Women in orange minidresses were thrown out of a World Cup game, accused ofpulling an ambush marketing stunt for the Dutch brewery, Bavaria.
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But the vuvuzela stays.
Latest news at the World Cup: If you take that annoying vuvuzela into a stadium, you won't get banned. But if you wear an orange minidress, you're likely to get thrown out.
Is this a crazy world or what?
Despite a worldwide outcry about the buzzing sounds emitted from the plastic instrument, FIFA officials have refused to take sides, although the company that handles transmission of World Cup games said it had doubled the number of audio filters to cut down the drone.
ESPN is using a mix audio to tone down the sound like it sometimes does at Nascar and NBA events. The BBC, too, is looking at options to reduce the sound. The New York Times' George Vecsey wonders if the result will be a "vuvuzela channel" and a "vuvuzela-lite channel."
While the vuvuzela stays, 30 women in a orange minidresses were kicked out of the Netherlands-Denmark game in Johannesburg Two women were arrested for ambush marketing. FIFA officials said it was a stunt to promote a family-owned Dutch brewery, Bavaria.
Anheuser Busch's Budweiser is the official beer for the tournament and FIFA isn't amused when non-sponsors think up ingenious ways to market their brands and goes to great lengths to stop it.
"FIFA doesn't have a monopoly on orange," the home color of the Dutch national team's shirts, Peer Swinkels, marketing director at Bavaria, told the Wall Street Journal. "There wasn't even a Bavaria logo on the dresses."
Swinkels is being a little disingenuous because it was a pretty nifty ploy to get attention — and it worked.
Even so, it seems like world soccer's governing body cares more about their pocketbook than our ears.
Legendary rockers Styx and Kevin Cronin, lead singer of REO Speedwagon, will team up to co-headline the “Brotherhood of Rock” tour in 2025, which will include a stop at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands on Friday, June 6.
The large, 40-city tour will take place over three months, starting in Greenville, South Carolina on May 28, and wrapping up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 24.
In addition to Houston, the tour will go to Austin on June 4 and Dallas on August 1. It will include special guest Don Felder, former lead guitarist for the Eagles, at all dates.
Fans can expect some of the greatest rock anthems of all time, including “Renegade,” “Keep On Loving You,” “Come Sail Away,” “Can't Fight This Feeling,” and “Hotel California.”
Styx and Cronin (as part of REO Speedwagon) first toured together in 2000 and in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, coming together to form the Rock to the Rescue 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. This will mark their sixth time joining forces on the road.
2022 was the 50th anniversary of Styx's self-titled debut album, but they have yet to slow down. The band released their 17th album, Crash of the Crown, in 2021. Of course, not everyone is a fan, as this classic clip from The Simpsons illustrates.
REO Speedwagon's recording days appear to be done, with their last album coming out in 2009, but the main group of five has been together since 1989. On this tour, Cronin will be joined by REO's lead guitarist Dave Amato and drummer Bryan Hitt.
General tickets for the tour will go on sale starting on Friday, December 13 at 10 am at LiveNation.com.
Citi cardmembers will have access to presale tickets in the U.S. beginning on December 9 at 10 am through the Citi Entertainment program.
Styx and Kevin Cronin will be offering VIP packages via their own exclusive pre-sales beginning on Tuesday, December 10 at 10 am, as well as at LiveNation.com.
Women in orange minidresses were thrown out of a World Cup game, accused ofpulling an ambush marketing stunt for the Dutch brewery, Bavaria.Photo by Andrew Boyers/Action Images
But the vuvuzela stays.
