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Crazy enough, I used to own a nightclub in San Francisco SOMA district. She can. The issue is that she will overwhelm them and that becomes a public safety iss
by latchkey 4y ago
Crazy enough, I used to own a nightclub in San Francisco SOMA district.
She can. The issue is that she will overwhelm them and that becomes a public safety issue. Police, fire dept, etc... they all get involved. Fact is that the venues large enough to hold her are ALL owned or at least have some sort of connection to Live Nation.
It goes deeper than that though. One time, `Bone Thugs and Harmony` were in town for a show on Saturday (at a LN venue). Friday night, they wanted to perform to a smaller audience of their core fans, so we agreed to host them at the last minute.
We made a radio spot to let people know. The text that was read got modified at the very end to say "the show has sold out" (I even have a recording of it somewhere on my computer). We didn't put that in there. It was wild, nobody showed up and we were out of $50k. Who modified it? Well, LN owns the radio stations too. They were pissed that BTH would even consider playing at a non-LN club.
I couldn't afford to sue LN, so we just ate the loss. It sucked and did some real damage to my business.
- monetus 4y agoDid the radio ad account for most of that cost, if you don't mind my asking? Still pretty expensive despite the changed ad landscape huh
- latchkey 4y agoWe paid some large amount to the band. I think it was about $30-40k. Then we lost on staffing and other costs. The radio spot was relatively cheap... I forget how much. We could have easily made the $50k+ in bar sales + tickets + share of merch sales. It was a last minute event on a night we didn't have otherwise filled, so breaking even was fine. Instead, we ended up in debt. Fuck Live Nation (at the time it was just Clear Channel). I hope this Taylor thing blows the doors off their monopoly.