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Rihanna concerts latest to be cancelled by faltering US live industry
By CMU Editorial | Published on Thursday 15 July 2010
Rihanna cancelled a concert in Denver this week, and US media are pointing out this is the sixth such cancellation on the R&B songstress’s current tour.
Given that no official reasons seem to have been put forward for the cancellations, and there have been no reports that Rihanna is ill, there is widespread speculation the Rihanna shows are being canned due to poor ticket sales. This links in to the wider and previously reported story about the state of the US live industry which, some reckon, has seen a significant down turn this summer after years of growth.
As previously reported, some in the live sector argue that there have not, actually, been any more gig cancellations this year than in past years, but with Rihanna now being added to a cancellations list that also includes the Jonas Brothers and Simon & Garfunkel, it does seem things aren’t especially rosy in the US live industry just now. As reported on Tuesday, we know for a fact that revenues from the ten biggest US tours are down, because the sector’s trade mag Pollstar has published stats showing that is so.
If the commentators’ fears about the state of the live sector are true, presumably the slump is a result of recession hit music fans rebelling against year’s of ticket price hikes and extra fees.
