Creed sued for a bad concert
04-23-03, 12:19 PM
#1
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
Creed sued for a bad concert
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/creedsuit1.html
Normally I would say that this was a frivolous lawsuit, but tickets were $50 each (plus $5.50 Ticketmaster charge), and the lead singer was so drunk or high that he couldn't perform a single song, left the stage for long periods of time, writhed on stage in apparent pain, and apparently passed out for awhile.
Creed should immediately have promised to have a free makeup concert, instead they appologized for the crappy concert and promised to have their best ever concert the next time they came back. Riiiight, if I got stuck for $50 / ticket, I wouldn't see them again.
I wish the plaintiffs luck in this one.
Normally I would say that this was a frivolous lawsuit, but tickets were $50 each (plus $5.50 Ticketmaster charge), and the lead singer was so drunk or high that he couldn't perform a single song, left the stage for long periods of time, writhed on stage in apparent pain, and apparently passed out for awhile.
Creed should immediately have promised to have a free makeup concert, instead they appologized for the crappy concert and promised to have their best ever concert the next time they came back. Riiiight, if I got stuck for $50 / ticket, I wouldn't see them again.
I wish the plaintiffs luck in this one.
04-23-03, 12:22 PM
#2
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Seattle
Posts: 4,454
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
04-23-03, 01:41 PM
#5
DVD Talk Legend
Thread Starter
What happened in the Pearl Jam case?
And mods, please don't lock this thread. I now know that there is a thread from months ago about the Creed concert, but this thread is about sueing bands that have really bad performances, not about Creed in particular.
And mods, please don't lock this thread. I now know that there is a thread from months ago about the Creed concert, but this thread is about sueing bands that have really bad performances, not about Creed in particular.
]
04-23-03, 04:59 PM
#8
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Abington, PA
Posts: 583
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by Groucho
Bah. I heard Pearl Jam was sued for the same thing YEARS ago.
Bah. I heard Pearl Jam was sued for the same thing YEARS ago.
04-23-03, 05:34 PM
#9
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Beantown
Posts: 4,515
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally posted by Chopper
Nah... Eddie Vedder knows how to handle his liquor. It's pretty simple, actually. You just take the bottle, drink it down... Pass it around.
Nah... Eddie Vedder knows how to handle his liquor. It's pretty simple, actually. You just take the bottle, drink it down... Pass it around.
Nothin' like some Crazy Mary
04-23-03, 08:55 PM
#11
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
I think this is actually a good lawsuit. If I go to a concert and the singer is so drunk or hyped up on drugs (prescription or not) or a little of both that the band can't even put on a good show, then I expect a refund. If they can't give refunds then they should have a second show or offer tickets to a future show.
Beyond the expenses of buying tickets and paying for parking. Going to a concert has all sorts of other incidental costs. Typically you choose to eat out, sometimes you have to leave work early, you've got lost opportunity costs in that you could be doing other things during the concert.
I think it's high time performers do what they are getting paid to do...perform.
Beyond the expenses of buying tickets and paying for parking. Going to a concert has all sorts of other incidental costs. Typically you choose to eat out, sometimes you have to leave work early, you've got lost opportunity costs in that you could be doing other things during the concert.
I think it's high time performers do what they are getting paid to do...perform.
