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