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Angry Criss Angel hits all-caps on MySpace page

March 13, 2008 |  3:46 pm
CrissangelIllusive tickets to the forthcoming Criss Angel/Cirque show at the Luxor seem to be floating in thin air.

I have confirmed with Cirque spokeswoman Jessica Berlin that no tickets for the show are for sale nor are any available at this time.

And illusionist Criss Angel is not impressed by this ticketing sleight of hand.

Angel has taken the unusual step of posting two notes to friends on his MySpace page. The most recent post from the magician reads in all-caps:

THERE ARE NO TICKETS IN EXISTENCE AS OF YET.

IF ANYONE IS TAKING MONEY FROM ANOTHER PERSON FOR NON-EXISTENT TICKETS, THEY ARE DOING THE SAME THING AS SELLING "PRE-SALE" TICKETS. THIS IS ILLEGAL!!!

BOTTOM LINE - YOU ARE GIVING THEM MONEY AND THERE ARE NO TICKETS FOR YOU - THERE IS NO CIRQUE GROUP TICKETING - THERE IS NO CIRQUE LIST WITH YOUR NAME ON IT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE A TICKET. YOU DO NOT HAVE A TICKET FOR CRISS' SHOW PERIOD.

DO NOT GIVE ANYONE YOUR MONEY CLAIMING TO GET YOU A TICKET FOR THE SHOW!!

(Photo by Sarah Gerke)

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Criss Angel's Fan Club has made an error in judgment in regards to this. Tickets are not on sale for his live show yet, this is true. The thing is, no one ever claimed to have access to presale tickets. A group of Criss Angel fans were planning to see his live show in Vegas and buy a set of tickets when they went on sale. The Fan Club misconstrued this as a claim of having access to "presale tickets" or a guarantee of tickets, which the group never claimed to have at any point in time.

Criss Angel's Fan Club jumped the gun and did not check the facts before posting these statements in their News and on their Myspace page.

--Jessica

HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO BE PISSED AS I AM TO

I TRULY SUPPORT CRISS ANGEL IN ALL HE DUZ

criss didnt post that on his myspace. an administrator did.

It's sad that Loyal fans of Criss have tried to explain the situation to the Administrator's of both the offical fan site and on MySpace. We have not been allowed that opportunity. "They" won't let us. Jessica and Sam have the facts as well as many of the other Loyals. We all think of Criss as a fair person who listens to all sides before making judgement. Just listen to us, Criss. We are your Loyals, not your enemies.

One fan graciously offered to collect money from a group of fans and hold it for purchase of said tickets WHEN they went on sale, period, being that this fan lives in Las Vegas locally. She was to handle his through CIrque's Las Vegas Sales staff.

That fan never misrepresented any thing as to having special knowledge, inside information, presale tickets or the like. All she was doing was being the money collector and purchaser, again WHEN they went on sale.

This fan was banned from the site and membership denied by Criss Angel's AWPI company. Not due to this ticket nonsense, but their reasoning was for copyright reasons which is entirely legal of Criss Angel's AWPI but a backhanded way to do it.

And Criss himself doesnt answer or blog or post from his myspace site or elsewhere, his AWPI company staff do it for him which is why the all caps bulletin yelling this announcement. I doubt Criss himself would have shouted.

This has all been a big misunderstanding. A group of Criss' loyal fans were planning on buying a group of tickets "when" the tickets became available to show support for Criss. No one ever said they already had tickets! This is a prime example of mob mentality when the incorrect information is put out there and people blindly follow. The way his fans have been treated by his own site is appalling. As he always says, if it wasn't for his fans he wouldn't be where he is today. I hope he takes that into account.

Firstly, Criss Angel would not stoop to yelling in all caps on a bulletin, but the fact is his company employees run his myspace and all other websites and he in fact never blogs, posts or bulletins publicly.

Secondly, what happened is one local Las Vegas fan graciously offered to collect money from a group of fans so she could buy Cirque tickets WHEN they went on sale in one smooth transaction, also locally from Cirque's Las Vegas Sales department.

At no time did this fan state they have special knowledge, inside info, presale tickets, better seats or was affiliated with Criss Angel directly in any way. This was to be a lovely gathering of friends and fans. Its sad how this was one fan has been hurt and defamed because of this. I am ashamed for Criss because its his employees who are taking this approach and it ultimately reflects poorly on him.

Firstly, Criss Angel would not stoop to yelling in all caps on a bulletin, but the fact is his company employees run his myspace and all other websites and he in fact never blogs, posts or bulletins publicly.

