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On May 24, 1994, Glory to Death's first anniversary tour concert officially kicked off.

One year ago, on May 25th, the Glory to the Dead Band was formally established, gathering Hugo-Lancaster, Dropnell-Fukin-Reinhardt, Neal-Anderson, and Alfonso A five-member band consisting of Lopez, Giulio, Pedro, Cesar, and Casa was born in Los Angeles.

At the beginning, this band assembled because of common interests and hobbies could not have imagined. One year later, they will become the representative of American New Wave Rock. Their first official ticket tour will actually set off such a frenzy, which completely detonated the heat wave of the midsummer of 1994. .

The tour named "Road to Glory(. announced its official schedule on April 11. Glory to death will start the journey from the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and then go through San Francisco to Las Vegas, Seattle, Cheyenne, Denver, Houston, Dallas, New Orleans, Nashville, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, Finally arrived in New York.

The tour started on May 24th and lasted until July 16th. The whole tour lasted nearly two months. There were 32 performances in total. It can be described as a intensive performance. Glory to death will dedicate an audiovisual show to all audiences. feast.

This will also be a tour of glory to death that truly demonstrates strength. It is different from the carnival at the music festival and the casualness of street performances. This tour is a ticket sales performance. Can the band's performance be worth the price of the ticket and the concert? Attendance and audience's word of mouth will become the focus of attention.

This time, the glorious to death tour will use the traditional rock band method, take the band bus to start, after the performance of one city, immediately take the bus to the next city. This road tour is also the most rock-and-roll spirit way, but it is different from the tour last year in the glory to the death. Last year, the glory to the death is almost wherever you go. This time it is a complete planning of the itinerary; the glory to the death last year They are all performing on the street, but this time they are selling tickets at a fixed concert venue.

This also means that loyal fans can clearly grasp the band's trends. The performance venue, hotel, and departure route have been disclosed in advance. It is conceivable that a large number of fans will follow the band from the beginning to complete this tour. Especially this time the tour itinerary is completely included in the summer vacation, which is undoubtedly a huge piece of good news for fans.

After the announcement of the "Road to Glory" tour itinerary, it aroused heated discussions in countless media, especially when the news of the death of Kurt-Cobain was noisy, reawakening the entire market’s infinite memory of rock and roll, and for the past six months The most discussed band in the time, the similarities between Glory To Death and Nirvana have been repeatedly mentioned. Under such circumstances, the topicality and exposure of "Road to Glory" have risen sharply.

On April 18th, Los Angeles and San Francisco took the lead in selling tickets, selling tickets for Los Angeles on May 24th and 25th, and tickets for San Francisco on May 27th and 28th.

The Hollywood amphitheatre in Los Angeles can accommodate 17,000 spectators. Last year, to the death of glory, I chose this place as the final stop of the road tour. It was not a ticketing performance. The album was not released at that time. "I am unknown", but they gathered more than 10,000 spectators to arrive at the scene. It was a grand occasion and caused many topics.

San Francisco is held at the Coastline Amphitheatre (.) in the south of the city. The Coastline Amphitheatre is not indoors in San Francisco. You must drive along the coast to reach it. It is about forty miles away. However, after the theater was completed in 1986, it was California. One of the most famous concert venues, Pearl Sauce, Nirvana, Guns and Roses and other big names are willing to arrange concerts here, and countless music carnivals, including the Junjie Music Festival, are also very happy to take place here. , And residents of "Country on Wheels" are also willing to drive to participate in the concert feast.

The Shoreline Open Air Theater is significantly larger, with a total capacity of 22,500 spectators, which is far more spacious than the Hollywood Open Air Theater.

When EMI announced the venue for the two concerts at the beginning of Glory to Death, many media actually expressed their concerns: concerns about attendance.

The past six months of Glory to Death is indeed very powerful, but after all, it is only a rookie band, and there is only one album coming out. More importantly, this is a ticket concert, and enough audiences are willing to open their pockets. Enter the scene to watch the concert.

The non-ticket concert held at the Los Angeles Open Air Theater at the time only gathered 10,000 spectators. This data is incredible for a band that has not released an album, but in an objective sense: this is not full, just occupying Only two-thirds of the auditorium.

What about selling tickets now? Can all seats be filled? Will the attendance rate fail to exceed 50%? What's more frightening is that the Coastline Theater in San Francisco can accommodate more than 20,000 spectators, which is more than Hollywood. The open-air theater has an additional capacity of 5,000 spectators, which is really a difficult task.

