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In Reply to: RE: Chuck Berry... posted by Atwood on April 08, 2014 at 19:58:01
He came to New Zealand to do show in Auckland early 80's--did half show-demanded be paid cash during the interval--thepromoter Ian Magan
frantically managed to get the considerable sum in folding(for those days!) Berry and cash took off for the
Airport and was never seen again.
Des
Edits: 04/09/14 04/09/14 04/09/14Follow Ups:
Berry tried a similar stunt in Germany once.
15 minutes before the show he demanded double his money in cash or he would walk.
The local promoter told him he could walk if he really wanted to but all backstage doors were locked so he would have to make his way out through the packed auditorium.
Berry thought better of it and performed the full show for the originally agreed amount.
PS: Being paid cash is/was quite normal. I've seen every body from italian comedians, rock bands to famous opera stars all being paid in cash after each show. That was in the '80s though.
Since you can't board an airplane with anything over that (well you could, but you would need detailed documentation and oodles of paper work to fill out).Hell I'm not complaining- I'd take that per night (or week, month...~!)
Edits: 04/09/14
Pretty sure their respective managers paid the cash into an account the day after.
The way it worked back then was that the local promoter agreed a flat rate with the act.
Consequently if there are no or little ticket sales the promoter carried all of the risk and could go bankrupt overnight with one miscalculation. Many did.
The act thus insisted on cash for their own security.
Although in the case of a german opera singer in Germany I suspect it had as much to do with the taxman than anything else.
To backup it's threats--or those made to it
Poor old NZ only did what it was told
Des
It has rather more to do with the quick thinking of the local promoter rather than in which country this happened.
Reared it's overriding head and struck the resistance to bend in Ian's case--I know for a fact it was
one of his first promotions.
Smart quick thinking alright with the "smart" case you mentioned!--Yes the Europeans have centuries of
experience in sorting upfront confrontations and split decisions.
Good One
Des
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