Secondly, what happened is one local Las Vegas fan graciously offered to collect money from a group of fans so she could buy Cirque tickets WHEN they went on sale in one smooth transaction, also locally from Cirque's Las Vegas Sales department.

At no time did this fan state they have special knowledge, inside info, presale tickets, better seats or was affiliated with Criss Angel directly in any way. This was to be a lovely gathering of friends and fans. Its sad how this was one fan has been hurt and defamed because of this. I am ashamed for Criss because its his employees who are taking this approach and it ultimately reflects poorly on him.

The First thing is Criss Angel doesnt run his own myspace... He hired someone to do that. I have Contacted this person on her personal myspace and She has told me a lot of things that they had proof and blah blah. When I asked for this proof she said for certain reasons she was unable to share. Then she proceeded to tell me how that anyone who pretty much stuck up for the person on the fan club message board they would be banned for spam and abuse.

Now I don't know about everyone else but this doesn't seem the way a celebrity should or want their fans to be treated. If you ask me His ego has gotten to big to not even have the people working for him to hear the other side of this story.

Many fans are not renewing their membership to the fan clubs because of this situation and the type of people he has working for him. I hope he realizes how this situation is hurting his reputation with his "LOYALS" and seeing how his reputation with the rest of the world isn't that great now its going to be like that for people who were once his fans.

This has been a misunderstanding, and several people tried to convey this to the administrator of the Criss Angel Fansite who started this rumor. As we did so, our comments were ignored and deleted from the fansite, and I personally was temporarily banned, and since then have had my membership threatened. I have not been disrespectul or dishonest with my comments.
This fan who has been accused of scamming "loyals", merely offered her services to organize a fan gathering and group ticket purchase for anyone interested in going as a group, specifically to show Criss our support on his new endeavor. This was all handled outside of the fansite. The retaliation against this fan and others by the fansite administrator is shameful.

Yikes, I think there is an Elephant in Criss Angel Land. Please, someone, some magic man somewhere, CRISS? = MAKE IT VANISH.

Criss doesnt care he made in big NOW and he is doing a 22 year old. He doesnt need his fans like he did before. Between his live show coming up and him doiing a 22 year old beauty girl that is all he needs. I miss the old Criss.

"This fan who has been accused of scamming "loyals", merely offered her services to organize a fan gathering and group ticket purchase for anyone interested in going as a group, specifically to show Criss our support on his new endeavor. This was all handled outside of the fansite."

This was not handled completely outside the fansite. This fan used a crissangel.com profile page to clearly advertise, give contact information and post a deadline for submitting a deposit in order to secure a "block" of tickets for the Cirque show. However well meaning this person was, using the Criss Angel website to advertise/collect funds for any event without authorization is strictly prohibited and clearly outlined in Clique's "terms of use" policies.

naxnox,

The organizer said from the beginning that she was never affiliated with Cirque, APWI, or any organization affiliated with Criss Angel. This was supposed to be nothing more than a gathering of Loyal fans for the opening night of his live show. What other way to see if people are interested in attending than making a post to fans within his Fan Club? I fail to see how this breaks Clique's TOS policy.

--Jessica

I really miss criss the way he used to be i kno deep down the guy i love is there but i havent sseen him this person didnt do anything wrong but criss hasnt taken the time to sit down and think about wat his crew is doin to the fans that brought him to where he si today and to his career i will always be an ultimate loyal freak but just happier if the criss i met in october were here if hes happy so am i but face it every celeb has gotten a big head at one time its just a phase because he knos he has worked so hard and deserves it i love u baby criss and im always here and if he is in love wit someone dont break him down he deserves to be loved just like everyone else!!

I really miss the way Criss was also. Now all he wants to do is show off his 22 year old girlfriend. I think he looks like an old man with a young kid. He looks creepy dating her.

WTH is Veronica Grabowski doing dating man 20 years older then her. That is NOT a GOOD IMAGE to display. I will punish my daughter if she was getting it on with a man almost as old as her father.

Thank you Criss for telling us, we would have been jipped

as all performers know there are lots of people who will try to cash in on someone elses fame..has anyone asked her what profit she would make for buying the tickets in advance, even if legal.....all ticket agencie s charge a fee, so u know she was too.....

hello criss was only going to you to say that you seem to me a brilliant friend

that criss lives angel

ja ja ja ja ja ja ja

I think Veronica Grabowski is the worse thing that happened to Criss Angel. Look at what happened to him since he starting with her. First the wedding band tatoos. I guess they plan on getting married and now he is branding himself like an animal. She is not keeping him grounded as he quote in an article she is tearing him down and it is very sad. She is not good for him.



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