XPacArmy
Frankfurter
   
   
    
   
 
Since: 13.5.03
From: Woodbridge, VA
Since last post: 79 days
Last activity: 75 days
|  #1 Posted on 24.6.03 1942.17 | To get rid of the "SARS-tainted image of Toronto", organizers are putting on what is being called the "Concert of the Century". It will run from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m and cost $19.95 (U.S.). And it is to be headlined by The Rolling Stones.
Here is the link to the story:
Click Here (cbc.ca)
----
Seems like a good idea. Have to wait and see what other acts they get but I guess its for a good cause.
EDIT: A second article is up in which it states that Dan Akroyd and Jim Belushi will host the event. And other acts that have been signed are AC/DC, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, Sam Roberts, The Flaming Lips, Kathleen Edwards, The Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan and La Chicane.
Here is the second article:
Click Here (cbc.ca)
(edited by XPacArmy on 24.6.03 2048)
On this day, June 24, I would like to wish my other sister Happy Birthday!!| Promote this thread! |           | Big Bad
Scrapple
Since: 4.1.02
From: Dorchester, Ontario
Since last post: 1 day
Last activity: 58 min.
|  #2 Posted on 25.6.03 0123.09 | Instant Rating: 5.54 | Because when you think legendary concerts, it has to have the Isley Brothers.
I'm a little cynical since apparently the Stones held up the organizers for a small fortune.
Over 1450 posts and still never a Wiener of the Day!
Oliva: You are the weakest link! Goodbye!
Stewie: Ahahaha. Oh God, that's funny. That's really funny. You write your own material? Do you? Because that is so fresh. 'You are the weakest link. Goodbye!' You know I've never heard anyone make that joke before. You're the first. I've never heard anyone reference that outside program before. Because that's what she says on the show, right? Hmmm? 'You are the weakest link. Goodbye!' And ye...ye..yet you've taken it and....and used it out of context to insult me in this everyday situation. What a clever, smart girl you must be. To come up with a joke like that all by yourself. Mmmmm...that's so fresh too. Any Titanic jokes you want to throw at me as long as we're hitting these phenomena at the height of their popularity. Mmmm? Cuz i'm here God you're so funny!
| Grimis
Scrapple
Since: 11.7.02
From: MD
Since last post: 751 days
Last activity: 548 days
| #3 Posted on 25.6.03 0626.51 | Instant Rating: 7.29 | For a concert of the Century, sure is a lame lineup. What, was Bryan Adams busy?
"I'm going to fill a dark awful basement with radioactive cockroaches. Yep. Big nasty ones like skateboards on legs, that go click-click-click when they walk. And maybe poisonous. I'm going to starve them for a week.
Then I'm going to catch all the coercive priss-spigots in the world, the ones that want to ban second-hand smoke and dwarf-tossing and beer. I'll smear the rascals with bacon fat, so the roaches won't know what they're eating, as otherwise they might not.
Then I'm going to toss all those greased busybodies into the basement. And whoop. And dance. Ha."
- Fred Reed | Ubermonkeys
Frankfurter
Since: 2.1.02
From: Michigan
Since last post: 3000 days
Last activity: 2874 days
| AIM: |  |
| | |
| #4 Posted on 25.6.03 1021.58 | Bryan Adams has been crying ever since he got called "the Britney Spears of the 80s" on I Love The 80s. Either that or he's helping the concert promoters by digging up Anne Murray.
Man... Akroyd and Belushi? Come on. I guess A. Whitney Brown and Anthony Michael Hall are busy that night.
Somebody told me Air Bud's playing volleyball now??? |
| The Goon
Boudin blanc
Moderator
Since: 2.1.02
From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Since last post: 8 days
Last activity: 2 hours
| #5 Posted on 25.6.03 1232.44 | Originally posted by Big Bad
I'm a little cynical since apparently the Stones held up the organizers for a small fortune.
I heard the opposite-the $10 million(or whatever the number is) was mainly for the set up, etc.
I'm really excited about welcoming the world to Toronto-that's going to be a great concert. Sam Roberts and AC/DC on the same day? I'm giddy.
Some more info direct from the sponsor.
(edited by The Goon on 25.6.03 1334) | spf
Scrapple
Since: 2.1.02
