Clarification: New Year's parties story

01/02/2009 4:00 PM, AP


In Dec. 30 and Dec. 31 stories about New Year's Eve parties, The Associated Press reported that the economic downturn contributed to slow ticket sales for events hosted by R&B singer John Legend and Lindsay Lohan. It is typical for New Year's Eve parties hosted by Opium Group to sell out the afternoon of Dec. 31, and they did for the latest parties, spokeswoman Vanessa Menkes said.