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Originally posted by MR STROKE anyone know how much he got paid to do the olympics??

He didn't get paid anything. They offered it free, and he accepted.

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Originally posted by idoru He didn't get paid anything. They offered it free, and he accepted.

That's promotion right there.EVERYONE in the world is watching him.

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Yeah, and then he made a CD from it, so a lot of people will go to the store looking for other things and remember seeing him this summer. Though I don't think they even mentioned his name or showed him for a second in NBC's coverage in the U.S.

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Originally posted by T3nchI That's promotion right there.EVERYONE in the world is watching him.

Unless you actually took the time to watch the broadcast. You're in the States, and if you watched it you'd know that they not once mentioned him, they only showed him once from far behind (you had to really be paying attention) before going to a commercial, and you had to have the volume up all the way to barely make out what was playing.

Sounds like great promotion, huh?

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Originally posted by idoru Unless you actually took the time to watch the broadcast. You're in the States, and if you watched it you'd know that they not once mentioned him, they only showed him once from far behind (you had to really be paying attention) before going to a commercial, and you had to have the volume up all the way to barely make out what was playing. Sounds like great promotion, huh?

The music was pretty clear in the UK broadcast, although it still had talking over it most of the time (unsurprisingly) & they did a few close-ups and had the retard commentators trying to describe the music ... guess it varied between countries. Either way it's the most exposure a DJ has ever had for a single event so... it's gotten his name out that little bit more.

There was nothing in the U.S., as mentioned earlier, but I think I recall seeing a clip from German TV that showed quite a bit of him. I'm sure some countries paid a lot more attention than the U.S. did. He can sellout venues here, but the vast majority of the Olympic audience wouldn't have known who he was, so it wasn't really in NBC's interest to cover him. Even those who hate Tiesto have to admit he couldn't have been worse than some of the performance art they had that night.

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Originally posted by wolverine16 Even those who hate Tiesto have to admit he couldn't have been worse than some of the performance art they had that night.

Indeed... Bjork was absolutely terrible! And she was miming :S

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Originally posted by Steven Hays Here's how I look at it: Are the promoters stupid for paying that much, or are the consumers the dumber ones for buying the tickets? MUSIC IS BUSINESS people. If you have dumbass ravers and clubgoers who will spend that much to see him then I don't blame the industry for jacking up prices. People really need to look at the business standpoint of things and stop bitching about eithical prices and selling out. Stupid thread again. -Steve

+1. Its a business, plain and simple. If the club want to pay him that much so be it. I really don't understand why there is outrage over this when its a matter of simple economics, not artistry or authenticity.

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they should do an mtv cribs on tiesto's house.wonder if he has a bentley seeing he thinks hes the 'big dawg' of trance

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Originally posted by Laushinameee who gives a shit who his mate is telling? I bet the promoter doesnt even give a shit - its tiestos fee, so he should be the one embarrassed for asking for such a digusting figure when there are children starving in the fucking world and tiesto wipes his arse with gold plated toilet roll.

thats true

but if it wasnt tiesto making that exorbatant amount of moula it would be in the club owners pocket too

i mean, i wonder whether any of the djs do donations and stuff like that to world vision and charities.

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Originally posted by Nell you could still fill a 2000 capacity without inviting tiesto. my local bar hold 1500, and we probably have over 2500 customers a night. do we have a DJ, no.

out of curiosity what bar is this? is it a chain one? (eg YATES' or osmethin?)

wher u live m8?

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According to the promotors website Tiesto is buying us in San Diego the first (and maybe second & third) round of drinks the night of his show. Presale Ticket @ $20 = $1.3 Euro.

"Hosted Bar from 9:30-10:30! Thats right! As a show of appreciation to our fans eventvibe.com and Tiesto are footing the bill from 9:30pm-10:30 pm, featuring Stoli Vodka!!!"

Maybe its all the money save on the cheeseplate? The cheeseshop down the street can be quite expensive.

God bless you Tiesto.