It is André Hazes Jr. last minute managed to sell out Ahoy. With two days to go, according to his management, he has finally managed to sell out. “Thanks to auction sites!”
You can measure the popularity of an artist by the time it takes to sell out a concert hall. André Hazes Jr. appears to score very well when it comes to juice, but people are not exactly enthusiastic about his music. He did not manage to sell out Ahoy on his own; For this he had to enlist the help of auction sites.
Ahoy not empty after all
Apparently people only want to go to André if it costs a few cents and they happen to have nothing to do next Saturday. “It was still very exciting to see whether it would be full, because that was actually the topic of discussion in recent months,” says Bart Ettekoven at the desk of Show news.
He continues: “That ticket sales went poorly and that he will soon have to perform in a half-empty Ahoy, but now the management proudly announces that they have a sold-out house. André can breathe a sigh of relief. He will soon be standing in front of a packed Ahoy. That will do him good and support him.”
Auction sites
How did André still manage to sell out? Bart: “Just all that commotion in programs like this, in which we shouted: ‘Those tickets are sold very cheaply by VakantieVeilingen’, and all those other websites that tried to sell those tickets. Then people will be made aware of it.”
He continues: “Then they think: it’s only two weeks away, it’s the 25th, should we go anyway? The negative publicity probably helped. Very nice. It is his comeback and we all want it to be a success.”
Yvonne skeptical
Hazologist Yvonne Coldeweijer reacts sceptically. “I don’t believe it After giving away thousands of tickets, I think they have decided that ‘it’s okay’ to make sure it’s full.”
She concludes: “I wonder if all those people with free tickets will actually show up…”