Pago 3 Daily Nebraskan Thursday, April 5, 1034
Old Blue Eyes still wows 'em
You might be asking yourself why Frank Sinatra is
:oming to Lincoln April 19 as part of UPCs major
concerts series.
Old Blue Eyes would draw a crowd of America's
middle aged, you would think. But according to Bill
Buntain, the UPC staff assistant for major concerts,
Sinatra ticket buyers represent a cross section of
age groups. About 6,000 tickets have been sold so
far, he said Tuesday.
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And, he said, UPC does not pick groups, usually.
Because it cannot afford the guaranteed fee most
major performers charge, often up to $ 1 00,000, UPC
uses a promoter as a middle man. Performers and
promoters approach UPC to find out if there is a
good audience in Lincoln, and if it's a good place to
put on a show.
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The wackyast of The Ice Pirates. Clockwise
from upper left: Michael D. Roberts, Ron
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The Ice Pirates concentrates too much on decapi
tation. Robots are continually being chopped to bits
and, at one point, a strange character named Wen
don (Bruce Vilanch) has his head chopped off by
Jason. The head is carried around by the hair and
thrown around until it is finally attached to a robot
body. Jason and Roscoe are almost subjected to
another form of amputation when they are cap
tured and barely saved from being castrated and
made into eunuch slaves.
The sexual implications in this movie are extra
ordinary for a movie which will be seen mostly by
children. During one horrible scene, the men look in
the cargo hold and find they are carrying a load of
space herpes eggs. .
The film was obviously made by people who either
have a sick sense of humor or who were smart
enough to know that anything dealing with space
would make money.
The Ice Pirates is stupid and vulgar but give the
filmmakers credit they knew what they were
doing and will probably make millions by this calcu
lation of commercialism.
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In the case of Sinatra, Buntain said, the call from
the promoter was a surprise. Sinatra is on a two
month, six-stop tour, he said.
The stops include Detroit, Mich., Las Vegas, Nev.,
Atlantic City, NJ., Philadelphia, Penn. and Lincoln.
"Who knows why he's coming to Lincoln," Bun
tain said.
The tickets for Sinatra are the highest priced UPC
ever has sold, but students are buying the $20
tickets instead of the lower-priced $7.50 tickets, he
3aid. .
Old Blue Eyes has gained some fans at UNL but
that could be explained by the limited nature of the
tour. Also, if you don't catch Sinatra in the Lincoln
show, it's unlikely youll see him here again.
UPC gets about 50 percent of the money taken in
by the Bob Devaney Sports Center, Buntain said.
That usually amounts to about $6,000, he said. That
money goes into a major concerts contingency fund.
One day, UPC hopes to buy its own acts, instead of
arranging them through the promoter.
Buntain said the contingency fund was created
after the 1977 Fleetwood Mac concert. By the end of
this year the fund will have $60,000, Buntain said.
When the pot reaches $80,000, he said, UPC will
begin pursuing and buying its own acts. Because
most major performers charge a guarantee fee of up
to $100,000, UPC may have to match funds with a
promoter. Buying acts will allow UPC more flexibil
ity in the acts it gets, and will get it a greater share of
the profits if the show is a moneymaker, he said.
UPC currently gets funds from each concert for a
variety of services, he said. Those services include
security for concerts, ticket sales, transportation
and meals for the acts. UPC coordinates essentially
all aspects of the shows, he said.
UPC is presenting Dan Fogelberg in concert April
27, Buntain said. Tickets go on sale Saturday.
Buntain said he would like to see more students
buying the $7.50 Sinatra tickets only about 100
have been sold so far. He said many will be sold the
day Old Blue Eyes takes the stage.
"It's going to be a professional show," Buntain
said, "entertainment to the maximum."
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