Another concert canceled due to poor ticket sales this time its the Apollo in Harlem. Shame as Mary was talking about her gown book.
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Another concert canceled due to poor ticket sales this time its the Apollo in Harlem. Shame as Mary was talking about her gown book.
Well she’s used to this
I had thought this evening of laughter, music and joy [[as it was advertised) would proceed. Between the venue, the connection to WQXR/WNYC, the popularity of Terrance McKnight and the link to Diana Ross and the Supremes I was sure at least the floor seats could be occupied.
It's only a blip - Mary has never been in such demand before and her fan base is stronger than ever! x
Then why did her show get canceled?
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Is there a link or something stating the event was cancelled due to poor ticket sales?
Love or loathe her what is really sad is that people take pleasure out of a cancellation of a show of a 75 year old woman.
A show that some people would have purchased tickets for and wanted to see.
there obviously is a demand for her as DWTS booked her , she’s just published a new book, regularly tours Europe either solo, as a support act or part of a ensemble....
I think it was a scheduling conflict did she have t dance wts on t 16th and would she have t fly to NY for t apollo event on t 17th. Could t dwts event get booked after t apollo event was scheduled. I bought a ticket so did my friends rashawn and Kevin. And I have my book which I was taking to t apollo for Mary t sign a friend went to t apollo Tuesday and was told there r no more tickets. Let Mary have her moments in t sun she's earned it.
That's right Fran. It was a scheduling conflict. Mary was booked to appear at the Apollo in advance of being chosen to appear on Dancing With the Stars. Didn't Mary have a similar engagement at the Apollo in 2017? She'll just have to re-schedule this visit for a later date.
I'm 20 minutes from The Apollo and I was not aware that she was scheduled to appear there. If I had known I would have purchased a ticket. I'm sure that part of the problem was poor advertising. I did not see any ads at all.
Here's the event she did at the Apollo in September 2017:
https://www.insideaccess.com/mary-wilson-2017/
Ignore him REYnoldo he is nothing but a smart assed D.
She has a book signing event here in NY Metro area the following day. Will that be cancelled too?
Well, up until yesterday, Mary was still expected to appear at the book signing according to their website, where she was still listed. But today, the site is listing her appearance as cancelled, although they do have some signed copies.
Yet, in a video here posted here this week by Marv, Mary was still saying in an interview that she will fly to NY area next week for a book signing event. Hours later, the book store site lists it as cancelled. I don’t know who manages Mary’s bookings, but they could do a better job. Mary accepting a better paying gig at the last minute is good, but don’t leave prior commitments hanging til the last minute. Mary has known for a few weeks about her new commitment to DWTS
It is believable that the Apollo did not cancel the show because of slow ticket sales, but that Mary asked to be released from the commitment in order to take the DWTS gig which could be worth up to $ 300,000 to her, much more that she makes on the oldies circuit. Perhaps it was mutual as it benefitted both the Apollo and Mary. Who can blame Mary for wanting to opt for the better-paying gig and perhaps the Apollo was relieved when they saw the slow ticket sales. Turns into a win win. And although I am not a fan of DWTS, I did watch it yesterday in FF speed til Mary was on. It was fun to watch her. I also couldn’t help to also fast forward to Sean Spicer to watch him. That was sad.
This was on the book store's site today. Up until yesterday, she was still going to appear there
This event has been cancelled due to unforeseen scheduling circumstances however, we do have signed copies!
Mary Wilson
One of the Founding member of THE SUPREMES, Mary Wilson, will sign her new book:
Supreme Glamour
It is very unprofessional to cancel a long standing engagement, but having said that i do understand why she prefers to do a higher profile and higher paying engagement that could have long term benefits. It should have been cancelled as soon as her participation in Dancing with the stars was confirmed. She knew she was appearing on this show several weeks ago because i knew she was appearing on it several weeks ago. My friend who is a reporter for a infamous magazine in LA told me early last month.
She needs to have better representatives to avoid upsetting fans in the future. Lessons should be learned and heeded here.
Or her fans should understand that she's 75 years old doing a high energy dance competition and she is physically unable to do everything she did when she was a Supreme, going from one part of the globe to another in a matter of hours with energy to spare. I always side eye the people who cry when the legends cancel events. Folks used to bitch and moan when Aretha cancelled stuff. I always figured the woman was elderly and it's one thing to make a commitment for X date months in advance when you're feeling good and then another to have to drag your elderly butt out of bed to fulfill the commitment. Of course in Ree's case as it turned out the woman was suffering with cancer and just didn't want people to know. I'm sure fans who wanted to see Mary at the Apollo or get their book signed are disappointed, and rightfully so, but I don't think it takes a genius to figure out that Mary going from DWTS in LA to gigs and such in NY might be too taxing on her. Didn't she have some kind of heart condition at one point? I'd rather have an alive and healthy Mary than a Mary trying to do too much and ends up sick or worse because of it.
If I were Mary, I would cancel everything until after her run on "DWTS". She can do the book signings later. This publicity is going to have a huge positive impact on her book sales.
Mu guess is that the publisher will not be lovin' this latest Cancellation Mishap, but perhaps the signing will be rescheduled. She does draw a decent crowd at signings.
It would be asking a lot for a 75 year old lady to be flying from coast to coast when she has all those commitments with her dancing. I do readily concede that, but the event should have been cancelled several weeks ago rather than just a couple of days before the event. There is no excuse for that. It is unfair on those fans who had been looking forward to the event for weeks. Her management whoever they may be be are not behaving in a professional manner.
I've had one experience where I actually got to the venue for a show [[Cissy Houston) only to find it it had been canceled due to poor ticket sales and refunds would be issued by mail if we would surrender our tickets and leave our addresses. Eventually I did get the refund.
Another time, however, I went to a show where the two headline acts [[Carla Thomas and Sam & Dave) did not show up at all and were replaced by The Delfonics, but this was not announced until the opening acts had finished their sets. One of the opening acts was billed as Honey Cone but in actuality was a bogus group who called themselves "The Honeycombs," but in the ads for the show the erroneous name was displayed. After the show I contacted the Better Business Bureau and the Office of Consumer Affairs to see how I could get a refund from the promoter, and was told there was virtually no way that would ever happen. I see that this sort of thing is still going on. There's no excuse for it.