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Friday, September 21, 2007

Buy Eason Tickets, Get Miriam Tickets For Free?

The night before, Eason Chan and Shu Qi attended, as guests, the promotional party for Adidas Originals Black & White. Other attendees were Jennifer Tse (Nicholas Tse's sister), Vinci Wong, Deep Ng & his rumored girlfriend Jacqueline Chong, Candy Lo & her boyfriend Eric So, Tiffany Lee and others.

During the promotion, Eason was asked a number of questions regarding the tickets to his upcoming Moving On Stage 1 concerts being sold by "yellow cows" (people who purchase tickets in bulk so fewer fans are able to get a hold of them, and in turn, selling them back to the fans at a higher price) online. One seller put up the offer: buy a pair of 480 HKD Moving On Stage 1 tickets for 2,400 HKD, get a pair of 220 HKD Miriam Yeung All About Love concert tickets for free. Regarding the offer, Eason was asked if Miriam needed him to sell her tickets, laughing he answered, "[It's just that one seller] maybe that seller wants more business, plus the dates of our concerts are so close together. Maybe that seller wants to use the idea of Capital Artists' Two Treasures to sell the tickets at a faster rate. Maybe they want to do a crossover, who knows they might be giving out Michael Lai [who is having a couple of concerts in between Miriam & Eason] tickets next. Maybe they're selling Miriam's most expensive tickets and giving my middle priced tickets out for free."

Regardless, Eason continues to say he doesn't want fans to buy tickets sold by "yellow cows," especially since it is illegal. He states, "I do not support fans buying tickets from "yellow cows" in order to watch my concerts." He was then asked, what are fans, who couldn't get their hands on tickets, to do? He responded, "I know Katie Chan is talking to Hong Kong Coliseum about their schedule. Hopefully we can add additional shows and satisfy all fans." Will you consider adding a day show? "No, it will be difficult for us to do and it will be difficult for fans to watch."

Fans have been complaining the reason they can't get tickets is because 80% of tickets were held up by the sponsors/"insiders." Regarding this, Eason firmly states, "It is not possible. The government requires that a certain percentage of tickets need to be available for sale."

Eason says because his upcoming concerts will be performed on a 3-sided stage, there will be a big gap between the first row and the stage; therefore, he will not be able to shake hands with fans. He says, "You can shake my hand when you see me on the street. I am always taking the MTR."

Source: sina 9.22.2007

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