‘Hollaback Girl’ singer Gwen Stefani is having trouble having fans answer the calls to attend her live shows.
Reports revealed last month that tickets to her upcoming ‘This Is What the Truth Feels Like Tour’ weren’t selling as well as hoped.
Now, as the trek’s kick off approaches, prices have been seismically slashed.
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Unlike her ‘Sweet Escape Tour’ nearly a decade ago, current times are proving more difficult for the diva to command an audience.
Promoters for the jaunt (which features Eve) are currently offering 4 tickets for $40, thus legitimising murmurs of an underwhelming demand for the 46-year-old.
Struggling to even fill 30% capacity at the tour’s opening night in Massachusetts, a mere 5000 tickets have reportedly been sold at a venue which holds up to 18,000.
The indifference towards the trek comes after discounted seats were made available for purchase on Groupon – this obviously resulting in the newly surfaced, lower priced bundles.
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It’s not all doom and gloom for the No Doubt nucleus.
She hit #1 with comeback album ‘This Is What The Truth Feels Like,’ pointing to the fact there’s still some mileage left in her solo stilettos.
For us, the mistake lay in the fact that the venues booked are simply too big. Especially for an act who’s been away for so long.
Hopefully, her team manage to shift tickets some way some how.
A revival tea
This is not her fault entirely. Obviously the musical landscape has changed since the last time she was out here slaying b******! She doesn’t have a real hit this go around, she probably shoulda released the single “Asking 4 It” feat. Fetty Wap which is a bop! She got bank though. She’ll be fine. And they definitely should have done a theater tour!
I actually enjoyed her latest album. Sad people aren’t supporting her.
Cheryl could never tour in the USA
What made her think she could fill up an arena
she could…. as No Doubt
She based her tour off of the voice, her divorce and her new romance.
What she didn’t realise is that sales of magazines don’t equate to popularity.
She should’ve waited to see how the album sold before doing a tour as its been so long and her original fans are grown and might be happy living nostalgia at home with their now husbands and kids instead of going to a concert
I think the problem is that she didn’t built a big fanbase as a solo artist, I personally prefer her as part of No Doubt but she has this dream of being a huge star on her own so….
Agree, she wasn’t no MJ, Bey, JT, Bobby, ect.
She got the Nicole Cherzinger bug
You guys are forgetting that she was like the biggest pop star come 2004-2007. All of that success trumped No Doubts failed reunion/return even. Though I agree perhaps smaller venues or shorter tour first, but I am glad she is going out there.
She definitely wasn´t the biggest pop star during those 4 years either hun. Not when even someone out of her prime like Mariah Carey released an album with #1 singles sooo much bigger than Gwen´s and with real album sales way above her too. Madonna could be another example for taht same period with the release of Confession on a dancefloor. People need to understand Gwen or Fergie never made taht big of an impact as to secure careers 10-20 years later.
Gwen was far from the biggest pop star circa 2004 – 2007. Off the top of my head, Usher, Alicia Keys, 50 Cent, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, all released projects that were bigger than anything Gwen put out in that time period.
I believe people had too much expectations on Gwen, cause trufully she was the s*** back in middle school and high school. Thing was her break… even though she was anticipated her material including first singles were not strong enough to generate the hype n sight that would shout ” I’m back!!” Lol but still I love Gwen n hope she receives some type of slayage with her tour.
That is so sad!!! Her team was delusional for thinking she could fill an arena in 2016. And then she added Eve? What type of 2006 mess!?
How to are you gonna come for Eve?! This isn’t her tour. Gwen chose Eve because Eve is one of her closest friends in the industry and they have two hit songs together. F*** you. Eve is supporting her friend and I applaud her for it and from Eve’s posts on IG, HER part of the show looks like it will be promising. But look at your hating ass. What type of 2016 mess are YOU?! Buy a ticket and stfu
Damn calm down!
There’s a 4th of July sale everywhere. But hey, do what you have to do. I don’t even think people see Gwen as a performer and add the 10 years gap between her failed 2nd album and this new one.
Her 2nd album had a big single that almost went to #1.
Exactly why singles don’t mean s*** like we’ve been saying for years having 30 number one singles don’t mean anything if you don’t have the albums to back it up
Yikes!
Lol she really thought she could fill a 18k arena? Chile boo. #1 album or not, it flopped along with every single off of it. It’s not 2006 anymore, no on3 is checking for her
Gwen’s second album sold nearly two million copies in the US. That is far from a failure. Her latest album sold basically 80k without a hit, which is great. Her latest two singles should have been bigger. It isn’t the music. It’s pop radio.. She should have did theaters. She’s great though.
I agree with the author of this post the venues booked should be smaller especially for the Gwen and eve
I was very sad to see this “4th of July deal” in my inbox this morning. They probably need one more act from Gwen’s heyday, someone like Jordan Knight.
Are you kidding me, a solo act 1 hit wonder from a boy band? No, terrible suggestion. Try again
IDK why people aren’t here for Gwen like they used to be, but she is a bad b**** and her album is ??
I think it might have something to do with the 10 year break she took
Anti realnessth
It’s funny how folks pick and choose who they call flops. Everyone’s making excuses and being nice about Gwen’s tour flopping but they laugh at Ciara and Rihanna?
18k arena was a reaaaaaaaach ! Rihanna barely fills this in some city of the Anti Tour . I have to say though Gwen’s album is in my top 5 this year so far , her album is so good , never skip a track . She should have a video for Asking For It , a remix with Nicki for Naughty and a Rocket Ship remix with Akon , Pharrell & Eve for a nice throwback that actually goes with the song .
In other news, Brandy’s Slayana tour has been sold out to capacity all over Australia and Europe. I need Slayana to come to these streets in the US.
I’m sure she’ll still be pleased with her mark on music (dont speak etc)! Getting Warmer and Asking for it were good on this album though!
Why do y’all call people flops when it isn’t their fault that pop radio doesn’t play them? Gwen’s album is awesome! Pop radio is biased & full of shyt!
radio still exists???
Despite news like this… I still find her first week sales pretty impressive after the lack of everything regarding her name in the last years and no hit to support the album. I doubt Fergie will be able to do more than those first week numbers even though her singles seem to get more attention than Gwen´s.
Even tho she have good music I nowhere her age just way youngest then her however not alot of people know who she is