Please come to Nashville Tennesse and visit with us! You can play for us or with us!! You name it!

Yes I am still upset he didn't stop here on the tour this year...I wonder why Nashville wasn't on the list this time around...I've been to see him every time he's been here in the past.......I guess he doesn't love us anymore........boo hoo.....he is such a great entertainer!!!!!

Oh Chris!! We have to have you here!! The Ryman aches to hear your sound!! C'mon, you know you wanna!!

Talk to the concert promotors to get him in there. He's charging quite a bit this time.

Oh hell! I don't care how much the man charges! He should be performing in music city for sure! Oh and I wasn't saying hell to you, Miss bellydancer! So peace, k?

Just curious on the rate the band charges, because the venue I saw him at was not nearly sold out, and the "good" seats were only $40.00. I guess the venue (a casino) just absorbs the difference, and hopes that people gamble after?

His booking agency is quoting us $100,000. I'm sure this number will change from time to time. The last venue I saw him in the promotor lost quite a bit of money... : (




I agree. He should be performing there and perhaps he will. I myself have yet to visit your city but would love to eventually as well.

Well Miss bellydancer (hope you don't mind me shortening your name!) c'mon down! Nashville can be cool. But we need Chris!!

CHRIS WE NEED YOU AND WANT YOU IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE!!!! PLEASE TELL THAT PROMOTER IT'S OK, WE DON'T CARE HOW MUCH THE RYMAN HAS TO PAY!!

Oh, BTW, Dwight charges the same amount!

Well, at that rate, I would guess that the venue I was at lost a bunch of money on Chris. Do they get a portion of the merchandise sales, or is that all for the performer?

The venue does get a percentage of merch. sold at the shows. At the last Lynyrd Skynyrd (forgive if I spelled it wrong) the band pulled in over $50,000 in T-shirts! Can you believe that?! The venue got a 25% cut of the sales.

I am not following exactly. Is Chris just not selling enought tickets anymore?

JJ

No, it's just that he charges a lot to play at a certain venue. Even if he sells out the house, they sometimes loose money depending on what Chris charges to play there. The Ryman, here in Nashville, usually charges about $45 per ticket. I don't know how many seats it has, but it adds up or doesn't.

At the venue I saw Chris at, I think he simply is not very popular here. I am in the middle of Michigan, just for reference. I am not certain how many seats it has, but I would guess 3500 or so. He was maybe 1/3 sold out. I felt kind bad for the band, it must be alot more fun to play a sold out room. But, since it is a casino, I bet they did not care too much if they did lose money.

Maybe we should Start a PETITION for CHRIS to come to NASHVILLE, and send it to his PROMOTERS??..what ya think?













hugsz

Willa

SillieWillie

Send it to his booking agency...

Dwight Yoakam charges $55,000 for a show this year. Ticket price varies according to venue. He is with William Morris Agency.

Now that the music business is changing there seem to be a lot more stars on the road and so some are not doing so well as they might with so many out there touring. Earlier this year I saw Mark Knopfler and Emmy Lou and the venue was not full, even though they had a number one record out (All the Road Running) and you might expect them to pull in the country crowd and the rock crowd.

I think people will pay to see a show with a lot of special effects but not so much for a musician, however excellent, as there is a limit to how many shows you can afford both the time and money to attend.

Dwight supplements singing with acting but even that seems a bit in short supply at present, so he is on a very long tour. Maybe it is the same for Chris. (I am a fan of both but had lost track a bit of Chris while he was making his tv show as we could not get it over here in Europe).

Roxsana

Here in Nashville, Dwight played recently at a "not as good as the Ryman" City Hall. Lisa Marie Presley will also play there soon..she may have already come.

I guess Chris will have to do smaller venues too.

Oh man! Not City Hall!! That venue sucks!!!!!!!!!!!! I mean it!

Let's petition for him to play at the Ryman. City Hall is where I last saw Dwight Yoakam and I was right in front of him, but the acoustics were so bad, he didn't look happy and we had to wait! Sucked!

THE RYMAN OR THE GRAND OLE OPRY CHRIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow - I'd love to see Dwight in concert. He is actually out
here the same time as Chris but after paying for 2 concerts
I couldn't afford to see Dwight too. Might have been different
if he was playing in my home town though and I didn't have
to travel interstate for the gig.

*hugs*
Miss Sugar xx

Oh Miss Sugar! Sometimes you have to choose! I hate it! I love both Chris and Dwight and I love to see them both when they get to Nashville. When I saw Dwight at City Hall, it didn't impress me. Not that Dwight didn't give a hell of a good show, he just wasn't very into it like usual. He was complaining about the sound. But like I said earlier

CHRIS, I WILL GO TO ANY PLACE YOU PLAY IN OR AROUND NASHVILLE, BE IT THE RYMAN, CITY HALL, OUT ON THE STREET, AT A TIGER MART, A MCDONALDS, OR SAY A LOCAL PLAYGROUND! I WILL BE THERE!!!

