On Tuesday (March 22), the New York Post reported that Rihanna was forced to cancel dates on her Loud tour due to poor ticket sales. Now, Live Nation Chairman Irving Azoff has disputed the rumors, and says that the pop songstress is still on course to sell out her shows.
Azoff addressed the rumors through the website of writer Bob Lefsetz, who shared the news on his blog. According to the chairman, "64% of tickets for Rihanna's domestic shows have already been sold. And right now, they're selling at the rate of 700 a day."
After the NY Post ran the story, Azoff pointed out further inaccuracies. "Rihanna's Boston show is four months out," he stated. "Projections say that 90% of the seats will be sold by showtime. Yes, those are just projections, take them however you want. But there are other inaccuracies in the Post story. It states that break even is 15,000 when only 13,500 seats are for sale. And it says that 3,700 tickets have been sold when the actual count is 5,800. Begging where the writer got her information, because it's so wrong."
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NY Post #fail
