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Kaiser Chiefs Cancel Summer Tour in U.S.

btb002btb002 Posts: 183
edited September 2007 in Other Music
For me, this is the last straw. Yours Truly Angry Mob was a disappointment for me. To my understanding they sold 81,000 albums in the US of Yours Truly. So I guess demand was pretty low for tickets, and they were too good to play in front of small crowds. The official response was something like they were tired and something had to give, plus they NEEDED to get back into the studios. That's a lie. They had no problems playing at ACL this year, which I attended yesterday. They were by far the weakest band I saw.

A shame to think I once considered them a top 5 band of mine.
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  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Fans are going to get angry. I predict a riot.

    Okay sorry. I've always seen the Kaiser Cheifs as having an almost exclusive appeal to the UK only. I don't think they'd "translate" well over in the USA. No idea why, I just get that feeling.
  • spiral outspiral out Posts: 1,052
    They can't have sold enough tickets.

    There a rubbish band anyway.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    the title of this thread made me say out loud "who cares?"
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,948
    btb002 wrote:
    They had no problems playing at ACL this year, which I attended yesterday. They were by far the weakest band I saw.

    If they were weak then wouldn't that have been a problem?

    Maybe the reason for the weak performance was exhaustion...
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  • holtzholtz Posts: 509
    btb002 wrote:
    To my understanding they sold 81,000 albums in the US of Yours Truly. So I guess demand was pretty low for tickets, and they were too good to play in front of small crowds.

    It could be that they sold so few tickets that they couldn't financially support a tour. No point in touring if you are losing money every day.
  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    The ruby, ruby song makes me cringe
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  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,539
    restlesssoul wrote:
    the title of this thread made me say out loud "who cares?"

    Question, why does some idiot always enter and respond to these threads with this dumbass comment? (See the white stripes thread too).

    If you don't like them why are you reading and commenting about here? I'm sure some people are disappointed or pissed off and that is understandable no matter how shit a band you think they are.

    Funny, I don't like them either and no I have commented in this thread. ;)
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  • goto_lgoto_l Posts: 1,189
    I saw them @ ACL on Fri also...I don't know how you could call that a weak performance. They were one of only a handful of bands to show any energy & passion the whole weekend. As for cancelled tour, they do have to make a living & by not being an established act in the US on a higher level, promoters usually demand a rather high number @ the door to pay the band, if they are not reaching these numbers, or even close during the presale...I don't blame them, too many look at bands as clowns or puppets, but the are trying to run an actual business.
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  • DanimalDanimal Posts: 2,000
    This thread sucks.


















































    j/k don't even know who this band is....
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  • clarefromscotlandclarefromscotland Posts: 154
    icarus wrote:
    81,000 is a lot for a relatively unknown british indie band.

    Yes, that's what I thought. They're not really my cup of tea but they're a strong band, it's a shame they've had to cancel this.
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