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FAITHLESS: IS REAL CONCERTS FOR REAL
More than a decade ago, I managed the Cape
Town venue for performances by Right Said Fred, who were
very popular at the time.
They were by no means A-list artists, so the promoter wisely
chose a venue with a capacity of 2000pax.
The group was scheduled to perform on three
consecutive nights from Thursday to Saturday, and the public
promptly snapped up all available tickets.
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A few days before the concert,
the group informed the promoter that they were unable to
get to SA in time for the Thursday performance.
The promoter then made a huge mistake by announcing that
people who had bought tickets for that night could use them
for either the Friday or Saturday.
The result was chaos.
The venue was so overcrowded that moisture from the heat
of bodies dripped off the walls and into the power sockets,
resulting in several power failures during the performance.
Some people queued for hours, and when they eventually reached
the entrance, they could barely take one step past the doorman
before being met by an impenetrable wall of bodies.
Bar service was impossible and people were fuming.
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kind of greed by promoters does the industry more
harm than good. If any sort of emergency had reared
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This
week, the media and social networking sites are ablaze
with complaints about the Faithless concert at Gallagher
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The promoter had sold 3000 more tickets
than the venue could accommodate, resulting in the same
sort of problems with traffic, parking, queuing, overcrowding,
overheating, bar service etc.
The promoter?
Real Concerts.
The very same promoter of the Right Said Fred concert at
The Arena in Cape Town more than a decade ago.
Come on Roddy.
You have been in this game for over 20 years now.
Get Real!
Kader
Khan
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Monday
2 December 2010
BIZARRE RABBIT CRUSH FETISH:
People are weird. I know that. But just how weird they are never
ceases to amaze me. Disgust me.
I’m almost too disgusted to post this on my site.
Well, there is no reasonable point,
except maybe to further nurture and spread a healthy disgust
for how sick human beings are capable of being.
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Monday
22 November 2010
ANNI DEWANI – THE MOVIE
A brilliant suspense thriller is unfolding live in real time
on my laptop, and simultaneously across the globe.
British national Shrien Derwani, the
owner of British Healthcare company PSP Healthcare, marries
attractive engineer and part-time model Anni, of Ugandan and
Asian descent.
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Tuesday
6 July 2010
RECIPE FOR SEAFOOD PAELLA:
Before we rush into the kitchen to cook, let’s clear up
the pronunciation thing.
It is pronounced pah-el-ya, but the first L is pronounced in
a rather complicated way where the tongue does not actually
touch the pallet. So it sounds closer to pah-eh-ya.
Got it?
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Wednesday
10 February 2010
CANDICE BOUCHER IN PLAYBOY: South
African model Candice Boucher, the new ‘face’ of
Guess Jeans, has created quite stir when she was featured on
the cover of Playboy this month with an ‘Undressed in
Africa’ nude pictorial inside.
Playboy magazine no doubt appreciates the increased sales.
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Thursday
1 April 2010
CONFUSE THEIR TONGUES AND RULE:
I often bitch about the fact that we have eleven official languages
in SA, claiming that it a sure-fire way to ensure that we never
understand each other and a powerful deterrent to racial harmony
and a united nation.
I had no idea that Nelson Mandela and the ANC were simply following
a divine strategy to remain in power well into the future.
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Monday
6 February 2010
2OUENSVIBE: WORK IS A HOLIDAY.
LIVE THE SIDELINE: I emerged slowly, irritably,
from a troubled sleep, to the incessant beeping of my cellphone.
Seventeen ‘please call me’s’ from the angels
in Koeberg Road.
I knew instinctively what this meant.
TBG sighting!
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Tuesday
8 June 2010
THE ROOT OF THE DUMB BLONDE THEORY:
Curious as to the origin of the ‘Dumb
Blonde’ theory, I went on an online investigative rampage.
The explanation that makes the most sense has its roots in ancient
times. It also explains quite a few other popular theories about
blondes
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