From: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org (jewel-digest) To: jewel-digest@smoe.org Subject: jewel-digest V9 #178 Reply-To: jewel@smoe.org Sender: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-jewel-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk jewel-digest Thursday, June 24 2004 Volume 09 : Number 178 * If you ever wish to unsubscribe from this digest, send an email to * jewel-digest-request@smoe.org with ONLY the word * unsubscribe in the BODY of the email * . * For the latest news on what Jewel is up to, go to * the OFFICIAL Jewel web site at http://www.jeweljk.com * and click on "calendar" * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: jewel-digest V9 #___ gives fellow list readers * no clue as to what your message is about. Today's Subjects: ----------------- [EDA] Re: Green Bay [Theresa Bolger Gubrud ] [EDA] Re: Green Bay SOLD OUT ["Stephen H." ] Re: [EDA] That duet song... [Jessica Boyd ] [EDA] Truth! [GAMGRIFF@aol.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 01:07:14 -0500 From: Theresa Bolger Gubrud Subject: [EDA] Re: Green Bay Anyone want some $$ to pick me up the Green Bay show -- I was out of town and missed the sale. I was suppose to go to this show. Actually, anyone who's going to any of these shows, let me know and I'll send you money for the Instantlive CD + shipping. Or I have paypal. Or trade for ones that have already been out. Some people have emailed but haven't answered me back. EMAIL ME!!!!!! Thanks, Theresa On Wednesday, June 23, 2004, at 12:09 AM, jewel-digest wrote: > Jewel's July 12th concert in Green Bay, WI went on sale on Monday at > 10 am. > It was COMPLETELY SOLD OUT by 1:00p.m. :) See what $10 tickets can > do?!? > Plenty of people want to see her, but don't have $65 + for a ticket. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 23:26:00 +1000 From: "Stephen H." Subject: [EDA] Re: Green Bay SOLD OUT That is true. But think of it this way. The venue in Green Bay holds 1750 people. 1750 x $10 each is $17 500. If they were selling tickets at $65 each and the venue only sold at 50% capacity (875 people in attendance) - they would still take in around $57 000 in ticket sales. That's like 3 times what they're making with a full house at $10 a ticket. So you can see why in smaller venues it makes sense for a promoter to charge more and not rely on the venue selling out, as opposed to give away tickets (practically) just to achieve a sellout.... In this particular case I guess it has something to do with the anniversary of the Oneida Casino... they're doing this summer special where all the shows are dead cheap. So the casino are probably making a loss on the shows but hoping that they make up for it in other ways, by promoting the casino or whatever. But in a normal situation with a regular venue that isn't part of a casino, $10 tickets in a venue with a less than 2000 person capacity wouldn't make sense.... Jewel's fee alone would be more than the $20 000 a 2000-seat venue would take in on $10 ticket prices... let alone all the other costs associated with putting on and promoting a concert. However, as I said, if Jewel were playing MUCH larger venues then $20-30 ticket prices ($10 is a little extreme) would make sense. She would do that if she really wanted to play 10 000-20 000 capacity venues... which she might have done if she were really trying to push 0304 (ie - shows with a band geared toward that record) and wanted to be playing to the biggest audience possible. But clearly she wants to play smaller venues cause that's the environment that best suits the solo performance. And in smaller venues, the ticket prices are always going to be higher for the promoter to be able to afford to put on the show. Steve. PS - Very few tours this summer are doing well... in fact most of them are totally bombing. For some reason people don't want to go to concerts at the moment... Jewel is doing well in her market comparatively... >Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 03:01:01 -0500 >From: "Matt Sullivan" >Subject: [EDA] Green Bay SOLD OUT > >Jewel's July 12th concert in Green Bay, WI went on sale on Monday at 10 am. >It was COMPLETELY SOLD OUT by 1:00p.m. :) See what $10 tickets can do?!? >Plenty of people want to see her, but don't have $65 + for a ticket. