Last night marked a great moment in time for some country music fans. Garth Brooks is back in the game after 9 years and officially unretired. I am kicking myself in the butt for not planning ahead and being in Las Vegas last night.
According to an article in USA Today by Brian Mansfield, Garth was dressed down in a black hoodie, jeans and a baseball cap. The almost three hour show was sold out and Mansfield says that he played all or parts of more than three dozen songs.
Garth says these acoustic shows will be different each night and that some shows will have specials guests to join him. Oh what I would give to be just a fly on the wall for one of these shows. They sound amazing, intimate and unforgetable.
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Now just how much were those tickets a piece? rich rich man that Garth is.
Well, the first “round” of tickets were all $125 each. No matter where you sat. BUT I read over on http://www.nashvillegab.com that in the news conference yesterday Steve Wynn said this will change and that they learned a lesson. So it sounds like Garth may be getting even richer still:
From lasvegassun.com…
“We learned a lesson here about the tickets over the first 20 shows. I think that before this is over, we’re going to scale the tickets a little better,” Wynn said. “As for scalpers, I’m not going to be checking every receipt at the door and inconvenience fans, but I did send a message to scalpers. That I accomplished.”
Asked about what sort of scale he was thinking of and where the current $125 would land in that scale, Wynn said, “The midpoint.”
“It would have been wrong to try to change any of his preconceptions until he was in the room, in Las Vegas,” Wynn said, noting that the single-scale price was Brooks’ wish. “That’s why I shut up and let him have his way. He had a program that was easy to figure out, which he toured on, and it did the job.”
“I let him have his way with the ticket prices, but we might be going with scaled pricing before too long,” Wynn said. “We will have to talk about that.”
“Everything he did made perfect sense — under the old model,” Wynn said. “But we’re looking at it differently here. I think he’ll have to learn for himself about how to scale shows in Las Vegas, to charge less for the balcony, that this approach does matter. Then we’ll have a different discussion, for sure.”
I’m probably in the minority here but I do not like Grarth’s arrogant assumption that everyone has just been sitting around waiting for him to once again allow us to contribute more money and adulation to his coffers. I was never a big fan of his and never bought any of his cds or paid to attend any of his shows but I did like a few of his songs.
There are so many artists out there now that have been working their fingers to the bone to get into and stay in music. Yet Garth’s ego is so huge he thinks he can come back after so many years and resume his place at the top. A true musician can’t even imagine giving up their music and careers for any length of time. They love it too much. They find ways of balancing their professional lives and their personal lives.
As much as I love Vegas and go as often as I can, I will NOT be attending any of Mr. Brooks’ shows.
Check out this YouTube video about Garth’s unretirement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsCkTexQ0sM
I don’t think Garth assumed people were waiting for him to come back – although I would love to see him release CD’s again. But he missed the music. He missed the faces. It’s really too bad that people who aren’t fans of someone feel obligated to rag on them. I happen to love his voice and the way he acts. If you don’t like him…find someone else who makes you happy and focus on them. If you go to Vegas and don’t want to attend his show – he’ll be okay. I think what he’s doing is wonderful. I think if people go to Vegas to see him and love his show – good for them. Life is so incredibly short. Don’t hate on someone you don’t even know but do find an artist you love and enjoy. Music is wonderful and you really should be listening to something you like. Garth will survive without you. Because those of us who LOVE Garth appreciate what the man stands for. How he loves the music he sings and he gives his best each time he takes the stage. He did things the way he wanted to. You really can’t fault him for that. We all make our own decisions. Obviously country concerts have gotten a lot bigger but it isn’t Garth who’s out there touring so people followed Garth. Try to find your happy. I’m sure Garth has found his and true listeners of Garth have found theirs. I’ll take him any way, shape or form. His voice is true. Garth is Garth!!!!