Vegas And The Round Up: Success or Not?

[casrhino]

46 minutes ago, The Masked Poster said:

Anyone who is going, I'd urge them to go to the fan fest on Fremont Street. It will be incredible.

If going i would advise you go very early,last year was mad couldn't move was that packed .

[The Masked Poster]

2 minutes ago, casrhino said:

If going i would advise you go very early,last year was mad couldn't move was that packed .

Yeah I can well believe that. It's packed in general but I'd love to be there to witness this. 

[Gav Wilson]

Extremely jealous of anyone going this year. I went last year and it was absolutely incredible!

[Dullish Mood]

3 hours ago, Worzel said:

The Vegas event isn't about growing the game in America, it's about giving the NRL a massive, high-publicity season launch extravaganza, to help in it's real battle which is the domestic war with AFL for TV and sponsorship dollars. There's a small secondary goal of getting a small sliver of the US in-game betting market, but even that is a "nice to have" not the purpose.

It makes 100% sense on that basis, and is a piece of aggressive marketing genius from V'Landys

This ^^^^^

[Dullish Mood]

2 hours ago, Gav Wilson said:

Extremely jealous of anyone going this year. I went last year and it was absolutely incredible!

Same mate, brilliant event and I’m there again this year with the wire top on….again!

[Whippet13]

1 hour ago, Dullish Mood said:

Same mate, brilliant event and I’m there again this year with the wire top on….again!

2nd trip for me too, only 2 nights in Vegas though and then off on a road trip, travelling around more fun in my personal experience.

[graveyard johnny]

never knew rick astley was a wire fan - recruited to headline the music slot in vegas apparently - nice bloke who had 2 dreadful hits in the 80s- oh dear!

[Damien]

 

 

[soulboy]

16 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

never knew rick astley was a wire fan - recruited to headline the music slot in vegas apparently - nice bloke who had 2 dreadful hits in the 80s- oh dear!

Rick Astley

One of the music industry’s most distinctive voices, Rick Astley has left an indelible mark on pop-culture since his emergence into the limelight nearly three decades ago. With well over 40 million records sold, and an enviable back-catalogue of chart-topping hits, Astley remains one of the most successful solo artists to have ever emerged from the UK. Exploding into mainstream consciousness with the multi-million-selling phenomenon 'Whenever You Need Somebody', Astley holds the distinction of being the first male solo artist to see his first eight singles reach the UK Top Ten.

[Coggo]

7 minutes ago, soulboy said:

Rick Astley

One of the music industry’s most distinctive voices, Rick Astley has left an indelible mark on pop-culture since his emergence into the limelight nearly three decades ago. With well over 40 million records sold, and an enviable back-catalogue of chart-topping hits, Astley remains one of the most successful solo artists to have ever emerged from the UK. Exploding into mainstream consciousness with the multi-million-selling phenomenon 'Whenever You Need Somebody', Astley holds the distinction of being the first male solo artist to see his first eight singles reach the UK Top Ten.

I'd wager 99.8% of Americans wouldn't recognise Rick Astley if he farted in their face.

[Dullish Mood]

4 minutes ago, Coggo said:

I'd wager 99.8% of Americans wouldn't recognise Rick Astley if he farted in their face.

Correct, but his 30 second clip is aimed at rugby league fans in this country right?  Don’t think he’s going is he?  Think it’s just more Wire marketing “genius”.

[JonM]

14 minutes ago, Coggo said:

I'd wager 99.8% of Americans wouldn't recognise Rick Astley if he farted in their face.

Looks like he had two number 1 singles in the US charts (one of which was 5x Platinum) plus three other top ten hits in the US. Over 1 billion streams on Spotify, approaching 2 billion views on YouTube. I reckon he's a fair bit more famous in the US than you think. (Edit - to add that he was a guest at the Oscars, performed at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, was on the Larry King show in 2017.)

Edited January 23 by JonM

[JonM]

17 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

never knew rick astley was a wire fan - recruited to headline the music slot in vegas apparently - nice bloke who had 2 dreadful hits in the 80s- oh dear!

You're a not a fan of his full set of Smiths covers then  ? Morrissey seems to like them.

[sam4731]

21 minutes ago, Coggo said:

I'd wager 99.8% of Americans wouldn't recognise Rick Astley if he farted in their face.

Would anyone?

[fighting irish]

3 hours ago, sam4731 said:

Would anyone?

To be fair to him, that's not his best side. 

[Wellsy4HullFC]

4 hours ago, Coggo said:

I'd wager 99.8% of Americans wouldn't recognise Rick Astley if he farted in their face.

I'd wager 100% would remember him though after that.

[Coggo]

4 hours ago, JonM said:

Looks like he had two number 1 singles in the US charts (one of which was 5x Platinum) plus three other top ten hits in the US. Over 1 billion streams on Spotify, approaching 2 billion views on YouTube. I reckon he's a fair bit more famous in the US than you think. (Edit - to add that he was a guest at the Oscars, performed at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, was on the Larry King show in 2017.)

I bet you're a massive whizz with the ladies

[graveyard johnny]

5 hours ago, soulboy said:

Rick Astley

One of the music industry’s most distinctive voices, Rick Astley has left an indelible mark on pop-culture since his emergence into the limelight nearly three decades ago. With well over 40 million records sold, and an enviable back-catalogue of chart-topping hits, Astley remains one of the most successful solo artists to have ever emerged from the UK. Exploding into mainstream consciousness with the multi-million-selling phenomenon 'Whenever You Need Somebody', Astley holds the distinction of being the first male solo artist to see his first eight singles reach the UK Top Ten.

hes no Shakin Stevens though, is he?

[JonM]

50 minutes ago, Coggo said:

I bet you're a massive whizz with the ladies

Says the person complaining about 'ad hominems' on other threads  

[JonM]

11 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

hes no Shakin Stevens though, is he?

The biggest selling UK singles artist of the 1980s  And people say music was better in the olden days...

[Arizonared]

5 hours ago, Dullish Mood said:

Correct, but his 30 second clip is aimed at rugby league fans in this country right?  Don’t think he’s going is he?  Think it’s just more Wire marketing “genius”.

Most people I know over here know him as a part of the 'rick rolling trend'. You can learn more about it here ;)

But, having said that. It would still only be a small percentage.

Edited January 23 by Arizonared

[JonM]

Anyway, looks like Rick Astley actually posted last July that he was a Wire fan and looking forward to see them playing in Vegas.

[Whippet13]

9 hours ago, Damien said:

 

 

Last year the attendance was 40K with a big take up in the last couple of weeks from local sales, so it looks like they will get a record attendance, although Wire and Wigan will be responsible for a chunk of that. Ticket prices are also markedly higher this year so event revenue should be up too.

[graveyard johnny]

16 minutes ago, JonM said:

The biggest selling UK singles artist of the 1980s  And people say music was better in the olden days...

most of it was covers as was the ska stuff of the same era - even too much too young used a sample of an early ska track - then stock aitken etc jumped in with their rubbish

[Leyther_Matt]

7 hours ago, JonM said:

Looks like he had two number 1 singles in the US charts (one of which was 5x Platinum) plus three other top ten hits in the US. Over 1 billion streams on Spotify, approaching 2 billion views on YouTube. I reckon he's a fair bit more famous in the US than you think. (Edit - to add that he was a guest at the Oscars, performed at Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, was on the Larry King show in 2017.)

Occasional references in US TV shows, too (Family Guy springs to mind)