Anti-Obama country concert in Charlotte is canceled. Reason: Low ticket sales Bwahahaha!!!

[nc4bo]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-rock-red-concert-charlotte-canceled-20120831,0,2548345.story

A planned anti-President Obama concert, "Rock the Red," had been scheduled as counter-programming to the Democratic National Convention next week. Country artists including Travis Tritt, Charlie Daniels and Lee Brice were booked at the 11,000-seat Bojangles Coliseum for a show organized by Jason Lambert, a North Carolina Republican consultant. Though not an official Republican event, the set was planned as a conservative riposte to the DNC festivities.

But the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, which operates the Coliseum, pulled the plug on the event Thursday. Kimberly Meesters, the director of marketing for the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority, told Talking Points Memo that organizers "didn’t meet their financial obligations by the deadline we require," which appears to be shorthand for very low ticket sales.

In a post on their Facebook site, organizers for Rock the Red stated "Bojangles claims the change was due to low ticket sales on Ticketmaster. However, it was nearly impossible to find the event on Ticketmaster for ticket purchasers, and we received no promotional help as promised, contractually."

The group says it's scrambling to find an alternate location for the concert, and is giving refunds for the event. But who is the real villain in all of this, according to Rock the Red? "We REFUSE to be bullied by the liberal city of Charlotte and their counterparts," organizers wrote in their post.

Couldn't find mention of it on the WRAL site, just this little blip:

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To those DUers who are going - have enough fun for all of us!!!

Btw - Right NOW, C-SPAN is showing the unveiling of the DNC Platform!!

Edited to add: Don't give up on your NC Dem brothers and sisters!

[rurallib]

1. maybe those empty seats are invisible Obamas?

[nc4bo]

2. Wheeeeeeeee!!! Yea really!

I took this as pretty good news. Couldn't even gather enough racists and bigots to hold a counter to our convention.

[handmade34]

3. excellent!

and yes, I will have enough fun for all DU'ers to join in on

[nc4bo]

8. I'm jealous LOL

Don't forget to take some pics!!!!

[handmade34]

12. I've posted a few already...

I will be doing security so can only get the photos when not working... but hope to get some... I am very fortunate; my work put me here right during the Convention

[arcane1]

4. Charlotte, that bastion of Marxism

[nc4bo]

9. A pleasant place to be in the midst of so much redness! nt

[Cha]

17. LOL!

I know..typical GOPricks Wah Wah WHINING.

[apnu]

5. And the 'Pubbies got their panties in a wad because DWS took a walk down radio row @ RNC (nt)

[zbdent]

6. probably not that the ticket sales were too low ..

more like the check bounced ...

won't be the first time for a Repuke pukefest ... I forget when it happened a few years ago, but it did. They didn't pay their bills until the news went national.

[nc4bo]

7. I remember a teabagger convention where they reserved rooms

didn't show, didn't pay.........can't remember where it was though.

Typical behavior.

[nolabear]

10. Gee, who'd a thought a place called Bojangles wouldn't be pro-GOP...

[nc4bo]

13. They just named the place that. Typical corporate crapola.

There's so much hatred here it's palpable in some really red areas. Lots of low info voter pockets and the typical racists, bigots and fundie nuts.

They had a nice line up to attract them but it all fell through

Let 'em eat donkey hooves!!

[mick063]

11. Another to add to the list

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So far:

too many porta pottys at their rallies.
too many empty seats in Michigan.
too many booked rooms in Las Vegas (the casino wants them to pay up for their reservation commitments)
too few of viewers of the GOP convention (down 31% from four years ago)
too few of folks to show up for Herman Cain's capitulation gala.
too many unsold tickets for "Rock the Red".


As you can see......I'm keeping a running tally.

There simply isn't enough angry old men too keep it going and when they do show it is a blase affair. This is Darwin economics at it's finest. They are being destroyed by the very philosophy they swear by.

The angry old men have prescriptions to pay for and the billionaires are investing in television instead of the grass roots. Why? Because it is the manner in which CEOs are accustomed to with regard to communicationg with the ordinary Joe. They scoff at community organizing and put money down the television sink hole instead. What is lovely about all of this is that TV watchers have left TV advertising behind with the advent of automated digital video recording. The billionaires have no idea how to create a movement except to invest in "skipped" TV ads.

Edit: Look for some new legislation to be purchased by the billionaire club prohibiting people from using tecnology to skip their advertising. I'm not joking. Look how tough it was to stop unrestricted phone solicitation. Especially when it is used for political purposes.

[Ken Burch]

14. Dear God...there's actually a building called "Bojangles Coliseum"?

Is it right next door to the Stepin Fetchit Mall?

Figures that's where they'd have an anti-Obama concert.

[gateley]

24. When I moved to NC and my best friend came to visit, I suggested going to

Bojangle's for biscuits and gravy. He said, "Gateley, that is NOT funny!". He was flabbergasted, as was I when I first arrived. Great biscuits, though -- a real treat for us West Coasters.

[nc4bo]

25. Yes!! Best biscuits ever!! nt

[jmowreader]

29. Bojangles is a Southern restaurant chain

It's a regional chain of fried chicken stands with REALLY good food.

