Atlantic Canada Concert Scene - Page 40

MonctonRad · #**781** Posted **Oct 16, 2018, 3:31 PM**

Today's concert announcement:

lirette · #**782** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 12:56 AM**

Avenir concert announcement tomorrow, I'm guessing Dan + Shay, whos posted that they are announcing tour dates tomorrow.

lirette · #**783** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 10:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by lirette

Avenir concert announcement tomorrow, I'm guessing Dan + Shay, whos posted that they are announcing tour dates tomorrow.

Max FM is announcing the concert so perhaps not.

habs33 · #**784** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 1:12 PM**

Bryan Adams is coming to Avenir center January 22.

habs33 · #**785** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 1:30 PM**

Also announced: Foreigner is coming to the casino

lirette · #**786** Posted **Oct 30, 2018, 12:31 PM**

Bryan Adams (Avenir Centre) looks like its on track to sell out. 3 months away and its about 80% sold.

felip_ars · #**787** Posted **Oct 30, 2018, 1:21 PM**

Same for Halifax. The best 8 tickets in a row I could find were in the UpperBowl and sections farthest from the stage.

Bryan is always a sure thing for East Coast promoters. They can bring him every 2-3 years and he'll bring at least 3-4k in every town.

ryan93 · #**788** Posted **Nov 4, 2018, 12:54 AM**

He really is an outstanding performer. The show in January will be my first at the Avenir Centre.

lirette · #**789** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 2:16 PM**

Looking at the Jack White tickets (Moncton) on ticketmaster it appears somewhere between 80-90% of the bowl seating is still available. I think they might have missed the mark on this one by using the full setup. I find it kind of odd considering the setup for the Videotron Centre show is much smaller in a city 4 times the size of Moncton.

I hope there is a lot of floor seats sold for this one. I can't see them since its general admission. Either way I'm sure there will be some lessons learned by SMG on this one. I think his show kind of got lost in the mix with all the other events happening, and that even though talent wise he may be the best act to date aside from Keith Urban Monctonians just aren't familiar enough with his music to pay the prices they are asking.

felip_ars · #**790** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 2:52 PM**

It;s because Quebec City doesnt have a proper "8-10k" venue, so thats why it's the smaller setup at Centre Videotron (it's probably the same amount of ticket available). Thats why Evenko got Place Bell, to accommodate those type of shows.

SMG probably had to go full setup as they needed to sold X amount of tickets in order to break even. They'll surely lost money on that one.

I dont think it's a "lost in the mix" situation. It's more than it's a type of genre that doesnt appeal to the Moncton region. I remember when he played with the White Stripes at the Coliseum, and there was max 2000 person there (and im being generous).

And It's not just a Moncton issue. I was able to really good tickets for the Halifax show as well.

SMG will surely learned their lessons like you said, but mostly to think twice before bringing acts of certain genre and focus what bring crowd in Atlantic Canada (which is mostly Country Music and Oldies).

lirette · #**791** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 3:10 PM**

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Originally Posted by felip_ars

It;s because Quebec City doesnt have a proper "8-10k" venue, so thats why it's the smaller setup at Centre Videotron (it's probably the same amount of ticket available). Thats why Evenko got Place Bell, to accommodate those type of shows.

SMG probably had to go full setup as they needed to sold X amount of tickets in order to break even. They'll surely lost money on that one.

I dont think it's a "lost in the mix" situation. It's more than it's a type of genre that doesnt appeal to the Moncton region. I remember when he played with the White Stripes at the Coliseum, and there was max 2000 person there (and im being generous).

And It's not just a Moncton issue. I was able to really good tickets for the Halifax show as well.

SMG will surely learned their lessons like you said, but mostly to think twice before bringing acts of certain genre and focus what bring crowd in Atlantic Canada (which is mostly Country Music and Oldies).

The setup at videotron looks like less than 5 K to me. They are only using half of the building and none of the upper bowl. The lower bowl is the same size as the Avenir Centre aside from the club sections. Actually 3 rows smaller on the ends 28 rows vs 31.

While the Avenir Centre is using the entire lower bowl.

I think there is rock acts that can draw here, but they'll need to be more mainstream. Imagine Dragons for example would sell out.

felip_ars · #**792** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 6:47 PM**

It just shows that Quebec City promoters didnt need to sell as much tickets as Moncton or Halifax in order to get even. I calculated quickly and came out with maybe 6-7k tickets available, depending on how many floor tickets are available.

And of course Imagine Dragons would sellout. They are playing 15-20k arenas now and are selling out most of them. But Jack White is no small act either. His 3 albums went #1 and he headlined pretty much every Festivals there is. Im sure SMG didnt thought they would have to block some sections in order to get people from buying tickets closer to the stage.

Maybe people are just disappointed and are still waiting for the "Big One" they were promised when they were trying to sell the idea of the Centre. It hurts probably more considering the slew of announcements that came in the last week (Ozzy, Kiss, Maiden, Buble, Backstreet Boys), but none of them are stopping nearby.

theshark · #**793** Posted **Nov 12, 2018, 7:04 PM**

I don’t know if the “phone free show” has something to do with it.

lirette · #**794** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 3:18 PM**

CBMF Artist announcement at 12pm today.

lirette · #**795** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 5:05 PM**

Announcements today for CBMF

Carrie Underwood
Eric Church
Russell Dickerson
Sam

MonctonRad · #**796** Posted **Nov 13, 2018, 5:31 PM**

Now this should be a sellout!

ryan93 · #**797** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 2:30 AM**

Blue Rodeo announced some Maritime dates as well. I picked up tickets today for the Summerside show.

josh_cat_eyes · #**798** Posted **Nov 14, 2018, 3:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by felip_ars

Maybe people are just disappointed and are still waiting for the "Big One" they were promised when they were trying to sell the idea of the Centre. It hurts probably more considering the slew of announcements that came in the last week (Ozzy, Kiss, Maiden, Buble, Backstreet Boys), but none of them are stopping nearby.

I know I was disappointed some of these dates weren’t closer. Especially since Ozzy is playing Bangor. Ozzy has the record of the fastest sellout at the Metro Centre in Halifax and sold out Moncton when he was here as well. Kiss & Backstreet boys have also sold out Harbour Station in recent years as well.

felip_ars · #**799** Posted **Nov 28, 2018, 7:01 PM**

Jack White numbers (Tickets sold. Not counting those given/contest)

Moncton: 2,281 ($122,220)
Halifax: 4,397 ($252,481)

To compare
Laval: 4,384 ($221,319)

lirette · #**800** Posted **Dec 3, 2018, 2:20 PM**

Cirque de Soleil show Crystal has just been announced for the Avenir Centre august 14th-18th. This is huge! Having in the summer when theres more tourism in the maritimes should really make this a success