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Grand Forks won't get 'no satisfaction'

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Chris LeGrand plays the role of Mick Jagger in Satisfaction/The International Rolling Stones Show. Unfortunately

Thanks to poor ticket sales, a Rolling Stones tribute band will not be playing in Grand Forks as originally planned.

Les Vogt, promoter of Satisfaction/The International Rolling Stones Show, said that Friday, April 8’s scheduled stop at the auditorium at Grand Forks Secondary School will be a no go after only 20 tickets were sold.

He said that he was disappointed that the show would not go on but it wasn’t a hard choice and it had to be done.

“I’m always concerned about cancellations but with only 20 tickets, the decision was easy,” Vogt explained.

“We have to reach 100 (tickets sold) before it doesn’t make any difference if we play or not and if we’re too far below that there’s no sense in taking a hit.”

People that bought tickets to the show can return their tickets to The Source on Market Avenue for a refund and if they wish to see the Rolling Stones tribute, they will be able to keep their ticket and get $5 off the regular price at shows in Nelson on Saturday, April 9 or in Trail on Monday, April 11 – Vogt said that they will pay $30 instead of the $35 being charged at those two venues.

“Due to reserved computerized ticketing in Nelson and Trail, we cannot simply honour the Grand Forks tickets at the door,” he said.

“They will have to get a refund in Grand Forks and bring the ticket stub (from Grand Forks) to receive the discount ticket price. Sales are also slow in Nelson and Trail but there are enough sales for the concerts to go ahead as scheduled.”

As for entrants in the Grand Forks Gazette’s contest, they will still win free tickets but it obviously won’t be for the local tour stop and Vogt suggests that the Nelson stop on the Saturday would probably be the best bet.

“My thought is that most people, if they really want to see this show, they could go to Nelson on a Saturday night, make it an evening with a dinner, it’s a logical choice as opposed to Monday in Trail,” he said.

The show’s promoter also said that he was surprised, given that Buddy Roy, Elvis and Fats Domino tribute performers sold well in Grand Forks.

“It’s never a good thing (canceling a show). It’s now a big question as to whether I want to go back there with anything because of the confidence level perhaps being shot on account of the cancellation and that’s one of the prime negatives of canceling a show; it loses the buyer’s confidence,” Vogt went on to say.



Karl Yu

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After interning at Vancouver Metro free daily newspaper, I joined Black Press in 2010.
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