A different kind of peoples
Free Celine Dion tickets for Quebec show sell online for $700 (Montreal Gazette, 6/18/2008)The bidding has started for the special free concert pop diva Celine Dion will give for Quebec City's 400th anniversary. Scalpers are asking for as much as $700 for a pair of tickets given away for free.
A frenzy has surrounded the distribution of tickets for the exclusive open-air show Dion is headlining with other Quebec artists on Aug. 22 on the historic Plains of Abraham.Since the beginning of the month, organizers of the 400th celebrations have been giving away tickets every week at surprise locations across the province unveiled a few minutes beforehand on local radio stations. Each time, thousands of Dion fans are literally racing to the spot to get their hands on the much-sought-after tickets.
Last week in Quebec City, hundreds of angry fans walked away from a shopping mall empty-handed when the 4,000 tickets ran out.
Crazy Canadians! I'm trying to imagine any other place in the world that Celine could drive bonkers like this and I'd have to say... China and all its neighbors. She has a spell on those Asian-y places that has mostly eluded western nations. Is it because we're better? I think so.
USA! USA! USA! Just getting ready for the Olympics... Becky Hammon, point guard for the WNBA San Antonio Stars, is too. Only she'll be playing for RUSSIA! And you know what: She's not Russian. She just became a citizen earlier this year so she could play for their basketball team. They're paying her a seven figure salary to not be a patriotic American! There's also the fact that the USA doesn't want her on OUR team.
I'm honestly not judging because I think everyone has a price. She says she's playing for the gold medal, but I think the money helps. A lot. And anyway, she's not the only one doing this. It's just doesn't seem in the spirit of the Olympics. Well, if you ignore the IOC corruption and messed up bidding process... Ok, maybe it's exactly in the spirit.
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