May 23 - Some article from somewhere, can't remember today

Barbra Streisand appears to have misunderstood the phrase "when in Rome." It should not, as it happens, be followed by the words "alienate the whole of your fan base."
As it is, consumer watchdogs in the city have banded together to call for the cancellation of the "People" singer's Rome concert June 15 due to the gig's "absurd and shameful," and excessively high, ticket prices.
The Adusbef and Codacons consumer groups have teamed up to urge both the city of Rome and the Italian Olympic Committee to deny Streisand the use of the Stadio Flaminio to kick off the European leg of her upcoming tour. The Olympic Committee owns and manages the venue.
Ticket prices for the nearly 25,000-seat show, Streisand's first ever in Italy, range from $200 for the nosebleeds, which have long since sold out, up to nearly $1,200 for the choicest seats, of which there are plenty left.
In a joint statement Monday, the groups claimed that the stadium "is public property and cannot be used for immoral deals that are shameful to a civilized country."
Concert organizers have yet to comment on—or justify—the exorbitant ticket prices, though in announcing the concert earlier this month, a spokesman for Streisand told Britain's ITV News that the singer's European tour would be "a momentous occasion that ranks with seeing Sinatra or Elvis. If you think that...you get some sort of context."
Apparently, with a price tag to match—not that everyone is unwilling to pony up for the honor of seeing the "The Way We Were" singer in person.
Streisand's 2006 U.S. tour was the second highest-grossing tour, behind the perpetually-touring Rolling Stones, in North America last year, generating nearly $93 million in sales, with tickets averaging $298 per show.
The Italian job isn't the first time a Babs concert has stirred up controversy.
Last fall, the legendarily liberal singer fell victim to mid-concert hecklers three times, during stops in New York City and Fort Lauderdale. She nabbed headlines when she cursed out one concertgoer, who took vocal issue with an anti-President Bush skit, and again when a Florida "fan" threw a cup of liquid and ice at her while on stage.
On the monthlong leg of her European tour, still scheduled to kick off in Rome, the 65-year-old Funny Girl star will be accompanied by a 58-piece orchestra. Streisand is also due to perform in Austria, France, Ireland and Britain.