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TheVikingKing04 wrote:

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diehardfanofCher wrote:

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I don't know about you guys but I'm actually pretty surprised about this. I know it's about two months away but June's almost gone and I thought with Cher doing so extremely well, even better than Celine and Bette, Cher would've sold out her first show back in Vegas by now. I'm even more surprised about August 12th because that show has been announced since the dates were released and the 6th wasn't added til later. But not even the 12th is sold out yet! And I thought some more overseas fans would attend now that they had a little more time to plan their trips. I wonder what happened?

First, Celines' show was on for 5 years, over 700 of the shows where sold out shows. Cher's show just started, so to say that it's doing better than Celine's is way,way, WAY strencthing it. And it's way to early to know if Cher's show will have the same success as Celines show, which broke records.

Who knows why the shows havent sold out yet. It could be promotion related. There was this huge deal with Cher's first batch of shows, and there was excitment. Maybe, the public just need to be reminded. Also, lets remember, most of the people that go to Vegas to see those shows, are not neccesarily fans, or die hards. But people that go to vegas for vacation etc, and want to catch a show. So, the audience, the general public, just needs to be reminded. It could also be that, you have 3 artists, Bette, Cher, and Elton (I still not know what the hell he is doing at ceasars given the fact that he already had a show in another place in vegas.) There might be confusion, or people might not be sure about the dates, because lets be honest, not everybody visits Cher.com, or is familiar with other tickets sites etc.

There's another thing, and lets be honest, Cher doesnt have the same fan base as Celine, or at least people that are willing to travel sometimes, by themselves just to see the show, well, other than gay guys and other diehards. Again, it's still early, and maybe if Cher was a headliner, it would've been different. Also, not selling out tickets is not a sign of failure. Not all of the Farewell Tour Dates where 100% sellouts. the mayority of them where close to sellout.

Also, the critics for the most part loved the show, but most of the people who have seen the show all agree. It's great to see Cher on stage pefroming again, but the show needs to be reworked. Too many videos, too many costumes, too similar to the Farewell tour, too little Cher. Granted the first batch of shows are always the test drives, aspects of the show need to be changed. I mean for the obsessive and the diehards, I've said this before, Cher could just get up on stage and fart and they would love it. But again, this is vegas, most of the people that go to vegas are not fans, or diehards. So, if they go to the show, and have seen the Farewell show on DVD or on Tv, read the stories and all that stuff, and then go to vegas and see that you're basically paying to see Cher put on a fashion show and a movie show, they are not going to come back.

So, again, it's a number off things. The audience needs to be reminded again. I mean, Celine was everywhere through out her 5 year run, she put out cd's, gave interviews, dvd's, HER OFFICIAL WEBSITE WAS CONSTANTLY UPDATED, IT HAD CLIPS, INTERVIEWS, CONTESTS, GIVE AWAYS, ETC. Something that Cher.com hasn't done, and come to think of it, has never done. If people come to Cher.com, I mean, what are you getting nothing really.

yeah that's true, you made a lot of good points. I'm not saying that because she didn't sell out August 6th and 12th (not yet anyway but who knows what happens tomorrow?), her shows are gonna be failures. You could be right, a lot of people were probably waiting to hear reviews and when they heard about the glitches and the flaws of the first run in May such as too many videos and costumes, they kinda backed away from buying the tickets. I really didn't know what it was all about but I still bought the tickets anyway so I'm going regardless of the flaws of the shows because I believe Cher might be working on improvements for August and because.... well because it's Cher!

It might be easy for me to say because I'm in America so it's not as hard to go as it might be for overseas fans. Besides, my parents go there to Vegas every year, sometimes twice a year, and I'm going with my mother this time so for me, it's a piece of cake for me to go. I used to take lots of family vacations which is probably something a lot of people cannot afford. So everyone's different. I just thought that Cher was promoted enough before her May shows to let people know that she was also coming back in August. She may not be promoted enough for her recently added shows in September and October so hopefully she gets going soon! I just wished she would do something that she didn't already do like go on more shows like David Letterman and Leno. I don't think she did the Today show, though. I know she did GMA. Anyway, I'm not her manager so it's not my call. Just wish she would do that. I'm sure hanging out in Malibu while she's not performing is nice but I think she could do more.