From: The Las Vegas of Canada
Since last post: 26 days
Last activity: 5 days
| AIM: |  |
| | |
| #6 Posted on 25.6.03 1235.45 | Perhaps this could allow for the epic reunification of the musical titans that appeared on BBC's Top of the Pops when Justin Timberlake donned the dolphin suit to stand in on bass for the Flaming Lips. Now THAT would make it Concert of the Century.
and maybe I should open up my sensitive side/but really, the sensitive side sucks./I've been there./You can only imagine the kinds of sweaters they make you wear. | Llakor
Landjager
Since: 2.1.02
From: Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Since last post: 43 days
Last activity: 34 days
| AIM: |  |
| | |
| #7 Posted on 25.6.03 1824.41 | There was a flap in Toronto when the rumours of this first surfaced.
Basically, the Stones offered to do it for free, as long as someone provided the infrastructure (crowd control, set-up, etc.)
A quick estimate was that this would cost $10 Million. So some Toronto people started bitching about their tax dollars being used to put on a rock show. The Stones offering to interrupt their world tour and fly back to to do the concert for free was apparently not charitable enough. The band should also foot the bill for what their gift would cost the taxpayers.
The rest of the country basically went, "IDIOTS!"
(This happens a lot in Canada, but usually no one outside of the country notices. Anyone who lives outside of Toronto is convinced that livving there drops your IQ by a minimum of ten points.)
"Don't Blame CANADA, Blame Yourselves!" | Nag
Landjager
Since: 10.1.03
Since last post: 1658 days
Last activity: 397 days
| | | Y!: |  |
|
| #8 Posted on 26.6.03 0102.04 | | Good thing that the century is only 3 years old. | The Thrill
Banger
Since: 16.4.02
From: Green Bay, WI
Since last post: 2 days
Last activity: 1 day
| #9 Posted on 26.6.03 0427.06 | 
"America may have some problems, but it's our home. Our team. And if you don't wanna root for your team...then you should get the hell out of the stadium. Go America." --Stan Marsh, South Park
Originally posted by Llakor
Basically, the Stones offered to do it for free, as long as someone provided the infrastructure (crowd control, set-up, etc.)
Yeah, that worked so well the last time...in San Francisco. Are the Hell's Angels doing security again?
Star wipe, and...we're out.
Thrillin' ain't easy.
.
.
THE THRILL
ACW-NWA Wisconsin Home Video Technical Director...& A2NWO 4 Life!
All-Star Championship Wrestling...now a proud member of the NWA!
| Peter The Hegemon
Lap cheong
Since: 11.2.03
From: Hackettstown, NJ
Since last post: 1 day
Last activity: 1 day
| #10 Posted on 26.6.03 1530.01 |
Originally posted by Big Bad
Because when you think legendary concerts, it has to have the Isley Brothers.
I'm a little cynical since apparently the Stones held up the organizers for a small fortune.
Yeah, what a joke to have the Isley Brothers, when they could have chosen from any of the zero other acts that are still having hits who started doing so in the FIFTIES.
If recording "Shout", "Twist And Shout", "This Old Heart Of Mine", "It's Your Thing" and "That Lady" doesn't qualify you, what the heck does?
The Isleys are one of the most important and underrated groups of the rock era--underrated even though they are in the RnRHoF. | cactuspete
Blutwurst
Since: 22.9.02
From: Parts Unknown
Since last post: 3614 days
Last activity: 3613 days
| #11 Posted on 26.6.03 1613.49 |
And other acts that have been signed are AC/DC, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake, Sam Roberts, The Flaming Lips, Kathleen Edwards, The Isley Brothers, Sass Jordan and La Chicane.
Man, that is an ArenaBowl halftime show lineup if I ever saw one!
 | Net Hack Slasher
Banger
Since: 6.1.02
From: Outer reaches of your mind
Since last post: 3071 days
Last activity: 1491 days
| #12 Posted on 27.6.03 2124.59 | Looking at some of the names on this list, makes me wonder what century are we talking about here 
cause there's limits to our liberties.
'Least I hope and pray that there are,
cause those liberal freaks go too far.
I'll crush all opposition to me
And I'll make Ted Kennedy pay
If he fights back, I'll say that he's gay |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pages: 1