Re: Talk me into going to see Jane Siberry

hi vickie -

> You know, it's funny. I can't believe I'm even asking.

given your reasons, i'm not surprised.  i wrestled with the same
question a couple of weeks ago before going to see her at st
andrews-wesley here in vancouver.  and here the ticketmaster charge
was `only' a `mere' $10!  $30 to see jane in a church was a
no-brainer.  $40 with 25% of it going to ticketmaster caused me some
angst.  in the end i (and a bunch of friends) went anyway, and it was
worth it, but it was a close call.

the thing that *really* gets me about ticketmaster is their new `print
your own ticket' service - which presumably saves them money on
printing etc - for which they want to charge you an extra $2.  what on
earth is that?!

anyway, if it helps, the show was worth it, though i must confess, as
one friend put it, i'm not really certain jane should be trying to
wrap her voice/style around handel's messiah.  her backing vocalists
certainly helped pull it off though!  i did note that the applause
went on much longer when she performed a few of her own songs, even a
new one that presumably no one or precious few in the audience knew by
heart. ;)

at st andrews-wesley they were selling tickets at the door, though of
course i've no idea if that will apply to your venue.  the actual
ticket price was $27.50, with all the ticketmaster charges it was
$37.25.  apparently at the door they were selling them for $30.  all
CDN$ of course.  if only i'd waited.

ticketmaster needs some serious competition.

-damon

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