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Recently, tickets went on sale for the Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando Florida. What irks me is that they have not released the line up for the show. This is a 2-day event and tickets are about 140.00 after fees. Kids are buying up these tickets like candy without even knowing who is playing. I find it hard to fork over my hard earned cash for a "mystery show."
This isn't the first time this has happened, EDC did not announce the lineup for its show in NYC and the tickets were sold out in hours.
I would like to write an opinion article for online publication on the matter, but I want some input from festival goers such as yourself. If you could help by answering some of the questions below, I would be greatly appreciated - not to mention I hope this starts a good debate.
Would you buy $140 tickets for a mystery show - one without a lineup? Why or why not? Is the street cred of EDC really that great that they should be able to pull this off?
Have you ever bought tickets for a show without a lineup before? Were you disappointed or did you get what your expected? Are there other promotion companies that are starting to do this too?
Why do you think this is going on? What does this say about the new generation of festival goers? What about the musical acts playing in the show - how do they feel that they are really no longer the attraction, the experience is the attraction?
If you are a promoter - why is this practice popping up? What is the need for all the mystery? Is this something that we are going to start seeing more and more? Is it more successful to promote a show this way than announcing the lineup first?
Recently, tickets went on sale for the Electric Daisy Carnival in Orlando Florida. What irks me is that they have not released the line up for the show. This is a 2-day event and tickets are about 140.00 after fees. Kids are buying up these tickets like candy without even knowing who is playing. I find it hard to fork over my hard earned cash for a "mystery show."
This isn't the first time this has happened, EDC did not announce the lineup for its show in NYC and the tickets were sold out in hours.
I would like to write an opinion article for online publication on the matter, but I want some input from festival goers such as yourself. If you could help by answering some of the questions below, I would be greatly appreciated - not to mention I hope this starts a good debate.
Would you buy $140 tickets for a mystery show - one without a lineup? Why or why not? Is the street cred of EDC really that great that they should be able to pull this off?
Have you ever bought tickets for a show without a lineup before? Were you disappointed or did you get what your expected? Are there other promotion companies that are starting to do this too?
Why do you think this is going on? What does this say about the new generation of festival goers? What about the musical acts playing in the show - how do they feel that they are really no longer the attraction, the experience is the attraction?
If you are a promoter - why is this practice popping up? What is the need for all the mystery? Is this something that we are going to start seeing more and more? Is it more successful to promote a show this way than announcing the lineup first?
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