[kevin]

Just saw in the SCMP today that they have a list of which concerts have or have not sold out. They state that all of the tickets for the Neil Young & Michelle Branch shows are currently available. I went to Tom Lee last Saturday and can tell you that nearly all of the cheaper tickets had gone and most of the midrange as well. At least they were blocked out on their seating plan they showed me and all I could get we seats with a very limited view.

Does this mean that Amcham or others have block booked seats, going against everything they have been saying (no, surely not I hear you all say)? Why the discrepancy?

At least I hope I will be able to move to the better seats during the concert and save some money

[KnowItAll]

Yes, I can confirm the following:

AmCham emailed its members earlier this month telling them that they had blocked the good seats in all sections and gave the members an email address to send mail to.

Uncle Donald (Tsang, not the duck) sent out an email asking all civil servants to pitch in and help.

Uncle Tang told the reporters to stop bitching and moaning and buy tickets.

Uncle Tung is missing in action and has refused to comment or be associated with this mess.

[shanx999]

Corporates have also bought tickets innumbers and distributed to clients, who have taken the tickets and not turned up for the shows!

[HKFella]

So now it's shameful window-dressing by pressuring special groups to buy tickets. Which means real aficionados are now going to be crowded out by an army of apathetic pretenders and the percentage of empty seats represented by them! Once the horse has bolted, everything you try to do to remedy it only makes it worse.

So while Neil Young and the Stones cast their pearls before them, will the civil servants, employees of US companies and local hongs, (also reporters) and their families with tickets foisted upon them remember to follow their particular Uncle's instructions? Make sure they show they're having a great time cavorting to the likes of rockin' in the free world, year of the horse, broken arrow, tumbling dice, start me up (windows salespersons will suddenly wake up), monkey man, don't stop, and countless others, no matter what little sense any of this makes to them.

[KnowItAll]

According to reliable eye witness accounts even the Air Supply concert was 30-40% empty, specially in the higher priced areas.

[HKFella]

Notch one up for good taste here!