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unusual facts about sell out



True to the Game

The song is a condemnation of Uncle Toms who sell out themselves to white communities and audiences: "Stop selling out your race, and wipe that stupid-ass smile off your face."


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1973–74 Philadelphia Flyers season

Kate Smith performed "God Bless America" to a sell out crowd of 17,007 prior to the game.

2002–03 San Antonio Spurs season

Game 4 at Continental Airlines Arena was not a sell out as it took place 48 hours after it hosted the New Jersey Devils third Stanley Cup celebration in 9 years, following their 3-0 win over the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.

2010–11 Miami Heat season

During a post-game chat with Sun Sports' Jason Jackson on January 3, 2011, LeBron James joked "I see we sell out 99.1 percent on the road, so we call ourselves the Heatles off the Beatles, so every time we take our show on the road we bring a great crowd", giving the Heat's trio the unofficial nickname.

During a postgame chat with Sun Sports' Jason Jackson on January 3, 2011, LeBron James joked "I see we sell out 99.1 percent on the road, so we call ourselves the Heatles off the Beatles, so every time we take our show on the road we bring a great crowd", giving the Heat's famed trio the unofficial nickname.

Arthur Holmwood

Having himself become a vampire- which Newman justifies on the grounds that Holmwood was the most useless member of the group of hunters, contributing nothing to the effort beyond his connection to Lucy, and was therefore the most likely candidate to sell out-, he is now a top aide to the new Prime Minister, Lord Ruthven.

Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre

On 21 February 2009 the Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre was officially opened by the NSW Governor, Marie Bashir, before a sell-out crowd of almost 3,500 people.

Bitanga i princeza

The band managed to sell out Pionir Hall for five times, dedicating all the money from these concerts to the victims of the 1979 Montenegro earthquake.

Blue Orange Games

A San Francisco Chronicle review prompted the game to sell out locally and led to Julien Mayot partnering with Denoual to sell the game nationally.

Bojana Novakovic

She was a producer and performer for the 2004 Ride On Theatre sell out season of LOVEPLAY at the Downstairs Belvoir Street Theatre, and the 2006 Green Room nominated production of Debris (in which she was also nominated for best actress).

Cat Simmons

Her work includes Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh's Production of Oliver!, Mary Magdalene in Gale Edwards Jesus Christ Superstar, the Young Vic’s sell-out production of Langston Hughes’ Simply Heavenly as Joyce, she starred as the Princess in Aladdin alongside Ian McKellen.

Charles Albert Murdock

In 1906, after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, he had to sell out a majority interest in his printing business because of the destruction of the premises and equipment.

Claytown Troupe

After Claytown Troupe played to sell-out audiences from London's famous Marquee Club and Astoria, they were invited to play as support band for The Cult's Sonic Temple tour, at venues such as Wembley Arena and Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre.

Dead Mens' Theory

The band was short-lived but managed to sell out all of the printed 7"s of their first recording To Never Love Again.

Eamonn Magee

Magee's highest profile fight was against Ricky Hatton for the WBU Light Welterweight Title which took place at the Manchester Evening News Arena in 1 June 2002 and was billed as "Anarchy in the UK" and was a 20,000 ticket sell out.

Gladys Morgan

Throughout the nineteen sixties she was kept busy with pantomime and summer season, five tours to Australia, and four sell-out tours of South Africa where the family also had their own series on Springbok Radio called The Morgans.

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti

In 2006 Behzti was translated into French and did sell-out tours in France and Belgium.

I Can See for Miles

Also in 2005, Petra Haden covered "I Can See for Miles" on Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out, an album which covers The Who Sell Out in its entirety.

Idiots of Ants

Idiots of Ants formed in November 2006 and went on to perform and sell-out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2007.

Irina Brook

After several national and international tours, the show returned for a six month sell-out at the Theâtre de l'Oeuvre, Paris, where it won five Molière theatre awards, including best director and best show.

Isango Portobello

These productions then transferred to London's Young Vic Theatre, where they had a sell-out season and were jointly awarded the Whatsonstage Theatre Goers Choice Award for Best Off-West End Production.

Jackson Analogue

After receiving plays on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, XFM and many specialist shows the record labels come knocking and after their first sell out gig at Ryde Castle on the Isle of Wight, and after much bidding the band sign with Island Records.

