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Kitty, Daisy and Lewis Wellington Show Cancelled - Extra Auckland Show Announced
Thursday, 12th November 2009 12:00PMVelvet Tiger Presents has announced that due to low sales the Kitty, Daisy and Lewis show scheduled on Tue 15th December at the San Francisco Bath House has been cancelled. Full refunds are available from the point of sale - Undertheradar ticket holders that have not received notification can email us here.
The Auckland show on Wednesday 16th December at the Monte Cristo Room is now totally sold out and there will be no doorsales. A second Auckland show has been scheduled in place of the Wellington one. Tickets for this show are on sale now from Undertheradar and from next Wednesday from Real Groovy and Fast and Loose. Click here to buy a ticket from UTR.
95bfm & velvet tiger presents...
KITTY DAISY & LEWIS
With the Drab Doo Riffs & Will Saunders
AUCKLAND @ THE MONTECRISTO ROOM
Tuesday 15th December – doors 8pm – KD+L on stage at 10pm – tickets from www.undertheradar.co.nz from Thursday 12th November Real Groovy & Fast & Loose from Wednesday 18th November.
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The majority of shows/festivals you mentioned aren't until Jan/Feb, and it's important to schedule announcements and on-sales carefully for the smaller shows as well. This year, and early next has seen a substantial increase in the number and quality of international acts coming through.
Giving people the chance and the opportunity for foresight to buy tickets early is important, and essential. Everyone needs to be able to plan, and budget accordingly.
Re: decent exposure. This is a moot point, given how aggressive phantom billstickers have become over the last few years. Posters are lasting less than 24 hours on the streets at the moment, and Cuba Street is in particularly high demand.
I disagree that the exposure was lacking - there are multiple ways for people to find out about upcoming events, and street postering is just one small part of this. All the other bases had been well covered.
This band exactly fits the wellington scene... everyone loves this sort of music... which is why rockabilly bands, and awesome covers groups like Ricky Boyd and the Boomshack Band consistently turn out good crowds. I know ticket sales were low... but c'mon there has been a few shows which we have all had to get money together for... like Laneway, BDO, Camp A Low Hum.. and more recently The Buzzc**ks earlier this week...and Crocodiles.. who are due to play a fortnight before K, D & L. CAncelling the show one week after they made the front page of grrove guide seems a bit silly. Here I was concerned that they would sell out!!
This band would have been a smash in Wellington.
Oh, and no, they are not idiots in the slightest. Any band who can tour down to NZ at this level, are deserving of respect.
Bottom line is, if you want to see and support bands, buy your tickets as early as possible so promoters, managers, and bands don't have to make these decisions, and Wellington doesn't have to miss out.
This was a decision made by the NZ and Australian promoters. Wellington sales were less than ideal and this call had to be made. Not ideal for Wellington and lower North Island fans but we thought it wise to pull earlier rather than later. Tony, rather than wasting time calling talkback radio to criticise the group you can contact the promoter (myself) via undertheradar.