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Post by mrsillmatic on Feb 20, 2010 10:17:00 GMT -5
@ the latest rumor from Star that Nick Cannon is trying to get Mariah to check into rehab because she drinks champagne "all day". Lawwwd knoows the woman LOVES her splashes but I seriously doubt she is drunk all damn day to the point of rehab. She would never get any business taken care of if she were... And how would he know she drinks all day for the last two months they only see each on weekends.
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Post by fhscott100 on Feb 20, 2010 13:26:13 GMT -5
MARIAH CAREY $616,950 Feb. 1, 4 Tower Theatre, Upper Darby, Pa. (1/0)6,272 Bell Centre, Montreal (1/0)7,866 Corrected15 Mariah Carey, RydazNrtisT Bell Centre Montreal, Quebec Feb. 4, 2010 $400,275 3,806 / 4,750 1 / 0 $189.66, $122.58, $84.79, $56.45 Gillett Entertainment Group/Live Nation *************************** 35 Mariah Carey, RydazNrtisT Tower Theatre Upper Darby, Pa. Feb. 1, 2010 $216,675 2,466 / 3,116 1 / 0 $200.75, $56 Live Nation/Haymon Entertainment pulsemusic.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=gmn&action=display&thread=94011Why did she do the Bell Center. It's a 18 000 capacity arena. She only filled up 1/5 of it wow!
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Post by Alex on Feb 20, 2010 14:33:37 GMT -5
These tour numbers are embarassing. You would think after 20 years she would have built up a solid fanbase like Madonna and U2 when they tour. But Mariah just does NOT know how to perform. You would think she would have tried to learn by now.
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Feb 20, 2010 17:37:20 GMT -5
I knew Mariah wasn't a big touring artist but I never knew it was so bad. I mean, twenty years into her career and she can't sellout 3,000 seats?
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Post by David on Feb 20, 2010 18:29:59 GMT -5
I LOVE "100%"!
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Post by Dammn Baby on Feb 21, 2010 2:51:41 GMT -5
Yikes at that Bell Centre result. That's a big venue - it must have been cavernous.
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Post by neverduplicated on Feb 21, 2010 6:55:36 GMT -5
I think part of Mariah's touring problem is that she's never been a touring artist. She didn't even do her first tour until 1994 and that was only six shows. Then for Daydream she only did seven shows, none of which were in the US. Butterfly tour was similar - only 11 shows, only one of which was in the US. I guess you could argue that because of her lack of touring people should be even more eager to see her, but she simply never built up a reputation as an amazing performer. I think people are aware as well that she's not an incredible performer, even though her voice remains golden. Combine that with the fact that her tickets are ridiculously expensive. I know it might sound like I'm just making excuses for her, but really I'm just trying to figure it out myself. I don't think it means that she doesn't have that many fans. It just means what we've known all along - Mariah is a studio artist. People may love to buy her CDs and hear what she comes up with in the studio, but don't care to see her live. I don't think she really cares either because I get the impression she doesn't even like touring that much. Not that she hates it - I'm sure she does love seeing her most adoring fans - but if she really loved it as much as other musicians, I'm sure she would do it more often.
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Post by grouper6 on Feb 21, 2010 15:27:31 GMT -5
Her Atlanta concert did not sell out as well. She's doing around 68-70% which by itself is not bad but when the venue only holds 3k- 6k people, it's bad.
Thank goodness her show is sparse because she would barely break even. In fact, after the band, singers, dancers (why does she need 9 dancers but only 4 band members?), moving the set, hotel accomodations, travel, I doubt she is making money with those boxscore #s.
What is the purpose of having nearly 2mil fans on twitter if they won't come out to see her. She's gonna have to do something because she won't stay 'eternally 12' forever.
Embarrasing indeed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2010 15:52:17 GMT -5
For the last two weeks, I'm listening to More Than Just Friends non-stop. It has a great melody and her vocals are perfectly fitting. I'm taking back every negative comment I may have said about this song in the past..
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Post by mikeshere on Feb 21, 2010 16:55:34 GMT -5
can someone PM me the video version to UOMF.. its like 40 seconds longer than the one that leaked.. and the new 100 percent plz.. im at work and trying to make a cd we can play here.. and for some reason i cant upload the songs from my mp3 player.. Id Really Appreciate it.. thank you!!
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Post by Eloqueen™ on Feb 21, 2010 17:47:33 GMT -5
For the last two weeks, I'm listening to More Than Just Friends non-stop. It has a great melody and her vocals are perfectly fitting. I'm taking back every negative comment I may have said about this song in the past.. More Than Just Friends has been one of my favorites since the album was first released, love it.
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Post by neverduplicated on Feb 21, 2010 17:51:29 GMT -5
Her Atlanta concert did not sell out as well. She's doing around 68-70% which by itself is not bad but when the venue only holds 3k- 6k people, it's bad. Thank goodness her show is sparse because she would barely break even. In fact, after the band, singers, dancers (why does she need 9 dancers but only 4 band members?), moving the set, hotel accomodations, travel, I doubt she is making money with those boxscore #s. What is the purpose of having nearly 2mil fans on twitter if they won't come out to see her. She's gonna have to do something because she won't stay 'eternally 12' forever. Embarrasing indeed. I doubt Mariah, or anyone other than a few people on this board, feel embarrassed about it. I agree about "More Than Just Friends." When the album first came out, I thought it was kind of bland, but now it's one of my most listened-to tracks on the CD!
