14 DAY TRIAL // Charlie Sheen seemed to have discovered the secret to getting rich even independently of his most successful project, the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men,” from which he was fired: he announced he would go on a tour. Reports have been saying said tour is “sold out,” but the reality is far from that.
Initially, the actor announced 2 dates of the live tour he called “My Violent Torpedo of Truth / Defeat Is Not an Option,” and claimed they both sold out in no less than 18 minutes.
More dates were added, including a couple in Canada, to the same result. Admittedly, fans were dying to see Sheen’s act live on the road, even if they had only the slightest idea about what it may be.
This has prompted reports that getting fired from the CBS show was actually the best career move Sheen had made: better than renegotiating for another season and asking for $3 million per episode, as he planned to do.
Still, the reality is not as rosy as Sheen paints it for the media, PopEater says, citing sources well in the know. The tour is far from being sold out, but that’s one of the best marketing strategies available to making it so.
“Tickets are available to all of his shows in every price range. Telling everyone all the tickets sold out in minutes is an old trick used by groups that buy blocks of tickets and then try to resell them at a higher price,” a concert promoter says for the aforementioned e-zine.
In fact, a more thorough search reveals that, far from being sold out, there are still thousands tickets available, which could also mean that someone from Sheen’s camp was too eager to tout the tour as “sold out.”
“Everyone, including Charlie, got greedy asking over $575 for some tickets. They booked way too many dates at way too many venues, and then Charlie was all over TV giving it away for free,” another insider says for PopEater.
There’s also the question of whether Charlie hasn’t already said all that he had to say, of whether the novelty factor about his outbursts hasn’t already worn off.
“You go on TV to promote your show, to tease the public into buying tickets, but in Charlie’s case he did so many interviews that folks have had enough, and now he won’t be able to give those tickets away for free,” the tipster explains.
“His ego couldn’t handle playing to a half-empty house. He would rather dump the entire tour than admit he’s losing,” says the spy.