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Posted September 20, 2025 23:58 · last edited September 21, 2025 00:01

I think now as well concerts are super important to artists as it’s the only way they make money. Just like DVD sales have vanished and killed mid level movies and sleeper hits like the, ahem, Shawshank Redemption, the lack of album sales on tape, vinyl or CD means if tours tank, you’ve made no money. People will stream your music on Spotify etc and you get a cent for 100,000 streams or whatever…if the exchange rate skims a further 10% or whatever, maybe it’s not worth the effort of taking a huge show with hundreds of moving parts somewhere for low returns…

Not so long ago there were lots of good reasons for touring and money wasn’t in the top 5! Well I exaggerate, but…

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Unknown editor edited September 21, 2025 00:01
I think now as well concerts are super important to artists as it’s the only way they make money. Just like DVD sales have vanished and killed mid level movies and sleeper hits like the, ahem, Shawshank Redemption, the lack of album sales on tape, vinyl or CD means if tours tank, you’ve made no money. People will stream your music on Spotify etc and you get a cent for 100,000 streams or whatever…

Not so long ago there were lots of good reasons for touring and money wasn’t in the top 5! Well I exaggerate, but…
Unknown editor edited September 20, 2025 23:59
I think now as well concerts are super important to artists as it’s the only way they make money. Just like DVD sales have vanished and killed mid level movies and sleeper hits like the, ahem, Shawshank Redemption, the lack of album sales on tape, vinyl or CD means if tours tank, you’ve made no money. 

Not so long ago there were lots of good reasons for touring and money wasn’t in the top 5…