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Post by Tanisha Thomas. on Feb 21, 2010 17:54:03 GMT -5
Has Mariah always been a middling touring artist? I always thought her TEOM tour was very successful.
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Feb 21, 2010 19:06:52 GMT -5
Apparently, Mariah will be performing in Vancouver for the closing of the Olympics on the 28th. She is said to be performing Up Out My Face AND 100%. GREAT PROMO (if this is true)!
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Post by Hefty Hanna on Feb 21, 2010 19:13:19 GMT -5
WTF is she singing UOMF at the Olympics? :o
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Feb 21, 2010 19:21:02 GMT -5
Haha, maybe she would only perform 100% if she could perform UOMF too.
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Post by Gold Soundz on Feb 21, 2010 19:52:28 GMT -5
Apparently, Mariah will be performing in Vancouver for the closing of the Olympics on the 28th. She is said to be performing Up Out My Face AND 100%. GREAT PROMO (if this is true)! Source?
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Post by The Northern Star⭐ on Feb 21, 2010 22:09:46 GMT -5
No confirmed source yet someone said it on Toya's World. We'll see if it's true soon though.
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Post by Alex on Feb 22, 2010 0:18:18 GMT -5
Apparently, Mariah will be performing in Vancouver for the closing of the Olympics on the 28th. She is said to be performing Up Out My Face AND 100%. GREAT PROMO (if this is true)! Thank you Jesus! I knew she would do the closing ceremony. Over 27 million people watched the Beijing 2008 Olympics!!! This is better than appearing on IDOL!!!
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 22, 2010 1:06:45 GMT -5
I doubt she'll be performing. It's not an official Olympic theme. It's just on a pro-USA soundtrack compiled by a U.S. company (AT&T).
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Post by Alex on Feb 22, 2010 1:44:35 GMT -5
I doubt she'll be performing. It's not an official Olympic theme. It's just on a pro-USA soundtrack compiled by a U.S. company (AT&T). In which the music video debuted during The Olympics last night... The song WILL be performed at the Closing Ceremonies! KNOW THIS!
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Post by Ivy Leegue™ on Feb 22, 2010 8:13:12 GMT -5
You saw the whole video? I only saw a commercial that lasted a couple secs. ???
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 22, 2010 9:38:23 GMT -5
I doubt she'll be performing. It's not an official Olympic theme. It's just on a pro-USA soundtrack compiled by a U.S. company (AT&T). In which the music video debuted during The Olympics last night... The song WILL be performed at the Closing Ceremonies! KNOW THIS! Do you think that video debuted in any country besides the United States??
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Post by cjay on Feb 22, 2010 9:52:15 GMT -5
Has Mariah always been a middling touring artist? I always thought her TEOM tour was very successful. Yes, TEOM tour did do quite well. Not well like Madonna, U2, Dave Matthews etc. But for Mariah it did really well. In fact, werent most venues 85+ % full? I know when she played the Verizon center in DC (2006) about 19,000 people came out to see that show. Verizon center seats approximately 21k.
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Post by shaq91 on Feb 22, 2010 15:41:29 GMT -5
"Angels Cry" Single Out on iTunes Tomorrow
Mariah's new single "Angels Cry" feat. Ne-Yo will be available for digital download tomorrow, February 23th on iTunes! Be sure to get your copy!
Source: MariahDailyJournal
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Post by JamaicaFunk² on Feb 22, 2010 18:37:49 GMT -5
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Post by Sir Benji on Feb 22, 2010 19:46:16 GMT -5
can someone PM me the video version to UOMF.. its like 40 seconds longer than the one that leaked.. and the new 100 percent plz.. im at work and trying to make a cd we can play here.. and for some reason i cant upload the songs from my mp3 player.. Id Really Appreciate it.. thank you!! the one that leaked is the radio edit, the main version is the one from the video and is on iTunes , look for the promo single and all versions of the remix are on it and would assume if you search for the "Olympics" version of 100% you should find it.
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Post by Alex on Feb 22, 2010 20:29:19 GMT -5
"Angels Cry" Single Out on iTunes Tomorrow Mariah's new single "Angels Cry" feat. Ne-Yo will be available for digital download tomorrow, February 23th on iTunes! Be sure to get your copy! Source: MariahDailyJournal Def Jam is a mess! Time to pay March's electricity bill at headquarters, I guess. Get those extra 1000 sales next week!!!
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Post by Cautionme11/16 on Feb 22, 2010 21:07:35 GMT -5
For the last two weeks, I'm listening to More Than Just Friends non-stop. It has a great melody and her vocals are perfectly fitting. I'm taking back every negative comment I may have said about this song in the past.. More Than Just Friends has been one of my favorites since the album was first released, love it. Mine too. She goes hard on that 1st verse. From the way she sings it to the lyrics!
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Post by H.A.T.E.U. on Feb 22, 2010 21:10:43 GMT -5
If she performs at the olympics, she better be singing live seriously..
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