Chapter 848 848 Road to Glory
On May 24, 1994, the first anniversary tour of Glory to Death officially kicked off.
One year ago, on May 25th, the band of Glory to the Dead was officially formed, which brought together Hugo Lancaster, Drop Neil Foggin Reinhardt, Neil Anderson, Alfonso - The five-piece band of Lopez, Giulio Pedro-Cesar-Casa was born in Los Angeles.
At the beginning, this band assembled because of common interests and hobbies could never have imagined that a year later, they would become the representatives of new wave rock in the United States. Their first official ticketed tour would set off such a frenzy, which completely detonated the heat wave of the midsummer of 1994. .
The official itinerary for the tour, titled "Glory. Road," was announced on April 11. Death to Glory will begin its journey from the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, then pass through San Francisco to Las Vegas, Seattle, Cheyenne, Denver, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, Finally arrived in New York.
The tour starts on May 24th and lasts until the end of July 16th. The whole process is nearly two months, with a total of 32 performances. feast.
This will also be a tour that truly shows its strength. It is different from the carnival at the music festival, and it is also different from the casualness of the street performance. This tour is a ticketed performance. Can the band's performance be worthy of the ticket price and concert? Attendance rate, audience word of mouth will be the focus of attention.
This Glory to the Dead tour will take the traditional rock band's way, set off on the band bus, and immediately take the bus to the next city after a performance in one city. This kind of road tour is also the most rock-inspired way, but it is different from the tour in the year of Glory to the Dead. Last year, Glory to the Dead was almost wherever it went, but this time it was a complete itinerary; They are all performing on the street, but this time it is a ticketed performance at a fixed concert venue.
This also means that loyal fans can clearly grasp the band's movements. The performance venue, hotel, and departure route have been announced in advance. It is conceivable that a large number of fans will follow the band from scratch to complete this tour. In particular, this tour schedule is completely included in the summer vacation, which is undoubtedly a huge good news for fans.
As soon as the itinerary of the "Road to Glory" tour was announced, it caused a lot of heated discussions in the media, especially the news of Kurt Cobain's death at that time, which reawakened the infinite memory of rock and roll in the entire market. The most talked about band in time, the similarities between Glory to Death and Nirvana have been brought up many times. Under such circumstances, the topicality and exposure of "Road to Glory" have skyrocketed.
On April 18, Los Angeles and San Francisco were the first to start ticket sales, with tickets for Los Angeles on May 24 and 25, and San Francisco on May 27 and 28, respectively.
The Los Angeles venue can accommodate 17,000 spectators at the Hollywood Bowl. Last year, Glory to Death chose it as the terminus of its road tour. It was not a ticketed show. Glory to Death had not released an album at the time. "I have no name", but they gathered more than 10,000 spectators to arrive at the scene.
San Francisco is held at the Shoreline. Amphitheatre in the southern part of the city. The Shoreline Amphitheatre is not indoors in San Francisco and must be reached by car along the coastline, about forty miles away, but after the theater was completed in 1986, it was One of the most famous concert venues in California, big names such as Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Guns and Roses are willing to arrange their concerts here, and countless music carnivals including the Junjie Music Festival are also very happy here. And the residents of "Country on Wheels" are also willing to drive to the concert feast.
The Shoreline Amphitheatre is significantly larger, with a total capacity of 22,500 spectators, far more spacious than the Hollywood Bowl.
When EMI Records announced the venue for the two concerts to be held by Glory to the Dead, in fact, many media expressed their concerns: concerns about the attendance rate.
Glory to Death has been a huge hit in the past six months, but after all, it's just a rookie band, and only one album has come out so far. What's more, it's a ticketed concert, and it needs enough audiences who are willing to open their pockets Enter to watch the concert live.
The non-ticketed concerts held at the Los Angeles Open Air Theater only gathered 10,000 audiences. This data is very incredible for a band that has not yet released an album, but in an objective sense: this is not full, just occupying. Only two-thirds of the audience.
So what about tickets now? Are all seats filled? Will the attendance rate not even break through 50%? Even more frightening is that San Francisco's Shoreline Amphitheatre can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators, a full 5,000 more than the Hollywood Bowl. This is indeed a daunting task.
