. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 won't his parts fall apart after like 2 shows? Link to post Share on other sites
JA2340 16 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 nah! gaffer tape works wonders! Link to post Share on other sites
Wizz 11 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 This Is Not Him? Quote: Something didn't seem quite right. There was that impossibly square chin, for a start - a bizarre cosmetic enhancement, even for Michael Jackson. Then there was the voice, several octaves lower than the dog-whistle whisper the King of Pop normally adopts in front of his adoring fans. Study the walk as well - a slightly hunched gait you might not expect from someone who ranks among the world's most spectacular dance performers Amid massively hyped scenes at London's O2 Arena nine days ago, this was Michael Jackson addressing a press conference. Or was it? As tickets for his extended series of 50 summer shows sold out in record time yesterday - with prices of up to a staggering £25,000 being demanded on the resale market - an intriguing question was beginning to trouble even some of his most unwavering supporters. Was the quivering figure in the aviator shades and sparkly jacket that day an imposter? Naturally, the official response is that it was Jacko. But they would say that, wouldn't they? Others are speculating that - for whatever reason - it was merely a convincing impersonator. The internet is buzzing with suggestions that the MJ the world saw during a four-minute appearance at O2 might not have been the MJ fans know and love. Ludicrous conjecture? Well, maybe so. But like many internet-based rumours, this one is beginning to snowball. Speculation began even before the nervous-looking figure stepped through the scarlet silk curtains. No explanation was given for why he was more than 90 minutes late. Questions over his health circulated in the throng. The first glimpse of him was on a giant video screen above the stage. It certainly looked like Michael Jackson. The jacket was a cross between circus-ring MC and Eastern European military. Boots, sunglasses, and jet-black hair. All OK so far. But then came the walk, an awkward, loping stride. He paused momentarily beside a golf cart, probably assuming it was going to take him into the arena - but was ushered in on foot. Next, the voice. The few words he stumbled over at the microphone had far more bass than many expected. If you closed your eyes you would surely have had trouble identifying him as the more familiar, childlike 50-year-old with a penchant for spending time innocently with small boys. Trouble is, surgery and image enhancement mean that few people really know what MJ will look like when they meet him. Whatever differences there might have been, however, it was enough to get the internet theorists moving. One site draws attention to his hands (fingers not long enough to be Michael's, apparently). Another suggests he was too tall. But why use a lookalike? The (speculative) theory is that Jackson - filmed falling on the steps of his minibus before it left for the Arena - was either injured or too ill to appear in person. With millions at stake in ticket sales, who would be bold enough to disappoint the waiting fans and international broadcasters now? Jackson, a 13- Grammy award winner, is one of the most successful performers on the planet. He has sold over 750million records. Spoof stories about him are rife, including one detailing how an impersonator has been fooling fans for years after MJ's corpse was found on his Neverland ranch. Link to post Share on other sites
mooncow 0 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 THRILLER PACKAGE Customers choose from: Premium seats in Rows 4 to 15 in A Blocks on Floor @ £795.00 per person Premium seats in 1st 20 rows of Block 101 in Tier 1 @ £770.00 per person Also includes: Champagne on arrival Pre-show party in private facility DJ and entertainment Red carpet VIP check in and fast track entry Goody bag Souvenir tour laminate After show party Parking/Thames Clipper ticket Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 So much for the top price of 75 then! Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 bit of a farce Link to post Share on other sites
veronica 2 Posted March 20, 2009 Share Posted March 20, 2009 Trent from NIN's thoughts on the stinking scene that is live ticket prices. As we approach on-sale dates for the upcoming tour, I've noticed lots of you are curious / concerned / outraged at the plethora of tickets that somehow appear on all these reseller sites at inflated prices - even before the pre-sale dates. I'll do my best to explain the situation as I see it, as well as clarify my organization's stance in the matter. NIN decides to tour this summer. We arrive at the conclusion outdoor amphitheaters are the right venue for this outing, for a variety of reasons we've throughly considered*. In the past, NIN would sell the shows in each market to local promoters, who then "buy" the show from us to sell to you. Live Nation happens to own all the amphitheaters and bought most of the local promoters - so if you want to play those venues, you're being promoted by Live Nation. Live Nation has had an exclusive deal with TicketMaster that has just expired, so Live Nation launched their own ticketing service. Most of the dates on this tour are through Live Nation, some are through TicketMaster - this is determined by the promoter (Live Nation), not us. Now we get into the issue of secondary markets for tickets, which is the hot issue here. The ticketing marketplace for rock concerts shows a real lack of sophistication, meaning this: the true market value of some tickets for some concerts is much higher than what the act wants to be perceived as charging. For example, there are some people who would be willing to pay $1,000 and up to be in the best seats for various shows, but MOST acts in the rock / pop world don't want to come off as greedy pricks asking that much, even though the market says its value is that high. The acts know this, the venue knows this, the promoters know this, the ticketing company knows this and the scalpers really know this. So... The venue, the promoter, the ticketing agency and often the artist camp (artist, management and agent) take tickets from the pool of available seats and feed them directly to the re-seller (which from this point on will be referred to by their true name: SCALPER). I am not saying every one of the above entities all do this, nor am I saying they do it for all shows but this is a very common practice that happens more often than not. There is money to be made and they feel they should participate in it. There are a number of scams they employ to pull this off which is beyond the scope of this note. StubHub.com is an example of a re-seller / scalper. So is TicketsNow.com. Here's the rub: TicketMaster has essentially been a monopoly for many years - certainly up until Live Nation's exclusive deal ran out. They could have (and can right now) stop the secondary market dead in its tracks by doing the following: limit the amount of sales per customer, print names on the tickets and require ID / ticket matches at the venue. We know this works because we do it for our pre-sales. Why don't THEY do it? It's obvious - they make a lot of money fueling the secondary market. TicketMaster even bought a re-seller site and often bounces you over to that site to buy tickets (TicketsNow.com)! NIN gets 10% of the available seats for our own pre-sale. We won a tough (and I mean TOUGH) battle to get the best seats. We require you to sign up at our site (for free) to get tickets. We limit the amount you can buy, we print your name on the tickets and we have our own person let you in a separate entrance where we check your ID to match the ticket. We charge you a surcharge that has been less than TicketMaster's or Live Nation's in all cases so far to pay for the costs of doing this - it's not a profit center for us. We have essentially stopped scalping by doing these things - because we want true fans to be able to get great seats and not get ripped off by these parasites. I assure you nobody in the NIN camp supplies or supports the practice of supplying tickets to these re-sellers because it's not something we morally feel is the right thing to do. We are leaving money on the table here but it's not always about money. Being completely honest, it IS something I've had to consider. If people are willing to pay a lot of money to sit up front AND ARE GOING TO ANYWAY thanks to the rigged system, why let that money go into the hands of the scalpers? I'm the one busting my ass up there every night. The conclusion really came down to it not feeling like the right thing to do - simple as that. My guess as to what will eventually happen if / when Live Nation and TicketMaster merges is that they'll move to an auction or market-based pricing scheme - which will simply mean it will cost a lot more to get a good seat for a hot show. They will simply BECOME the scalper, eliminating them from the mix. Nothing's going to change until the ticketing entity gets serious about stopping the problem - which of course they don't see as a problem. The ultimate way to hurt scalpers is to not support them. Leave them holding the merchandise. If this subject interests you, check out the following links. Don't buy from scalpers, and be suspect of artists singing the praises of the Live Nation / TicketMaster merger. What's in it for them? Link to post Share on other sites
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