Could the delay in the tour cancellation be because of the album sales?

[androiduser 7,438]

28 minutes ago, Glamourpuss said:

I thought that bundles don't count towards the chart anymore? Or have I misunderstood. Somebody posted about it recently. 

https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/8544817/new-rules-merchandise-album-bundles

They still count, but the customer needs to specify that they actually want to buy the album with the ticket, and there are some pricing regulations. However, new policies do not affect albums that are part of a concert ticket/album sale redemption offer bundle, where the price of an album is part of the cost of a ticket... Only the albums that are redeemed count toward Billboard's charts.

Basically, it will be harder for the artists and labels to shove the bundle sales into the official numbers, but they still have some leeway and they can still benefit from some additional numbers. They can still offer the album for free but the ticket owner must make the effort to redeem the album copy.

[RAMROD 109,680]

 

48 minutes ago, androiduser said:

Read this in one of the haters' comments somewhere online, and tbh it makes some sense... First of all - are there ticket+album bundles available for the Chromatica Ball and the new album?

If so, maybe the tour isn't officially cancelled/postponed and with the possibility of a refund because Gaga and the team are waiting for the album to come out first so they can count the ticket bundle sales into the official numbers that count for the chart debut...?

 

IIRC there is new rules where concert and merch bundles don't count for sales for charting anymore.

 

[androiduser 7,438]

1 minute ago, RAMROD said:

IIRC there is new rules where concert and merch bundles don't count for sales for charting anymore.

see my post above.. they do... it's just that now the buyers need to confirm they want the album as well... they can even get it for free and it will still count.

[River 117,255]

In that case the album should be out this Friday if they are smart.

[NewUsername 11,426]

1 hour ago, blankpaper said:

I meant reschedule for next year or something lol. Not push it back a couple months. This is happening all over the place. Red Rocks is rescheduling all their shows this summer for next year and only giving people 30 days to request refunds. It’s shiitty but it’s par for the course right now 

 

1 hour ago, Modern Ecstasy2 said:

Yeah. I wonder if that’s possible with the movie filming and finishing the Enigma contract.

As far as we know, it's not even 100% confirmed that Gaga will partake in that movie + we have no dates of production.
 

1 hour ago, Halle said:

the thing is... if it gets postponed (instead of cancelled) they're still gonna hold onto the money, as pretty much no artists are offering the option of a refund (if it isn't a total cancellation ofc)

Not necessarily. They should do it like in normal situations:
- honor the tickets for the postponed dates for those who wish to keep their tickets
- let people request a refund if they prefer this

This is really the best for ALL fans as a whole and even also the second best for Live Nation/Ticketmaster. So I really hope they go with this best combination. 

[blankpaper 21]

1 minute ago, NewUsername said:

 

As far as we know, it's not even 100% confirmed that Gaga will partake in that movie + we have no dates of production.

The release date is set for November 24, 2021

obviously things can change, but there is a plan in place and it’s not just a vague idea for someday in the future or anything 

[NewUsername 11,426]

3 minutes ago, blankpaper said:

The release date is set for November 24, 2021

obviously things can change, but there is a plan in place and it’s not just a vague idea for someday in the future or anything 

Yeah, I know about the release date, but that doesn't mean she has to film during the summer (when TCB would take place)?? That would even sound late imo.

[thopekas 723]

5 hours ago, blankpaper said:

The release date is set for November 24, 2021

obviously things can change, but there is a plan in place and it’s not just a vague idea for someday in the future or anything 

The release date is set and announced but there isn’t an official announcement that Gaga is In the film, the articles only said that she was in talks and it was rumored that she is the lead star, no one from MGM, Gaga’s or Ridley Scott’s management made an official statement.

[androiduser 7,438]

now that the album has a release date, we should probably know more about the tour cancellation / postponing sometime in the first week of June

[russ 31]

I mean I think it's pretty obvious, yes