An open letter to Mr. Buffett

[RinglingRingling]

This morning I got a call that the Buckeye (and probably all other PHCs in the area) PHC needed hard numbers for club seats for the Cinci venue. No date has been announced, and getting people to kick out $136+ per for seats on speculation that the date will fit their plans seems a bit like a play to cut down on the requests.

I don't know if it is you, or your management crew, but in the past two years you have been perfectly happy to throw them under the bus for shorter and shorter notice ranges. Not everyone can drop their life and roll out for a show on really short notice like you and your new demographic (shows in Bora Bora, etc. on a week's notice). This year we don't have the crap of you having to cancel dates to support a marginal beer, so if you could get the dates out before the demand for ticket decisions expires, and actually follow the schedule as announced, it would go a long way toward restoring credibility.

We may be a small, and rather unimportant segment, of your fan base now that you've ridden "License to Chill" back into the spotlight, but we're also the folks who kept you in Avgas and jet fuel before Alan Jackson included you in the video. We're also the ones that will still be there when the folks who only know the yellow album move on to next week's version of The Back Street Synchers.

[danielmorgan03]

Motion is seconded.

[Ragtop Dawg]

Well said. Could not agree more.

[citcat]

You sound like you're in the same mood Gary was in yesterday, Todd.
And I threw a dinner napkin at him.
Don't worry, I agree and I'm put out about this ticket NOW NOW NOW order, too.
Whatever. I GOTTA go to Cinci !!!

[oceanstate]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

[RinglingRingling]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

that may be the case, re: turnbacks, but at the same time, w/ such short turnarounds, it probably adds to the pile and since those 300 are sold w/out the Evilnation/Ticketba$tard fees...

[oceanstate]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

that may be the case, re: turnbacks, but at the same time, w/ such short turnarounds, it probably adds to the pile and since those 300 are sold w/out the Evilnation/Ticketba$tard fees...

Don't get me started about Ticketmaster.

[RinglingRingling]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

that may be the case, re: turnbacks, but at the same time, w/ such short turnarounds, it probably adds to the pile and since those 300 are sold w/out the Evilnation/Ticketba$tard fees...

Don't get me started about Ticketmaster.

k. Will agree they are not on my "favourites" list.

[Tropic_Al]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

that may be the case, re: turnbacks, but at the same time, w/ such short turnarounds, it probably adds to the pile and since those 300 are sold w/out the Evilnation/Ticketba$tard fees...

Don't get me started about Ticketmaster.

k. Will agree they are not on my "favourites" list.

It will be much better now that they're merging w/Livenation.....

[SharkOnLand]

I'd be happy if he actually held a show within driving distance of my house.

[RinglingRingling]

I don't know that they really have to do much to cut back on requests. I know that in New England, for the last several years there have been a surplus of club tix. All of the clubs have been turning them back in.

that may be the case, re: turnbacks, but at the same time, w/ such short turnarounds, it probably adds to the pile and since those 300 are sold w/out the Evilnation/Ticketba$tard fees...

Don't get me started about Ticketmaster.

k. Will agree they are not on my "favourites" list.

It will be much better now that they're merging w/Livenation.....

So I have been told.... and highly doubt.

but.. that said, back to the topic at hand: tour dates, and stupidity regarding their announcement and the logistics.

[oceanstate]

So the local PHC folks in New England have heard zero about this concert so far. Lots of scrambling about.....

[FunkHouse9]

Yeah, you tell him R2! And while you're at it, you'd better play Nautical Wheelers in Bristow you son of a b****!

[ph4ever]

This thread has popcorn potential.....

[pema]

This thread has popcorn potential.....

doesn't every thread that RR posts in

[ph4ever]

This thread has popcorn potential.....

doesn't every thread that RR posts in

not every, but some

[GumboPirate]

Yeah, you tell him R2! And while you're at it, you'd better play Nautical Wheelers in Bristow you son of a b****!

[ScarletB]

This seems so strange. The New England Clubs have 2 firm dates and no one has addressed tickets with them yet. Do you think this is an isolated case or are other clubs having that experience?

[Carolinadreamin']

This thread has popcorn potential.....

I've eaten a giant tub of popcorn while stuck in the house the last three days..........how about some nachos?

[ragtopW]

This seems so strange. The New England Clubs have 2 firm dates and no one has addressed tickets with them yet. Do you think this is an isolated case or are other clubs having that experience?

the Boise Club gives us about 3 days for turnaround..

stay loose