1 October 2012

Martika cancels on Canberra

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The Herald Sun has the sad news that 90’s popette Martika has had to cancel her Canberra show.

As the cancellation was caused by poor ticket sales I don’t think anyone’s going to be weeping too hard.

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“Come, and get some
In Martika’s Kitchen…”

She was one of Prince’s many girlfriends during her brief moment of fame, also.

SnapperJack said :

“They all fall down like Toy Soldiers”

In this case not nearly enough.

I roughly know another song by her from that time but couldn’t confidently name the title without a web search. And after that, I couldn’t name another song by her. It’s not too difficult to imagine her ticket sales were poor. Surely a little market research beforehand would have indicated it was going to be a flop.

“They all fall down like Toy Soldiers”

In this case not nearly enough.

toriness said :

i would have gone if it was somewhere more central. i trekked to tuggers for belinda carlisle but she’s in a whole other league than martika.

A bit of ticker fade there. This month I’m “trekking”* to Melbourne to see my fave perfomer and then seeing him again three days later at Canberra Theatre Centre. Guess it all depends on your perspective.

* And in my van, it’s not so much a trek as a rollercoaster ride crossed with a bouncy castle. No, not like that.

I had a mate who back in 1990 made a bet that he would ‘bag’ martika by the end of the century.

He didn’t and he still hasn’t paid up

toriness said :

i trekked to tuggers

I love Canberra!

(Collette with two L’s..)

I’m saving my money for Corina’s tour. I hear the local support act will be Colette!

i would have gone if it was somewhere more central. i trekked to tuggers for belinda carlisle but she’s in a whole other league than martika.

I don’t understand why she had a problem with ticket sales – the popularity of X factor and Pop Idol demonstrates that there is a huge audience for bland manufactured pop music.

Martika who? she posted online “My feelings are hurt, I am so angry, I can’t stop crying because I wanted to perform for my Australian and New Zealand fans and now this is cancelled,”

Hardly surprising given she hasn’t had a big hit since 1991.

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