Setting back sensitive U.S./Aussie relations that almost manifested in a fourth Crocodile Dundee movie, angry fans stormed out of Britney Spears’ concert in Australia Friday night demanding their money back, according to The Sunday Telegraph:
Spears mimed most of her songs on stage, singing only on ballads. Among fans who walked out early was Amanda Hawlet, 22, who drove from home two hours away and spent almost $500 on a weekend to see Britney. She left only half an hour into the action, angry at the miming.
“I want my money back or I want her to sing properly,” she said. “The ticket cost me $200 and she lip-synched the whole thing. It’s cost me half a week’s wage and you’ve got bills to pay, but you look forward to this concert, it’s a night out – and what do you get? Nothing! It was a waste of $200 – I could have got four pairs of shoes for that.”
The lack of big screens – masking Spears’ miming and taking the focus away from her rigid performance – left many in the cheap seats fuming. Fans complained that the US pop star spent large portions of the in-the-round show with her back to them.
“You couldn’t tell if it was Britney or not,” Mel McGuigan, 25, said.
In Britney’s defense, what exactly were these people hoping to see? Singing? Dancing? Professionalism? HA! That’s like going to a strip club and honestly expecting one of the dancers to let you take her out sometime. Except that’s a bad analogy because that’s really going to happen to me. Just 20, maybe 30, more lap dances. I can feel it.
Yeah I’m Aussie. Been to plenty of concerts in my time and NEVER did any of the singers lip-sync (admittedly, I’ve never been, nor likely to go to a “pop” concert – least, not what passes for pop these days)
Here we have a culture of consumer-rights (even if the ACCC is a “toothless tiger”). Even so, if people are lead to believe they’re paying for a LIVE concert, and it’s not delivered – it’s arguably a violation of the trades practices act.
So – we expect to be told up front what we’re paying for – hence the calls for the lip-syncing disclaimer.
I’d hazard a guess and say that the vendors DIDN’T because they know even the die-hard fans wouldn’t pay that much to watch her pretend to preform. See? It’s profit-motivated deception.
So, screw all you people ragging on Australia over this. If you had any sense you’d realize that such a disclaimer would hurt ticket sales and reduce the likelihood of her touring here – which, as someone who’d rather have their eyes poked out with a rusty fork than listen to this hack, would please me greatly.
Or maybe that’s the plan! Offload your dregs on us.
Now go back to your failing economy and your delusions that the rest of the world thinks you’re the greatest nation on earth.
Yeah I’m Aussie. Been to plenty of concerts in my time and NEVER did any of the singers lip-sync (admittedly, I’ve never been, nor likely to go to a “pop” concert – least, not what passes for pop these days)
Here we have a culture of consumer-rights (even if the ACCC is a “toothless tiger”). Even so, if people are lead to believe they’re paying for a LIVE concert, and it’s not delivered – it’s arguably a violation of the trades practices act.
So – we expect to be told up front what we’re paying for – hence the calls for the lip-syncing disclaimer.
I’d hazard a guess and say that the vendors DIDN’T because they know even the die-hard fans wouldn’t pay that much to watch her pretend to preform. See? It’s profit-motivated deception.
So, screw all you people ragging on Australia over this. If you had any sense you’d realize that such a disclaimer would hurt ticket sales and reduce the likelihood of her touring here – which, as someone who’d rather have their eyes poked out with a rusty fork than listen to this hack, would please me greatly.
Or maybe that’s the plan! Offload your dregs on us.
Now go back to your failing economy and your delusions that the rest of the world thinks you’re the greatest nation on earth.
Yeah I’m Aussie. Been to plenty of concerts in my time and NEVER did any of the singers lip-sync (admittedly, I’ve never been, nor likely to go to a “pop” concert – least, not what passes for pop these days)
Here we have a culture of consumer-rights (even if the ACCC is a “toothless tiger”). Even so, if people are lead to believe they’re paying for a LIVE concert, and it’s not delivered – it’s arguably a violation of the trades practices act.
So – we expect to be told up front what we’re paying for – hence the calls for the lip-syncing disclaimer.
I’d hazard a guess and say that the vendors DIDN’T because they know even the die-hard fans wouldn’t pay that much to watch her pretend to preform. See? It’s profit-motivated deception.
So, screw all you people ragging on Australia over this. If you had any sense you’d realize that such a disclaimer would hurt ticket sales and reduce the likelihood of her touring here – which, as someone who’d rather have their eyes poked out with a rusty fork than listen to this hack, would please me greatly.
Or maybe that’s the plan! Offload your dregs on us.
Now go back to your failing economy and your delusions that the rest of the world thinks you’re the greatest nation on earth.
Re #32 yeah it does suck having a government that actually stands up for the people and ‘wipes our nose’ for us. A government trying to deter us from wasting our money on shit from the US really is a pain in the arse…you dumb arse cock-smokers!! Hope the recession is going well for you, unfortunately our ‘nose wiping’ govt regulated the banking sector and prevented us falling into a heap of shit!
RE: #53 and #54 said it all.
Our government PROTECTS (every type of Australian) us. It makes for a wonderful lifestyle, booming economy, low unemployment etc. But you wouldn’t know what that was like – right?
They all too a page from Michael Jackson – one of the very best lip sync artist of our time. He was a trail blazer for this type of pop, shit music.
I love how all the think-skinned aussies came out of the woodwork, all huffy over some snarky comments over the internet and then used that to bash the US.
Hey, numb nuts, they were obviously talking about the brain-dead idiots who went to the concert, not every single legal resident of Australia.
It wasn’t promoted as a concert.. it is a show. Two different things.
I knew she would be lip-synching 6 months before tickets went on sale.. promoter informed everyone (was even on her site). Was even told to me as I was buying the tickets heh.
People storming out was proven to be false, majority of the people leaving enjoyed the show (husband/bfs dragged along were meh) – 0 complaints were sent in to Burswood…
I really hate the media and internet goers, fucking morons.
Goodbye dickheads o/
If Husbands/Boyfriends were meh at best then their complaints and criticisms are still valid and I imagine there was quite a few there so it could be bigger than has been reported.
Jeez, do Aussies believe professional wrestling is real too?
What made Australia think that she would sing just for them. She never did for any of her other concerts. I knew she would mime before the tickets went on sale. Unlucky!
I cant believe all you Americans are paying us Australians out, when look at how much our country has done for yours. With the 911 bombings etc, who was there at your door step once that happened… Australians. So dont put us down and make stupid remarks because we have done a hell of a lot for you.
In our defence, the Aussie media as hyped this up. WE ALL LOVE HER!
AMERICA WAS RUN BY GEORGE BUSH. THE END, AND HEY, SHE IS FROM YOUR COUNTRY.
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