Why isn't P!nk coming to Canberra?

there is a special place in hell for scalpers. scum of the earth. i refuse outright to buy tickets from them.

shiny flu said :

You make more money doing more nights in bigger cities like the ones you listed.

a) You get more bums on seats which is good for the promoter/Pink.
b) The more bums on seats, the more likely people will buy Merch and the more money for Pink herself.

In a day you can move equipment from Sydney-Melbourne or Sydney-Brisbane. Stopping in Canberra takes at least 2.5 days when coming from Melbourne and 1.5 from Sydney.

So if you can stay set up in Melbourne and sell more tickets/merch without having to spend money and time shifting the show to Canberra then financially it makes sense to not come here.

I agree with the above, however the current issue with Pinks promoter is not whether to announce more shows in the capital cities at the cost of a show in Canberra, it is whether to hold a show in Canberra or Wollongong which isnt even a major captial city.

Thanks for posting this Toriness. I couldnt agree with you more. The lack of Canberra concert is a joke and I have had to resort to buying tickets to a Sydney concert on Ebay which I hate doing. Lets hope Michael Coppel comes to his senses some time today and announces a show here 🙂

Sean78 said :

It’s obvious why Pink isn’t coming to Canberra.

There are too many members of the Parliamentary Liberal Party that wear pink lacy underwear. Alexander Downer would be a certainty as would Wilson Tuckey and Bill Heffernan.

I would even be suspect of Malcolm Turdbull.

What? You don’t wear pink lacy underwear? You are missing out my friend.

A law should be passed that all international acts have to do one night in Canberra. They wouldn’t have to bring all their big lighting and pyrotechnical effects and might have to make do with a smaller mixing desk. As an ex resident it used to piss me off having to go up to Sydney to see a gig. In addition to the ticket, transport up and back would have to be paid for along with a hotel room.

Tempestas said :

Nambucco Deliria said :

Iron Maiden won’t be back for the forseeable, but you can go and see them in New Zealand in February.

Another case of not selling enough tickets when they toured at the start of the year?

No. They didn’t play New Zealand at the start of the year.

You make more money doing more nights in bigger cities like the ones you listed.

a) You get more bums on seats which is good for the promoter/Pink.
b) The more bums on seats, the more likely people will buy Merch and the more money for Pink herself.

In a day you can move equipment from Sydney-Melbourne or Sydney-Brisbane. Stopping in Canberra takes at least 2.5 days when coming from Melbourne and 1.5 from Sydney.

So if you can stay set up in Melbourne and sell more tickets/merch without having to spend money and time shifting the show to Canberra then financially it makes sense to not come here.

Nambucco Deliria said :

Iron Maiden won’t be back for the forseeable, but you can go and see them in New Zealand in February.

Another case of not selling enough tickets when they toured at the start of the year?

Iron Maiden won’t be back for the forseeable, but you can go and see them in New Zealand in February.

It’s obvious why Pink isn’t coming to Canberra.

There are too many members of the Parliamentary Liberal Party that wear pink lacy underwear. Alexander Downer would be a certainty as would Wilson Tuckey and Bill Heffernan.

I would even be suspect of Malcolm Turdbull.

Possibly because the dollar has dropped.

Iron Maiden that should be 🙁

Well, can Iron Maidens or AC/DC at least make an appearance here sometime soon?

i would be fine with travelling to sydney or wollongong for a weekend show – but my leave balance is too low from OS trips smashings to devote a day’s leave to a mid-week concert interstate.

and thanks for the link blamemonkey, hopefully other people will use it! me, i registered with that weeks ago 🙂

I know what you mean Pommy bastard. A friend was just recently reminiscing about how much we hated our parents because they wouldn’t let us take the bus to Sydney to watch the Canberra City soccer team play when we were about 14. Then we had a good laugh!

They decided that Canberra already had enough pink.

The difference being old fruit, that I would happily let my daughter attend a concert by Pink here in our own fair city, accompanied only by her chums. (With me dropping her off and collecting her afterward)

Going to Sydney means transport and accommodation for the family on top of ticket price. Rather prohibitive I would say.

Obviously Pink’s management team did their research this time around and worked out that Nation’s Capital does not necessarily equate to large audience.

Suck it up and get the bus to Sydney if you really enjoy crap music such as this.

Aren’t we battling it out with Wollongong for a concert? That’s what they’ve been babbling on about on 104.7 in the morning for the past two weeks or so.

Blamemonkey said :

for someone who is a fan how can you not be aware of this?

http://comps.ticketek.com.au/pinkregister.php

I suspect that’s how she knew about the new shows added to Melbourne, etc. Signing up for notification doesn’t due much to ensure she’s coming.

Thank heaven for small mercies, I say.

for someone who is a fan how can you not be aware of this?

http://comps.ticketek.com.au/pinkregister.php

Sure – I agree… but I don’t think it’s going to happen.

Last time she was here, yes she sold out two shows. That’s a wonderful show of support, but the bottom line is that (from a promoter’s viewpoint) there’s no money to be made in Canberra.

Last year I saw Pink and Missy Higgins one week apart (I think) both at AIS. Pink says [sic] “wow, this is really nice and intimate… it’s the smallest venue I’ve played on this tour”.

Missy says [sic] “wow this is awesome, and a bit intimidating – this is the biggest gig I’ve played on this tour”.

I don’t know the numbers, but I suspect that a promoter has to charge upwards of $200/ticket for an AIS show if they want to make returns equivalent of a show in Sydney. Furthermore – a promoter knows that Canberra fans will grumble but in the end buy tickets to the Sydney show(s).

I also encountered problems getting Friday/Saturday tickets…in the end had to settle for Wednesday. Such is life.

Funnily enough I have to agree. My 13 yr old would love to go see her.