The Proms has a total budget of getting on for a quarter of a million pounds (£244,386 at the last official estimate), which includes fees of £32,000 for headline artists – `pop star' Chris de Burgh, soprano Juliette Pochin and Salford opera bloke Jon Christos – plus £10,000 on fireworks for the end of the show, and £10,900 on `branding and signage'.
Even if all the tickets are sold and all the car parking is taken up, the event still stands to lose £140,886 – and there are plenty of tickets left.
So please… I beg you…buy a ticket to see Cris and the Phil and co…It's only £15 plus £1.50 booking fee, plus 95p `transaction/postage/donation, plus £6 parking (no ten quid tickets left for Salford residents)…and help save our Council Tax from rising again…
All together now…
`I've never seen you spending so much as you did tonight
I've never seen your cheque book shine so bright we're amazed
I've never seen so many people want not to be there by your side
And when you turned to me and smiled, it took my breath away
I have never had such a feeling
Such a feeling of complete and utter loss, as I do tonight
The way you spend tonight
I never will forget, the way you spend tonight
The council in the red
The council in the red
The council in the red
My council in the r-e-e-e-e-e-e-d…'
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