Artist canceling tours

josevolution

tempo_n_groove said:

josevolution said:

I put a cap on my budget for concert $$ made an exception and spent 200 + for U2 at the Sphere but that was worth every single penny 

U2 is understandable.  I paid 350 for 2nd row to see David Byrne and it was worth every cent. Not too many artists I'm doing that for. In fact I'm not, lol.

Yes there are exceptions but there’s not too many bands I’d do that for! 

tempo_n_groove

josevolution said:

tempo_n_groove said:

josevolution said:

I put a cap on my budget for concert $$ made an exception and spent 200 + for U2 at the Sphere but that was worth every single penny 

U2 is understandable.  I paid 350 for 2nd row to see David Byrne and it was worth every cent. Not too many artists I'm doing that for. In fact I'm not, lol.

Yes there are exceptions but there’s not too many bands I’d do that for! 

If Talking Heads get back together I will pay to see them.  My other bucket list was the Misfits and that box has been checked.  Maybe, maybe the Eurythmics if they put on a good show.

josevolution

Saw both Eurythmics & Talking heads I’d def make the exception for a full band TH reunion! Saw TH at Forest Hills 

PJ_Soul

It reminds me of capitalism as a system, lol. The artists thought they could keep just getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and/or more and more expensive, and it seems to have never occurred to them that the constant growth would ultimately end up being unsustainable and the whole system would start collapsing.

tempo_n_groove

PJ_Soul said:

It reminds me of capitalism as a system, lol. The artists thought they could keep just getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and/or more and more expensive, and it seems to have never occurred to them that the constant growth would ultimately end up being unsustainable and the whole system would start collapsing.

Car and housing corporations!  Listen up!

Hawk123

PJ_Soul said:

It reminds me of capitalism as a system, lol. The artists thought they could keep just getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and/or more and more expensive, and it seems to have never occurred to them that the constant growth would ultimately end up being unsustainable and the whole system would start collapsing.

pjl44

Keep in mind we're hyperfocusing on a handful of massive overshoots. The vast majority of shows I go to or look at sell reasonably well to great.

hihobibo

My son is going to this show tomorrow, and I wanted to check out how well it sold.  Look at this odd seat manipulation.  What do you think is going on here? Promoter/TM taking full rows and not selling them?  All promo tickets for radio? Very odd to have full rows unsold alternate with full rows of unavailable tickets. 

ComeToTX

jerparker20

ComeToTX said:

I was a bit surprised to see they booked arenas. They can sell out two nights in a row at brewery field here in the Twin Cities, maybe 3000-4000. But no way are they filling out Xcel Center in St Paul, 18000-20000. No way

mr bungle

hihobibo said:

My son is going to this show tomorrow, and I wanted to check out how well it sold.  Look at this odd seat manipulation.  What do you think is going on here? Promoter/TM taking full rows and not selling them?  All promo tickets for radio? Very odd to have full rows unsold alternate with full rows of unavailable tickets. 

It's a pretty common trick to give the illusion the building is fuller than it is, having staggered empty rows looks better from the stage than massive chunks of empty rows. whenever you see this, pretty safe bet tix sales are poor.  Based on this particular map, looks like no illusion is going to make this look good!  especially if the show is tomorrow.

drakeheuer14

All aboard the struggle bus. No way this show, or a lot of their tour happens in this size venue(s). 

xavier mcdaniel

speaking of this anyone seen this twitter account? https://x.com/UnderFaceValue

GlowGirl

xavier mcdaniel said:

speaking of this anyone seen this twitter account? https://x.com/UnderFaceValue

Wow. Interesting for sure. Something has to change. 

ComeToTX

jerparker20 said:

ComeToTX said:

I was a bit surprised to see they booked arenas. They can sell out two nights in a row at brewery field here in the Twin Cities, maybe 3000-4000. But no way are they filling out Xcel Center in St Paul, 18000-20000. No way

they did't sell out the place down the street 2 years ago that's much smaller.  makes no sense.

cutz

ComeToTX said:

I just read that Philly wants to build a Venue that sits 5500-6000.

This looks like this band should be playing in Venues of that size?(Do you know if sales are like that everywhere?)

Malroth

xavier mcdaniel said:

speaking of this anyone seen this twitter account? https://x.com/UnderFaceValue

Ha! somebody really wants pearl jam to retire.

tempo_n_groove

Malroth said:

xavier mcdaniel said:

speaking of this anyone seen this twitter account? https://x.com/UnderFaceValue

Ha! somebody really wants pearl jam to retire.

"You stood for nothing."  Ouch!

PJ_Soul

hihobibo said:

My son is going to this show tomorrow, and I wanted to check out how well it sold.  Look at this odd seat manipulation.  What do you think is going on here? Promoter/TM taking full rows and not selling them?  All promo tickets for radio? Very odd to have full rows unsold alternate with full rows of unavailable tickets. 

That's what they did for Pearl Jam's second show in Vancouver.

PJ_Soul

cutz said:

ComeToTX said:

I just read that Philly wants to build a Venue that sits 5500-6000.

This looks like this band should be playing in Venues of that size?(Do you know if sales are like that everywhere?)

Maybe, but that show isn't until October. They could still sell pretty well.

I do feel like like most shows I've been looking at are not selling as fast as they used to... I'm thinking people are just holding back because inflation has been so bad lately - cost of living is skyrocketing, and concert goers are more reluctant to buy tix, at least way ahead of time. Then I think FOMO hits a lot of them close to the show in a lot of cases, lol.