OH AND BTW, I AM VERY TENACIOUS, SO I WILL KEEP THIS UP AS LONG AS YOU ARE TOURING!!

Go Miss CC, I'm right behind you all the way!! Although I live in Oz, we will get Chris to you one way or the other, fellow Chris Fans Unite!

Kitty
XXOO

OH CHRIS! I WILL NOT GIVE UP!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE COME TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE AND PLAY WITH US AND FOR US!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN KICKIN' THIS UP FOR ME! THANKS!! ((HUGS))!

NASHVILLE CHRIS!! POR FAVOR, SIL-VOUS PLAIT? PRETTY PLEASE?? HOW MANY LANGUAGES DO I HAVE TO SAY PLEASE IN????

HEY CHRIS! COME TO NASHVILLE AND YOU WILL BE TREATED LIKE A KING! AND I PROMISE TO DO ANYTHING FOR YOU!

HEY CHRIS! WE NEED YOU HERE IN NASHVILLE! IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE SKYLINE, WE CAN REARANGE IT, IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE FOOD, WE CAN HAVE SOME BROUGHT IN FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHATEVER YOU NEED OR WANT TO PLAY HERE, WE CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH PRETTY PLEASE CHRIS! COME AND PLAY IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE!!

I've looked everywhere I can
Just to find a clue
Oh to get to you
And make you want me
And I've run circles 'round the sun
Chasin' after you
Oh but it's no use
Can't you see that I'm going out of my mind
Trying to find a way to get through to you
Oh you don't know how hard I try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do

Do I gotta get water from the moon
Is that what do I gotta do
To make you love me
Make you love me
Do I gotta turn the sand into the sea
Is that what you want from me
I've done everything that I can do
But get water from the moon

I've reached high up in the sky
Tryin' to steal the stars
Oh to win your heart
But even that's not enough
And I've searched every book I know
Just to find the words
Oh to touch your world and get some love out of you
I've already given all I can give
And I don't I donít know what's left to try
And I try and I try
What do I gotta do

Do I gotta get water from the moon...

Love me, how do I make you love me
How do I make you see that I'm goiní
out of my mind
(Solo)

I try, and I try, and I try...
(Chorus)

SO PRETTY PLEASE COME TO NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE CHRIS BABY!!!

Got my spacesuit ready darlin'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CHRIS PRETTY PLEASE WE NEED YOU IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HEY CHRIS! WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR A NASHVILLE DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, I AM ON MY KNEES BEGGING FOR A NASHVILLE TENNESSEE DATE!! C'MON CHRIS DARLIN'!!! PRETTY PLEASE? IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO ME SINCE I HAVE THIS DISEASE CALLED CHISITIS!! I THINK IT'S TERMINAL!!

PLEASE COME TO NASHVILLE AND PLAY FOR US CHRIS!!!

Sorry! Meant to post this earlier!!

Thank you Miss Kitty! You are a sweetie pie! Group Hug!!!!!!!!!! Between lovely Australia (oh how I would love to go there sometime!!!! Think you all have a grand country!!) and the US and A (as Borat would call it!)

CHRIS WE NEED YOUR MAGIC IN NASHVILLE TENNESSEE DARLIN'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT MAGICAL DATE MR ISAAK!!! PRETTY PLEASE COME TO NASHVILLE! I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU PERFORM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT MISS WILLA HAS BEEN A FAN FOR 20 YEARS AND NEVER HAD THAT PLEASURE!! SO PLEASE MAKE A TRIP TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE!!!!

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WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THAT MAGICAL DATE MR ISAAK!!! PRETTY PLEASE COME TO NASHVILLE! I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING YOU PERFORM SEVERAL TIMES, BUT MISS WILLA HAS BEEN A FAN FOR 20 YEARS AND NEVER HAD THAT PLEASURE!! SO PLEASE MAKE A TRIP TO NASHVILLE TENNESSEE!!!!
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AWWW, CANDY CANE- SO MUCH THANKS AND HUGS!! SO KIND TO POST THIS FOR ME! (MY GOODNESS, HOW TIME FLIES BY).I HAVE BEEN 20 YEARS OF BEHIND THE SCENES,CHRIS -(YOU ARE MY FAVE SINGER!!),,AND LISTENING TO MY C.I.- CDS, AND LOVE TO SEE YOU-CHRIS IN PERSON- FOR A CHANGE!! AND HOPING TO GIVE YOU GREAT BIG HUG! .I REFUSE TO GO SEE ANYBODY IN CONCERT- IN NASHVILLE, IF I CAN'T SEE & HEAR THE BEST, THEN WHY GO? PLEASE COME TO SEE CANDY CANE & I VERY SOON CHRIS & SILVERTONE! A MAGICAL DAY, I AM SURE!

XOXOX

WILLA



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