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| Author | Comment | Bodo
Sep-06-2011, 09:16 GMT
Austria
 | Just my 2 Cents:
a) I think that it was clearly Pauls decission to play smaller venues and also ´normal´ arenas/theaters. But: It always depends on what the concert promoter offers to you - and THEY (not Paul) have to calculate how many people will come. It is clear that Paul can not fill a stadion of 30.000 people in let´s say Miami. But he could in NY, and he could in Israel. In Dublin a very small company with a mini-club got the show (and filled it without any advertisement, there was not even one poster in the city, while I saw some for Neil Diamond and even Ladysmith Black Mambazo), while I am sure that other promoters offered him a bigger venue in the same city. So I think that whenever they got the chance to play a small venue, they decided to do that show. They never think ´Can I fill that arena´ because that is the business of the local promoter. A local promoter offering a stadion for 80.000 people to Paul Simon must be an idiot.
b) You now guess that because of 1 new date this next tour will be in bigger arenas. Why? Also in spring Paul played small and big venues - and often in the same city.
| | | | Bodo
Sep-06-2011, 09:22 GMT
Austria
| Beside Paul Simon not knowing that the Capeman will be a flop no one else on this planet knew it.
Musicals are a hit because everyone knows their title. My experience as a tourist on Broadway and in London is - Whenever I wanted to visit a musical (and I do not know a lot about them), I have to decide which title sounds good to me: ´Hair´, ´We will rock you´, ´Grease´, ´The Lion King´, ´Spider man´, ´Sister act´, ´The Capeman´, ´Facebook´, ´Mc Donalds´, ´Bill Gates story´, ´Two and a half men´, ´The Rolling Stones´, ´Lady Gaga´ - Which one would you visit if you only know the title?
I am sure a mediocre musical named ´Simon and Garfunkel´ would be a 30-year long sold out runner on broadway. I am pretty sure Paul has been offered to do that. If not, I want my 1% for that idea....
| | | | Forum guest
Sep-07-2011, 00:16 GMT
USA - United Staates America
 | I don´t care, actually.... | | | | Forum guest
Sep-07-2011, 00:20 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| and to continue briefly, to make an equivalency between The Capeman (Paul´s one foray into Broadway playwriting et al), and his multi decade success as a pop music artist is either intellectually dishonest or just lacking any insight. anyway, i´ll be moving on now, cheers. | | | | Ans
Sep-07-2011, 07:46 GMT
Netherlands
 | Just enjoy the music and be grateful that Paul still makes great music and wants to go on tour. If you have a chance to see him live just go and enjoy so you won´t regret it later....
| | | | Jon
Sep-08-2011, 03:48 GMT
Unknown
 | Phoenix date added. | | | | Ans
Sep-08-2011, 08:31 GMT
Netherlands
| http://www.livenation.com/search?tm_link=tm_homeA_
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http://kool.radio.com/2011/09/07/paul-simon-coming
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| | | | linclink
Sep-08-2011, 15:25 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Being that Paul is a huge Yankees fan (and so am I, though I also Love the Red Sox & Mets), it´ll be interesting to see if he books any dates during the World Series games when the Yankees could have home games...
The World Series dates are from Oct. 19-27, with the American League team´s home games (that would, potentially, be the Yankees) on Oct 22, 23 & 24. My bet is that there will be no concerts on those dates. The other games are on 19, 20, 26 & 27- those are at the National League teams home stadium...To be honest I´m kind of surprised that he´s playing a date on the 20th...but it is on the west coast & barring a massive upset those games on 19, 20, 26 & 27 are all going to be in Philly...so his show on the west coast would be done in time to watch the world series...
Curious to see how many other shows he plays, and where & when...come on east coast dates!!! | | | | linclink
Sep-09-2011, 17:56 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Paul Simon Announces Fall US Concert Tour!
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, 11:00 am
Paul Simon has announced the first part of his Fall US Tour! Please view the concert dates below for more information. Tickets to the general public will go on sale first for the shows in Phoenix (on sale September 12th) and Berkeley (on sale September 11th). Additional packages are also available for both dates. Keep checking PaulSimon.com for additional on-sale dates as they become available. Please also check back here for shows being added in the coming days!
DATE CITY, STATE VENUE TICKETS
10/17/2011 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
10/19/2011 Los Angeles, CA Gibson Amphitheatre
10/20/2011 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
10/22/2011 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
10/23/2011 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
10/24/2011 Las Vegas,NV Colosseum@ Caesar´s Palace
10/26/2011 Denver, CO Ist Bank Center
10/28/2011 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre
10/29/2011 Memphis, TN Mud Island Amphitheatre
11/4/2011 New Orleans, LA UNO Lakefront Arena
11/5/2011 Austin, TX Cedar Park Center
11/6/2011 Oklahoma City, OK Civic Center Hall
Smallest venue, if it´s right, that I could find was 2,500ish in Oklahoma City, OK on 11/6 & the largest was in SD, CA on 10/22 with 12,200 . Most all the other venues are in the 5,000-10,000 seat area. | | | | Forum guest
Sep-09-2011, 18:26 GMT
Canada
 | "You now guess that because of 1 new date this next tour will be in bigger arenas. Why? Also in spring Paul played small and big venues - and often in the same city."
Well, the recent announcement of the fall tour (and the respective venues) makes you look like a pretty big idiot now, eh Bodo? No need for your rebel-without-a-cause contrarianism anymore, methinks. | | | | Mimi
Sep-09-2011, 18:43 GMT
Austria
| Do you have any problems, "Forum Guest"? If so, could you please keep them to yourself? Thank you very much. | | | | linclink
Sep-09-2011, 19:24 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| Personally I don´t think there is any question at all, at least not in my mind, that Paul was playing smaller venues earlier this year because he enjoyed the club gigs, and he wanted to give something really special back to his fans.
This was especially evident because he´d play more than one night in smaller halls, and/or clubs in larger cities & sell both dates out quickly & easily.
Paul McCartney did this in 2010 when he played hockey & basketball arenas multiple nights in certain cities rather than playing the football & baseball stadiums that he played in ´09 & ´11.
I think he´s going back out because...he truly enjoyed playing the gigs that he played in the Spring, and to give a greater number of folks a shot at seeing him.
My bet is that Paul will be selling out the 5,000-10,000 seat halls again this fall, and that he could quite probably sell out larger venues than he´s choosing to play now even. | | | | Cher
Sep-12-2011, 16:39 GMT
USA - United Staates America
| And I imagine there will be those special card holders getting the best seats again and selling them for a fortune. | | | | Forum guest
Sep-12-2011, 20:23 GMT
Unknown
| actually, looking at this list, it looks like he is playing venues based on his ability to sell tickets in each market, not, not larger and not smaller. I don´t think there is anything wrong with that, but it does seem to be what he is doing. Obviously, when he plays clubs, that is just because he enjoys it, and knows the fans do too.
I can´t imagine why anyone would think it is a problem or to suggest that Paul, or his promoters, choose venues based on some projection of ticket sales.
I also cannot imagine why anyone would use the word "methinks"
| | | | Forum guest
Sep-13-2011, 22:35 GMT
Unknown
| out of interest, I went to ticketmaster and tried to get one ticket to the Berkeley show. - the best available for normal ticks came back pretty far back, just before the lawn.
However, there was a "silver ticket" available in the 7th row, seat 5, sounds near the middle, for 275 bucks.
So, Cher, it is not only the scalpers who are driving up the cost of the good seats, obviously a bunch are reserved for these so called "package" deals.
Still, I´d rather have this great seat for 275 than be way back for 75. | | | | |
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