The coliseum is next to the Chantilly Mall and Charlotte's Fox station. Really.

[Ken Burch]

30. OK. Still, you can see why the name might jump out to somebody from another region.

n/t.

[jmowreader]

33. It jumped out at me when I moved there...

What jumped out even more were all the barbecue joints. North Carolina is covered with them. North Carolina barbecue is invariably pork. And all the restaurants have a cute line drawing of a pig either on the side of the building or in their logo. Are these people TRYING to turn their customers vegan?

[Ken Burch]

34. "Harper's" once published a "barbecue map of North Carolina"

I just found one version of that here(it also includes surrounding states)



I wonder if politicians ever try to divide the state by "Whole Hog/Apple Cider Vinegar" and "Dark Meat/Brown Sugar and Ketchup" voters?

[jmowreader]

35. Whole hog is now joined by pork shoulder in eastern NC

Pork shoulder is also called "high on the hog."

Whole hog is hard to do for several reasons--the different parts of the hog cook at different rates, you need a cooker that can hold a whole hog, there are a LOT of bones in a whole hog--so most of the BBQ chefs I knew down there did fresh hams rather than whole pigs.

The apple cider vinegar-based sauce is still used...this is mine:

1 qt vinegar
1 jar red pepper flakes
5 minced garlic cloves
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
1 tablespoon black pepper

Put in a jar and let set for a month.

When ready to use, mix 1 part of this with 2 parts vegetable oil and baste meat frequently, preferably with a "Barbecue Mop."

[Ken Burch]

36. Was it ever considered a "mixed marriage"

if somebody from a whole hog family married somebody from a pork shoulder family?

[Dawson Leery]

15. Less country "music", less ignorance.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

16. Hey, they're only for being anti-Obama so long as it's profitable.

If there's not a buck to be made exploiting the ignorant, then they're out.

[Raster]

18. Just think of all those empty chairs!

[Initech]

20. Think of all the unused portable toilets!

[Raster]

21. No shit!

[nc4bo]

22. Empty portapots are also empty "chairs" LOL

[Initech]

26. Literally in this case!

[Initech]

19. I am loving this - the Republicans are failing left and right!

First the RNC loses ratings to fucking Honey Boo Boo of all shows - and now their attempt at "rebellion" has failed.

[nc4bo]

23. In NC, it's just one small sign....

Hopefully it's the sign of apathy but time will tell.

Saw one of my neighbors around the corner and down the road has his Romney sign up along with 2 other local R's. He's so proud to be supporting an ass this election just like in '08. He has a daughter in one of those wheelchairs like Reeves used so she must be extremely ill.

Some people I just don't get at all. They consistently vote against their own best interests.

I'll take every little positive sign I can get and keep talking to people about R/R, warn them to check their voter registration is valid and remind them to vote (something we didn't do too much of in 2010).

[AlbertCat]

27. Charlie Daniels????

Hasn't that one hit (for reasons that escape me) wonder had a heart attack yet? He's so dumb. I know. I had a friend who used to make clothes for him and when I met him, let's just say I was as unimpressed as I was with his stupid devil song

[mick063]

31. A fiddle contest in Georgia against the devil

The ultimate Teabillie footstompin' music.

I'm an old fart with about 3400 songs on my i-touch. Nintey nine percent of those songs are from the 70's and 80's. I didn't choose to put Charlie on the playlist. In other words, I thought there were 3400 songs that were more appealing.


Trying to sell tickets for a guy that can barely make a living playing at the Smallville County fair and believing the Anti-Obama theme would sell it out.

Funny.......I never hear of the Rolling Stones bitching about Ticketmaster failing to sell out their venues. From the same era as Ol' Charlie so dated music isn't the issue. Maybe because people actually want to go watch them.

Speaking of the Stones, one of my favorite songs by them is called Sweet Neo Con.



Here are the lyrics:

Keno's ROLLING STONES Web Site



ROLLING STONES LYRICS

SWEET NEO CON

Song written about George W. Bush's administration. Recorded in May & June of 2005. Released on the album A Bigger Bang on September 5, 2005
Lead Vocals, Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Keyboards: Mick Jagger Electric Guitars: Keith Richards Drums: Charlie Watts


SWEET NEO CON
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

You call yourself a Christian
I think that you're a hypocrite
You say you are a patriot
I think that you're a crock of shit

And listen, I love gasoline
I drink it every day
But it's getting very pricey
And who is going to pay

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con.... Yeah

It's liberty for all
'Cause democracy's our style
Unless you are against us
Then it's prison without trial

But one thing that is certain
Life is good at Haliburton
If you're really so astute
You should invest at Brown & Root.... Yeah

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
If you turn out right
I'll eat my hat tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah....

It's getting very scary
Yes, I'm frightened out of my wits
There's bombers in my bedroom
Yeah and it's giving me the shits

We must have loads more bases
To protect us from our foes
Who needs these foolish friendships
We're going it alone

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
Where's the money gone
In the Pentagon

Yeah ha ha ha
Yeah, well, well

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Neo con

[AlbertCat]

28. "organizers blame politics"

Well, THEY did advertise it as "anti-Obama" so.... they introduced the politics!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

32. Aint that the shits

BTW who the fuck is Lee Brice?