Seth Hurwitz
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posted 11-20-2005 07:59 AM
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we were talking to the tour organzers all week about who would be the best replacement...they were suggesting either Lauryn Hill or De La Soul

it was quite a topic of discussion...Lauryn would be the glamour way to go, but De La more the spirit of the show

there were very conflicting opinions as to which would stem the tide of refunds (which we would offer, of course)

a quick survey of our front line people (box office, etc) confirmed that there were 2 distinct types buying the tix...the Howard U's and the UMD's were the generalizations

ultimately we decided to go with De La Soul, drop the ticket price and give everyone some cash back on the way in that already bought tix...our thinking was that if people clamored for refunds, and we had to put tix back up, the college kids home for the Thanksgiving wknd were more likely to want to see a decent hip-hop night for a reasonable ticket, than a high priced Lauryn Hill show

so we were waiting for the confirmation of De La when the tour called to tell us that Mos Def is back...AND...Lauryn was so excited about getting out there again that she would still like to play...so we're actually trying now to figure out how to get her on, as well

so...let's have little WWJD discussion here...who would have been the best replacement, De La or Lauryn, and why?

try and play club owner here...the question is which would have caused the least stampede for refunds


Thats the owner of 9:30.WOW,if this is true i will die a happy man