Tour Prediction and Speculation Thread Tour • Page 539

Jimminy.

 

Hopefully some of y'all caught Fontaines DC on this run. Saw them last night and band and crowd were wild. Probably playing big rooms next.

 

Im ready for NFG to re-record Nothing Gold Can Stay

 

I saw this Instagram post and I am curious what's everyone's thoughts on this.. I have met people in bands.. like big name bands in the past they have told me that they hate when fans do every single date on their tours and sick of seeing the same faces on the barrier every night but never went public about it in interviews or social media... Until this post

 

I can't find anything specific about it online, but my dad told me Bob Dylan would tell specific fans to their faces that he didn't want to see them in the front multiple nights in a row.

 

Fuck yeah, love that attitude. People need to get a life.

 

Personally think it's refreshing and honest, like for me if a band or artist I like is performing near where I live or they do an one off show elsewhere then I would go but no way I would do every single date on a bands tour, the excitement just wears off. The only time I ever did more than one date on a bands tour was Less Than Jake a few years ago which was 2 dates because i was offered a spare free ticket and lift there and back and I ain't saying no to that!

 

I did VIP for Armor for Sleep's WTDWYD tour a few years ago, and I met 3 separate people at the VIP hangout who said they've been following the band across country going to every single show of the tour. That was the first time I really saw how far parasocial relationships could go.
Also when I was younger my dad's secretary would travel the world to see Barry Manilow. All her money (and PTO) went to traveling for him. She was convinced that they were soulmates.

 

There were multiple people I saw on social media who went to every show on the last blink tour, wearing matching outfits every single night that were SUPER noticeable and recognizable and getting close to the stage every night. Get a life.

 

I think it’s more of a fine line. Def understand wanting to give locals a chance to get up front but we are a bunch of people talking online judging people forming an in person community? I think it could be really cool to find your tribe of people who wants to be friends in real life over music. The Grateful Dead being a perfect example. Live and let live

 

Controversial, I guess, but it looks like most/all the upcoming dates on the above tour are seated, which kind of changes it a little in my opinion. If somebody picked and paid for a specific seat in the front row, even if they’ve been to multiple dates on a tour, I’m not sure how I feel about asking them to move further back to a different seat. If it’s a group of people consistently getting the front row for a tour, are they really good at coordinating ticket buying (assuming they’re all going on sale at the same day/time)? Or are the front row seats just not selling out as fast, and in that case, does that mean that the local fans just aren’t interested in being in the front or are they being priced out? Feels like a lot of variables in this specific instance.

in general though, and for a GA venue, I don’t know if I care too much how people choose to spend their time/money in terms of buying multiple tickets to a tour and then (presumably) sitting outside a venue all day to secure a better spot. It’s not how I would spend my time, but more power to them, I guess.

I can see it being a problem/annoying/disheartening in those situations where fans are calling themselves “line leaders” and assigning people spots in line with numbers and wristbands, etc. (I remember this back in the day with MCR, and it doesn’t sound like it was much better with that last tour they did.) That’s getting a little carried away and feels more about bragging rights than forming a community and sharing the experience of seeing your favorite band with other fans, in my opinion.

 

I don’t necessarily think there’s anything wrong with traveling to see a band you love, or going to more than one date of their tour. But following bands is kind of absurd…

 

the only spot where it’s beneficial to follow a band would be in the jam scene. Not my thing, but I have friends who have seen Phish like 200x…granted, most of them are teachers and have summer off to live their hippie fantasy.

 

Think thats something for the fans at the barrier to figure out imo but I get it.

 

I personally think its insane to go to every single night or just multiple nights on a tour, and I get where they're coming from as the artist playing these shows but people can do what they want if they pay for tickets and aren't disrupting others in the crowd.

 

following a band is fine as long as the person is mindful of the other fans at the show and the person spends their time hanging in the back or in the pit and isn't trying to get the artists' attention for following the tour. it should be about the experience of seeing the show and the community built around the band's music, not some weird pick me groupie behavior.

 

Some of the differences also underscore how differently people consume music. There are plenty of folks who will go all-in for a few artists without listening to many other folks. That is easy to spot at a Taylor Swift/jam band level, but feels more novel to the punk/emo sphere that relies on scenes with interconnected bands worth seeing at a time.

That isolated superfan mentality definitely happens at any level of fan/scene, and whether that is a problem at shows probably depends on who it is (IMO I’m more forgiving for someone who changes their setlists constantly on any given night, which is not the norm).

It’s probably not good for a scene if so many fans just pay for one show/one act each year, but also the number of people who pack their calendars with various shades of live music every week is probably as small as the number of people who direct deposited Taylor Swift multiple times on the Eras Tour

 

My dad's definitely talked about following a band for a couple of dates back in the 80's when he was in his late teens-early 20's. But that was also back in the 80's when tickets were much cheaper, plus he only did like the Portland and Seattle dates, I think maybe once he might have traveled to Northern California. Not whole week long stretches. I'm not sure how people can financially afford it today. Going to one destination festival back in April fucked my finances for a couple months.

 

Eh. Yeah those kind of people are weird, but I don’t think it is the place of the performer to dictate who is allowed to be to where they want to be. Just like if a show is ga and people who bought vip complain if a non-vip ticket holder gets barricade (just happened to me a few months ago).

 

Man, I thought I was a huge Thrice fan but even I probably wouldn't want to see them back to back nights if it was the same setlist. I'd probably be paranoid i'd creep them out if they noticed me at every show of a tour.

 

I’m not gonna lie I’m probably going to see Radiohead at least 5 times next time they come around lol but yeah I’m never really on the rail these days unless it’s a fest

 

Maybe I read too much into that statement, but I felt it was going beyond the "we want to see fresh faces" mentality. Its possible that they're dealing with other issues from a particular set of fans and this is their passive aggressive way of addressing it.