Fair Play For Live Entertainment Venues Interview

Got this in the mail, and though it may interest some people...


ATTENTION ADELAIDE MUSOS, ENTERTAINERS, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT OPERATORS AND SUPPORTERS OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT!!

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!

This Thursday, 13th Sept, The Advertiser are sending journalist Craig Bilsden and photographer to The Cavern, to do a story on Fair Play For Live Entertainment Venues and the effect that gaming machines have had on the South Australian live entertainment industry as a whole.

We need you to be there. I know it’s short notice, and The Advertiser knows that it’s short notice, but if we can have a few hundred people there willing to show their support for our proposal, with such short notice, it will really demonstrate how serious we all are about fixing the live entertainment industry.

We’re told we may be front page!! Which means you might be on the front page, so if you’ve got band t-shirts wear them, we’ve got nothing against a bit of self promotion. Call on all your friends and supporters to come along and have their say.

Have your say, it’s your industry after all.

Where? The Cavern Club 136 North Tce Adelaide.

When? 6:00pm Thursday 13th September. That’s tomorrow!!

Who? You and all your supporters!!

Why? Because we love live entertainment and we refuse to let pokies do any more damage to our live entertainment industry!!

For more information contact Monty at venuelobby@mail.com

Don't pubs with pokies have more money to spend on entertainment?

What about the rights of the pokies?

Who's looking out for their well being?

Don't pubs with pokies have more money to spend on entertainment?

I don't know. Why don't you go to the meeting and find out?

What about the rights of the pokies?

Who's looking out for their well being?

I don't know. Why don't you go to the meeting and find out?

Wouldn't waste my time going. It really doesnt interest me at all.

Playing live music doesnt make a venue money. Filling it with pokies makes a venue shitloads of money. Nothing is gonna change that.

As much as I hate pokies, you can't blame a venue for taking that option.

Don't pubs with pokies have more money to spend on entertainment?

Nah leezee, its not like that...lots of pubs take out their back room with stage setup and have pokies instead!!! Cause it brings in a lot more than a few random gigs on weekends. Thats basically what has happened in nsw, and victoria. there aren't many live music venues...!

Wish I saw this, hope lots of people showed up!

venues have more money to spend on things that make them more money...
and since no-one has successfully estimated the dollar value on the fact that music can bring happiness to people, they don't bother...
... i mean what's more enjoyable than sitting infront of a machine with crap graphics, crap musical melodies and a pre-detemined pattern of reward...
lots a stuff!!!!
look, i don't mind if places that serve alcohol and places that play live bands become separate entities... its gonna go back to garage bands and illegal shows if the goverment doesn't support venues that cater for other forms of entertainment other than pokies... yeah and back to the house-parties i went to, where bands would set up in the back yard and play for a bbq meal and a six pack each...

bands would set up in the back yard and play for a bbq meal and a six pack each...

That will pay my TAFE fees for sure