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THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING
At first, when we saw this morning's 3AM girl mini-rant against the high price of Madonna tickets, we were puzzled:
Yet ludicrously, one brown-nosing, out-of-touch, clearly overpaid pop columnist yesterday claimed tickets were "worth every penny" and a "bargain" at £7.14 a song.
We thought they were having a pop at Caroline Sullivan in the Guardian, but her words were "the result justifies the price tag." She's never going to get to edit the consumer pages, is she?
But the real target, of course, was The Sun and Victoria Newton, who was a little bit over the top in her delight at praising the ticket price she hadn't had to pay.
Actually, she was just over the top:
Madonna leapt about the stage like a wild animal who had been caged for 30 years. It’s hard to believe she’s 47.
An animal caged for thirty years would presumably have trouble walking, surely?
It does seem, to judge by Sullivan's report, that claims that she's ripping her fans off have stung Madge:
To counter internet chatroom grumbles about ticket prices, she has released a factsheet listing what goes into the show, which in the way of all major pop tours today is one part singing to three parts special effects. It reveals what it takes to make Madonna Madonna, from the 4,000 Swarovski crystals embedded in her belt to the 350 people needed to build the stage.
Except, of course, as the TOTP clip reminded us this weekend, what made Madonna Madonna wasn't showy cash-burning but a low-budget bounce. She used to be a compelling performer - the original good wine which needed no bushell - but now she can't queue at the Post Office without a team of choreographers and a small fountain to help her out.
If you find yourself photocopying justifications of your ticket price, you're really admitting you've lost the argument.
2 comments:
What I particularly like about Madonnas justification is that she's saying she really needs a belt with 4000 crystals on it else the show will be rubbish. I doubt anyone further back than the front row could even see it!
Did that £7.14 a song include the ones where she wasn't actually singing? Or on stage.
Although if I'd paid £160 to be sat up on the second tier of the stadium while those who'd stumped up only (!) 70 quid were prancing around on the stadium floor in front of the stage, I might be a bit miffed.
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