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July 05, 2006
On a Clear Day
...she would have seen that love, ageless and evergreen, still only matters to people who need people. 'Soupahstah' Bahbrah matters only to Bahbrah and no one's paying $800 for the privilege of indulging her. I think she and the Dixie Chicks should hook up ~ maybe they can salvage a tour.
BARBRA Streisand may be starting to wish her last "farewell tour" six years ago truly was her swan song.Sales for her upcoming gigs, which begin in October, have been disappointing, according to a top music industry source, who says fans are resisting ticket prices as high as $800, not including service fees. "Some cities [like] Detroit, where they wanted to do two days, are less than 3,000 sold," the source tells Page Six.
The slow ticket sales are said to be a concern for Michael Cohl and Live Nation, the promoters who paid nearly $80 million for Streisand's 20 shows with opening act Il Divo. The tour kicks off Oct. 4 in Philadelphia, continues in New York on Oct. 9, then rolls into Washington, Detroit, Boston, Ft. Lauderdale, Atlanta, Atlantic City, Chicago, San Jose, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. But with promoters facing the possibility of losing $15 million or more on the deal, they're now said to be mulling offers to book Streisand in Indian casinos.
UPDATE: About those tickets...
THE dynamics of Streisand's upcoming bye-bye, ta-ta, latest, newest, most recent, final forever farewell this year tour:
Il Divo opens for 10 songs. La Diva Herself then comes on to do 12 songs. Then eight songs together. One duet will be, again, the old "Somewhere," which she somehow gave to mankind in her 2000 after-this-I'm-outta-here-for-good-and-always tour as well as her 1994 this-is-the-last-time-you'll-ever-have-a-chance-to-pay-this-extravagant-price-per-ticket-to-see-me-in-the-flesh tour. Figures "Somewhere" is the theme for where she'll work on her next into-the-sunset schlep.
After I announced she's charging $750 a ticket, this gimme-the-money operation then quickly announced that it's for a charity deal. Now trickling out is that the donation might get phrased as "designated proceeds" - whatever that means. Benefit-type events usually mention how much is tax-deductible. Can she be copping the tax credit when she donates "designated proceeds"? Can those millions she'll make off this latest in her serial farewell tours slide through the taxman without her personally paying big-time?
By the way, souvenirs she'll hawk this time around include leftovers from the previous farewell tours. They'll be labeled "vintage collectibles."
By the way No. 2: Those $750 tickets are not the Triple-A Superbest. Seats for $1,000 and up include - ready? - a $40 souvenir program.
People who love people are not necessarily the people who brainstormed this tour.
Posted by tree hugging sister at July 5, 2006 03:22 PM
Comments
*snort*
A friend of my wife tried to get her to go with her to see Baaaahbrah. The Mrs. didn't even require a look from me to turn down the offer.
Posted by: Robb Allen at July 5, 2006 03:31 PM
Maybe she should tour with the Dixie Chicks...
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 5, 2006 05:45 PM
Bingley, you idiot. THS already said that. Little brothers have NO original ideas, do they?
Posted by: Emily at July 5, 2006 06:29 PM
Hahaha. I am a moron.
At her age I figured she'd forget what she wrote by the time she got to the comments.
Or maybe at my age i forget what I read by the time I get to the comments...
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 5, 2006 07:30 PM
Babs playing at Indian casinos? BUAWHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 5, 2006 07:40 PM
People
Who don't need Bawbwaw
Are the luckiest people...
Posted by: Nightfly at July 5, 2006 07:43 PM
Heck, maybe if she goes to the Indian casinos as "Yenta" they'll think she's one of them.
Posted by: Mr. Bingley at July 5, 2006 07:58 PM
There's one casino just south of here. If she plays a gig there, I'll go just to hit the buffet and snicker throughout her performance.
Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at July 5, 2006 11:23 PM