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Lollapalooza Nixes New York Show
Promoters are putting the lull in Lollapalooza.
Organizers of the newly resurrected alt-rock festival announced on Wednesday that they are scrapping a July 26 concert in upstate New York's Vernon Downs race track, citing rising production costs.
"Due to the costs of production versus the estimated tickets sales of 15,000, it did not make fiscal sense to play this date," says a statement from promoters. "Unfortunately, the venue is such that Lollapalooza would have needed to bring in additional production facilities, which made the cost to produce the Syracuse-area show significantly more than other venues on the tour."
But the real culprit for the cancellation appears to be sluggish ticket sales. Despite a testosterone-fueled lineup of Jane's Addiction, Audioslave, Incubus, Queens of the Stone's Age, Jurassic 5, as well as grrl rockers the Donnas, Vernon Downs' marketing director says only about 4,000 tickets had been sold.
That's a far cry from the 20,000 people that turned out for the Dead's pit stop last month with Willie Nelson. A capacity crowd for the venue is 25,000, but Vernon Downs has crammed in upwards of 30,000 if the act warrants.
A Lollapalooza no-show has created an unintentional lull for locals, whose livelihood often depends on big concerts like this one.
"We had the chance to make money. We'll miss the opportunity," Vernon Downs marketing director Mark Scalzo told the Utica Observer-Dispatch. "It's not just Vernon losing, it's the whole area losing." Refunds are available at points of purchase.
After the Vernon Downs, Lollapalooza's only other New York appearance is July 30 at Jones Beach Amphitheater on Long Island.
Lollapalooza has been going through something of a slumpapalooza.
After a five-year layoff, Perry Farrell and his fellow organizers announced they were reviving the once must-see summer fest for a 30-date comeback tour.
But before things could even get up and running, slow ticket sales and staging issues doomed the original July 3 kickoff date in Ionia, Michigan.
The fest's rescheduled opening two days later at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Noblesville, Indiana, was only filled halfway to capacity. Bad weather dampened the mood of the crowd and technical problems that caused Dave Navarro's guitar to stop working midway through Jane's closing set.
Another factor contributing to the lack of Lollapalooza buzz is that the new album from the revived Jane's Addiction, Strays (formerly Hypersonic), the band's first since 1990's Ritual De Lo Habitual, doesn't even hit stores until July 22. However, the lead single, "Just Because," is getting some radio airplay.
To make up for the deep-sixed Michigan date, Lollapalooza is adding an extra show August 24 in Portland, Oregon, which will serve as the tour closer.
Meanwhile, the show goes on this weekend with, rock 'n' roll gods willing, stops Friday in Detroit, Saturday in Pittsburgh and Sunday in Cleveland.
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