Mrs. Munster
Diana Ross said yesterday that despite
her protests,
the plug had been pulled on the last month
of her much-hyped and
poorly attended "Supremes: Return to Love"
tour.
Whatever the legalities, the problem was
ticket sales, which have been
slow since the tour began last month. With
a top ticket of $250,
the show filled less than half of arenas
in major cities such as Atlanta
and drew as few as 3,000 fans in Columbus,
Ohio.
The primary cause of the slow sales, suggested
Bob Grossweiner of
Performance magazine, is that the tour
was conceived as a Supremes reunion
with Ross, Mary Wilson and Cindy Birdsong.
But the trio could not come to
terms, so Ross is backed instead by latter-day
Supremes Lynda Lawrence and
Sherrie Payne.
"From the beginning there was a negative reaction,"
Grossweiner said.
"You get people expecting a reunion, and
then don't give it to them."
Said Ross: "I would sing the same if there
were 10 people in the audience or 10,000."
ha ha
Diana, you lie like a politician.