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 07:45:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Jessica Boyd Subject: Re: [EDA] That duet song... She sang the song, "Everything Reminds Me of You" with Joe Firstman, her opening act. I love that song too. Don't know where it is on the internet but I learned the chords to it, if you play guitar. Jess cristian louvier wrote: I can't remember what it was called, something like Everybody But You or something like that, it was the duet she sang with a guy that was her opening act. I listened to it once online and was wondering if anyone knows where I can find it and listen again. thanks! cristian Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it ou Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 19:12:23 EDT From: GAMGRIFF@aol.com Subject: [EDA] Truth! Hey, Sarah got it right! Fire and Ice Jewel gave a warm performance on a cold night at the Mountain Winery By Sarah Quelland ALL THAT NOISE about Jewel having a meltdown at the Hampton Beach Ballroom Casino in New Hampshire was hogwash, if her solo acoustic appearance at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga last Thursday (June 17) was any indication. Though Jewel's set lists vary from show to show, the stories she tells are pretty much the same every night. While that rowdy casino crowd didn't understand her humor and took her words out of context, the Winery fans were delighted as she regaled them with bizarre tales of her hitchhiking escapades, run-ins with stalker dentists and superfreaks, and her fascination with commercials for social-anxiety drugs. It was a bracingly cold night in the mountains, and Jewel's fans, a mix of families, couples and single men, were huddled in blankets and bundled in winter clothes. Jewel stepped out wearing body-hugging blue jeans, a casual blazer over her shirt and athletic shoes. She immediately began "Near You Always." "OK, it's really cold," she laughed at the end, strumming her guitar. "Are any of you in tank tops?" she asked sympathetically. "You deserve an extra drink!" Throughout the night, Jewel proved to be affable, witty, sarcastic and melodramatic. She's an entertaining comedian and a dramatic storyteller. In addition to highlights from her studio albums ("Hands," "Standing Still," "Intuition," "Foolish Games," "You Were Meant for Me"), Jewel played a number of unrecorded gems. Informing the crowd that the night was being recorded both for Instant Live (where for $25 fans can take home a CD of the concert they just saw) and for her next album, she playfully threatened, "No sneezing during new songs, or I will choke you." After sending "Passing Time" out to "All my homey stalkers, yo," Jewel asked the crowd, "What else do you feel like hearing?" A barrage of song requests flew toward the stage and one guy screamed out "Inspiration!" "Inspiration?" Jewel asked. "I don't think I wrote a song called 'Inspiration.' You might want to check with your wife or girlfriend, 'cause I think it's called 'Intuition'!" she yelled with mock rage. Following the heartsick "Everything Breaks," she asked the crowd, "You like country music at all?" Rewarded with whoops and hollers, she jokingly replied, "I hate it." She then played "So Close to Heaven," which she said she intended to shop to country singer Trisha Yearwood. When a hot drink was delivered from backstage after "Little Sister," Jewel picked it up gratefully. "You're jealous of my tea, aren't you?" she asked, taking a loud sip. When someone called out, "What's in that tea?" she replied "Heat is in this tea, if you must ask. My fingers are getting numb. I'm playing clumsily." Despite the shivering cold, Jewel's voice was in top form and full of power and finesse. She showed off her range from sweet to brassy on "Down So Long," and during one incredible section, she coaxed a vocoder effect from her voice, au naturel. "What else?" she said, bouncing from the cold. "You wanna hear a brand-new song?" she asked. "I just wrote this about a week ago, and I haven't played it very much, so I need to practice." She proceeded to play one of the most intimate and revealing numbers of the night, a song about the illusion and emptiness of fame. On the aching and autobiographical tune, she sang, "There is a difference between dreaming and pretending / I did not find paradise / It was only a reflection of my lonely mind searching for what was missing in my life." Now 30, Jewel seems to be re-evaluating her priorities. She bowed out of Wave, a movie she was set to produce and star in. She's had second thoughts about releasing her book of love poems. Mostly, she seems content right now to focus on her music and to spend her free time with her boyfriend, retired rodeo champion Ty Murray. As the brand-new song suggested, "I crave reality." Jewel seemed perfectly sound at Winery, and she played a generous 16-song set that ended with a dazzling rendition of "Who Will Save Your Soul." After exiting the stage, she quickly returned. "OK, I'm doing a fast encore, 'cause we're all freezing," she announced, breaking into "Chime Bells," which showcased her yodeling ability. "I love you! Have a good night!" she said with a wave, taking her tea and walking backstage. Send a letter to the editor about this story to letters@metronews.com. ------------------------------ End of jewel-digest V9 #178 ***************************