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Re: Messiah XXI - apologies if this is duplicated



are you in UK ?
I'm in dublin

>From: "L. Bird" <pkeets@hotmail.com>
>To: thewho@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Messiah XXI - apologies if this is duplicated
>Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 13:25:08 GMT
>
>Hmmm.  Well, I was thinking the backlash had only been local, as the only 
>way I knew about it was to poke around in the Irish Times.  I guess it must 
>have gotten around in the UK, though.  I guess we'll just have to wait.
>
>keets
>
>
>>I've been in touch with him but I think the opinion within the company is 
>>that because it received such bad press they're waiting for things to die 
>>down.
>>The bad press came not from the performances,but from the organisation - 
>>the government had allocated £x million for a "millenium event"...The 
>>Messiah show took a large share of this and there was a huge backlash 
>>against it because only a certain portion of the population could see it 
>>and so it shouldnt have been eligible for a national fund etc...
>>
>>As I've mentioned,if your VCR can play PAL I can run off a copy.
>>
>>Jeremy
>>
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