2022 North American rumour thread take 2

vedpunk said:

Stop buying merch and rehashed boots.  MAKE THEM HAVE TO TOUR!!!  (;) half joking here)

That is what I posted in the REM thread a while back.  Stop buying reissues and make them play a show.  I don’t care if they go through the motions and it is a money grab.

Douglas12373 said:

After seeing the Police reunion tour some years back, I don't need to see another once great band phoning it in for a fat pay day. What an expensive disappointment that was 

PJ ain’t there yet!

I saw the Police that tour and thoroughly enjoyed it.  

2-feign-reluctance said:

on2legs said:

I saw the Police that tour and thoroughly enjoyed it.  

That's a band I'd love to see play live. Copeland is a genius percussionist. 

I went just to see Copeland.

Hoping I can make it to see Oysterhead next year.

I don't know the story of why they hate one another so much. I should read up. 

on2legs said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

I don't know the story of why they hate one another so much. I should read up. 

There's an Andy Summers documentary about the Police on Amazon Prime streaming if you have an account.  Sting and Stuart don't participate but I still found it pretty interesting.  

I do, thanks for the tip! Going to watch it! 

dtr0624 said:

i mentioned about the band losing interest being the reason for the delays and the newsletter is just another point for the general lack of interest the band has these days.... of all the shows they havent released like MIA which people have been waiting on since the show happened, they do ANOTHER reissue? and the sweatshirt lacks all creativity... its as basic of a design as it gets but it will sell out so who cares right? they are the last major act to not announce official new dates or just play since the start of the pandemic as well... the sad part is im starting to hear more and more of a lack of interest from 10c as well and the word "refund" is becoming more and more frequent... they better know what they are doing and it better be big because a tour that is just "meh" is gonna have more people jumping ship and spending money elsewhere. I hate to be the bad news bear here lol but eddie seems like he would rather headline solo at this point and the rest of the band has been quiet. no brad, no tres mts, nothing. as fans sit here in the dark, tickets and hotels in hand waiting for what will probably wind up being close to 2 years. like i said, they better know what they are doing lol

Just a few thoughts on this...

-Reissue: are you talking about Vault 1 on vinyl? This is something that a lot of people have been asking about for years. And it wouldn't surprise me if there are other albums that get reissued at some point (Lost Dogs, RVM, Vault 2 and possible even Benaroya Hall). There are a ton of shows that I wish they'd release/reissue (PJ20 for one), but this Vault makes sense to me.
-Their shirts & sweatshirts are hit & miss & have been for a long time. 
-Pandemic: They've rescheduled the Euro tour and did play a few festival shows this year. I went to Ohana weekend 1 and the majority of the bands at that festival said (from the stage) that this was the first show they'd played in 15+ months, so they aren't alone there. The rescheduled US dates will come, but I certainly understand their hesitancy with Covid still going on. As far as the last major act, that is not true. There are plenty of others that are waiting this out.
-10C: People want to be refunded because the dates haven't been announced yet, which makes sense. I kept one show and was refunded for the other. When the new schedule comes out, I will be trying to add that show back. Some people have thousands of dollars tied up into that tour and they are more than welcome to ask for a refund then try for tickets again later on. They also have travel funds/points that will expire, so they are pivoting towards other trips, which also makes sense.
-Eddie Solo: I think he's definitely excited about both PJ and playing solo. That was apparent at Ohana & he had a blast with both groups. The other members of PJ were definitely excited as well. I think we see some EV solo dates after PJ plays the US tour, not before.
-Brad: Sadly, Shawn Smith passed away. They will not be touring again, but Stone has mentioned that there is some unreleased studio and live material that will come out.
-Tres Mts: They haven't done anything in years, so this isn't surprising

Just my $0.02.

tdawe said:

Eddie made the NYT Crossword this morning. MSG announcement imminent?

Looking down at MSG December 2019…so close yet so far away. Who could have known then:


 

dtr0624 said:

... the sad part is im starting to hear more and more of a lack of interest from 10c as well and the word "refund" is becoming more and more frequent... they better know what they are doing and it better be big because a tour that is just "meh" is gonna have more people jumping ship and spending money elsewhere. I hate to be the bad news bear here lol but eddie seems like he would rather headline solo at this point and the rest of the band has been quiet. no brad, no tres mts, nothing. as fans sit here in the dark, tickets and hotels in hand waiting for what will probably wind up being close to 2 years. like i said, they better know what they are doing lol

Agreed.  Time to move on with the shows or retire from touring, because I'm not paying my annual dues to get a monthly email.  And as good as they were, I will never see another Ed solo show again, even if he brings a new super band with him.  The kids are getting restless and want some answers.  If one of the core 5 members, not named Ed or Mike, is holding this up then perhaps it's time to replace just that one member just for this tour (cue the homer hateful replies).

I wouldn't be so sour if I haven't had so much money collecting interest for someone else for nearly two years.  That being said, it's not about the money, it's the principle behind it.  And no...I am not going to ask for a refund at this point.  Worst case scenario I can wait a little longer, but it's starting to get on my nerves now that SHN & Ohana have come and gone over a month ago.  If they're not going to come out with a full tour schedule yet, at least give us a rough estimate for when that announcement MAY come...for example, I think we'd be satisfied with one of the members officially saying that the details will be finalized and announced no later than the end of January.  Just give us a crumb of hope!

Spartanacus said:

dtr0624 said:

... the sad part is im starting to hear more and more of a lack of interest from 10c as well and the word "refund" is becoming more and more frequent... they better know what they are doing and it better be big because a tour that is just "meh" is gonna have more people jumping ship and spending money elsewhere. I hate to be the bad news bear here lol but eddie seems like he would rather headline solo at this point and the rest of the band has been quiet. no brad, no tres mts, nothing. as fans sit here in the dark, tickets and hotels in hand waiting for what will probably wind up being close to 2 years. like i said, they better know what they are doing lol

Agreed.  Time to move on with the shows or retire from touring, because I'm not paying my annual dues to get a monthly email.  And as good as they were, I will never see another Ed solo show again, even if he brings a new super band with him.  The kids are getting restless and want some answers.  If one of the core 5 members, not named Ed or Mike, is holding this up then perhaps it's time to replace just that one member just for this tour (cue the homer hateful replies).

I wouldn't be so sour if I haven't had so much money collecting interest for someone else for nearly two years.  That being said, it's not about the money, it's the principle behind it.  And no...I am not going to ask for a refund at this point.  Worst case scenario I can wait a little longer, but it's starting to get on my nerves now that SHN & Ohana have come and gone over a month ago.  If they're not going to come out with a full tour schedule yet, at least give us a rough estimate for when that announcement MAY come...for example, I think we'd be satisfied with one of the members officially saying that the details will be finalized and announced no later than the end of January.  Just give us a crumb of hope!

...agreed with both, no comments in the last news letter was an negligence with the fans. Mostly of international air tickets will be open to rescheudule til Dec 31st. It will be a quite expensive to book a new overseas flights so probably this tour will be exclusively for US.