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HELLOWEEN: Polish Concert Cancelled Due To Poor Ticket Sales
- Dec. 22, 2005
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German power metallers HELLOWEEN have been forced to cancel their Polish concert, which was scheduled for January 12, 2006 at Poznan's Arena due to "poor ticket sales," according to the promoter, Metalfest. Only 150 tickets (for an over-4,000-capacity venue) had reportedly been sold at the time of the cancellation, reports Interia.pl. Special guests for this show were going to be fellow Germans PRIMAL FEAR. HELLOWEEN played two concerts in Poland (Cracow and Warsaw) in November. As previously reported, HELLOWEEN's entire pre- Nuclear Blast catalog will be reissued via Sanctuary during 2006. The albums will be remastered and will contain bonus tracks, including b-sides and other rarities. More information is available at this location. HELLOWEEN's latest album, "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy", is available now on SPV Records. The lineup on the record includes singer Andi Deris, guitarists Michael Weikath and Sascha Gerstner, bassist Markus Großkopf and drummer Dani Löble (ex- RAWHEAD REXX). Produced by Charlie Bauerfeind ( BLIND GUARDIAN, HALFORD, RAGE), "Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy" was released as a high-quality digipack with six flaps. (Thanks: Wicker Man)
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COMMENT | Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
posted by :
12/22/2005 10:08:20 AM
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Time to get Kiske back in the band.
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COMMENT | the new keeper sucks ass!!!!
posted by : warlock
12/22/2005 10:17:06 AM
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I recently purchased the "new" keeper of the seven keys- the legacy. I was very dissapointed when I finished listen to it. It lacks the power and the energy that the previous two keeper had. If you are going to name an album that contains a title of a master piece JUST try to at least do a decent job, not what helloween did here which is CRAP..............to cash money out of their fans.
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COMMENT | whoa
posted by :
12/22/2005 10:17:34 AM
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that sucks...I mean, I have friends who play in bands who have more than 150 people watching no matter where they play...
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COMMENT | Meh
posted by :
12/22/2005 10:28:04 AM
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If they cancelled only because of that, then they've got rockstar-fever blinding their fucking brain.
I was one of the 200 people (or a bit less) who saw Dismember down in Argentina, South America, they gave a heck of a show and didn't bitch about the amount of people that were there.
"omg, im not giving the few polish fans the pleasure to see us live because we'll get no money out of it" stupid Weikath
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COMMENT | Pretty sad...
posted by : Brain Dead
12/22/2005 10:30:42 AM
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Especially when they've got Primal Fear backing them up. I'm going to see them both in February, they'd better not cancel or else!!!
Or else I won't be able to go I suppose.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Angelclaw
12/22/2005 10:32:03 AM
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try to get new cds in poland then you know why
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COMMENT | Just a thought
posted by : Brother Maynard
12/22/2005 11:02:24 AM
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Shouldn't you do as much as you can to hold to the precious few fans that you have?
Otherwise, egomania takes hold and you end washing cars for a living. I don't care for Helloween at all, very trite musically but like most sucky bands there are fans.
Merry Christmas Helloween Fans! Enjoy your refund.
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COMMENT |
posted by : AlKikuras
12/22/2005 11:10:23 AM
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I am sure it is not cheap to get to Poland. I am sure Helloween get paid a few thousand dollars at least to play a show, and when you sell 150 tickets in a 4000-seat venue, both the promoter and band are going to lose a lot of money if the show goes on. It is one thing to just go and play a show when it doesn't put you in the negative if the crowd is small, but business is business.
And, yes, the new album IS pretty lame.
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COMMENT | 3rd cancellation
posted by :
12/22/2005 11:29:29 AM
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in a few weeks.
speaks volumes for the new album and the state of the band. theyve fallen so far in 5 short yrs.
and 200 cap. for USA is pretty bad, but in europe?? thats really weak. fans are not buying into the new weikath ass kissing line-up.
and like an above poster said, 200 people paid to see them. lose the rock star mentality, cause you are not. pop stars maybe, rock stars no
SODOM
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COMMENT |
posted by : Storm King
12/22/2005 11:46:11 AM
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Ouch.
But at least the digipak has SIX FLAPS! Wow.
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COMMENT | ^^^
posted by : Brain Dead
12/22/2005 12:06:26 PM
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Yep Uli Kusch was amazing, like Mickey Dee crossed with Nicko McBrain. Really technical but with an awesome feel and groove.
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COMMENT |
posted by : death23
12/22/2005 12:27:31 PM
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Wait!!!
You have to remember that the show promoter is the one who actually has to cancel things here. He might lose a good amount of money if HELLOWEEN play 'cause he'd have to pay them.
If I were the show promoter, I'd definitely do it no matter what... sorry for those 150 guys, but life is like that.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Grimorkh
12/22/2005 12:43:20 PM
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That's a shame - and a sympton that their career is definitely on the downward spiral. Even my freakin' underground band gathered 300 people on last weekend's gig, HAHAHA!
