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Post by skaschep on Sept 19, 2019 17:19:19 GMT -5
Carrie has sold about a gazillion records, so she's definitely THE success story for AI, along with Kelly herself. I'm just happy that AI has decided to include Adam in their little circle of success stories. ETA: Am I wrong in thinking that Adam is pretty much the only international star of AI, or are there others? I don't watch AI, so I don't know who else is international from that show. Kelly had international success as well. She has hits all over the world I think. Her last album wasn't soo successful though.
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Post by skaschep on Sept 19, 2019 17:20:10 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Sept 19, 2019 17:20:26 GMT -5
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Post by skaschep on Sept 19, 2019 17:26:20 GMT -5
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Post by qaleidoscope on Sept 19, 2019 17:26:57 GMT -5
Not a diss or snark, I simply have no clue as I'm simply not into that kind of music - but does anyone outside of the US (fine, North America) has any fux to give about Carrie Underwood? She's doing fairly well in Canada and Australia and had some minor success in the UK and Ireland, but that's it. Almost nobody here in the Netherlands knows her I think. Almost everybody knows WWFM and/or Ghost Town though. Same here in Germany, I think. While I do know of her, I could not name more than one of her songs and I'm pretty sure that's more than most people over here know about her... On a different note - is it just me or is it a somewhat weird/problematic day in Adam Lambert (fan) land? The up and down (down) with the view counts on YT, the thing with the Iggy Azalea welcome at the merch store, the confusion about the ticket booking...
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Post by skaschep on Sept 19, 2019 17:27:56 GMT -5
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Post by didilynn on Sept 19, 2019 17:29:14 GMT -5
I randomly bought 2 tickets to the El Rey on the Amex presale yesterday (and then decided I would go lol) - it was at 11:20 am pacific time - well after they started the 10:00 am presale period. I had tried twice before but it said No Tickets Available, but then poof it worked. Then I tried all day to buy 2 more for a friend, but never had any luck again. I got a confirmation email right away, but no tickets appeared in my Flash Seats app on my phone. Finally, I downloaded AXS app on my phone, still no tickets. Then late at night, I got an email saying my tickets were now in my AXS app, and they are - 1 barcode for both tickets apparently.
My friend who lives close to the El Rey gave up trying and bought several off a reseller site - all the resellers have them. And they were about double for her, which is not bad. But we have no idea what kind of show this will be, how many songs etc. and we know it will be standing room only. As usual, ticket buying was a cluster****. Sorry to all that didn't get a ticket and can't afford the reseller site .
ETA: The event starts at 9 pm per my confirmation email.
I haven't been lucky with El Rey, but will try again tomorrow through the AXS app. If unlucky again, I will have to buy from one of the resellers. At least the prices aren't up exponentially yet. Not sure if we already have a members thread for this, but I wanted to let those interested know that I just booked the "Best Western Date Tree Hotel" in Indio. It is less than 3 miles from Fantasy Springs and offers a shuttle service. Plus, there's free breakfast, and it is cancellable within 24hours. I would recommend that if the sale at 10 am tomorrow doesn't pan out, that people buy from a reseller before they start jacking up the prices, as they often do. Then of course the price may come down again closer to the event but you never know for sure.
Also, I booked at the Holiday Inn Express and a friend booked at Quality Inn, both also very close to Fantasy Springs Casino, and have breakfast as well. So there are choices around there.
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Post by qaleidoscope on Sept 19, 2019 17:32:22 GMT -5
I'm low key expecting a QAL announcement for Europe next week. With Adam in the UK that seems like perfect timing. It would be awesome if all the news articles would mention Adam's new EP as well! We heard some rumors that they will visit the Netherlands for 2 concerts even! Which is, given the fast sell-outs of the last concerts, well deserved! Sky Arts @skyarts 11th October 👉 we will ROCK you. 🎸 Queen @queenwillrock The UK premiere of the Queen + @adamlambert documentary 'The Show Must Go On' will broadcast on Friday 11th October on @skyarts at 10pm 📽️⬇️ queenonline.com/news/the-show-must-go-on-uk-broadcastOoh, where did you hear those rumours? Might be time to visit the Dutch side of the family again
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Post by girldrummer on Sept 19, 2019 17:34:22 GMT -5
Thanks for clarifying that Kelly said "huge" and not "two." That's a relief.
Country music is HUGE in the US. It hijacks almost everything else. So Carrie has done very well, especially in the US. Makes sense. And Kelly does have some international success, too. She's got that first-winner status and she is very talented.
But you know what? I think Adam does have the biggest international base of the Idol contestants.
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Post by Jablea on Sept 19, 2019 18:20:25 GMT -5
Kind of upset that so many YouTube views did not count. So we have to spread our views around beyond YouTube, right? That's what I've been doing. Bottom line, we need to view more. And I guess Spotify is the best way to help Adam. We stream as much as humanly possible. I've been doing that. Don't be disheartened by YouTube. They do look at multiple counts but a lot of it is just that they are so huge and getting some many hits a second that their servers set up around the world may not have a chance to talk to each other and compare notes so to speak. If they were human they'd chat every once in a while and one would say i counted 100 plays from Jablea last night on Lambert's SuperPower. Another one would say, heck I've got a Jablea in my records too for 50 plays, let's look into this more did you get the play that went through BBC UK at 8.03pm? No, I've got the 8:03 play going straight thru youtube so let's just count that one once. I am doing my Spotify streaming much better this year. I do the web browser version and it's much better about not stopping. In year's past I wasn't much of a reliable streamer.
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