Andrew McManus pisses off Hope Estate fans

[vivfox]

Chair ban at Fleetwood Mac's Hope Estate concert
BY ALISON BRANLEY
05 Dec, 2009 04:00 AM

CONCERT promoters typically want bums on seats, but it's the seats that have been banned at Fleetwood Mac's Hope Estate concert tonight.

General admission ticket holders have complained that promoter Andrew McManus Presents has changed its seating policy at the last minute.

Fans say they were initially told full-size chairs were banned but low beach chairs were allowed.

However, Ticketmaster sent an email to ticketholders on Thursday informing them all chairs were banned.

Silvana Dugac, of Adamstown Heights, said she had a bad back and should not have to sit on the ground for seven hours, nor should the elderly or disabled.

"If I had known beforehand I don't think I would have gone," she said.

"Most of the people there are going to be over 40, it's not as if they're expecting wild crowds."

Michael Hope, of Hope Estate, said their general concert policy allowed low chairs but the promoter decided to change the rules for this event because of the 19,000strong crowd.

Some of the confusion arose because the general information notice on the Hope Estate website said low chairs were allowed at concerts before it was updated this week.

Ian Weir, site manager for Andrew McManus Presents, said the company made the decision in October to try to limit seats in the general admission area for safety reasons because of the size of the crowd.

There will be more than 7000 people in the general admission area at tonight's concert.

Mr Weir said Ticketmaster had sent out a number of emails to ticketholders informing them of the rule, and Thursday's email was the final reminder.

However, Mr Weir said people with medical conditions would be permitted to bring in low chairs if they had a doctor's certificate or other evidence.

Ms Dugac said it was unfair to give people so little time to get a certificate.

http://www.theherald.com.au/news/loc...t/1696547.aspx

[nailatixela]

You shouldn't be sitting at the concert anyway.

[HejiraNYC]

Maybe that fat f*** should be forced to stand for 2.5 hours. I'm sure he'll like that.

[Nikolaj]

I find it odd there hasn't been any follow-up report on how the concert actually went, I've googled and googled
19,000 people were to be in attendance, and there's nothing I can find to read about the show, just that people couldn't bring chairs! (I do think, legally, it would be very hard to enforce this; as it seems attendees were only informed of this change 24 hours before the show, and it's not a ticket-buyers assumed responsibility that they must check their e-mails or hear radio announcements, or see newspaper or televised information of change in terms of ticketholder usage before going to a concert. I assume there may well have been hundreds or thousands who knew nothing of this change before arriving at the show. I'd think anyone who bought tickets months in advance expecting to be able to bring a chair would have every reason not to be refused to enter with one if they wished to. )
Not that I am expecting any change in their performances, with the possibility of SS being left off, but I do wonder how the concert went. And not one Ledgie went, it seems! 19,000 is probably one of the biggest crowds the band has drawn for one show during this tour.
Wasn't this some sort of charity fundraising concert? 19,000 seems huge, though, for a benefit concert. And for whom or for what was this concert to be a benefit for? Maybe I have that all wrong, I must go back and re-research what this show was all about.
Again, just find it odd we haven't heard anything, yet, about the actual concert. Somehow, I think I have details of this concert confused with a New York benefit the band was to perform at. Was this McManus concert just a 'regular' concert and not a benefit?

[HARRIET]

Some info posted here


http://nickslive.blogspot.com/2009/1...alley-hope.htm

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[Janis_no1]

Hi everyone

I'll do up my review of the event soon ... as soon as i can have time to put up my experiences from the two melbourne shows, (one at the stage, one 5 rows back in the middle), and my experience at hope estate.

What i will quickly say is that... it was great! Hope estate was well worth the total drive of .... 7hrs, two plane trips, and quite a few buckets of cash.

I have photo's, not that many though, and i took lots of video's from hope estate! So, as soon as i can guys i'll get it up, should be approx saturday ok

Excited to share it with you all

[HejiraNYC]

Originally Posted by Nikolaj

I find it odd there hasn't been any follow-up report on how the concert actually went, I've googled and googled
19,000 people were to be in attendance, and there's nothing I can find to read about the show, just that people couldn't bring chairs!

For reals though! It's been two days and nary a peep from dawn-undah. I found a couple of pictures and the setting looked breathtaking- under a clear twilight sky- but no commentary at all. Come on, y'alls... get to your keyboards and start typin'!

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

For reals though! It's been two days and nary a peep from dawn-undah. I found a couple of pictures and the setting looked breathtaking- under a clear twilight sky- but no commentary at all. Come on, y'alls... get to your keyboards and start typin'!

No freakin' kiddin'! Where are all the Ledgie reviews from Aus.? The band might as well go back to Europe. At least there we got a daily journal from the fans.

[Ghost_Tracker]

Well everyone knows about the dreadful linkages between lawn chairs and large crowds ..... .....

[michelej1]

[Excerpt from an Australian news.com article on Andrew McManus, July 5, 2014]

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...-1226979027067

But a newspaper said McManus had claimed to have $600,000 stashed at his home, and had suggested how to smuggle tour money into Australia. It also hinted that he had withheld funds from Kravitz and Fleetwood Mac.

McManus now says he talked to police at the height of his binges: “I was on a lot of morphine, I was drinking, and I was not in a good place.”

He denied withholding money from Fleetwood Mac and Lenny Kravitz. “That is a lie,” McManus says. “Fleetwood Mac know they got paid in full, my accountant knows, and the ATO knows they were paid in full. Exactly the same with Lenny.”

McManus denied smuggling in tour money, saying he was merely suggesting ways a promoter might do that.

“I regret what I said. I was not a lucid man at that stage,” he said.

Things are a little clearer now. He credits “good friends” with bringing him back from the brink. He also has a new relationship.

A phone call from country music superstar Kris Kristofferson, asking for McManus to do his farewell tour, rejuvenated the promoter too.

He is also in talks to tour Kiss, and other projects are emerging

“I’ve found the confidence to return to the business I love, with a new attitude,” McManus says. “I’ve paid my taxes, I’ve paid my bands, and I’ve paid my dues.”

nui.tekoha@news.com.au

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http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...-1226979027067

[Autumn Ocean]

I went to this show thinking it would be a more intimate setting. It turned out to be the biggest crowd at a winery gig in Australia to date.

The highlights were IKINW live, Sara, with some of the demo lines added and Landslide made me a little misty eyed. (As it does every time I hear it live.)

SYLM with S & L was very cool.

LB's voice was way too loud in the mix - it drowned out Stevie's lead vocals. Particularly infuriating at the end of Silver Springs.

It was a great show. Enough deep cuts for me and enough hits for my friend, the casual fans.

The venue was amazing. It felt like I imagine it did being at some of their mid 70's shows.

Love (and weed) was in the air.