The decisive factor that worries the media is the ticket price of the concert. It is generally not expensive to watch the concert in the United States. The general concert venue should be around US$12 to US$28, and the luxury concert venue is US$25 to US$25. About 56 dollars; of course, performing singers are also influential. If the singer is worried about attendance, lowering the ticket price is a very effective method.

Both the Hollywood Bowl and the Coastline Amphitheater are high-end concert venues with outstanding equipment. The media generally estimate that the ticket price for a glorious concert will fluctuate between US$25 and US$36, which is an acceptable range. However, when EMI announced the ticket price, it fell within the range of US$36 to US$50, which was obviously higher than the price predicted by the media.

For a rookie band who has spent less than a year, it is really a burden. You know, the unemployment rate has remained high in the past two years, and the economy has remained sluggish. Concert tickets can be regarded as an extra luxury, at least a lot more expensive than movie tickets worth seven dollars.

But after the ticket window opened, all the media fell through their glasses.

Los Angeles is the first to usher in a frenzy of ticket purchases. This city, known as the birthplace of the glory to the death, has accumulated a wide base of fans. After confirming the start of ticket sales, there are terrible long queues in the major ticket windows. In an era when Internet and telephone booking were not yet popular, everyone who wanted to buy tickets had to go to the ticket window to buy them in person.

As a result, the five ticket offices in Los Angeles ushered in a rare queuing scene. Even the least one had a line of at least one hundred people, and the ticket booth of the Hollywood Bowl, which gathered the most people, gathered. More than 1,500 fans were queuing up. Such a grand occasion even attracted live coverage from local television stations in Los Angeles, which became a grand occasion on April 18.

In just two days, all tickets for Los Angeles on May 24 were sold out, and within 24 hours, all tickets on the 25th were officially announced for sale. On the 24th and 25th, nearly 35,000 concert tickets were sold out so quickly. This immediately became the most concerned news of the media in the past two days, even the Los Angeles Times. Both wrote an article in the entertainment version, reporting on the grandeur of fans snapping up tickets.

What is even more surprising is that many fans who did not buy tickets actually wandered around the Hollywood Bowl for a long time and did not want to leave for a long time. This is far beyond the expectations of the media: their call for glory to death today. Power is still underestimated. So, what went wrong?

Tom Hanks mentioned this incident jokingly during the preliminary promotion of "Forrest Gump", "Because of this incident, I had a little awkwardness with Colin. Originally, Colin planned to line up to buy the concert. As for the tickets, he has been upset that he missed the Junjie Music Festival, so he learned that Glory To Death is about to host a tour, he began to look forward to it. But Rita also wants to watch this concert, she definitely will be It was a good experience, so the purchase of tickets fell on my shoulders. I originally planned to go to buy tickets after the interview today, but when I saw the "Los Angeles Times" at breakfast, I knew the bad news. Breakfast The atmosphere was suddenly ruined. "Colin Hanks (. Hanks) is Tom's eldest son, born to him and his first wife; Rita Wilson (.) is Tom's second wife.

Tom is obviously helpless about this. "I plan to call Hugo soon to see if there are any internal tickets left. I hope there will be VIP seats for this performance, so I at least have hope. "

Not only Tom Hanks, Johnny Depp also said at the final press conference of "Ed Wood (ed., "Oh, this is far beyond my expectations. I always wanted To watch the glorious live performance, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com I heard about their outstanding performance at the Junjie Music Festival, I am very interested. But my agent brought me bad news. I Now I can only hope that when Las Vegas tickets go on sale, I can catch up in time."

Judy Foster was even recognized by the fans directly at the ticket sales site. She is in a bad mood now. When interviewed by reporters, she also roared helplessly, "God! I need a ticket, I need one. Tickets! Tickets!” After she calmed down, she told reporters, “I had expected such a situation a long time ago. The glorious music is worth people's madness. I have heard of the madness of the Junjie Music Festival, so I I came in line early this morning, but I still missed it. I hope my agent in San Francisco can bring me good news."

Glory to death has been born as a comet in the past few months. The great power of the Junjie Music Festival and the "42 Stage" have recognized their excellent strength. So when the official concert kicked off, Naturally, it has been sought after by countless people, including Hugo's Hollywood colleagues is no exception.

But this is just the prelude to the "Road of Glory" to the death of glory. (To be continued [provided]. If you like this work, you are welcome to read it and vote for a monthly pass for the work. Your support is the biggest motivation for me to continue to create!)

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