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COMMENT |
posted by : caughtinamosh
12/22/2005 1:00:16 PM
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This article is typical of Blabbermouth.
Make fun of some bands so the blabbermouth board guys come to speak shit. A ha ha ha ha. Funny, indeed.
They already played Poland - Cracow-23/11 and Warsaw-24/11
I was in both show, pretty packed up by the way. I think Poznan was included recently, but not many important bands go there to play 'cause there are no much metalheads. Sad, but true. :(
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COMMENT | ...
posted by :
12/22/2005 1:16:38 PM
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I wonder if ticket prices had something to do with low sales.
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COMMENT |
posted by : caughtinamosh
12/22/2005 1:17:18 PM
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Interesting, but it's not up to a professional band to set up their own shows in a city they hardly know that's why there are gig promoters.
;)
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COMMENT |
posted by : thrasherx
12/22/2005 1:22:41 PM
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I agree with the posts above about Uli Kusch. What a great drummer.
Concerning the cancellation, shit happens and "6hairball6", take no offense dude but your suggestion is way out of place.
According to "caughtinamosh" , there aren't many bangers in that city. That explains why there's been this poor ticket sales. Who wouln't want to see Primal Fear?. They're even much better than Helloween.
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COMMENT |
posted by : darkishment
12/22/2005 1:25:55 PM
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Couldn't agree more, Primal Fear is much better than Helloween with Hansen / Kiske / Deris together!!!
Any of the keepers blows
PRIMAL FEAR's albums ruuuuuuuuuuuules.
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posted by : crimsondeathc
12/22/2005 1:30:16 PM
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big deal Anthrax or some other Thrash Metal band also cancelled the show in the same venue due to the same poor ticket sales shit.
Anyways I wouldn't go to see Helloween nor Primal Fear, whose singer is a cheap imitator of Rob Halford.
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COMMENT | Damn that sux
posted by :
12/22/2005 1:32:43 PM
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New album is awesome btw!, best helloween album with Deris!
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COMMENT | THIS BAND WITHOUT KAI AND KISKE
posted by :
12/22/2005 2:12:02 PM
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it's a pure shit... I don't pay 1 $ to see them...
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COMMENT |
posted by : burns1059
12/22/2005 3:20:11 PM
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Thats too bad and very funny.
lol
Bummer man
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COMMENT | How many Polish people does it take to buy a concert ticket...
posted by :
12/22/2005 6:06:59 PM
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1 to buy...the rest to admire the inscribed literature on the ticket.
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COMMENT | NO
posted by : glennsteward
12/22/2005 11:20:03 PM
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Oh come on man. Not everybody sucks. I live in Poznan and it's true in this shitty city there aren't many metal fans which sucks. I was really impressed that helloween could include a date here. Easy comes, easy goes. Damn. I'm so fucking pissed off. I should have listened to my friends "Come with us to Cracow. Fuck this city fuck fuck fuck fuck...
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COMMENT | ?
posted by : Malio
12/23/2005 12:26:04 AM
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Shocking.
No Kiske, no Helloween.
Next.
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COMMENT | hahahahahaha
posted by : Empire
1/11/2006 6:13:21 AM
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It's difficult to pay money to see 5 monkeys doing noise...
Helloween without Kai and Kiske don't exist.
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COMMENT | Polish Concert Cancelled Due To Poor Ticket Sales
posted by :
1/23/2006 7:08:58 PM
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Hi out there!
My name is Kosta, I am the tour manager of Helloween on their “Keeper of the seven Keys – The Legacy World Tour 2005/2006”.
After reading some of the postings on blabbermouth I really think it´s time to drop a line to all of you.
It seems to me some people in here get off on writing just negative things, no matter if true or not.
The tour is going very good so far considering both, ticket sales and reactions of the audience. Helloween played two shows in Krakow and Warsaw late November last year: Both clubs were packed and the Polish fans got wild and had a great time. It is true the show in Poznan was cancelled, but this was not the decision of the band. It always takes two to promote a concert successfully…
Alone the European leg of this tour includes more than 50 shows, followed by South East Asia, South America and North America. We can´t complain at all about a lack of success so far, I just want to give you a couple numbers of ticket sales: Zlin & Pardubice (both Czech Republic) 3500 each, Helsinki 1600, Stockholm 1800, Gothenburg 2000, Madrid 2200, Barcelona 1600, Karlsruhe, Germany 1500…and so on – at the moment I am writing this we are in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the guys rock their two hour show in a sold out club.
One last word to the guys posting “get Kiske back in the band”:
Michael made more than once clear that he is not into metal at all anymore, and we all should respect this decision. If you don´t like the music of Helloween 2006 the band accepts this, luckily there is a couple hundred thousands of fans on this planet who still do….
Best regards,
Kosta
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