Entertainment overload: Can so many music venues make it?

Entertainment overload: Can so many music venues make it?

It's been more than a month since tickets for The Police went on sale, and the 16,000-seat John Paul Jones Arena still has not sold out. Why aren't Sting and the boys packing the house?

 JPJ GM Larry Wilson says he "couldn't answer that question," but he predicts tickets will sell out before the November 6 concert.

Pavilion manager Kirby Hutto and WTJU program director Chuck Taylor, however, have other opinions.

"Have you seen the reviews of their shows?" says Hutto. "I think a lot of people have gone to them and said, 'Well, I won't do that again.'"

"Have you seen the ticket prices?" asks Taylor. (Indeed, they're between $90 and $225.) "They're outrageously expensive."

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