Josh Caterer

In November 2005 the Smoking Popes reunited for a sell-out show at the Chicago club The Metro.

Nasty Burgers

It opened at the Bloor Cinema in Toronto to a sell-out crowd but generally poor reviews.

Nayef Hawatmeh

Hawatmeh opposed the 1993 Oslo Accords, calling them a "sell-out", but became more conciliatory in the late 1990s.

Nicolas Liez

In 1860, he acquired his own porcelain factory in Audun-le-Tiche but it was a failure and he was forced to sell out.

Outside Royalty

Since arriving in London, the band has played with a wide variety of artists, including Babyshambles, The Holloways, The Duke Spirit, Wild Beasts and Good Shoes, and played five sell out shows at Club NME at Koko in London.

Papa CJ

He has toured sell-out shows across four continents and in October 2011 he taped a Showtime USA Stand-up Comedy Special with Russell Peters in Amsterdam.

Patrice Bart-Williams

Most of the following year was spent performing sell out shows throughout Europe, including the 6.000 capacity Zénith de Paris and his first London shows.

Penelope Skinner

Skinner's play The Village Bike was her first play to be staged at the Royal Court Theatre where it had a sell out, twice-extended run starring Romola Garai and directed by Joe Hill-Gibbins, winning her the George Devine Award and the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2011.

Pro-jekt

They have toured as part of 'The Unholy Trinity' appeared at the Carnival of Souls along with an appearance in front of a sell out crowd at the Lumous Festival in Finland.

Ria Brieffies

In the 1990s Brieffies retired from the music industry and became a qualified manicurist/pedicurist, before reuniting with the Dolly Dots in 2007 for a comeback tour which included three concerts to sell-out audiences of 10,000 at the Ahoy Arena in Rotterdam.

Sharon Cuneta discography

Sharon was the first one to sell out at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium in year 1988 and her latest concert was on June 11, 2005.

South Canterbury Rugby Football Union

Also 2011 saw two sell out Super 15 games played at Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru The Crusaders vs the Bulls and Crusaders v The Blues.

Special Others

In June, 2006, they released "Idol", which was followed by a sell-out gig at Daikanyama UNIT in July, the release "Aims" at Tower Records in October, and the release of their long-awaited first full album, "Good Morning", on November 22.

Sport in Leeds

Leeds Rhinos are the best supported Rugby League club in the United Kingdom, their Headingley ground holds up to 20,500 spectators and is regularly filled, with sell out's particularly common, at games against Bradford Bulls, St. Helens and Wigan Warriors.

Sports in Dayton, Ohio

The Dayton Dragons are the first (and only) team in minor league baseball history to sell out an entire season before it began and was voted as one of the top ten hottest tickets to get in all of professional sports by Sports Illustrated.

Stan Stammers

In 1990 Spear of Destiny reformed for three sell out nights at London's famous Marquee Club, and the following year a UK wide Theatre of Hate tour.

Tallahassee Titans

Also starting with the Gulf Coast game, the Titans have had an official broadcast team, consisting of Play-by-Play Commentator Drew Goldfarb, Color Commentator and Analyst Brandon Beyer, the sell out, and Sideline Correspondent Courtney Jones.

The Godfather Papers and Other Confessions

"I was forty-five years old and tired of being an artist. Besides, I owed $20,000 to relatives, finance companies, banks and assorted bookmakers and shylocks. It was really time to grow up and sell out as Lenny Bruce once advised. So I told my editors, OK, I'll write a book about the Mafia...."

The Plug

Other notable shows in the early days included Editors, Four Tet, Explosions in the Sky and two successive sell-out Saturday night appearances by emerging Sheffield act Arctic Monkeys.

Tim Firth

Calendar Girls, adapted by Firth from his own film, found favour with audiences across the UK during its 2008/09 tour, and in the process broke the all time British box office record for a play and also continued to sell out during its West End residency.

Toetag Pictures

In a radical transitional effort, TTP released their third film, The Redsin Tower on DVD and sell out each premier screening.

Words on the Floor

He also played various gigs in Scotland including a sell out show at Glasgow ABC as well as Homecoming at the SECC.