The decisive factor for the media to express concern is the price of concerts. In the United States, watching concerts is generally not expensive. General concert venues should be around $12 to $28, and luxury concert venues are $25 to $28. About fifty-six dollars; of course, performing singers also have an impact. If the singer is worried about the attendance problem, lowering the ticket price is a very effective means.
Both the Hollywood Bowl and the Shoreline Bowl are high-end concert venues with excellent equipment. The media generally estimate that the price of a concert ticket to Death of Glory fluctuates between $25 and $36, which is an acceptable range. However, when EMI announced the ticket price, it landed in the range of thirty-six to fifty dollars, which was obviously a grade higher than the price guessed by the media.
For a rookie band that has been out for less than a year, it is really a burden. You must know that in the past two years, the unemployment rate has remained high and the economy has remained sluggish. Concert tickets can be regarded as an extra luxury, at least a lot more expensive than a seven-dollar movie ticket.
But after the ticket window opened, all the media fell through their glasses.
Los Angeles was the first to usher in a ticket-buying frenzy. This city, known as the birthplace of Glory to the Dead, has accumulated a wide base of fans. After confirming the start of ticket sales, there were terrifying long queues at major ticket windows. In the days when the Internet and telephone bookings were not yet popular, everyone who wanted to buy tickets had to go to the ticket window to buy them in person.
As a result, the five ticket offices in Los Angeles ushered in a rare sight of queuing. Even the smallest one had a queue of at least 100 people, while the Hollywood Bowl, where the largest crowd gathered, gathered More than 1,500 fans were queuing up, and such a grand event even attracted a local TV station in Los Angeles to report on the spot, which became a major event on April 18.
In just two days, all tickets for May 24 in Los Angeles were sold out, and less than 24 hours later, all tickets for the 25th were officially sold out. On the 24th and 25th, nearly 35,000 concert tickets were sold out so quickly. This immediately became the news that the media paid the most attention to in the past two days, and even the "Los Angeles Times" They all wrote an article on the entertainment page to report the grand occasion of fans snapping up tickets.
What is even more surprising is that many fans who have not bought tickets actually lingered near the Hollywood Bowl for a long time, reluctant to leave for a long time, which is far beyond the expectations of the media: their call for glory to death now Power is still underestimated. So, what went wrong?
Tom Hanks jokingly mentioned this when he was doing the pre-promotion of "Forrest Gump", "Because of this incident, Colin and I had a little awkwardness. Originally, Colin planned to line up to buy a concert by himself. He has been annoyed at missing the Junjie Music Festival, so he started to look forward to hearing about the upcoming tour of Glory to the Dead. But Rita also wanted to go to the concert, she definitely would be It was a good experience, so the matter of buying tickets fell on my shoulders. I originally planned to go to buy tickets after the interview today, but I saw the 'Los Angeles Times' at breakfast and knew the bad news, The atmosphere at breakfast was instantly ruined."
Colin - Hanks (Colin. Hanks) is Tom's eldest son, he and his first wife gave birth; and Rita - Wilson (Rita. Wilson) is Tom's second wife.
Tom was obviously a little helpless about this, "I plan to call Hugo in a moment to see if there are still internal tickets left, I hope this show can have VIP seats, so I at least have hope. "
Not just Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp also said at the "Ed. Wood" press conference, "Oh, this is way beyond my expectations, I always wanted to Going to see a live performance of Glory to Death, I heard about their outstanding performance at the Junjie Music Festival, and I was very interested. But my manager has bad news for me. I can only hope now, pull I was able to catch up in time when Las Vegas tickets went on sale."
Jodie Foster was recognized by fans directly at the ticketing site. She is in a very bad mood now, and she roared helplessly when interviewed by reporters, "God! I need a ticket, I need a ticket. Tickets! Tickets!" After she calmed down, she told reporters, "I had expected such a situation, and the music of Glory to the Dead deserves people to be crazy about it. I have heard of the madness of Junjie Music Festival, so I Came to the line early this morning and missed it. I hope my agent in San Francisco has good news for me."
Glory to Death has been born in the form of a comet in the past few months, and the momentum of the Junjie Music Festival and the "April Two Stage" has made their excellent strength recognized, so when the official concert kicked off, Naturally, it has been sought after by countless people, including Hugo's Hollywood colleagues.
However, this is only the prelude to the "Road to Glory" to the death of glory.